The New York Clipper (January 1914)

January 24 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. Tub battle Is on. OS to the front. W have got to win, lose or draw. So let's g< to it. Can't tell what you can do until yoi try. So try to do the best tbat yon can We havb too many men In toe carnlva business tbat belong to tbo "I am going t do club." We want those that belong to tr "I am doing club." Your dues In this rr conization are pnld by conscientious a.i (.•fuelcnt service. C. A. Wobthavt.— We have been Irrfonat that the C. A. Wortbam Carnival will l.avi o show tbts season tbat will be a "mlri.cle' In fact. C. A. now has bis private car, No, 4-11-44, In Winter quarters in Danville, 111. Fbubcb Bbrnardi bas a nice little cat la San Antonio. Felece features Ice wa.or at the leading beverage. I. I/. Pjitskb Is making arrangements to carry portable lots this season. Nice little squirrel, come here and get this "nut." Plantation Minstrel Show MANAonns.— Why do yon call plantation minstrel shows' "Jig" shows? How many colored performers do yon know that can do a Jig dance. Come on. get In It Consistency, thou art a Jewel. C. I1ABCOM Faulkner claims to have the largest Cbacma gorilla alive In captivity with bis pit show. Josbfh J. Badabacco, of cook house fame, gays, that lie will build one of tbe finest portable concessions of Its kind that ever traveled. Josepii J. plans to make the lead- ing Canadian exhibitions and State falrfi. ' Charles 0. KrLFATRicK.—What about tho Red Moon fair that you planned for Dan- ville. 111.? Percy Court says that be la going to be a general agent some time this season, and that bis first stand will be Kansas City, Mo., where he will pat on a celebration under the auspices of the I. W. W. What does I. W. W. stand for? James J. Haggcrty says It means "I won't worry." John A. l'ollltt says "I won't work," and Percy Court says It means "I want work." Say, "bunch,"' come in with your views on this matter. Managers of Independent Shows. —Who Is going to give us a Hawaiian Village and theatre as a carnival show this season? Pacific Const managers, frame up one and come Hast with It. William Epstein. —What carnival are you going to book Princess Victoria with? Lew W. Booklet. —Where will you be this season? Herman Q. Smith, same thing. Her- man Q., how's the theatrical business In Can- ada? Art Tbnnbt says that he was the general agent for a small carnival once. Business"- wasn't very good, and the manager would send him $5, and that he (Art! would use up the $5 In wiring for another $5. Thot was In tbe olden days, if there was such a thing. Art Is on the road to prosperity now ■o he should I. W. W. J. George Loos and II. B. Danvii.i.e plan to put on a number of chicken trots through- out the country this season. Just as ve'l have chicken as turkey, but It seenm to is tbat that Is an awful fowl auspices. Of". D. Corby, manager of the Corey Bro.V cre' Carnival, Is Wintering In Chicago. Corey Brothers plan to open their season In North Dakota some time fn May. , „ , A. H. IUrklby.— Is It really a fact thai jou are the general agent for Con T. Ken- nedy V Best wishes. TO EVERYBODY IN TUB CARNIVAL BUSINESS. —/There are no more "spielers" and privilege men In the carnival business. These have passed to oblivion. We now have "talkers and concessionaires. .. • C. A. Wortham.