The Billboard 1904-07-09: Vol 16 Iss 28 (1904-07-09)

THE BILLBOARD “ : STREETFAI & EXPOSITIONS) ON THE PIKE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. One of the most impressive spectacular ex hibite to be found on the Pike is the Naval Exhibit near the western end of the Pike. A fleet of elght battle ships, six cruisers, six torpedo boats and one submarine boat—all exact copies, in miniature, of famous men-of-war of the United States navy—are employed to give realistic reproductions of the recent naval battles. This marine exhibition is given in «a basin of water 300x180 feet, with a perspective of natura] and plastic scenery representing a fortified city. The vessels are 21 feet long and are operated by electric motors. A sailor is seated in each vessel, but invisible to the spectator, and controls the maneuvers, The first part of the program ig taken up with an exact reproduction of the regular naval evoiutions, such as the maneuvering of the torpedo boats; the squadron and torpedo boats firing at targets; maneuvers of the submarine boats, target practice of the battle ships, and a parade of the fleet before the flagship. The vessels are shown in keel Hne, double keeling, turning and signaling with flags by day and with electric lights at night. A feature of the program Is target shooting at a swimming object by ‘ne miniature battleship Texas. The second part of the entertainment shows the fleet blockading the fertified city. A salling vessel attempts to run the blockade, She is pursued by one of the fastest cruisers and destroyed by shells. The enemy's fleet comes out from beneath the fort and a thrillingly realistic naval engagement ensues. The shore batteries open up, raining shells about the fleet. The combat is fast, furlous and exciting. One shell explodes a fort. A torpedo sends one of the enemy's ships into a thousand fragments. Ship after ship of the evemy's fleet blaze up, sink or retire in a crippled condition. As the last disabled mau-ofwar creeps under the shelter of the dismantled fort the firing ceases; the battle is over. The victorious vessels parade the scene of the strife, adorned with countless little flags. The smoke rolls away slowly, while over on the forts there is blazing a beautiful pyrotechnica] display. It is an exhibition that never falls to arouse plenty of enthusiasm, and is excellently patronized. The management deserves praise for the exbibition, for it is one of the most unique and artistic entertalnments of the Pike. WILL J. FARLEY. A FAIR MANAGER'S STORY. He made a trip to Palm Beach and had some highly exciting and entertaining experiences. Mr. Fair Manager astounded the habitues of the littl bungalow last night by appearing unexpectedly ‘‘in their midst,"’ after an absence of three weeks. Before greeting his friends be turned ag if addressing some one in his rear and said, ‘Jim, take my dressing case upstairs and unpack it; be careful with my golf raiment. Have my tub ready for me in twenty minutes. 1 am giving same directions to my imaginary valet," explained the manager. Genlally, as he turned again to his bewildered auditors, “‘Some day I may have a man to groom me and I want to be able to speak to him as though I was accustomed to it. That's why I keep an imaginary valet on my staff. Clevab idie, isn't it. Deab, me, te. where bave I been? Wait till I light my kish cigarette and then the trolley of my conversation wil] run smoothly along the wires of your understanding. As a matter of fact, boys, I've been unwell, so I took a little run down to Palm Beach to restore my phbysical poise. Ob, it was funny the way I bilked those people. You see 1 was one of the wise ones and when Tommy Foster was posted recently in the turf exchange at a 100-to-l, I plunged, kicked clean over the traces and put a dollar on him to win. You remember the killing. Tommy Foster did his duty and I was one hundred bucky in to the good. 1 became intoxicated with prosperity and twelve hours later 1 was inhabiting section No. 8 of a Pullman car en route to Palm Beach. n arriving there | betook myself to a bostelry and decorated the register with my autograph. I took possession of a suite of rooms on the first floor and informed the clerk that I must have a milk bath in a half hour. He said he would arrange it for me and asked me if there was anything else he could do for me. I told him that another fair manager would be in town and if he should call to pay his respects to tell him that I was engaged. Then accompanied by a small army of bell boys 1 passed up the grand stairs. My name appeared on the register as Baron Monto Cristo, and I passed a whisper along the line that I was a descendant of the chap that bored his way out of the Chateau D. 1 was how equi for making footprints in the sands of time. tore the tiard of prestige from every millionaire on the beach. All the ladies were suffocating with a desire to meet Baron Monto Cristo. The showy lustre of my ony bean to dagzle the eyes of the yillow journals. at night, about 9 P. M., I appea at the head of the — stairway leading down into the lobby with my shoes in my hands and the lace curtains that had adorned my apartments draped about my shoulders. Pausing for « moment, I trumpeted like an elephant, and then in gulloh tones stouted straw-w-berries! straww-berries! -pe-as! gree-pe-as. Somebody shouted the fair manager has gone mad. Look out, he may shoot! You ought to have seen the Stampede, Then down the stairway ma chanting: “Eye of newt and toes of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog: Addins fork and blind worms sting. Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing. For a charm of powerful trouble. egy ke # hell-broth boil and bubble. Well, sir, went on the manager, you can amble i had the right of way over everything. have reason to believe that the other fair Manager did not stop running until he was headed off by the Gulf of Mexico. I had a mileage book in my pocket so I went to JackSonville and from there returned WHOSE FAULT? Is business not ? Why? Your fault? @ people's fault? It matters little now whose fault. e point is to avold a similar condition. How shall it be done? Can you ——————————— it? Is it wise to make the effort? Notes from Capt. W. D. Ament’s attractions: We have been doing a very nice business this season considering the weather. Capt. Ament’s London Ghost Show is getting top money. Mrs. Ament is on the sick list and laying of at Cincinnati, but will rejoin us Monday. We have enjoyed many pleasant visits from the Ferari Bros. Company this week. The California (Mo.) fair managers are using unique advertising matter for the event which Every is to come off Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Little circular fair manager and fair must must bave their | ™!rrors have been circulated, on the back of own solution. They must all be combined; | Which is the following: ‘‘We want to see the ey must work together. The prosperity of | PéTson on the other side of the mirror at the the fair depends upon it. The good of the | California Fair, August 30, 31 September 1 and fair requires it. The failure to apply the | 2." right mehtod will result in ruin. The appliThe Indiana state board of agriculture has eation of the right method will result in prosperity. The best good comes to the best thinkers along these lines. Some managers are passing as too difficult things that might be solved if tackled in the right way. The man‘ser who strives for the solution will probably get the right point at the right time; at least more quickly than he who makes no effort at all.. Thought expended on fairs will probably levelop fairs. It is not reasonable to think business will come without it. The manager must think in order to develop. It is an idea each must understand; it is a point which each must think out for himself; it Is a reasonable thing and shonlg be developed in a reasonable way. The faw that has been pros T. W. HORTON, The above is a likeness of Mr. T. W. Horton, the genial secretary of the Beaver Driving Association, of Beaver, Ohio. Mr. Horton is a teacher of recognized ability, having taught in the graded and un-graded schools of his native county for a number of years. He has served as school examiner, is prominent in literary and social work and has always been icentified with progress in anything he undertakes. He is making every effort and is using every means at his command to make his home Fair a success. Being the son of a farmer, he is eminently fitted to interest farmers in exhibitions of the products of agriculture. The business of the Fair meets with his prompt and careful consideration. pering can be maintained at prosperity. The advantage of points not in use should be understood. The advantage of points in use by others must be considered. The fair must be developed by right ideas. Since the good of the fair ig the important point to the manager, he must do what be can to think out plans for its continued good. es the fair prosper? Whose fault if it does not? Whose profit if it does? The point at issue is to get prosperity, to obtain and hold business; to make and keep things lively. It can be done, and each manager can do it in some way. The way for each is only understood by the manager himself. If it is desired to have and hold business, the possibilities are within the grasp of the ones striving in the right way. Keep pushing {f you want to succeed. FAIR NOTES. A falr is being advocated at Paducah, Ky. A large exhibition builcing will be erected at the county fair grounds at Hamburg, N. Y. Four thousand dollars will be paid to the winner in six races at the Higginsville, Mo., fair in August. Committees have been appointed to arrange matters for the West Texas Fair which is to be hel at Abilene, Oct. 18-22. Secretary Sam Boone, of the Somerset, Ky., Fair, has secured Jay