The Billboard 1900-05-01: Vol 12 Iss 7 (1900-05-01)

THE BILLBOARD Morris & Rowe Shows were reported as Great F. J. Taylor's Shows (incorporated) } The Vrewster-Higgins Pavilion Shows, of 1. P. Harris, McKeesport, Pa., will not open The Cooper & Co. Show cleaned up $1.54 whieh Frank Dillon is general agent, have until the middle of June, and will then play on the Key West engagement, and mat been wintering at Pappillon, Neb. They open the towns surrounding Pittsburg money !n the southern towns of Floridé, : their season May %, at Fremont, Neb s * * 7 me Commencing at Jacksonville, however, bus ‘ Mr. L. F. Nicodemus, 165 E. Randolph ness fell off and has been bad ever since! ty Buckskin Bill's Wild West opens Padu Street, Chicago, has the advertising program Pensacola was simply vile Even ten-cer '}s eah, Ky., May 5 cf the Pawnee Bill Shows. cotton can not make the South goed countr |f Wallace Shows opened at Peru, Ind Sam Dock’s Keystone Show and E. G in the spring. t “ and showed at Indianapolis April Smith's Imperial Show have combined Clint Worral is with Frank A. Robbin: ina a Ray 4 ome rg Pa gy + wae The Harrington Wagon Show will tour Instreet 6. company. ' ‘a Ind, May %; Dayton, O., May 4. and Chil dana, Ilineis, Missouri and Kentucky this _ The inconsistency of municipal authoritic i licothe, O., May 5 : year is nowhere more apparent than in the rek i ; ; A. Wilson Snow will probably run out a big tive treatment accorded circuses and stre¢ Ringling Bros showed in Trenton, N. J 10. 20 and 20-cent show under canvas fairs. A street fair promoter gets free licensed April 25; New B iy Se April 26 ween , . free water, free light and closes up an r Newark N J il 2 Paterson, N = Ringling Bros. are nothing if not spectacufences in important streets in the center t April 28, and Winstead, Conn April 30 lar. Ther astonishing jump from Baraboo the town In addition, merchants go dow) } They will show at Bridgeport, Conn., New to Wheeling to open (seven hundred and in their pockets and dig up big money im tl . Hi sven, Cont and Hartford, Conn, on May eighty-five miles), had no sooner been anshape of subseriptions to help the fair alo . 2, 2 and 4, respectively nounced than their contracting agents apand draw people into town. The circus draw f ‘ : . peared in Jersey City at the very gates of as many people, pays for all it gets, and ‘ rr ey \ r< ~ ——— > a nate New York. This remarkable manouver was taxed outrageously into the bargain i } nore i ) y ane pish etal ‘ » . 4 . mrio b. C April 25 and 26; York, Pa April 2 a Diag ao nea a Any show needing a good, first-class fixe and Westcheste April 28. They wil ! B... nei ad ~ rognyppedinge list sities will find one in John Griffen. He is at lit Fd pear at Reading, Pa., May 1, and W n erty. His address is No. 27 Bank st., Toror 5 port, Pa, May Bill posters have never been as scarce in to, Ontario. ' } ) , = * ae , or ie ' rhe John Rebinsen Shows opened at Co — ee f of rap Ms gre as te; ot this It is high time that the cireus manager 1% lumbia. Cincinnati, O., April 28, and ap pod “~— Pn por gh nd anne: cael aa Gia got together and formed an association whic '4) peared at Richmond, Ind., April 20. Spring sonal eth be acide ; would enable them to resist the steady et field. O.. has them on May 1! and Columbus i croachments of hostile legislation and ut O.. May 2 é The New York yellow journals did not just exactions of railroads. " The Sells-Gray Show was reported at El ee eT at cca aa ae _ Every circus license in the United Stat) wood, Ind., April 28, and Alexandria, Ind sppreciative. In "ethene hice che ae is illegal. This is a fact. It is an opinie. & April :30 i sete oe ae . held by dozens of eminent lawyers thi 4% we : was packed at every performance State, county and municipal licenses are #7) — a _ Shows will be at Chester F. J. Taylor, of Creston, lowa, will try it hindrane e of inter-state commerce and cons4 i ‘ -™ again this season under the style of the quently invalid If circus men would get together, , rreate " . follows: Reno, Cal., April 25; Truckee, Ve will be glad to publish rosters, but they fund and secure counsel and carr#® a tej, ~ CHARLES H. DAY. Cal Apt 1 26 Marysville, Cal., Apr 12 must not be padded aed fictitious Dames. _ case to the Supreme Court of the Unite {| . ; Oroville, Cal April 28: Chico, Cal., April i f States, they would win as completely ar? | Everyone that follows the wh te tents “. They show at Red Bluff, Cal., May 1 Ed F Davis’ school of trained barnyard emphatically as did the drummers in the? * knows “the old circus man” either per Redding, Cal., May 2; Yreka, Cal., May 3 quadrupeds will make a big hit, or ‘The fight against the drummers’ tax. f sonally or by reputation. In fact, there ts Ashland, Ore., May 4; Medfor, Ore., May 5 Billboard” will miss its guess. ho man in the show business who was ever : ; Dan Robinson is general agent of the Buch better or more favorably known than its The Jas. W. Goodrich Shows opened at We want to be able to say