The Billboard 1901-05-18: Vol 13 Iss 20 (1901-05-18)

~ SS ns) bs Py Lat ara eel SoD) LE + naman ’.> 728M oe . ere erare ys Pry ry tyson) se mene AA ORT EY ¥. “The Billboard” March. A beautiful new musical publication,*The Billboard March,” has scored an instantaneous hit. It is freely predicted by the best bandmasters that it will be the most popular march of the year. As an evidence of the high regard in which the march is held, we give the following letter from John C. Weber, the director of the famous Weber Military Band, of Cincinnati: To the Editor of ‘‘The Billboard: Dear Sir—I want you to believe me in earnest when I say that “The Billboard Mareh” is a remarkably pretty and meritorious creation. It is not only melodious but musical. I predict that it will become very popular. I have only played it a few times with my band, but the public demand its repetition. **The Billboard’ should feel complimented in having such an excellent musical production of its class named after it. Yours very truly, JOHN C. WEBER. Bandmaster Sweeney, of the Buffalo Bill Wild West, is also very enthusiastic over the beauty of “The Billboard March.” He says he intends to play it both in parade and at every concert. If the leaders of the various tent show bands will notify us, we will be glad to forward them complete band copies, with the compliments of the author, Mr. John H. Klohr, and this paper. Circuses and Spangles. Of the “‘good old times’ that we like to read about (and would hate in a truly Satanic way to have come back to us) there still remain to us some faint flickerings of dying fires. To those who love to think of them came a reviving fillip not long since, when King Edward reproved one of his equerries for permitting a delegation to approach him with an offering of some sort, the members wearing the modern traditional garb of frock coats and the frock coat’s accessories. *‘But never again,”’ the King is reported to have said, restoring by this portentious phrase the vogue of knee breeches, silk stockings and their fine flavor of an ancient and more courtly time. This is all very well in its way, and may earry comfort to those who live under the shadow of the cross of St. George. But it does not apply to something that more nearly concerns ourselves, and which may be observed nightly now (and will probably continue unless checked in its early stages) at the circus. It is the realization of the fact that tights and spangles (without which no circus could be a circus in the past) are passing, and that in their place do we see “Artists Acrobatiques,”’ “Premier Equestrians’” and ‘Kings and Queens of the Air’ flying through space or revolving around the ring attired in conventional evening dress. A circus without tights and spangles would be quite as unattractive as one without a clown, an elephant and a program full of inspirating adjectives. Could any one ever Scse to write a story like Aldrich’s ‘‘Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriskie’ if the heroine wore a “dress suit?’ What the circus needs in this particular respect—for the sake of the good old times, at least—is a King Edward of its own to look at an Artiste Acrobatique in evening dress, and utter the flat, “But never again.”’"—New York Press. What Do They Mean? A certain obscure publication in New York City, which is called “‘The Broadway Magazine," pompously makes the fellowing announcement in black-faced type: THE CIRCUS FAKIRS. Brondway Magazine is on the trail of an important story that will create a sensation when published. It will appear in an early issue—probably June. It will tell how the great traveling circus aggregations of the eountry stand in with the thieves that accompany them, and how a portion of the big profits of the circuses each year comes out of the pockets of those who are robbed by the thugs and cut-throats that are practieally in the employ of circus proprietors. We mean business. Names, places and dates will be printed. We are not afraid to tell the truth. It will be interesting to know who inspires the publication of the alleged expose of circus fakirs. It is possible from the ! Pde DsAL ahr fod LACS Td 6D (G90 Ed £9 O ee Wanet weet ert) eee een +¥ 3 8 ° » : ¥ ? 