— Who Is going to play tho Notional Implement and Vehicle Show ut C 1Ier'beiit A. Kline, Mrs. Herbert A Kline, Walter K. 8lblcy, Mrs. Walter K. Sibley, ICugcne P. McKcnna. Mrs. Eugene P. Mc- Kcnna. Felece Barnardl. Mrs. Felece Ber- rardl John A. l'ollltt, Mrs. John A. Poll! t, Will G. Jones, Etta Loulac Blake, James H. Harvey and the writer, all In a body together, went to see George Evans' Honey Boy Min- strels one night during tho engagement of thin minstrel organization at tbo Gitmd Opera House, San Antonio. The Honey Boy s monologue was principally In the vcmaculnr of the^'lots." He pulled everything from a pole wagon to a fifty-fifty proposition, onion to the amusement of the "bunch" ossciibli'il. We noticed quite a few carnival musicians wlru,the Honey Boy Minstrels, moat of whom were from A. TJ. Esllck's Band which was with the Con T. Kennedy Carntvnl the past several seasons. .,,,„,, A *.<. Who 1b going to play the Mld-Wlntcr fair, to be held In Baton Rouge. I<a., aome tlnio soon ? J. J Da Bm.us.—How is Waterloo, la., as n Winter quarters? . , . Tom W. Allen. —We have been Informed that you are to have the first Crystal Maze tbat has been seen West of the Mississippi In ten years. Tom W., this Is a step In the right direction. We nre looking for you to do other thuigB. Don't forget to put the "Lost Girl" In tho Crystal Maze. Its a great stunt for newspaper publicity. Who Is going to be the first concesslonalie to put on novelty bally-hoos, such ;b musical acts, singers, quartettes, and such like at- tractions ? We are thoroughly convinced that that guy, "Onion." Is crazy. Pardon us. please, wo have got to can upon Minnie to help us out on this. Walter Perch Is Crystal's husband. Walter Is known to the motorcycle fraternity as "Speedy, 'one of the most daring of all motorcycle riders. He has been recently filling an engagement at the Houston Motordrome. 10. C Talbott. —Kindly let ub have some news from the Havana, Citba, celebration. E. C. how do the Cubans like motordromes? Regards to W. David Cohn. Robbbt C. Lb Burno says tbat the cities and towns la the Imperial Valley of Cali- fornia have declared thomselves closed ngalnst carnivals. where they have to "gllly" their shorn. Now we "now where we stand. Bsy, George, tell that guy to get oft of that flat car. And he did. U. D. Cobit, of the Corey Brothers Carnival, bajs he does not care particularly tor K-flat, one cylinder, three-wheel run aout carnivals. 8ay, Oeorge, la he right? P David Laohhan will probably organise and take on tonr a small carnival, opening about Jnn 10, near San Antonio. Robert 0. f.n Burno, the general agent, Is scontlos- around through Texas now, and we think In the Interest of David Lachmnn. Doo .Stewart, the musical comedy producer. Is b-ettlng himself together that kind of a show which he will lave on tour at an early date, with some cor-nl-val. Al. II. Hbown and his Great International Carnival, played two weeks la Henderson, Tex. John B. Esmond says that Al. II. h.-s quite some organization. Show Constructors. —Jus;, because you hippen to have a sign writer on your pay roll la no reason why you should have the fronts of the show* literally covered with a lot ot Inconsistent, mean- ingless wording. As has been until before, the name of the attraction over the doorway In electric lights la quite enough. The best looking banners that the writer ever saw were strictly plcto.-lal and did not have a word of any kind on them. except the name of the attraction. -They told their own story. That's the way that banners should he. 10. D: Conn Is making a Winter tonr with Dana Thompson's Sunny Dixie Minstrels, who are now going through Texas. S3. D. was In San Antonio recently, buying a trunk. lie says that tbe train ran by the last one he hail. ■ Omar Saw Is said to have aald thru he Is build- ing a show tbat la absolutely new, novel and posi- tively "squawk proof." Will O. Jones says tbat Leon Marahall has Hie finest plantation minstrel show that was ever In the carnival business. Leon Is with Johnny J. Jones, and Will Q. Jones knows a good show when he sees one. Quite right, air. John A. Polutt plans a new spectacular illu- sion show, to be called Aurora, the "Ooddess of