Billboard advertising (Jan 1921)

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‘Endeavors ever'to serve the Profession. honestly, intelligently and usefully Copretent, 1920, by The Billboard Publishing Company. NEW COMBINE OF SOUTHERN NEGRO HOUSES IS ANNOUNCED Theater Qwners’ Booking Assn. Formed at Chattanooga Aims To Better Booking Conditions in the South . ” ee President, and 3. = J. Miller, Secretary, _, Chattanooga, “Tenn., Dec. .25.—Of ‘unusual interest to the Negro performiex isthe announcement just made here ‘of the Yormation of the Theater Owners’ Booking” Association. This organization with resources of about $2,000,000 te, composed of the leading theater owners of the South for the ettering conditions both 1 booking of acts and a to protect the theater owners. © “For the past six months there have been “underground rumblings ‘of discontentment among tle -performers, also the theater owners, with the manner .in.which # béoking office was operated,” the new. organization states. “We mention no names, complaints Deen coming more frequently both from performers who are off and performers. who Have been given large ‘railroad jumps with smajl _salariés awaiting them at destination. -To cite an incident, @ certain company of fifteen well-known performers. with.two high-class. novelty acts was jumped: from Anderson, S: C., to Atlanta, Ga., from there to Memphis and then to Shreveport, La. From there the béoking office wanted to fend this company to Muskogee, Ok., the railroad ‘fare for’“this Jump amounting to $230. The salary offered, this company of fifteen: was $450, which would leave the. troupe $t50 after deducting a.commigsion of. Ave per cent for booking. ~ “Can any sensible manor ,woman Believe that it is possible for’ a performer to live half ‘way decent on $10 ‘& week? Ts it "possible ‘for them to eat, sleep, keep up thelr wardrobe and keep-. themselves. supplied’ with the necessary makeup and then walk: out of the theater in: clothes that will be @ credit to the company and: the \Rouse? ‘The Theater Owners’ Booking Association realizes this ts an Im{Possible condition, which “must. be eliminated.” The motto of this organi ‘(Continued om page $9) . SAM MECHANIC, Sole Owner Keystone Exposition ‘Shows New York, Dec. 27-—Matthew J Riley has sold all of his interests in the Keystone Exposition Shows to Samuel Mechanic, his partner, who will continué. this well-known carnival organization under the same 1 dissolves the firm of and was effected last Thursday. Mr. Riley will make his headquarters for the present in Elizabeth, N. J, and will busy hims diately for his’ future activities, which may eventuate in the launching of “his own shows on amost elaborate scale. ‘The -Keystons Exposition Shows are reputed to be one of the'clean “BLUE LAWS” ARE DENOUNCED BY MINISTER OF: KANSAS CITY fesues ‘Warning sing“ Agpniad the Puritanical Sabbath Riley & Mecha: in Philadelph Idea.and Purpose of the Day Misunderstood, He Says Urges Wise Selection of Films for or Sunday Showing ‘Not all ministers are in favor of the “Blue Law”. Sunday that some of the more fanatical would foist upon the country. There are some who take a more commonsense view of the ques-. tion, and, with the bulk of the people, believe that Sunday fs intended to be used for the benefit of man. Rev. G. Franklin. Ream, pastor of the Washington Avenue M. E. Church, Kansas City, Kan., Is one of these. Rev..Ream, in a sermon on Sunday, December , 19, uttered a warning against the Puritanical Sabbath and urged that the matter be considered from a broader viewpoint. Among a certain type of persons there is a. misunderstanding of the idea and purpose (Continued on page £9) ‘ MARDI GRAS AT INAUGURATION OF HARDING AND COOLIDGE: Plans Now in the in the ‘Making for Such a Feature Would. Lend Brilliance Color:to Occasion and No Disputing Voice Baised to the Proposition . ‘Wasliington, D. C., Dec.’26-—Plans are in the making for a Mardi Gras de luxe to be. staged during the ceremonies ‘incident ‘to the inauguration of ‘Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. If carried out as planned—and thetindications. are that it oe bethe Mardi Gras feature will State affair, with the iractions| pore vided by each of. the States of the Union and the District of cae, the entertainment features, to be characteristic Sr nthe Chairman Edwaré Beale. McLean and his assistants are said to be a able ‘to the innovation, and if evidence cae be afforded that the most ambitious pregram involved in the undertaking can be carried out it will be officially approved. Most of the States are represented in Washington by State. societies and on these will fall rauch of the detail work of making the Mardi Gras a success. Already aid has been asked of those who have made the Mardi Gras in New Orleans such a distinct success annually in developing an inauguration program which would include the Mardi Gras features. == ARTHUR DAVIS, == ENRICO CARUSO STRICKEN WITH PLEURISY IN NEW YORK CITY Attack Is Painful, Painful, Tho Not Serious, enum Reads But Tenor Will Be ¢ Confined to His Room for a Period Role of Canio in ‘I Pagliacci’”’ Sung by Giulio Crimi New York, Dee. 27—Enrico Caruso Up to this time no disputing voice is ill with pleurisy. Announcement has been raised to thé proposition and of the tenor’s illness was made known only the hugeness of the task seems yesterday in the following bulletin isto stand in the way, and this has not sued by the Metropolitan Opera Co.: yet dampened the enthusiasm of the _ .“Enrico Caruso is suffering from an proponents ‘of the’ plan.. A Mardi attack .of pleurisy. of a painful, tho Gras as a part’ of the Inaugural pronot serious, character.. This will necesgram, it is agreed, would lend brilsitate his being confined to his room lance and color to the occasion, give for a period. it more-of a fete day appearance than ~ (Signed) Dr. Samuel Lambert, Dr. ever and necessarily extend the proEvan M. Evans, Dr. Antonio Stella, gram over a greater period than in Dr. Frances J. Murray, Dr. Philip the past. “It should also call to WashHorowitz.” ington such an aggregation of amuse_ The tenor’s aggregation of mishaps ment talent, principally out-of-door reached its climax at noon on Christfeatures, as has never, been seen mas He complained of a pain in the in this. country except at a: world’s side and Dr. Horowitz, who was sumfair. (Continued on page 89) 5 Ke of The Gourd Govaied 130 Chsiied Ais, Totaling S68 Lines, ani G8 Dipay Aas, Toling 17,216 Lines, 1768 Bs, Occupying 23,86 Uses We A : The Edition’ of This Issue of The Billboard, Is 58,375