The Billboard 1904-06-18: Vol 16 Iss 25 (1904-06-18)

THE BILLBOARD 7 Pa Lie . -STREETFAIRS ot &EXPOSITIONS| ON THE PIKE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. About the center of the Pike is seen & ture in design most impressive, It is Hereafter. The imagination of Dante himself has been exceeded in this vivid and incomparable presentation of those domains beyond our mortal sphere. The spacious building wherein is enacted this intensely interesting allegorical story represents in its appearance the gateway of Hades, surmounted by an angel of redemption. The architectural elegance of this great and seemingly endless lobby so engross the visitor that all unexpected is the entrance into the Cabinet of the Dead. On entering a grave Monk escourts you from the room of the dead to the subterranean elevator, descending to the outer or first circle ef the nine that comprise the Fiery Kingdom. The Ancient Pilot, Charon meets all travelers, and his cheerful greeting to abandon all hope, excites mortal curiosity to explore the regions. Crossing Acheron, the river of Woe, into the second circle, visit the Court of Minos, ible where ; ed spirits seing We nan Faust doomed to visions everlasting. The third or Frozen Circle, crossing Stygian lake, we enter the City of Dis, or Eternal fire, viewing all around ceaseless punishments et abandoned souls, arriving at the Throne Room and in the presence of bis Satanic MajJesty. Mingling with his courtiers, skeletous and subordinates, a chilly, creeping sensation possesses you. The parched and barren rocks and canverns of Inferno have vanished, dellcious odors pervade the air, rare fullage and besutiful flowers mingle in delicate profustn. Passing through Daphne's Grove and entering the gates of Paradise, gorgeous spectacular .liusion effects unfold the Biblical bistory. W.se Men of the Desert, the transcendent glories of thig impressive productiou, graceful evolutions of eternal bodies, the dimly-descerned and far-distant Star of Bethlehem, ever increasing In brilliancy and the final culmination, the bursting of celestial dawn, are shown, and while soft strains of sacred songs fall upon your ears, you return to earth again. A merited praise from press and public who visit this concession, will ca its fame far beyond the conclusion of the orid’s Fair, it will live long in the memory of mililons as the grestest the world bas known. Much praise is due Mr. Jno. T. Dunnavant for his offering, and our appreciation must surely follow. WILL J. FARLEY. holder to a free chance on the auto which will be raffled off the last day of the fair. I want to correspond with a good ‘¢arnival company or with independent side show men who will work at our fair on percentage basis. Warren, Ill, Tri-County Fair is in its 434 year, one of the oldest in the middle West. Originally incorporated by an older class of citizens, the fair has at times been run upon rather orthodox principles. This year, however, young business men bought up the majority of stock and have decided to make it a “red hot” fair, where ‘everything goes’’ just so long as the constables can be kept good natured, and they are a pretty well fed lot. Prizes in all dapartments will be more fiberal, the races and attractions are to be the best that money can procure, and the local banks guarantee that every prize will be paid, rain or shine. The dates are September 20 to 23. R. C. Cullen, the genial Secretary, is also Mayor of Warren, and agrees to turn over the keys of the city to all who atten. An attendance of at least 15,000 is expected. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. A very interesting collection, taken from the United States Dead Letter Office forms an «zhibit at the World's Fair. Paintings representing the various types of mail men and methods of carrying the United States mail are on exhibit in the Post-office department’s section of the Government Building at the World's Fair. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is beginning to walk tWe floor. The first Installment of the $4.609.000 borrowed from the gevernment for the World's Fair is about due. FAIR NOTES. The firemen of Gowanda, N. Y., will soon hold a fair. | State Falr of Texas bas asked for a charter. Secretaries are Invited to send copies of their premium lists to ‘‘The Billboard.”’ ' Anderson, Ind. Fair Association will | gm 9 connie meet at the fair ground, July 1, and 4. The Chautauqua Association, of Madisop Ind., has been incorporated and a chautauqua wil] be held every summer. The Appalachian Fair Association was recently incorporated by citizens of Clark County, Tenn., at a capital of $4,000. The Fair County Fair Association, of Bowling Green, Mo., was recently ‘ncorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. W. J. Jacobs, Wm. H. Graff and other business men of that place are interested, “The New York Clipper’ published a fair ist last week. It contained the dates of 487 fairs. “The Billboard’s’’ issue of the same Gate contained 726 dates. The Shelbyville County (Ohio) Falr Board recently met at Sidney and decided to erflarg” the grand stand, build new stables and make other minor improvements. Frank Calhoun was | retained for a year as tenant at the grounds. Work