The billboard (Oct 1918)

^ninEr"B 1111> o a r d ft 26^ 191S^ mw fOB tea m mo, hob nr «Ba i b Ob, bvt fos the astist all ths tdie. OUR AniTU DE TOWA RDS VAUDE. Endmsed in Hundreds of Letters Received—Vaude- aitMs Tliat Lack of New Material Is W Mdibr Due to the Managers niemselves DAZZLING SUCCESS OF ALEX. PANTAGES IVdnied^Out as Result of Playing Diversified BQs : and Ftaond UeKSt in All Ads TIat Flay His drailt \ sone snd dance, vith ' a novelt; to act as a. 1 as a, dlKBSttve tonic to the BroMUignaglap belplns ot a. one- -. BOaxaa wndevllla nieBL. Wbst la the naaouT wbr tbia idoiatiT' on the pait oc Goddess of Soiig and Bance? ^^tt^ difflcmt to.beUBve that It is a The Hnscal Kilties iBlcal KDtles, composed ot Fordle and Mary CaJOpbell, ; flniahed twenty-two con. etUcs on tha Castonment Cir- «port that tlittr oBcrJns was • Ubartr Tbisater they Kew York, Oct. 21.—Hany Weber, who haa^ tlie Tepotatlon ot turning out big winners, la aaia to bave in The AmcEican Ace the bleseet production that baa ever been lurodiiced In vande- Tille. There are SS people In the ci ■Jid the piece runs for 61 tnlnatea. Waber and Ralpli Dnntar have pro- duced a □umber of 'TOudevllle acts nhleh have been. great siiecen< vaudeville, fenneseee Ten. called the greatest jazz baud In vaudeville. Is of ibem. It bus played with the show leal production c Where ThttVa k Will Tker^ Si Way, now playlnc tha Oipbenii Oifottlt. Other Weber prodoettoiie m Hor- A ta tha nnr vro^ « BBd th» DUeland BOW plaTlnc ftt Sdsen- Pnparing New Act New Torh. Oct. 21. —Iiow Reed and WilBlA airlB are preparing on entire- ly new act which they plan to present Kept Ahead of ttw "Tin" New TorlE, Oct. 19,—Thers la ou Inoky vaadevUlB act which the "flu' has not hit. The Baslern company ot Shennan Was WmoK, Halph T. K«t- tedn^H, Inst miaeed the epidemic In eeveral towns. It closed In Hamilton, Canada, on the sundax niEht tbkt tfiat lag several towns and than li Toib week ot Ootobar 14 at tha Imeil- Moss Forms TTnit New ^ork. Oct 19.—B. 8. Moss la forming a nntt ot Sve acta from his diCQlt to entertain tha hoya fighting In nrance. the aKgreeatlon to set aall a early dote, designated by tha large list of entrants han heen obtained. The quallOcatlona are very hard, bow- ever, apart from the merit ot the acts, and the Ilat la now undersouie the weedhw out nrbceaa. Hr. Uoaa la con- tnurintlnv Conning two ttnlta, as" he bM plenty ot tnaterlal to work dpon. Aet«r>SpIdtera Fnt on Show A tetter to Tba Billboard from Corp. •majtr Charles. Co. 2d Corps, Ar- " ~ y, A. B. v., Btainee^ iei>orts r — inoe slven by aotor-^ofoler eqoalad a, Broedtfay pertonnanee. Thej canea their pteoBiitatlon The Ftouiea of 1918, and it was produced at n reg- ' theater by soldlaiB, who In nonnal _ja deUc^t the two-a-dKy aodlencea wUh their olferlDgB. Corp. Charles alao ~ eea some Ijrlcs which bo Is hav- ing set to mnaic with the Battle of the lemffift In Gliniana New York, Oct. SL—Bmtlle I«a, a cn enssend John Cort to appear bin production ot Glonaoa. WANTED FOR AL G.FIELD GREATER MINSTRELS TO JOIN IMMEDIATELY Qarinet, iMtnd and orchestra; two first-class Daneeis, Asdsfc- ant Electrieiaj). Openii^ for experienced Minstrel People %t all times. Address AL G. FIELD, W Brort SL, CdBWbM, OMo. WILL YOU SAY TO MY DEAR MAMMY AMERICA'S GREATEST WAR WALTZ S<»1G Sane with wonderf id success bjr AIG. Field's Minstrels, aingitnow—you will later. Thousands are doiiw it. The beat shows use tbe best thinra first. PROFESSIONAL COPIES AND OROSBSTBATIO^BEADY. THORNTON PUB. CO., - 314 Elaby, HEW ALBANY, IHP. Wanted far Shannon Stock Company ■yea ^ctbm ^i smrln «nMi^Un&A<l BarltamnvwiM a B. FrMfaBOn b iH ipwa tDAtaw - ma «M enr FaOa abd nute ■ • wbleb wm tfaythecaato i iifle ii l n beglnnlnK Ootobar 3>. Barton Green, Jr., Knlists IB MUflB DyJ hu iC tt i m XAMV Umm NMrTort^ Oct n,-^Witi» aii -™- .jm* DM yet In tbe.Mow Tork.theater liberty Ixma drive has. so far passed — Bplte ot- epl- AAee*B commit- tee met these dldhmltua dbd overcame them to s decree that won the heartiest prates, from Oovemor Btronc, of the Liberty Loon Committee. The the- atrical allied Interests eommlttee has of the last Sob Matthews Dies Was Noted top H New York, Oct. 21.—Bobert B. Itot- ttaews, famlUarly known aa "Bob" Matthewa, died of pnemnonla anllv at his home; StllM Broadway.. Ha waa tamons for his dope dend Jmpersoa*:- tlOBs. In vaudeville. Uiatthewa was forty-live yean old and waa horn at Qeorgetown. O. He recently received notice to report In a derlca ler simlBiMa,