The billboard (June 1918)

/rive Blllboa*^ JUNE 8, Ha N W. H. DOXALDSOS. i pictures would ultimately be- wedded to symphony orchestras, for they cduld have given a hundred why the higb-claES. vi- es of orchestras could not possibly combine with the "low T brow" appeal of the movies. But they have combined and today, strange to "ant entertainment par- takes ot the beat features of " old ft I (BtfUterM), ■■BllljbtPi." ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO Brady endeavored to do. The net result of this super- criticism was to delay the movement which some day will he consummated. Ince hinted at it In the introduction <n. and unless stupendous features of the future are doomed to the scrap heap of unappreciated effort master producers will be forced to do precisely what Brady attempted years Cintada BHt- Omaha, NeSt, fU Biudds tbtMlet BrdltUnjr. Zdsoon, EndBBd, S Bltpt " Conrr, Pleenflllly arena, w. r»rl«- Pmm. 1 I tarn iw. tp pre- a K BJ JO PES CENT MMB 13 E mr.t.ftfu pn ig for bsIo oo ell t II U Hio iu Bit Vol. XXX JUNE S The Billboard Is a Member of tie A.B. C. Audit Bureau of Circulations Editorial Comment What may be termed the "wedding' of amusements." which, ea the caption readily suggests, means comb deem themselves students) are ready to eiye any new combination . old. Independent, seemingly I r re cm cilable amusement roots the ha-ha. These self-styled critics would have ; of the! >me features, and Is therefore far popular then either. When William A. Brady made his motion bigoted contempt for la greatly due to the fact »!mt there have been too many small fish, journals catering to each pelty field and extolling people therein aa' tbe personifications- of all greatness. Read & motion picture trade paper, : to the modern offspring of variety or a development of the old- yle dramatic paper to realize the. uth nf this argument. The Billboard has always exerted a great force In "the wedding of am menu." tho Its motives frequently misunderstood or feared by those who sought to represent some amall field. But i the healthy circulation demand of this paper shown that the am ment.'profession, while It awaits tbe full development of the amusei faction in the paper covering ALL. "WaNTtED—Tbe addraia of toe Iipucu But. ber^ Cement ^csm^juix—addreia euoiuii Bill JdId " ' ^**^Mii!ViiiT*sfi»»r Wf ' rBS»talri(^%dVa4*^i- , etaaasy-ataaw. b» Mil (ears 'eomsHiirir one loordnr Yertfetv iddnii pltiH ■( "iNQ^RBH—Eartj^Bii'i ^Ul^.pp u5T easjftw'lt *& ■iitaM? tnowlns tire -rrbereabQnte of -BobaBSete. .- sr. will roofer a faior or ldtitlos Earl (KJJ) But**. Cellou Belt Hotel, Cmp. —n f «*i , r PUBLIC DEFENDER ADVOCATED AT MEETING OF ILLINOIS BAR ASSOCIATION At a meeting of tbe Illinois State Soi of Criminal Law and Criminology at Saturday. June l, the establlshi * reformation, Including even t ity of the American Institute e Hotel La Salle, Chicago, t the office of Public Defender and Union of tho present grand Jury ted by the police, publ: ads were denounced by the society iy to the administration of Justice." ,t of the society, asked for the Public ieed Is especially urgent in this State. _' victories and ency from thes» angles. He la aided and P i officials-and detectives, all equally anxious il Utlled.. thereby furthering their own gains and is entitled to counsel to defend him," he went on to say. "But many are so unfortunate as to not have the funds to further their defense and so in a great many cases have none or very little, which Is mostly poor defense." Tbe present grand Jury system was attacked by Attorney Herbert Harley. secretary of the American Judicature Society. His remarks on the subject were as follows: '■In ninety-nine out of one hundred casca it Is a useless and senseless procedure to take a case to the grand Jury. Speaking for Cook County I can say that the criminal procedure' is prolonged by the grand Jury, and wears oat the State's witnesses, offers practical aud technical loopholes for the accused, and Is a detriment in every way to the administration of no story will he considered completely told that rests fur its nar- ratlon upon either form alone. • world a blessing n union not only -of pictures and spoken drama, but also of -plctn the spoken drama and vaudeville, self-styled experts, conducting called "vaudeville" papers, would the first to scoot any ouch suggestio: Nor will the outdoor field reach its greatest scope of entertaining power until the best forces of many branches are welded into one. Thus the fu- ture will probably witness a -develop- ment of tbe scholasticsoundlng Chau- tauqua witb the everyday carnival. One great trouble with the amuse- ment world lies in the Inability of field is more or less tribal, each -branch Readers' Column —Umwsrct HUngion aagweTl la tbe ploy, Mn. Marriages DOSOVaJJ-HASKELL-J«tvh Be a, hnW, M*., m>t K Batb are >t pr*n- GBAVES-mBMABK—Hmrrr On™ for su- ral KSSSU with California Flask's Wild Wot Grew AnrrKltl _ ... r arai>rt^iM« to Captain and Mn. Losa Frederick WattUcj, Maj 10. Tlir> uomn Iu fi '""KfSgf-'f eta",: e«ImJ{j iirMlMs'i^onir &.°*M%nfB<* Grudl (KatMeen THEAT RICAL NOTES Hoar* at Kew Lexington O. Tbe -OrpbrDm. Jlumripolli, closed for tne »« ko May SB. Two more soewe were siren last ■rec»,*rit set tar ska mitt of Ihc theater. Uid r(*c O. E. BiymODd donated tbroaeof Ibetbri- rr for ■ MttMM "renlni benefit rjrrtonn- ™ cbartc-rea 1o tbo ooVe of rbo'secre'tair of etala of Sate Jersey, oftr 14. 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