The billboard (Aug 1918)

Th« Bill MINSTREL MANAGER S TO MEET In New Ymfc This Week To Discuss Advisability of Reioiiting Companies To Reduce Com- petition Among the Various Shows GUS HILL DISCUSSES PLANS TO RELIEVE SITUATION U Wflling To Cooperate With Other Managers . tocMitalB(ae&t-^k»«aIin4»«il«of Routes fi» Ftdme Wdbre of IhM dndBc tlw current neek to di^ CBM mm aOTIsabUltv of rerouting the -vulDns mlnnrel companies in order tlut tbcK vtll be less compeUUan called on Gus Hill today and asked Tiitn if tiiere was anj-tliiDE to the ru- mor. In the course of conversation Hr. fflu remarked; "Yes. there is something to this rumor relative to the ] Invasion of one ahow on lop of another < In tlio mlnftrel field, wblcb.can -tte re- , jievad ia a mumer entirely ntlafac-' tory to aach ud erary prolIaciDE man- Mgwr of ndnMrdv. TUb will probablr ra viH hm eaUad tocether I I m a1- Ko Final Action By Wsj-fi and Means Committee c Waihlnston. D. C Aug. 13.—I>e- ite the reported tentative aetlon by ■ HoQM Wsu-s and Mesiui Commlt- A foolage tajc pratiably will be reached and a tax on rentals received hy the the Bilmlsalon tas in some form wlU Lexow and Call Engaged put out last year by Selwyn * Com- pany. MisB L.exoir.ls the dauBhter ol the late Senator Lexow and Is now ap- pearlDK la a repertoire of patriotic plays with the Henry jewdt Playen at tbe Copley Square Tbeatar, BoatOB. IncoDVAQieDee, and I welcome the pre- our routes to the ntUfactJou st all prodndDK N. J. TbuT ialtlmora and la I l>n>u^t Into New I oric. TBo wnun of Um pl^ w Baldwin Slaane and Harry B. Si Suppartlnr XlM BUr^ Ul tbo CWt will nic4*k.InrtBS ebftar. Florence a. m>Bm KM' MMU Ea- - ■ - ■ idda and G. ■Jttnr Open House DsrliDaton, WIm^ 10.— \ opefk ho«iaa ia.balor built here will b«i«*dr tnTMCBpuey Anstist IS. Cblcaso. Auk- —Two Chicago 1iaud«4, the OlyDDpSe aad tbe 8t bak«r, h«Lve alm^ - opeped officially for the new aeaaon, tbo the torrid wcukM- aUll sr.iM CMcaso. Flake s who will sail for EVanca at : Raymond Walker, aUbert Renee Detrich. Louise Car* Kew Hora Baym ¥la,y WUI Be in .New York, Aug-. 1!.—Leon Errot has Just put Into reheamt the new Vtm Baycs musical prodacUon. which Ita will direct and prodnca for H. H- Etudebaker tonight, with Cat hi eel Neabitt, ■ Irene Hsisman. Aleiande Onilow, Gilda Varcri. Alice A Butlei JohB I> Shine, Wallb dark, Florenc AnddMt 8mi Bmt Tbr ter for the last PTodnctton -with hta puty. Low«7 IDiistrds OkHB are in great demand for tlie^cominc season. Mr. Harvey baa not yet de- cided whether fae will put tba ehoir Seoop fnanisre AngtiBt 21 •oe of The BUIboard Klaw & Erlm- B*r were civen as the profncan of tMa play. Tbat was an enor. awl Joseph C (Sinyea. alatea tbaC he Saog 1 ChlcaBo. Aoci — Ver Ma and II Gat. a three-act miulcal comedy wri ten around the title which proved i will be revealed In and around Chica- go, opening Aueuat 25. later complaU Ing a Mta-West route. Band b in State Gnud ; New Tflrib' Jam- MU-Tha OaMBtt RecUMBt Sn& wMek kaa Ja U olpaaa a aui'i. wftil roaenii at tlie Bronx Kxpo- Elllon. is regularly enllated in tin New YorK SUte Guard. This band la com- pared entirely of professional moBl- York Guard they voluntarily sacri- ficed lucrative engagemenla and are deserving of heartiest mipport. I on the Mailca I Intended for the band should t>e addressed to W. Si Mygrani. 133 E. Eighty foartli straat New York, or to the oOoa sad pats-, iddress. care ot CfeatlM B. Co.. 8-13 E. TtlMy-AWTt* street. New York. „^w York. Aug. 11.— Tkm hum* toriid apall baa bronglit abowt » mmt- tnra m the. oondttteB of Anna Held, who has taken nnmeroos deUrl- ew atia rt iT Br. B. M. Ovsnmh .«lw la lac WsB italaa that Aa haa saied' of Ite baae Wasaaa bst; .