Light." John A. showed us tbe plans and detail specifications, and believe us wbeg we tell you that It will be some show. Youse guys think you nre smart, don't you? It tasks a wise man to thoroughly understand what a "nut" Is talking about. William Wistlakb. — Let's have some news fiom thtt part of the world that joulsre in. Con I. Kbnnkdt has been makftlg the Balti- more n*tet, Kansas City, his headquarters for seme tune past. V ' (Jenkiial Aonrrs and Manaokub: —What car- nival Is going to make this route coming out of Texas for early Spring dates: Temple, Cleburne, Clanesvllle, Tex.; Shawnee, Oklahoma City, Tuli.i. Bartlesvllle, Okla., and Independence; Channte and Ottawa. Ran.? W. R. Pibchib, "the cider mill king," Is sj.eiidlng the Winter In Houston, Tex/ W. It. says be is having a pretty good time. »• to advise yoa that kites should be made oul of fly-paper. And the moose ran up tbe clock. Mis. David Lac-iiiian— According to tbe heat information at baud, yoa ran not make a horse sing by feeding him bird reed. Citaslxs ii. Nii'bo la improving rapidly under the care of a specialist In Sau Antonio. Charles M. says be expects to be strong eooogs In a few weeks to do as untaaieable lion act Sfscial Nc.-ncB.--We have got to let a»rge so, he rumbled the store tbe first crack oft the bat hat. J. Oboroi Loos Is a coming man In tbe car- nival world. J. Oeorge la a well polaed gentle- man, of wonderful business acumen and sagacity. Qbobor W. Faislkt left Roekport, Tex., via San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. T, for Los Angeles. San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, for a three weeks' stay. Oeorge took a look at Juaret, Mex- ico, on tbe way out. W. J. Mansfield.— What are yoa going to call the carnival that you propose to take on tour this season? W. J.—Are you the talker that did such good work at Coney Island several seasons ago? Ocobob W. Fatblby and his famous Pbtllpplno Midgets are going to open their season at the Oeorge Washington Birthday Celebration, at Le- lado, Tex., week of Sunday, Feb. IS. Oeorge W. also plans a genuine Mexican vaudeville show, for that occasion. Wanted, for season 1014, drat class expert, dependable lady divers and swimmers. Apply to any first class water show manager. They mast do something elae besides just Jump In tbe water. Hsu Onion bas often wondered why such spe- cial agents as John P. Martin, R. L.»I,obroar, W. SI. Moslcy, George II. Oolenian and John W. Moore, did not lump Into the first class general agents class. Each ot these men are qualified to tie general agenta If they have the Inclination to do so. Job Millbb Is with the Great White Way Car- nival. Joe says Tn( Now Yobk CLrprxa la mak- ing a big bit over there. William O. Murray, ot Brantford, Ont., Can., advises us that an old boys re-union and home week celebration will be held In bis city some lime this aeason. William 0. claims his home town to be one of the heat In Canada. Law Nichols says be don't think he will go tour this season, but. yoa can't tell wbat might happen. All kinds or Carnival PznroRitxBS. — Too would make a bigger hit with Independent shorn managers If you would not anncy them by asking them "If this la tbe last performance to-night." Go on and do your .work according to your agree- meiit, and keep your mouth shut and attend strictly to your own business, and don't talk about the other performers or what they do, and you will t« respected mid shown all possible consideration by the manager. Have no fear of any other treat- ment to the contrary. It's up to yon. Don't "rig." J. B. Warrbn.'b giant fish exhibit la Chicago Is reported tot be -doing a most excellent buslncii J. B. Is the "king" of all such exhibitors. harry TniMnf.s, of the Rico * Dore Water Car- nival, who-has- been