always, “If you skin Bill Wild West. Dan says the sho} Mr. Charles H. Day, whose portrait appears Weston, W. Va April 2s and appeared at see it in The Billboard’ it’s so." Our boasts of seventeen cars with the show ar 4h in this number of “The Billboard , ae pi April So Following ea mer fe will please confine themselves two ahead. Re, Yay’s new serial story of circus Ife Grafton ’. Va., May 1, they will show at to facts and avoid exaggeration. . , : 1) ne Van Amburgh Elephant Performer Newburg, W. Va., May 2: Kingwood, W . . Choosing Day with the Wallace Shows tal’ § sacle meer : atest Va.. May 2; Oakland, Md., May 4; Western The Robinson Show parade this season is a on April 29 this year. and Lion Trainer,”’ is now running in : } revelation. The cages are . very Golden Hours ind judging from the Port, Md., May der 38 ; be cages are not only very Mrs. Ephrai Sells die i a) ours,” 3 j . a handsome, but unique. They are odd, origS. Bpararm ccs ied April 8 at hq complimentary notices, it will prove the Welsh Bros. kept things lively at Readinal and out of the ordinary in style and dehome in Columbus, O. Her children wewy ens a ie Ne ny et ite "a gh ing, Pa April 22 to 28, inclusive sign. This is one parade that will make a hit present, as was also Mr. Peter Sells. ry, iterar) ay No one is better ee o s year i : write of circus life than “The Old C.reus Cullins Bros Wagon Shows open at on John Hamilton _, bets the train over ths Man.” and that his new story deserves all Concordia, Kas., May Circus bill posters are invited to have their "84 ‘his year with the Wallace Shows. = ~~ (trea ee — The Great Syndicate Shows were seen at — a oo os beh We have co ial ad: The Norris & Rowe Shows cleared $10.8) ' saying PP noah aorit of vantages which enable us to forward it more in fifteen days at the Mechanics’ Pavilion (|'?. t polis, Al 2 promptly than any other publication. We San Francisco. This is no pipe story, eithe) Nickel Plate Shows made Chicago, Il., do not hold mail to advertise it, but send it but the result of heavy billing and taithfit | 9 forward the day it is received. conscientious house-to-house program. The The Old and the New Paste. The James & Lass opened the tenting We want a correspondent with every tent = 1 a nee a wan work, 900 windaas season April 26 at Lafayette, Ind shew: We offer real and substential taducea and distributed 65,000 couriers. e} ents Fi pee , etter P re: , The Canton Carnival Company opens at ae wetee a a Pe ~~ I re ‘ . if Since Arthur S. Hoyt, of New York, inChattanooga May 7, and will be at Birbut no press eee, eee See in it, —_ Washburn will put out a Tom Shay treduced his novei cold water paste, the mingham, Ala., the following week. They ; — Pagel canvas, opening his season at Havii® bill-posting world bas been asking, Is it a3 show at Charlotte, N. C., May 21 Gil Robinson went all the way to Egypt stl ratinihs jas Hoyt claims that his paste contains lye Pa., May 1 seat minal Gea, ice eee irty, a big Welsh Brothers Circus, have started)y : aim a pa ontains no lye, } ‘ strong espite great care foura second enterprise, to be known as the’is acid or chemicals of any kind. In fact, he Pawnee Bill's Wild West will show at teen of them died on the vessel on the way Welsh Wagon Show. Hie says that it can be eaten without the gum Chester. Pa.. May 5 over. This is one of the reasons that the j in it, and that it will not turn the colors on F price of camels in America is high. Bill Doris, the side-show man and his j the posters. This would indicate that there Kennedy Bros.’ Cireus and Vaudeville wife closed with the Cooper & Co. Show iar is merit in his articte Shows opened at Bloomington, HL, April This department does not amount to much at Jackson, Tenn., April 14. hie The cost of the cola-water paste, figuring 25, 26 and 27, and followed to El Paso, HL, this issue. It is not nearly as good as we ;? at the regular rate, f. 0. b. at New York April 28; Minonk, Tll., April 30 They make intend to make it, but even this issue conThe larger shows have now and then aritt net counting labor—when compared to the Rutland, Ill, May 1; Toluea, Ill., May 2, tains more real circus news than any other SUed against fighting excessive licenses (ge old paste, amounts to about 25 per cent and Streator, lll. May 3. 4 and 3 ; paper prints. There is a field for us. They have asserted that they could afford ) to pay them, because they kept down the #1 more But considering the labor in preparing the cooked paste and the delay inct The new feature with Harris’ Nickel Plate Rheda Royal Shows opencd the season at . Shows this season is a team of six camels dental to its use. The two will be found Geneva, O., April 2s har . to about on an equal basis. The plan of Tuttle's Ol @} : take the voad a two abreast to a handsome open mixing your paste where and when you need — = ympic SnOWS § Cane Le oat den of liens, on top of which is seated a it is of inetsimable value, especially to cross May 1 band of ten mouth pieces read and circus bill posters, for it enable The Barlow's Refined Wagon Show began The Reno & Alvord Show o $s ror : ; = h a t g i ; d ‘ pens at Aurora, cand oir te oan Ste and to cover ‘more the season at Syracuse, 4 April 28 The Neb., April 28. Over $2,500 has gone into the att ne . a 1 followin oute was so far arranged New show this winter, but they don't owe any aring Paris. Ind., April 30; Benton, Ind., May 1 one a dollar. W. B. Alvord will be ahead of _ NN. Webster, Ind. May 2; Cromwell, Ind., the show as usual May 4, and Wolcott May *: Wawaka, In ville, Ind., May Geo. Peck, formerly of the firm of Peck & Fursman, has the sideshow with Buckskin — hi.ll’s Wild West this season Routes. Campbell Bros.’ United Shows will open at Notes. Fairbury, Neb... April 26 It is a neat two ring show, and it promises to have its best arkburst. the boss canvasman, writes Rowe are carrying a ten-car show on six cars. He says it is the biggest six cars of stuff he ever handled season yet this year Capt. W. D. Ament’s Big City Vaudeville D = A eu a , , . Cireus will show at Muscatine, Ia., April 21 Denny ayneh, contracting agent of the The Buffalo Bill Wiid West Show opened at res + ™ , , ' Wallace Shows, is out for a record this year Mad son Square Garden, New York City : His first town was Indianapolis. He got the April 23, fer a season of two we ks: Brooklyn Basil McHenry will do the contracting for lot for $50 (the first time the price has been May 7. fo oes week: Philadelphia, one week the ‘Gollmar Bros. this seasen broken in twelve years), and he made the beg nning ay WU ’ i nse r ) ? is . 4 Barnum and Bailey Limited, opened t Wm. Powley will not go with the Wallace a _ bos po gett e pert hig pave — arnu i i , ‘ Z — 3 ie} » any ; ! " 4 xers i » eve sucHamburg. Germany, April 15, Easter Sur Shows He will probably be found with the ccnel ta dale day, for a run of four weeks Setls-Gray Show , J. RO W. Hennessey, proprietor of Cooper & Co.'s cireus, was in Cincinnati April 16. We want everybody in touch with the tent Billboard” 4 | <a show business to feel that “‘The is published in their interests. Bosses, perg formers and musicians, as well as bill posters BR. E. Wallace has six of the prettiest lilli . . . —e putian eages for the children’s department There is room for a few more first class experienced Billposters with that ever went in a parade. Each is hauled Buckskin's Wild West. Applications shoul d be addressed to by four shetland ponies, and the color of the harness and plumes matches the calor of the DAN. R. ROBINSON, PADUCAH, KY. F E. Davis is ahead of the Cooper & Co | | Dan R. Robinson, general agent of Buck| P skn Bis Wild West, was a “Biiboard” caller April 16 The Jas. W. Goodrich Shows will be a two I can use a few more good, seasoned Billposters— but they car rsilroad show: this year. It opens at must be ‘“cracker-jacks’’ and thoroughly experienced, #% Weston, W. Va., April 28 The od Protective League of American Showmen is as dead as a door nail It can WRITE OR WIRE. not be revived, but for all that, there is a Ww. E. FRANKLIN, TERRACE PARK, O. crring ncca of'a similar organization, Send in your routes—we publish them only with your CE ee i asso onnas msramsecvrsasvesucoe eniaiithiadieaieanhiec * <Eweelbeterienelererientneetatan Se, number of small shows. The fails acy of this argument is demonstrated by the large l number of tent shows that take the ro / this season. There are 168—think of it! The new circus rate on the Southern Railroad is a ripper Just to ascertain 7] ad 5 what the new order meant, a prominent#, e.reus agent asked for a rate from Memphis } to Chattanooga on a one-section show making four stops. He was informed that it would be $1,525. The South will not be {? so good next fall, even if cotton is ten ’ cents, at this rate. Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee are the worst offenders of all the States in the &% matter of high circus licenses Jim Sturgis sold his sixty-foot sleeping ear to J. R. W. Hennessey, April 16. latter will place it in his train, remodel-¢& ing the one he is at present using, 2 sending it ahead for an advance car. Geo. Aiken has proved his ability to Jkeerg, 4 route buried about as well as the tnext one. The Robinson Show stands wert unknown quantity up to the time the con tracting agents started out. The Bt andy, an They are still talking of the great onan sition work that G. H. Hartford Staunton, Va., last year with the Shows. The Orton Family is with the Bros.’ Shows this season, as is also T White. Davie Jarvis is looking out transportation for the Cullins TENT SHOW FACTS Total number tailroad shows Wagon shows ree Cireuses with menagerie Circuses with riding Circuses without riding. Wild Wests Variety shows Burlesque shows Uncle Tom shows.... Repertoire shows Dog and Pony shows Minstrels ......--Advertising circuses Concert companies Negro shows Horse shows consent, dd aft Wallace Culling Pony for the 164 Ts rm 1 1 ’ we wrth —_ © Oia tet — ——— ee ee a ees me ~ some OS etre me