3 bs S $ 9D 9 OE OP OPW ue) Gee ———— announcement and the character of the publication that ‘“‘The Broadway Magazine’ is not actuated by a desire to serve the public, who never see the paper, but to reach directly or indirectly the plethoric pocketbooks of some of the big showmen of the country, who, no matter how innocent of wrong doing, would be disposed to contribute ntoney rather than have the unjust notoriety which such an article would provoke. As to what “The Broadway Magazine’*‘ means when it says in extra large type ‘“‘we mean business,’ we allow our readers to draw their own conclusions. Dan Judge joined the Gentry forces, and will be with advance car No. 1 Mr. J. 2 Show B. Gentry was a caller on his No. at Indianapolis last week. The show is playing Indiana towns during the present week. It did a tremendous business in the Hoosier capital. | } | | | | THE BILLBOARD On Wednesday, In the wee small hours, came my old friend of the brush, George Beckley, and six men for the Main Show. Very littl new work was put out by them, as all of their time here was taken up by recovering the boards lost in the big storm that passed over this city last Friday. The Wallace Show has three men to Main’s one. Both shows are billed to the limit in this city, but Main being the first in will, if the day is good, do a fine business. The last box brigade of the Main Show is expected in today. The Wallace Car No. 2 will arrive here next Monday and lay here, for at noon on Tuesday, while the Main Show is taking in the coin, the Wallace gang will be out covering every sheet of Main paper. It has been a warm scrap here for the past three weeks, but I am told not so hot as at Wilkesbarre and Scranton, where four come together in short order, the Ringlings, Sells & Forepaugh, Wallace and Main. Old Pop Robinson was foxy. He staid clear of the mix-up. My shelves in the bill-room has more commercial work on them, waiting for space, than at any one time in twelve years. GEORGE H. BUBB. Courthouse in Circus War. A recent dispatch to the Philadelphia North American from Wilkesbarre, Pa., ‘ where a notable circus fight is in progress, says: “The dignified Town Improvement Society and the pompous Board of Trade have protested in well-chosen words against the County Commissioners allowing circus post ers to be hung from the windows of the courthouse, and circus bill boards to repose against the trunks of trees in the courthouse yard. “A circus fight, with this city as its center, is being waged in this vicinity. No less H. THAYER GLICK, Manager Bailey’s Big Double Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co. Officials to Blame. To the Editor of “The Billboard: The agitation of the circus license question and the vigorous protests of the authori -ties in many localities against the alleged operations of grafters is in many instances a pretense. These . officials should purge themselves of corruption first. They are eareful not to inform the dear public that but for their connivance and permission, and in many cases active support, the residents of their localities would not suffer, as they claim, at the hands of designing men. While it is true that no excuse can be made for the deliberate robbery of the patrons of a show, yet, on the other hand, the people who complain of their losses should place the blame where it properly belongs, not with the show followers, who never operate unless protected, but with the corrupt and thieving officials who make such a condition of affairs possible. Everything has been said that can be said upon the license question, but it is no more than right to state that the fact has been proven over and over again that the work of the ‘‘lucky boys” seldom, if ever, has anything to do with the raising or lowering of the State, county or city license. J. M The Pennsylvania Mix-Up. Last Monday brought Car No. 1, of the Wallace Circus, to this city, under the management of my old friend Muskat, with twenty-two bill posters. All the country routes were gone over again, it being the third time for this show to do the country, and our friend Franklin jumped back from Wilkesbarre to size up the situation agaln. than five big shows are booked here within a few days of each other. Lee's Circus has just gone. Ringling’s, Wallace's, Main’s and Buffalo Bill's are to come within the next three weeks. The town is full of the red, white, blue and yellow signs, and every bit of advertising space is in demand. One of the clever agents got on the right side of the County Comuoissioners and secured a contract which gave him the privilege of the courthouse and the yard. And all for fifty complimentary ad mission tickets. “Of course, the righteous public howled, and so did the Town Improvement Society and the Board of Trade. But the other did more; they sent a letter to the commissioners containing such terms as: ‘It Is a most distressing and mortifying fact.’ ‘Every right-minded man and woman regards your act with abhorrerte.’ ‘It deserves condemnation.’ ‘The principle involved is a public trust.” ‘You have no right.’ ‘Indignation is great."* Such a price —fifty tickets!’ “The commissioners are in all kinds of hot water, and would gladly get out, ff they could, but the circus agent carefully holds them to their contract, and the signs stay.” The advance for Chas. Lee’s Great London Show is as folows: Wm. Sloman, general agent; Frank Burns, car manager; Frederick F Behrens, local contractor: Chas. Stalva, special agent; Pan! Hubbard, route rider; William Crolius, official programer; Bob Dean, boss bill poster; James Johnson, W. R. Nobles, John Haley, Wm. Porter, Geo. 8. White, Mike Franklyn, Jas. Flynn, lithographers; Chas. Harlow, R. B. Drainger, William Allen, banner men; Max Jordan, Walter Weleh, box brigade; James Gleason, manager; Geo. Granger, 8. Melville, Frank Okley, A. W. Howard. Tent Show Routes. Ne have many routes tn our we are not permitted to publish, but which enable us to forward mail promptly—Sce our mail for warding scheme under “ Letter Box" in another column, ossesston which BARNUM & BAILEY—Kesskemet, Hungary, May 18 and 10; Felegyhaza, Hungary, May 20; Czegled, Hungary, May 21; Gyor, Hungary, May 22; Poszony, Hungary, May 23 and 24; Sepron, Hungary, May 25; Szombathely, Ilungary, May 26; Nagy Kanizsa, Hungary, May 27; Zagrab, Hungary, May 28 aad 20; Laibach, Austria, May 30; Marburg, Austria, May 31; Graz, Austria, June 1 to 3. BONHEUR BROS’.Kiowa, Kan., May 13; Medicine Lodge, Kan., May 14; Sharon, ~--. Kan., May 15; Hazelton, Kan., May 16; Byron, O. T., May 17. BUCKSKIN BILL WILD WEST— Greensburg, Ind., May 17. BUFFALO BILL—St. Louis, Mo., May 13 to 18; Terre Hante, Ind., May 20; Indianapolis, May 21; Richmond, May 22; Dayton, o-. May 23; Springtield, May 24; Newark, May 2. CAMPBELL BROS.—Sturgis, 8. D., May 15; Crawford, Neb., May 16; Edgmont, 8. I., Muay 17; Newcastle, Wyo., May 18; Sheridan, Wyo., May 20; Crow Agency, Mont., May 1; Billings, May 22; Red Lodge, May 23. COLORADO GRANT'S SHOWS—Goddard, Kan., May 16; Cilmlk, Kau., May 17; Valley Center, Kan., May 18; Sedgwick, Kan., May 20; Halstead, Kan., May 21; Hesson, Kan., May 22. G. S&S. ELY'S ANIMAL SHOW-—St. Ill., May 13; Vandalia, May 14; May 15; Herrick, May 16. FOREPAUGH-SELLS — Lancaster, Pa., May 21; Wilmington, Del., May 22; Trenton, N. J., May 23; Newark, N. J., May 24; Jersey City, N. J., May 25. GOLLMAR BROS. & SCHUMAN’S Ft. Atkinson, Wis., May 14; Elkhorn, May 15. GEO. W. HALL & SONS’ SHOWS—Ashton, Ill, May 16; Lee Center, IIL, May 17; Sublette, Il, May 18; Arlington, IIL, May 20; Malden, Elmo, Ramsey, lil, May 21; DePue, IIL, May 22. HARRIS’ NICKEL PLATE SHOWS— Lexington, Va.. May 15; Covington, Va., May 16; Clifton Forge, Va., May 17; Staunton, Va., May 18, HARRISON BROS.” CANVAS MINSTRELS Franklin, Ind., May 15; Shelbyville, May 16; Greensburg, May 17; Rushville. May 18; Connersville, May 20; Richmond, May 21; New Castle, May 22. CHAS. LEE’S GREAT LONDON—Wayerly, N. Y., May 13; Towanda, Pa., May 14; Alturis, Pa., =a 15; Elmira, N. Y., May 16; Troy, Pa., May 17; Canton, Pa., May 18. LEMEN BROS.--Columbia City, Ind., me 1. Butler, May 18; Glencoe, Canada, May 20, LOWANDE, TONY—Touring West Indies. MAGUIRE’S EDUCATED HORSES— Touring West Indies. THE WALTER L. MAIN SHOWS—Elmira, N. Y., May 138; Williamsport, Pa., May 14; Lewisburg, Pa., May 15; Pottsville, Pa., May 16; Hazelton, Pa., May 17; Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 18; Scranton, Pa., May 20. PAWNEE BILL'S SHOW-Streator, Il, May 14; La Salle, Ill, May 15; Joliet, IL., May 16; Blue Island, IIL, May 17; mond, Ind., May 18; Oak Park, DL, 20; Evanston, May 21; Elgin, May 22. PERRINE SHOWS-—Grattan, May 13; Belding, May 14; Sheridan, May 15; Stanon, May 16; McBride, May 17; Edmare, May 18. PERRY & PRESSLEY'S—Reinbeck, Ia., May 16; Hudson, May 17; Dewar, May 18; Dunkerton, May 20; Fairbank, May 21; Hazelton, May 22. PUBILLONE’S CIRCUS—Havana, Cuba; indefinite. PUBILIONE’S CIRCUS, NO. 2—Antonio Pubillone, manager; touring Cuba. RHODA ROYAL SHOW fa., May 16; Williamsburg, Va., May 17; Hampton, Va., May 18; Newport News, Va., May 20; Hanover, Va., May 21; Beayer Dam, Va., May 22. RINGLING BROS.—Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 13; Seranton, Pa., May 14; Oneonta, N. Y., May 15; Schenectady, N. Y., May 16; Hudson, N. Y., May 17; Holyoke, Mass., May 18; Boston, Mass., May 20 to 25 a?. ROBINSON SHOWS—Alllance, O., May 14; East Liverpool, May 15; Steubenville, May 16; Bellaire, May 17; Washington, Pa., May 18 STEWART FAMILY'S CONSOLIDATED Lafontain, May 15; Van Buren, May 16; Warren, May 17; Liberty Center, May 18. GEO. W. SIPE'S ANIMAL EXHIBITION. — Cleveland, Ohio, May 13 and week. TREVINO'S MEXICAN CIRCUS—Touring Cuba. WALLACE SHOWS—Galion, O., May T; Canton, O., May 8; Akron, O., May 9; Youngstown, ©., May 10; New Castle, Pa., May 11; Untontown, Pa., May 18; MeKees Manchester, Charlerol, Pa.. 17; Latrobe, I’a., May 18; Pa... May 20; Bloomsburg, Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 22. Williamsport, Ta., May 21;