The billboard (Jan 1921)

JANUARY 15, 1921 MINSTRELSY COMMUNICATIONS TO CINCINNAT! CFIC, Tio PaccGusdll Misteds “ycgeasd_ te oatnt Onto Jenuiry 8 after a snore bolay beet Boston Webb, ove of the Ilihited number of ‘truly high-class colored comedians of the county, is one of the latest additions to the Harvey Greater Minstrels, With one of the best bands heard tn a colored organisation in many micons the Babbit ‘Foot Minstrels, 2 capable company of players, ‘are playing to crowded houses thru Florida, From Detroit, Mich. comes the information that Robert G. Wing's “Down in' Dixie Colored Minstrels Je Usted to close the last of this ‘month, reopening in April. ‘The company has deen om the road about nlneteea weeks, Oar old friend, “Dad” Losier, the premier dose shaker with Arthar Deming’s Minstrels, We are told that Brea Doringer, minstrel barle ‘tone, is in the contracting business in W. Va. Slowly we are learning the present ‘whereabouts and activities of erstwhile minstrel doys. Kick in, fellows! Let others know what you are doing. We bear thet a minstrel ‘Charles Gano, Ed Citfford, Sam Johnson,: Ed Gis Htorn, Turner Brothers, Rody Jordan, Karl Bit thra the Soath. ot Field show, and Charles (Duke) r Sone a jee’ (Duke) Grimsiey, epee Ee MINSTREL COSTUMES eho “Brgiiios in ‘ Brien oes oseroe, eT Pane ‘Mamachietin The Billboara CALL!! Actors, Carpenters, Electricians, Pro; to earn $50.00 to $75.00 WEE! We have a brand new proposit you help us advertise it in the greatest opportunities CALL! en, ete., do you want in your spare time? ion to offer and would like to have cities, towns or villages. This-is one of you ever had to Earn Some Real Money. Write Today. Full Particulars Free. CHICAGO FERR 1422 RANDOLPH STREET, THE ELC Edward Elcha, formerly of the cs forggerly of the White and:Strand Studios, Catering especially to those performers who love Portraits of 230 West 135th Street, ‘SPECIAL RATES TO THE PROFESSION. ECO. (CHICAGO, ILL. OTYP! A Co. Refinement New York, N. Y. T ERRACE, GARDEN CHICAGO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT-THEATRE, BOOKING HIGH-CLASS, REFINED ATTRACTIONS DOUBLES. TRIOS. QUARTETTES, ETC. Act most be refined and measure up to ‘eon Uf your act mests with the requirenmts above ccmmmnicete sod state STAG Gomety “Wardrobe. “Get our peices, standard which wil be apprncated E DANCING TAUGHT BY WALTER: BAKER merly dancing master at Capitol Theatre and Ned Wayburn in Ziegfeld Follies. Call CAPITOL STUDIO, Ine, Van Dyck Big, 999 8th Ave, near Sth St.,N.Y. City, Cire 6138. ROSE COSTUME of, m wi for Vi BES, ToS, Sales tm Konty, Wardrobe, for Vandete Be aes of a ty the Nhe clam of patron FRED HURLEY, Stage Dirvetar. assistant to” COMPANY Prodnctions. Big. tock. of “asteal io’ Ws Wastlnion “St, CHIEARD” TAYLOR TRVNKS | 210 W. 44th 8t, NEW YORK. 28 E. Randolph 8t, CHICAGO. wndience at the performance of the Lames White AllStar Minstrels Wednesday night, December 29, Fred Taylor of that city, « strong: advocate of the bumt cork diversion, writes: “I Dave not missed a minstrel performance in over ten years, and will say that the Lasses White troupe beats them all” ‘The following {a quoted from The Peoria Ster: ‘Those who missed enjoying. the Lasses White Minstrels at the Mafestic Inst night missed one of the finest ‘Performances of the year. Staged with brilliant G. Field Minstrels, was perhaps it Dazton, ©., last week when F 8. 