has begun on the new ampitheatre at Trenton, Tenn., ang the prospects are for the best fair ever held In Gibson County. The trotting ostrich will be one of the chief attractions, There is talk of holding a fair at Madison, Ind., this season though no te plans have been decided upon. ¥ ° % W the Tri * State Fair Association of Du . me, ! : “You may drop our ad out of ‘The * Billboard’, as through it we have ‘erstate Fair Association would not give its regular fair at Atlanta, Ga. this year, a movement has been started for the forming of a new horse show association which will admit et “ great social event. Horses will be taken rom the Virginia circuit instead of Kentucky ie ema as formerly. e city of Atlanta, Ga., has purchased the falr grounds of the Southern Snsep-senes Fair Association, situated in Piedmont Park. The -ity agrees to pay $99,000 for the entire grounds called Piedmout Park. The city also agrees to {tuldate all the obligations of the fair associa. on “nd maintain the buildings and grounds. giving thelr use to the association when q fair s held. There will be no fair this year. ae Secretary of the Edinboro, (Pa.) Patr Association writes as follows: The executive committee of Edinboro Fair met this afternoon ‘na adopted a program that will make this “ear's fair the largest ever held here. decided to change our dates to Sept. 20-23 eo “8 not to confilet with the fair at Mercer, Pa. 5 & e*@ereeee — lS — a — a ies ae W. F. BRODICK, Marysville, Ohio. Mr. W. F. Brodrick, secretary of the Uasten County (Ohio) Fair, is well qualified for the position, naving served for a number of sears past. Be ts the youngest per<on who (ver held this position with this society, being ony twenty-five years old. He ts a great lover of all sports, and in particular of the noble horse, anu the racing for the Union County Fair this season looks very promising. Mr. Brodrick was vdorn 3t Marvsville. C@bhle. where he has rested ali his life. He is a graduate of the city schools and spent two years at the Ohio Weslean Universicy. He ts at present studying law with his father, who is Probate Judge. Under ibe management of Mr. Brodrick, the Union Countr Fair of 1904 promisxes to be the greatest in its history. At present he has sold over $1,000 worth of privUeges The edict has gone forth that no exhibitor or concessionair will be allowed to work In a shirt waist at the Worloe’s Fe‘r. All must wear coats. Only five air-ships have been entered to date for the aerial contests In the early part of July at the World's Fair, although eighty contestants have applied for admission. The five to pay the $250 necessary to enter are Edward Hatchinson, Chicago: Charles Stivin. New York: S. M. Williams, San Francisco: Emery Curtis and George Davis, Gillespie, N. Y., and M. Santos-Dumont, France. UNION AMUSEMENT COMPANY. The Union Amusement Company is the nawe of a new carnival company recently formed from the Lotta Carnival Company which disbanded at Hoopeston, Il. The new organization is composed of practically the same attractions as made up the old company. It will fulfill all contracts made by the Lotta Company. Armstrong and Murphy are proprietors, and J. M. Free is general agent. STREET FAIR NOTES. Madie Reynolds, spectacular cancer is still in Hot Springs, Ark., visiting friends. Ed. Kennedy has charge of the advertising for the Seeman-Millican Compan}. The Swanson Carnival Company is meeting with success throughout West Virginia. Arthur Stewart has joined the Seeman-Millican Mardi Gras Company, to work the press and Queen. Tyler Bros. closed with the Ferari Brothers’ Our race purses were fixed at $300 each and it was decided to give awa gate prize, A y an automodile as a. y ticket of admission — Carnival Company at Anderson, Ind., and have joined’ the Monarch Carnival Company. The Grocers’ Fair and Carnival held last week , his five acres of ofl and gas land in Cleveland, Obio, drew well. Frank P. Spellman furnished the attractions. Ruth Everett, the mechanical doll, has been seriously il] with an attack of peritonitis, but is on the road to recovery. Cater to the elite, the masses will follow. Easy towns are not always ,the best towas. Small maiden towns are better. Frank Blitz, formerly manager of Millie Christine has left the Dixle Carnival Company and joined the Gaskill Carnival Co. The Three Guthries closed with the Jabour Carnival] Company at Watertown, N. ay 27 and opened with the Hoss and Smith Carnival! Company, May 30 at Adrian, Mich. Dutchman Bros., of New Orleans, La., — commenced work on the 100 new floats to built for the Mardi Gras parades, Comus, Protens and Rex. The, Tri-state Amusement Company was recently incorporated at Cumberland, M. D., for the purpose of bolding a carnival this month. The company is capitalized at $5,000. The weather man may predict now for the week of July 4. It is said that some enterprising Managers are arranging to carry a heating apparatus next season. Chas. A. McGown leaves Monday to join the W. J. Weaver Amusement Company at “lwood City, Penn., this making his second season with the company. The Jones Carnival Company has closed snd several of the attractions including the band and Kid McComb, the high Giver, have gone over to the Swanson Amusement