Cook's horses for a free attraction for the coming fair. The program for the Gallatin, Mo., Chautauqua has been issued and should prove a very interesting entertainment. Besides its regular fair attractions, the Hagerstown, Md., Fair Association will give a horse show. Premiums amounting to several thousand del'ars have been made up. The newly elected directors of the Kingfisher, Okla., Chautauqua assembly are J. C. Hill, Geo. H. Laing, F. L. Boynton, H. T. Davis, J. G. Condit, H. C. House and EB. M. Flickinger. The directors of the Georgia State Fair Association have appropriated $2.500 for advertising the event. The Seventh Cavalry will be a feature attraction. The fair association with heaqquarters at Bowling Green, Ky., is reported to be in a very muddled condition. It was reported that the directors would hold a meeting and call off the fair. It was claimed that Mr. H. D. Fitch, who recently purchased a controlling interest in the association, bought the stock with a view to cutting up the ground into lots and selling it at auction, Mr. Fitch denies the rumor, issued the premium list for this year’s state fair to be held Sept. 12-16. Races will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the highest purses offered are those of $1,000 each for the free-for-all pace and the Rex Americus state (closed) on Thursday, and the free-for-all trot on Friday. At a meeting of the cirectors of the Mecklenburg County (N. C.) Fair Association hed recently in the office of S. B, Alexander, Jr., arrangements were perfected for sending out ten thousand catalogues, and, further, $3,000 in purses was agreed upon as the amount to be offered for the four days’ racing, which was planned by the association. The directors evidenced much enthusiasm over the coming fair, and were encouraged greatly by —— of the bright prospects for the fair of M. The roping and horse breaking contest feature of the coming San Antonio (Texas) International Fair is planned upon a seale of startling magnitude, so great a plan in fact that it ‘+s expected to discount anything of the sort heretofore given. In one roping contest a purse of $1,750 is offered. sixty entries required. This is to be divided into three days, twenty contestants to rope each day. The men making first, second and third time each day will contest for an additional purse of $1,500 immediately afterward. There will be a team roping contest, ten men on a side with a $1,500 purse hung up. A three-steer roping feature will also be seen, also with a $1,500 prize attached. Capt. Stewart writes that he is organizing a fair ground vaudeville show. He will carry eight colored people and eight white, advertising two shows In one. He will use two large stages, the white people will work on one stage and the colored people will work on the other. There will be two fronts, each twenty feet heigh and thirty feet wide. One front will read “Capt. Stewart’s Big City Vaucevilie Show,”’ the other ““Madam Crawfords Origina! South Carolina Plantation Warblers.” He will use a 60 foot big top, a 20x40 cook tent and carry twelve lengths of blue seats and five lengths of reserved seats. We will travel in our own special 74 foot car. Prof. Ed. Wag ner will lead the band and orchestra. They will open at Fort Wayne, Ind., July 9, and play one day stands for four weeks, then they open their fair season in Southern Ohio. WORLD'S FAIR STATISTICS. The total attendance at the World’s Fair for week of June 20 was 540.485. This is an increase of more than 65.000 over the previous week and 402.777 over the total attendance for the first week. Business seems to be increasing steacily and President Francis is most sanguine of results. Forty percent of the Government loan has been reimbursed. Climatic conditions interfered fearfully with receipts the first two months. but good weather is predicted for most of the time until the exposition closes. Nothing but an unexpected and unavoidable catastrophe can now prevent the fair from making gooc financially. The National Commission has forwarded to President Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Treasury, Shaw, the monthly financial statement of the exposition company for April. It shows that the balance on hand March 31 was $1.847.627 and on April 30, $1.451.277. The total receipts to April 30 were $15.178.326 and the total disbursements were $13,727,049. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Eight regiments of Ohio Knights of Phythias visited the Exposition at St. Louis week cf June 20. Several distinguished Pythian officials of other states were guests. Mrs. Rachel Jackson Lawrence, grand-daughter of President Andrew Jackson and the companion and favorite grandchild of Old Hickory. is the hostess of the Tennessee building at the World's Fair. The Tennessee building is a teproduction of President Jackson's old home, The Hermitage. ‘ Application for injunction was filed in the Circuit Court at St. Louls, Mo., Tecently, by W. E. Landow, of the Paris Amusement Company on the Pike, against Charles Fosios, a partner in the company, to prevent him from paying out any money or d'< posing of any of the property belonging to the company. Landow charges mismanagement on the part of ‘Rosios ana asks that receivers be appointed. The partnership was formed in Paris in 1902. Twelve acres included In a fence thirty feet high near the Administration Building at the World's Fair have been set apart as the strrting point for the air ship races at the fair grounds. The competitors include all the great air ship inventors of the world; Santos-Dumont, Sir Hiram Maxim, Prof. Langley, Leo. Stevens, Octave Chaunte and others already well known being among the number. Besides these distinguished aerial navigators there are scores of unknewr inventors who have been awaitinc this opportunity to bring their machines into prominence and compete for the big cash prizes offered by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Compeny. Prof. Charles L. Bristol, of New York Unlversity, arrived recently on the steamship Trinidad from Bermuda with twelve tanks containing about 500 curious and brilliantly colored fish taken In Bermudan waters. Over 200 of the fish are for the exposition at St. Louls, the gift of the colony of Bermuda, and others are for the Castle Garden Aquarium. The transportation of coral reef fishes over a distance of more than 1,000 milee by rail after a 700-mile ocean voyage, fs a feat that has never been attempted hitherto, according to 4 ' | | Professor Bristol, and he made care to get the fishes intenced for St. Loui’ ferred to their car and handled by ex route. STREET FAIR NOTES. : The Parker Amusement Company hai” week at Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is reported that Dana Thompson b ed the Berger Carnival Company. \y The Wallace Glass Blowers are w Reiss’ Soutbern Carnival Company. : The La Rose Electric Fountain ope’ season at Evansville, Ind., week of Ju’) The Hutchinson Amusement Co. is jj a second week at Buckhannon, W. V> reports geod business. Mr. W. B. Roberts, just from the Sc quests all his friends to write him— “The Billboard.”’ Jacksonville, Fla., will hold a trades | this fall between the 15th of October | 15th of Nov. iF Cora Beckwith, the Champion Lady Sy’ is being featured with the Robinson ¢ Company, and reports good business, Segner Frisco is reported to be mz hit with his latest novelty act, loop loop, with the Cash Carnival Company | Boom, Iowa, wants to hear from earnival companies. Address Gora Bain tary of the Boom Driving Park and I sociation. : J. 3. Berger has-purchased the contre; Ferari Brothers the show property of tt? Amysement Company which will not this season. John Curra, a balloonist, fell two feet while making an ascent at Staples He was taken to a hospital, and it ig | that he will recover. The directors of the Danville, Ky., Fe decided to hold only a three days’ f year and they promise to give the be! held in that historie town. Harry R. Moore, formerly press agent Campbell Bros. Shows, is now p..Aing I, Cash Carnival Company of St. Paul He is meeting with success in Minnes! North and South Dakota. While performing on Millican Carnival, Cumberland. Md., Je), Prof. Chas. Blue fell and received severe bruises, and was baaly shaken t is not seriously hurt. Chas. R. Shafer, the well-known door | is now with the Monarch Carniva! Cc’ making the openings on the foyal § He reports excelient business. ‘ There were five carnival companies to make the Pacific Coast this season.’ en report that business out there r ba Mr. Henry Walsh, of Walsh's Crys talp nival, writes that they have just closed perous season of 40 weeks over the Ne land Cirevit. Mr. Walsh’s business inte Boston and Worcester will occupy hf unti] the season opens early in Septem Marshall and Lackman, with Hatch Carnival Co., had their films in The; Train Robbery show destroyed by fire a) bridge, Ohio. A spark from a fuse the celluloid film which with several | went up in a flash, burning a large hole? top of the tent. : trapeze at £ H. L. LEAVITT. The Popular Promoter who is Known f Genuine Ability. Byron and Kelly write from Covington, , that they are booked with the Monarch val Company for 20 weeks as a free attra’ Others with the company are Flash, the diver; Evalene, the water queen, and the’ Trio, Jobn, Cora and Jessie in the Roma! ” dium. What’s the matter with Davenport, Ia?! A, Raymond, the promoter of a proposed | fair in Davenport writes that, though hi had two ads in ‘The Billboard’ he he been successful in coutracting with a ca; company. W. P. McManus is secretary <« Davenport Mile Track ana Trotting A: tion which has the plans in charge. *“Pony’’ Moore Is for the third season wm ” ing the carnival and mardi gras at 0 Neb. The event will be pulled off, Sept 6 to October 8, Inclusive, and promises (Continued on page 27.) 4