8. Ne ‘The death of John W. Steele, with pneu monis, at Fort Crook, ‘Neb., December 31, has ‘created countryiide gossip.” Steele was known ‘widely tn: the East telf a century ago as ‘Coal OW Jobouy,"* reputed then to bave spent = comfortable fortune when oll was discorered on ble Pennsylvania land. One’ thing that perbape ‘41d not extch the'eye of the reading public was ‘the fect that Jobuny at one time came in conStact with the managers of the Skit & Gnylord ‘Minetrel show, that was then in dire Snancial conceived the ides of traveling by bis and accortingly purchased an engine, sleet and baggage. car. Dates for two weeks abead ‘at the present thine: “A letter from New York advises that there are’ five thousand: showfolks Adle at the present time, and that Equity is fathering up these unfortinated from all over ‘the land and that the cause of dishending so many troupes is that war thmes brought into the theatrical business undress of irresponsible Persons, who bad no capital and the first-plack of hard times that bit these companies Brought them to grief." We have noted the theatrical aritt very closely this seamen, and we Dave had many opportuaities of slsing up. the situation. Pertaining to the closing of companies, after due deliberation, we have made up our minds that the cause of 90 per cent of theatrical fallures 1s attributable to excessive railroad rates and bad service on the part of the tranaportatloa department of the ratlroads. Nearly all sections of the country, particularly South ana West, have a scarcity of road shows, and almost any wert of & show could draw Dusiness. The railroad bas Deen the barrier. It 1a true there das deen & great nomber of hows that ere un‘worthy of patronage that ave closed premature. 1y, but we venture the aasertlon that the eanse ‘of 90 many ehow failures bas been ustwarranted expenses they Dave had.to meet, and the rallroads are the cause of the fallure of the travling companies.”” A theater, store snd office Dutliting will be erected at an expenditure of $100,000 ai ‘Ridge‘wood, I. I, Nv ¥. Loals Allmendinger ts preparing the plans. The structure -will be com oved of brick, concrete and terra cotta. : the Afusie Hall and is 43 | New Theaters _| ‘W. W. Adams will erect 2 moving picture ‘theater at Del" Rey, Cal. William Pless will erect 2 moving pletare theater on Main street, Hudson, N.Y. i Sol. Brill bas plans by V. H. Koehler for @ moving pletare theater, to be built at Peeks xa, N.Y. J 4 ‘The Mars ‘Theater, to cost $250,000, wil! be dollt at La Fayette, Ind., by the Lana Amuse! ‘ment Company. . Peter Rossello is preparing plans for a moring picture theater to be Dullt at Detrolt at the cost of $200,000. ¢ ‘A theater with a seating capacity of 2,000 will be built by the Rivoli yTheater Corporation, ~ at Hempstead, N.Y. Brown & Comer have purchased 2 site at @Byeraville, O., for the erection of a theater, which will accommodate 1,000. Percy A. Vivarttas is preparing plans for « theater, with 2 seating eapacity of 2,400, to De-erected at Jersey City, N. J. Grubel Brothers are planning to constract a” theater in Kansas City, Kan. The enterprise | wil cost approximately! 400,000. McAfee & Sanberg havo left = contract to The Standard Theater Company bas plans for a six-story brick theater, hotel and store ‘ullding, to de erected at Evansville, Ind.. at at cost of $400,000. : A picture theater and roof garden, to cost $250,000, constmcted of brick and terra cotta, will be erected by Morris Bersodl, on Broad way, New York City. : B. 5. Pinney has contracted to erect a mor i ing picture. theater at Springteld, Mase, for ‘the Jefferson “Theater Company. The expen--, Gitare will be about $100,000. Charles C." Pyle and Richard A. Porter, “the Rialto Theater, Champaign, T,. ha witht 2 seating capacity of 1, OC. Carskaden, experience in g i if E HI i AG ist a men's smoking room, ‘The Ascher Brothers, of Chicago, pleted" the Palace Theater at Peoris, F. Mensing will manage the Toruiant hoase, and Harry L. Rogers will direct » peape aa Broprigtora of the Mystic Theater and _ E 3 ‘Soeo tifectade, UNIFORMS Russell Uniform Co.