Company. Mr. Robt. E. Kane, the well-known showtalker, formerly with Jones Carnival Company, is now with the Swanson Carnival and Gala Week Company, in the capacity of announcer and orator on the Read Dome Show. The Ferari Bros.” Carnival Company had a most successful week under the auspices of ‘he Haymakers of Anderson, Ind.. despite the rainy weather. The Haymakers will clear about $500 on the carnival. George E. Hogue, who for some years has bed a merry-go-round with various carnival companies, committed suicide, June 4, at the home of his diverced wife In Fort Wayne, Ind. 11) health, and a losing amusement venture, are the attributed causes of his act. The Melrose high wire bicyclists were engaged by the Star City Council, 277, Jr. O. Vv. A. M. as a special free attraction at their — Saturday, June 4, at Miamisburg, . > . > . . *« . . . Lansing, Mich., June 6, 1904. The Billboard Pub. Co. Gentlemen :— Please find ($5.00) five dollar ad enclosed. From our last ad in “‘The Billboard,”’ we received more than one hundred answers. Respectfully yours, Capitol Amusement Co. . . . . * . . _ The La Fiesta and Alfresco Mardi Gras Carnival Company opens its season, June 28 at Portland, Ore. Messrs. Arnold and Hutchin have made great expenditures In getting everything In orver for the opening and a prosperous season is looked for. The Jones Carnival Company is reported to have closed at South Boston, Va.. May 28. Part of the company foined the Joe Bernstein Carnival Company at Farmville, Va., and the remainder joined the Seaman-Millican Company at Johnstown. Tenn. Complaint has again been made that companies claim ther have not be obliged some in their routes towns which closed. “The Billboard’’ may to verify the routes of the comnanies complained of if the practice is continued. Frank B. Hubin writes from Atlantie City, N. J.: The Johnstown Flood opened here this week and turned away thousands and it is without 4onbt the grandest and finest electric exhibition that has ever been produced here, and will be a big winner the coming season. The Mardi Gras and Spring Festival to be held it Seattle. Wash., promises much In the way of resnits. The city has subscribed several thousand dollars toward the erent ana Arnold and Hutchin promises to do thefr portion of the work in furnishing up-to-date attractions. Notes from the Mundy Caratval Company: Creation {js still making top money. The festival at Chattanooga, Tenn... was a great success In every way. We did over $16,000 worth of business and gave entire satisfaction. Jos. J. Conly attended the funeral of Col. F. W. Gaski at Alliance. Ohio. We play Sioux City. Towa, on the streets, in August. Next week we play Anrora. Ill. It will be the first carni!val there In three years. Notes from the Parker Amusement Company: To say that this stupendous amusement undertaking stands withont a peer in size, strength, cleanliness, magnitude, and beauty, would be hut voleing the statements of every person to whom its features have been presented this season. It fs trne that the stringent rules laid down by the Parker management. regarding the conduct of fits employees, are perhaps ¢ntirely out-of-common around shows, but considering the Impression which ladles ana gentlemen always leave with the pnblie the results so far have been entirely satisfactory, and only serve to place the aggregation on a solid footing with the better class of amusement-seekers everywhere. At Wichita, Kansas, where we returned after a very snecessfn!l six days last rear. large crowds were always in order thronghout the entire week. and the attractions #1) did a phenomenal business. Independence. Kaneas, opened with a rush and patrons acquired the habit of attending clean shows very early fn the week. ang soon forgot that a dancing girl or disgusting form of entertainment was necessary to a midway. Mr. Parker carries an expert moving picture photographer. whore duties are to take Important local scenes, develop the films In a car fitted up for the purpose. and then have them reprodaced in the Electric thertre. On Saturday night of each week these films are ent Into small pleces and given to natrons as sonvenirs. On the morning of May 27. Mr. Parker notified his staff «und a few of their friends that preparations were made to ‘‘shoot’’ an off and gas well in the center of the gas anc of! belt and that a moving pieture would be made of each scene. ‘t is needless to add that everyone responded to the Invitation. as we were all anxious to see what Mr. Parker's welle were going to yield. and as he had tnvested auite a anm in bringing to a point where financial results might be obtained, everyone was eager to see him win. A drive of six miles was made in carriages and we reached the oil fields at ten o’clock. The Kansas Torpedo Co. was already on the scene with 50 quarts of nitro glycerine, and when our motion picture camera was placed in readiness a large tube containing the explosive was dropped into the well, the time fuse attached to a dynamite torpedo was lighted and also lowered down to the nitro glycerine. We were all crowded around the well, and immediately in front cf the camera, so interested in the work of the torpedo men that we never thought of keeping our distance