The billboard (Oct 1918)

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SHOWFOLK LEND INTEREST TO aOSE OF L OAN DRIVE Choa and VudevOle Performen Phmge Into Caninlgi in CUafls WMi Wni To Wb— Stan of Ringlliig Chcm Gtiea Sbeet ExhiUtkm 'Ati«''waa iitvaa mncli apeotiinilnr in- - tenst dnrlns tli& closiiiff boors by Ui« clrcaa and TBadevUlo perlonners who are tajing osz ia Chicago on account of Uie iDfluEDze. epidemic and tlie dos- lnB- at tbs RtngUng Circus. ^ere -were majiy acton and rfrcns loik IPbo ploaged Into tills <lrIvB a. wia to win. Jotm Agee, equestrian director ol the BUsiuiE Show, was eed- erHllBslmo. ' Tiafflc -waa stopped at Caark and. Monroe atreets. State and a ngMu alrana-vaadevme perfwni' place before tbe Majestic Theater. A ■" known clicuB man and one of "■" E Ughta had lust had a. few w E the propriety of a. certain at thB MbJmU^ and trin be the head- Uner, t&D laid <M, untH alte completes tier i n agwaent. Oaiieeil fi>r tba mnltl- tn a ea . yea, rl^ oat on the atceeta, The Clown Band stopped everytblDB. It was oomDosed of Art Adair. Harry Jjb. Ftaxl. Fhfi. ElnSi I Rotie Dalroy, Harry ■er. Rot- MoDonald, lAote Fbuni 'e Ouri and Ike Lewtn. As uaual - -■ J La Glena B were dozena of showfolk M With ni Till 111 Tbcatcr PaAse? —Held m S1,000 BaU tor Atlantlo city, Oct. 19.—Aconn amMtCUiie nmds from the Globe Theator. Charles I^ttleton and ~ wna amlasied bafore Mastatrate Uc- mlljr and lieU m tl,eOa bail each for k fhm aanA 3aey. Tbir are aceoMd * '^j/unjf ^ ttf% jpi ^ na innasv Itf tia auncUan p' Inc at tha. OWa caaattDned t ^iglHIty aiiif ^raaaad tba lnillgnit To Tonr AuatraJia -iitmr Tork. Oct. IS.—Max Flgman. the comedian, will produce A Tailoi Ifade Man and Xothlus Bat the Trat Tsar'n cantraot for a tonr of Xrr, He sail* from - In Norember- and producer at lUroa; XI concession at Tenfea: Bow RoWnBOU. •tore Bh^ OB Main street, tamporarily d ir Health ^oard; WBltar Becdi- wltb, now llvlnt; at BlK Otto^ ranOb; Mike Brabm, former TTIld West con- cert manager, now famlsblnK show stock for moUon picture studios; Franli HOSman. former caJTilval man, now re- corerlns from a severe lllnesa.'and In- nnmemble former "troupers" now en- Amone the faces seen at the Con- ttnental, 'Stowell and Broadway and Bome of the other showfolks' hoteli the following: Sam Brown, Mrs. Brown, Spike and Mrs. Hugglns, Daa and Mrs. Megss. Mike and Mrs. Morris, Ed and Mrs. Garner, who come In from the Bemitrdl Shows, which closed at ■ Falls, Idaho; Batch Gsgiu, of For Ma ri pla aa nattmg l«yoS, Naw Todc, Oct. 13.—A letter ad- drened to Naw ToA theatrical man. Wednesday fiom at the American which he annonnoad tlMt.lt aahow Is Intermpted E. WINTZ Ko Salario! a, Muk. traveling aUow shall be paid (10 par man for tba first veeVa layolf and BUI union wages for each aineeadva waak durlna which Buch InHiriBuHoa Ihall continue. Following receipt ot thia MMF vmo' sboau not banal said Bttec tba maatbiA tba a be taken to tba .conrts and ma «m tlon ot iciponslbnity eanoamliiB t Will Censor Shows According to Boston newspapers the city is to have a taste of censorship similar to that experienced during the admistBtratlon of Mayor James Curley, nicknamed Jim the Pure. It Is said thaE Mayor Peters has in preparation dsys of scarcity In both fabrics -mu3t caver avary log ot every review □d tnualcal play. Even tba Innoeent .luplls ot Isadora, did they dare venCnre lato these ceaHorlooa regions, roust be aothed to the tips of Iheir toes. Pro- fane speech, tho human nature In the iltuation In the piece would u ' " l and Mrs. Ryan, from San Fian- I Oaarae Bmbrae and Mrs. ikn- fara^ IMT MBtrlM, M. A. Odndr, Idols Mozart, fonner circuit theater nan, now bead of the Clements Nov- aty Co.; Bob Cavene^ former drcus nni, now a member of tba Union ^pe Company, with ofllcea at Seventh and laa Pedro atreets: Charles Smith. show un Main at., temporarily closed by the Heallti Board: -B. & (Bed) Mc- slde-show with Foley & Bark, now laying off at his bome here; Dick PuTitM, Sahy Failu and - Mrs.' Parks,' tUuuer'aanilval toZks, Parks now prop- at Yllagraph; Mat Keef^ 1) W. B. ClmMk Soldiers An Show Vxmgey t^r opened wm tba Vtetm Mvmti Comedy CmnpanT- Tba Zdberty Tht ter opened with piotares.. Both places played to S. B. O. "The soldlert show hungry and blehly elated the liftlOB of the qnamntine," Manager Bartlett. Appointed Keld Entertainer j. IE. JOvanaL manager and proprie- jyr of the Great Southern Minstrels, has basn wpolnted field antartabier^ Arin^ T. It 'O. A. atfd TlBhts, Hair ToThi'Oct. ie<—One-oMba bacfr- aatara thru the SpIegA At tbe present tbpa svary < Of the bouses In wblcb bto shvwB ■ routed are closed; in tact, every the In wblch Spinel with tlie sole exception ot the Strand In New TorK Is dark. Among SpIeseTa showa St present laying ara Richard Carle In Fnra and FHIIk, Fred- ■Ick V. Bowerr nn Sa Ba»nr. aadOB Tee One-Act Barrie Plays w York, Oct, 19.—J- Barrie has written three more one-act' ploys on war themes which will probably bo acted In this country before the winter Is ended. Two of. them. La. FaUteaae and The Well-Bamsnbraed Tolea. have clraady been played tn I