making Portland, Ore., his Winter quarters, sends his regards to evcryboly through the columns of Ins Old Rcliablb. Ella WahlbJRO, the diving girl, baa been mak- ing Kanaas City, Mo., her Winter quarters since the close of last season. Ella aspires to be a human Dab. Let her be It It ahe wants to. Ella expects to be In New York soon. William A. ;Spbnoto. —What about tbat new show? Is It going to be a reality? JonN T. Baokman's Trained Wild Animal Cir- cus Is in Winter quarters In Texarkana, Tex. You Are Cordially Invited To attend a public exhibition of the gi oat- eat musical instrument that has ever been seen in this couxtry. Louts Berai, on his reoent trip abroad, purchased this instrument from The Exposition Company, of Bruise Is and we are anxious that everybody inter- ested In meohanloal instruments visit us and hear whet has heretofore been considered Impossible in an automatically operated instrument. : ! : : : Berni Organ Co., inc. 216 West 20th Street, 'Phone, Chelsea 628' NEW YORK CITY Cables, Bernorgan Lachman Mid-Winter Exposition Sbows THE MOST SUPERBLY EQUIPPED CARNIVAL NOW . -,. TOURINO TEXAS Oatn Plltoo m »*"«w More. Oonoasslons a! Adtlreaa D. L ACI1MAN, week Jnn. HO, KurrvlUe, T. tus. kind of a big celebration It that you are plannln* tbe "Oil " t.'ltyi" Let's have some news for .. about It. ', B. II. Nil, the well known general agent, Is Wintering In Marrletta, Ohio. Otis E. Adams —Wlio is going lo be your gen- eral tgcait? Psxss AoiNfH, tbat I*, some of them, keep some managers broke trying to bo what they, •lie press agents, soy they are. William Orbi-nb, of Boston, Maaa.. la Winter- ing In that city. William will be tho manager of concessions for the Paragon Amusement Com- pany. AiiOLrii Biiman and Ills Crystal Mnio are Wintering In New York. Adulpb Is due In l-cavon- »or Ih, Kan., about Feb. I. Wonder wbat that means? TrtiDv Lloyd Is Wintering at bis borne, near Winnipeg, Can. Teddy was with John A. Points' Pharaoh's Daughter Show for several seasons. Herbert A. Klihs says In reply to the Inquiry who Is tbe best general agent In the carnival I business, that he wishes to say, that In bis opln- I Ion K. C. Talbott Is the "king" ot them all. 1 Herbert A.—Why tills? Wiikn you left the show why didn't you nalt and get your last two days salary? Don't you need It now? Moral: Don't become peevish so caally. Walts* I'. Stani.bv was In Waco, Tex., re- cently. Waller F.—You went to Houston from there, wby couldn't you btve stopped in Han Antonio? We expected yoa. Rlmir Babtsii, musical comedian, spent 1 few weeks In San Antonio after closing wltb the J. II Johnson Nomln Musical Comedy. Rimer aaya Heading from left to right: K. O. Barkoot, I. Bcnyaknr Mike Smlllb, Halph Bmltb, Bf!-^™!L* -r^g^f _fg gM.W pgL.gJ Chester Itandolph Fischer Churlcs B. Wlliloms, Sam Reich, K. rfassar, II. Wllen, Abdo Abdcl- ETi_3_J TBo-T i now^Tn vaudovMIe fmm nour. Mrs. Charles E. William.-., Mrs. Babe narkoot and Babe Barkoot. The animals are the '' ~ - 1 *- 01 "'' ' lllc ' r sacred donkey and Holy Moses, the camel. 38 Tears' Reputation Baok of Evtry Tent UU!_0 CANVAS Carnival Tents Send for Cst.loj and S.condH.nd List J. C. GOSS CO. DETROIT, MICH. John A, Poi.i.vn left Nnu Antonio, Friday, Jan. 0, for Kansiia Oily, Mil.; Leavenworth. Kan.: Nt. -• --- ■-■" ■«•-■>" •..., ni.r. , i« 11 11 11T.1/1 111, iv.ll l.outs, Mo.. 1111.1 Mileage. John A. loft ver iluily, and aald when parting that ho « come surprises to uiiuoiince very shortly. A CROUP OP I'ltiiMIM'.M' CARNIVAL PBOPMDa which he came, 11. W. Phillip) (Dill Bulllna), the squawk stick player, ended his engagement with the J. (I. Miller Carnival In Corpus Orlstl, Tex., ami Joined tbe Moredock ft Watson Minstrels, now [•laying one ntghtera through Tests. Waltes P. Daivsn.