and did not realize our dangerous position until the ground beneath our feet began to tremble from the force of the explosion, 1880 feet below us, ana then we took to our heels. Mr. Parker dropped his coat which he carri-d over his arm, Harry Edwards fell headlong over Mr. Kennedy, the manager, and everyone tecame excited in his eagerness to elude the falling oil, which spurted high in the air and sprinkled everything for 100 feet around. The sight was one well worth seeing, and there is ro doubt but that the film exposeu, when reproduced will prove quite a novelty in meving pictures. A trip was then made to a Government test, a 20,000,000 ft. gas well and another exposure made with the camera; showing the force of the gas as it hurled heavy pieces of tron in the air, when placed over the opening of the pipe. which measured 20 square inches, with the force of the gas being 470 pounds pressure to the square inch, so one can imagine what a proaucer this well will be. The Santa Fe Ry. Co’s, fast train, the California limited, was also photographed. W. E. Johnson is the ewitor of the Fvening Star published in Luna Park, Coney Island. The paper is published daily and contains much Interesting news. Levy Park at Crowley, La., has opened up for the season. Entertainments will be the chief attraction. Dreamland, at Coney Islana. New York City, has reduced the price of admission to ten ceuts on Sunday and holidays. . H. Barber, who has been looping the gap at Dreamland, New York City, has closed bis engagement at that place. The Italian Troubadour Band has been added as a special attraction at the Washington Park Casino, Bayonne, N. J. The band has been engaged for the season to play in the restaurant which is connected with the casino. The opening of the New Casino Theatre at East Lake. Birmingham, Ala., was attended by large crowds. The theatre, as enlarged and improved, is a beauty. East Lake can be well proud of it. F. C. Workman, of Steubenville, Oblo, writes that he has leased Altmont Park at that place and has erected a fine summer theatre on the grounds. Other improvements have been made. Piedmont Park at Atlanta, Ga., was purchased recently by the city for $99,000. Chester Park, Cincinnati’s beautiful pleasure resort, Is now one of the best equipped resorts of the kind east of the Atlantic shores. The five new features, Venice, Katzenjammer’s Troubles, Slide the Slide, Lake Shore elevated railway and the salt bathing, make it easily the peer of all Inland parks. Free Cirenit vaudeville shows and band concerts by the ladies band are given twicé dally. At the Savin Rock Theatre, New Haven. Conn., the attractions for the week of June 6 were The Gilt Edge Company, wie McCall Trio, Wrle and Wilson. Eva Allen, Drew and Clayton and Wiley Hamilton. Jr., and his dog Tige. The White City at thjs pleasure resort ned on Decoration Day In incomplete state on Pecount of the delars arising from an ususually hard winter and labor difficulties. It is now fn full working order, but the weather has been continually unpropitions. The free attractions are the Colored Minstrels. Chinese acrobats and Heer the suicide cyclist. In favorable weather frequent firework displays are given. The resorts at Savin Rock and Mornaqnin, near the Elin City, are now uncer the control of the gigantic Consolidated Railroad Company, which has assumed the ownership of all the local trolley lines. Manager James A. Blake, of their amusement Interests, now has abundance of scope and will supply attractions in abundance. EVANSVILLE, IND.—Oak Summit Park (W. D. Me Rill, Mgr.)—This resort opened Jane 12 to immense business. The opening bill was one of the best vaudeville shows to visit this city in a long time. It included the Eameralda Sisters. Spissel] Brothers. Fred Aetken and Company. The opening nicht was the largest that ever attended a summer park fn the city. Six hundred new seats have been added: also a new stage and a full set of new acenery. The School of Mines and the Scenic Railway are al<o doing, large business. Cooks’ Park—Osburne Dramatic Company !s miaying to canacitr and every one pleased. Mr. J. K. Dietrick. who manages the Threewar. figure eight. and scenic railway, reports excellent business. This ts the first one of fts kin‘? batflt In the city and presents a beantifnl *npearance as ft fs lirhted with hundreds of ifneandescent lights. Since ft has been Installed the attendance to the vark has abont doubled. which speaks very highly of this outfit. DECATUR, ILL.—Dsve Rerkley, advance agent for the Gentry Bros. Shows. came over from Snringfiele’, June 3, for a short visit with home folks. J. H. Kohler, leadine “henvr” of the Clark Stock Company, fs fn Deratur visiting friends. He left Friday for Springfield. where the company will appear. PERCY EWING. BRADFORD, PA.—New Rradford Theatre (F. A. Mareiiie. Mer.) Good Hill of vaneevilie week of 30: fotr business. Dileer and Cornel. enened with the Princess of Patches. 6. to fatr business, Brekxkin Rill will chow here 11. John Robinson's Circus fs hooked. 20. Advance Car No. 1 was tn the city. 6, end billed the city from one end to the other. J. W. NELSON. e b : { oa eens ~ sag ART sggebesicnre tem —— Pe Ms Pe ook ae mae a ee Soathny ae sap ieel Si