The billboard (Aug 1918)

COOP & LENT MOTORIZED €IR- CUS LAYS OFF TO REORGANIZE Overloading <a Trucks Oaoses and Sfloit To Obntlnue Botfhaaitam ^oar Hay Be - Ma^' ITnder Another Title us In the world has hsd a terrible est the last two nrMIU In .Ohio, ao eyw*jlal^ thatjt mfty ba lU dMb. tawevcr, litJIutlolia ua.tMA nUI b|* liftA ^ «n^tlonaIlr clavor patCorni- ■™« * porp" or innm ana a Isnli eonnnlal huncb of neople all ■tQUnd. Shrary emntoyee was patient. iDlial and itrlctly "n-!th it," endurine .aoma of .thn Inconvonlonces anil Ir- Jvpsiaritie*' ivlih credliatle patience. .i)|m:a\^, bclDK the pioneer bh a mo- — a but lha repMltlon a the promonis. a Mama'Mat tM CpoP tc Lmat ClTCua waa ttrartoMIBC tl/t (rucka, that tlMaa kawr la«4i ^ -th« dead valcht of hD^e trallsra ba> hind them traa too muoh Car tha traefc enslnei. and, oonHqueolly, tha EhDW has not tweD movInK with any regu- tmck trouble was encountered early In the season, and even In tha moan- lalns of Kentucky and the hllta of' caravan wended Ita way wlih vcry credltable punctuality over Ita route, nnd. conaequentiyi the show did a nice hustneaa and left an enviable reputa- 1 (be svllle. O.. It was ueceisary to lay the shuv Dll five days While the trucks were bc- Ins repaired, this beinsr the- deciiion ^Ttci* the' show was only able lo give After loavlns Zanesvllle the ah'ow en-, countered unusually aevere roads and a sain on accot^nt □( the overloading ecveral of the trucks went to the bad, Ihm forcjlnr (lia ahow to gee Into town behind Its paper B.nd then too late to Mr. Matthatra IbJimUm n the Pantagaa ctlMBlad drai headquarlan bt OWaage, MIDWEST WDE. MANAGERS MET IN PANTAGES' CMCAfiO OFFICE No ^pjHwtaut Action Taken ^Omr Tha^ To nn ( «ri l a i ^ gbap f^^ Season Chicago, Atig.. i:.—Vaudevllla no-j lables gathered In (oree iX the oRlcfsl >t the Paniagea Clreult last week, tha| meetlne beins in tha nature of a re-; union of the Pantoges and adUlatadi nanagota of the Middle Vmt. Sav-'- iral conferences Ware 'li,eld tor the' lODd of the order, bnt there was .no< Important action taken, nor vias-any xintemplated. However, the meetlns: ■1th J. C. Matthews in Chicago will take a very acIK'e part In the affairs of the B. F. KEITH'S BOYS' BAND IS PROMINENT IN BENEFIT EVENTS Two Hundred and Fifty Boys and All Keal Mudoians Participate in TSmy Military and Patriotic Parades The President Greatly Inter- ested in Their Efforts New Tom, Auk. 1!.—In all tbe blK elvic, military and patriotic parades that Aave thrilled thousands of New Torkata «kl« yaar tha B. F. Keith Boitf Baad ta« 'been vary prominent not atotw tor Us sba aqnaltBs a scon tf regnlaUnn IModlt bnt far the mill' taiT MMWK «( tm mam bars and th< •UptA VlUtlWAC Omm boy Handsmen auiB'tMrMPft nar fUHy lift th< mMianf «a«t mH^ ,a» tBuUi» rhythm of thetv jferl^ thou- sanda and Ihnnaanlla lined np on curbi huve felt an Impulse to fall 10 llni when the boy band passed l>y. These boj-s have given concerta. too. and bnva won high praises from masters of tbe baton, such as Sousa, Victor Herbert, The auccesa of this troys' organisation has been such that a story of ita his- tory will be welcon^e by our readers. Before America Joined the Allies A. Paul Keith and E. F. Albee were dls- eusBlng a newspaper article deploring the scarcity of appropriate public play- grounds for the youth ot the city. .They thereupon decided to organue a hoi's* club that would be an loltuence In HMplnK lada oK the atreet by ^vlng tbem the necemary Tootns and eqalT meat tor ctoao and wholeeome spot .and .entertaiBment. Berore their plans had fully mature the United States went Into the wai and the thought come to them that . expand the scope of the school an teach boys band music, tor It wa tha c t ther would be a fCeith and Albee looK tno noors o[ me Alhambra Thea- ter Building at l^fitn street and had them made over Into a club for the j-outhful musiciana. They Inatidled Bi'erj-ttilng aa they had planned, with R. S. Tracey as bandmaoter. W. D. ndmaster. M. Wil- liam: saistant and T. J. Campbell as gymnasium li siructor. The newa soon spread an there was a rush of applicants, j if tha Showi of tbi Caniatary Fund THORO CANVASS IS BEING MADE BY S. L. OF A. COMMITTEES Success of Oampaign for Ceme- tery Fond Seams Assnred Trisndly Blnli7 lb Iten* Showmen of Every Baafc Si gpond Obaarfnlly to OiS tt Conntly para- ; lou of I irly e ltdoor amusement the country the luccess of the for additional funds with ' large Showmen's Reat, in T Cemetery. Chicago, seem aured. It Is ^mighty small roent ontflt that 1 been vlflted illtlon, thru the mall, and it Is » ibute to the spirit sulding tba OBt- The Edition of lhi$ Issue <rf The Kllboard Is 35,000 Copies