—Your letter received. Many thanks for your kind regards and good words for Tin Nsw Yoik Olippwl Walter v., csmlval people are getting now so tbey can eland any kind of a shock. Tliey are tlso rapidly requiring the . ■ry sud- denly, and said when parting that he would have —me surprises to announce very shortly. If. S. Tvi.kii inn lUiiNsi ||, I'liiKts ate ve.'y busy those dayn. H. W, Usumimor will pnilmhly lie the first one to have a Karris Wheel on Individual trucks it wagons, a. W.—Wluit uhisit the allstnH flats? : iiilcrstand that you Imvo ten of them. I/ooka like Ihne-dsy slandii. Who put Han Anlonhi on tho map? Is lions- Ir-n, Taiat, goliiii to have a big Hprlng celohra- Hon? Does really look like it. . .';'"■ "l 1 ""*^ »«I<1 to niiotlier manager: "That talliOT of yoirrs Is eraay." Tlic other manager replied. "Yew, he Is erssy all right, lint If yon had s crasr tutor you 11,'ght |iosslhly do some luslunaa wllh yoin* show." That's all. Ili'Mm V. JoNSM flnda Olilongo a very eoni- rortablo place lo Whiter. Malcolm Daatlitt, 11 brother of Newman I'nrtlett "' A PRIZE1-WINMXO Iir.KM OHGA1V. luiini'ly bes yonr pardon, O. M. Hunt and W. C. Hugglna, for leaving your names out of Hi" Hat of those present. Yon are In the picture, nil right. Tbat will help some. "lUrrr Jack" Dunns, the musical cuiiicdr co- median, baa been making Ban Antonio bis head- quarters for the past few weeks. Happy Jack has been wltb a number of carnival organisations, and recently with tbe De Kreko llruthrrs. I'.n. Cox, the well known advertising agent, Is now eintoltlng tbe Rcymi cigarette for the It. .1. Reynolds Company. He sends his regards lo all the hoys, snd says that he neve" misses an latin; of Tiir Or.n ItiMini.r. Jsan De Kusko Is making his plana now lo Invade Onba. Pall and Winter, inn and 1016 In oub travels through the country we find many members who belong to tbe broken tribe of money makers. H M. WAnuii and J. O. McCaffrey—Wnnl readies us from Chicago Unit yon (wo gentlemen will be Identified with O. A. Wortham this season. Itegards to the Wellington "Hunch." When tho Wellington Is torn down wbat will be the right hotel In Chicago? A PoLun rcrlod of ten weeks to David Lacliman ami Kn- cene P. McKeuns, Jointly. Tills attraction will he one of tbe features wllh tbo Lacbmau Mid- Winter Imposition Kbows. J. 0. BonsoT, Mr*. 3. 0. Bchroy and Mae Krbroy, tbe (Three Bcbroya). after a very strenu- ous reason, are taking a vacation In Ban Antonio. AuTiiim Ross end lbs. Arthur Rom after niUBt CunilvniS. . *" " ■■ ■"■■ ■■ --»».»..« -».,.»..■ ..,.j&,.. .nmillnir tlw. hnllflnva In flan An'nnlA mtmt tn Mannino B. Van has many offersJjjrt T | lls beautiful and complete r Instrument, made by the Bernl Organ Co., In Paris, Franco, rtoSl* Ttoas, in" muSSLtSnJtZ H In the capacity Of special agent tuui seoso"; WO n tho gold medal at the Brussels Exposition over twelve competitors. It Is now on ex- tbelr r«nch, where tber will remain a greater Manning B. has few equals as a promoter 01 bibltloxi at Bcrnl's New York wnrerooms. Their loenl factory bas all facilities to duplicate P«t of the time, prior to the opening of tbe Bptclal events. Tub' Da Kreko BnoTBEBS' letterhead reads: De Kreko Brothers' International Amusement Company. Jean De Kreko, Gen- eral 'Manager. "A Complete Concourse of Ideal ar.d Meritorious Features. Prose/itlng Oriental Sports and Pastimes. Catering Only to tbe Best and Most Refined Element of Society. Our Past Record Speaks for It- self." Their tours have Included the lead- ing State fairs and exhibitions of Canada, America's leading parks nnd tours in Cuba and Mexico. We understand tbat 1. L. Pley- ser will be the general ngent for Dc Kreko Brothers this season. IlAimr BAMaea Joined the areat White Way Carnival, at Yonkum, Tex., as general agent. lie left San Antonio Monday, Jan. 5. Fbuoh BERNAnDi says that general agents know "lots" about real estate. If they doo't, tbey should. Some don't. Paul Muntxh will have twenty concessions on Ibe road this season. Dana Thompson went to Chicago one time to buy a second-hand merry-go-round. He bought it, told tbe man to wrap It np and ship It to lilm to an address In Texas. The merry-goronnd wasn't worth wrapping np, so Dana left It on the lot, and it is still there. Ws am led to believe that "gilt?" shows are not modern. Tlierefore, progressive, experienced, independent showmen say no carnlvsls for me this Instrument. Ws havu no Perry Centennial Celebrations tills reason. Ob, oh, what shall we do? Do you know of anybody that got rich at any of them last reason? Wi K Hans—Where did you go when you left l.os Angeles? Never received the letter. Where did you write It from? Runner J. I.r.win Is said to be framing s very rovel tented attraction for this season. Johk F. MufiSAiL— What have you to say for iobllcatlon? T. J. Cahltou, formerly associated with Coney Island amusements, arrived in San Antonio. Tues- day, Jan. 0, from Western Canada and Montana. T. J baa some business tn attend to on the Mexi- can border, after which be will return to San An- tonio, to remain the rest ot tbe Winter. Don't set excited, but we want somebody to show us ace brand new sbow that Is coming out Ibis beoaoa. Where are nil of tbe constructive geniuses of tbe cat nival world? Tbey must be In uo.no other line of business. Don't "Zlg." Moral —Don't neve "Zlg" onleaa the bounds are on your trail, and then don't do It This Is one on you. WalcS for the "Zlg" series. II*i:nr H. LA BssquR Is planning to promote some aviation meets. In a few of tbe choice spots In the Southern dimes. Waltes. K. Pibi.it —We have been aotborlied John T. says that msny additions will be made to Ids outfit, tho work on which Is progressing very rapidly. IC. O. Bannoor writes under date of Dec. 23, ou board La. Prance, of Trans-Atlantic Line, one day out from Havre, France, In which he says they would upend a day In Paris, and then on to Marseille*, from which port they would anil for Byrla, arriving there about Jan. 8. The party consists of K. Q. Barkoot, Mrs. K. O. Barkoot. israliem Barkoot, Mrs. Brabem Barkoot and liabeeb Barkoot. K. O. sends bis kindest re- gards to Warren A. Patrick, and wishes to ex- tend greetings to everybody In tbe carnival busl- ■ ess tbrongh the columns of Tils Old Ukliam.b. K. 0. doesn't say so, but re swpeet that be will bring back with him a big Oriental spectacular uliow of some kind, which will be shipped direct to Knoxvllle, Tennessee. Sons tell ns that every tab should stand on lis own bottom. That's all right. We think tbat (.very sbow and concession should have Its own wagon too. William Ixb KossTn saya that since his new hotel desl went through In Davenport, Iowa, that he wilt not go on the road this season, as he had planned to ilo. William Ike has certslnly Cot some great Ideas for show frame-ups. Beaumont, Tex., Cbamls>r of Oonuneree—What tomlng season. AN awALLma disaster—A certain manager has lest the "nut" to bla show. Tus latest riding derlca for carnival purposes will be known as Ire "Auto Jumper." This is a l<rand new riding device, built along very original line*. Tom W. ALLitt—We have been Informed that fimeng your early Boxing dates will be Daven- port, la.. Rock Island and Mollne, 111. Tom W. —Who Is your press agent? Oxortfis 0. Johnson left flan Antonio. Friday, Jan. n, for Kansas City snd H. fxrals. Mo., and New York. Oeorge 0. stopped In Dsllss, Tex., on bis way to these cities. lie will act In the ca- pacity of general agent for the "Auto-Polo," of which It. A. Hanklnaon Is the originator and man ager. Auto-Polo will b* seen at Convention Hull, Kansas City; Coliseum. Bt. Ixmls, and Madison Bqaare Garden. New York City, after which It will appear st sll big celebrations and State fairs. HxsnxiT A. Klinb left San Antonio, Tuesdiy, UM of the most ronuldabb carnival coiiililnuilona In the buslne**. W. Davin Conn arrived In Ran Antmlo. Bun- day, Jnn. 11, after an extended tour which In- cluded the cities of Tsm'1.1 Key West and Pen- ^.l , " )ln •... ,r,, • '• """ Orleans, I.n., and Houston, J**. W. Dsrll revs that there will he no car- nival in Havana this Winter, and Ihnt lie !• thoroughly oonvliiml that Ihe Chilian* do not cat for .'witurdroine eililldtlons, and that New Orleans fast pace wisili eventually wear out a man mad iif Iron. W, Dm Id is looking the picture <n lieallb, so he intuit not have tried to follow the pace BraoiAL Aohntb.— Pay tome attention to tbe contracta for water thla arssoii. Water in some towns la more expensive llisn wine Is. W. II. Riok wires from Winnipeg, Man.. Can., under date of Saturday, Jan. 10, tbat among tho cltlea to be played In Western Canada are: Win- n.|ieg, Brandon, Itcglnn and Moose Jaw. W. II. aay*: "Watch rov smoke." All right, what ale you going to do, Iiaro a are sale? Obohob II. llAMii/roN.—We understand that you are very active along Broadway, New York, these days. George H.. we are going to wstcb K, (1. Barkoot a route. Where do you open? Oolng Into Knstern Canada, we suppose. Msa. John A. Polutt left Ban Antonio, Bun- day. Jan. 11, for Bt. Louis and Chicago, W. F. PAl.vrai arrived In Ban Antonio. Satur- day, Jan. 10, from I-os Angeles. Ills store room Is still In operation on Houston Street, In the former city, and doing a fair business. W. F. will have the side shows wltb both the Noa. 1 and 3 Gentry Hrothers' Circus. "Mistes, you all got any dramatics wltb your troupe?" Percy, If you want to come In, come on tn. Ton Dunn anii Zn.n* Dbiikbon, formerly of J. II. Johnson's Nomla Show, are whirlwind per- formers that are proving to be tbe cabaret sensa- tion of New Orleans. Tom and Zelda have not announced tlielr cnrnlvul affiliation for thla season. Ricb U noiiB will put nut an extraordinary line of paper this aeuaon. John A. Poi.i.trr—Rumor In Son Antonio has It that you will tsj with Ilnrwy It. Parkers' Car- nival thla season. . Who is golnj to make North Platte, Nebraska, their big Fourtb of July dale? OBNsaAi. AflKirrs— Don't overlook the Boy Scouts of America aa an auspices. RtiMusa, iinM-ndrmeil, nre now afloat In flan Antonio to the effect that Oun T. Kennedy and lllco ft Dore will play the lanadlan National Fix- llbltlon, jointly. That would make a grend com- bination at a great even*. Bidnbt WirBj —We hear lhat yon are tn be the mneral pre** agent for one of the big Eastern »»■■ ■ *»« ••""■ *f». >»«n huiuhn. .Hnsiui rrriwrira. (I.iiih ngnii na UIJU OT UNJ uig r.unrni Jsn. 13, for an extended tour In the Interest of earnlvala. Sidney, Is thei-o forty ways at s pro> bls carnival bookings. 0. A. WOBTHAM.—Who I* going to be your press Sunflower Belles ss one of your featured tented attractions this aeason? On, how tbey sre stirring things up. Let's buy some ears to-dsy. Let's book tome towns. The wty things sre now It wouldn't be s bad Idea to build some shows. C. A. WoaiiAU.—Who Is going to be your prtrss agent? 0. A., wby don't yon let him get busy? moter of publicity. Let's have (t. Psank L. Alskiit la now chief promoter of publicity for the "giant tlih" which Is on exhi- bition In Chicago, lied Onion wishes to acknowl- edge 'lie receipt of a package of Frank l/s matter by mall. He expects the other by express, Ho certainly can stir them up. RKOAaniMO that letterhead. A "boob" letter- head makes a "hoob" Impression. A three sheet letter bead Is no longer In vogue. Oct sor* if