The Billboard 1904-12-03: Vol 16 Iss 49 (1904-12-03)

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The Billboard THE AMUSEMENT KING’S FINAL TRIUMPH sty at T ioe AT LAST The Amusement Realm has been divested of its covering and laid bare in all its magnificence and grandeur. “3° a4 THE SUPREME LIMIT For which years of patient toil and thousands of dollars have been liberally spent to reach. st Cc. W. PARKER, FOUNDER The New Parker Amusement Co. iccccsy« $120,000.00. ae, Our Train, THE PARKER LIMITED Means 30 special sixty-foot cars, including four of the finest Palace Sleepers and Diners ever used by a Traveling Co. Se, Our Shows Will embrace Twenty Later-Day Productions fronted by the most magnificent and-costly Produotions of the carver and gilder’s art ever opened to public gaze. 38 Our Free Att: .ctions will include, without exception, the Strongest Open-Air Acts possible to procure. Expense no consideration. The stamp of newness and elegance will be noticeable on everything from Tent Stake to Pullman. Cy te HARRY R. RAVER—Equal Owners and Managers— J. A. DARNABY. Our Private Electric Light and Power Plants, Beautiful Three-abreast “Jumping Horse, Carry Us All,” Monster Aerial Swing, Mechanical Shooting Galleries, Massive Military Band Orchestrions, and dozens of other Up-To-Time devices, will be the finest ever produced by the Parker Factories. OUR PAST RECORD. Follow the route of the Parker Shows in the past, and our dealings with Committees and Businesss Men will show what might be expected of us in the future. ; ea 7 WANTED Season 1905. Beginning about June Ist: Promoters, Agents, Car Managers, Thirty Day Men, Advertising Solicitors, and Special Feature Workers who can command the attention of Gentlemen and Business Men. Performers who have acts that might be featured, a Press Agent and Assistant who can write telling stories and get them through without buying wine suppers. Gentlemanly Talkers, Ticket Sellers, Managers capable of handling our shows on salary, Billposters, Lithographers, Banner Men and Programmers for the advance, and any other lady or gentleman who can be used to advantage. ; ; = § ; WANTED, SPECIAL— Man to put on big spectacular production and 100 pretty girls with good singing voices. | Now bear in mind, We want no shows either on percentage or otherwise; we tolerate no Dissolute Characters, Dancing Girls, Snake Shows, Freaks, Fakes, Graft in any form, intemperance, or conduct unbecoming a lady or gentleman. We control and manage our own shows and pay salaries every week. All persons interested state full particulars as to salary, how long and for whom you have worked, and enclose late photo. To avoid mistakes address, RAVER & DARNABY, Sole Owners and Managers, THE NEW PARKER ASIUSEMENT CO., General Offices and Factories, ABILENE, KAN. tension The ” when answering ads ention “The Billboard” when ‘ne ads Marner ‘The Butowd” chen annewing att Riana on he BKLUnowe ag ae meyrnoseiener ott —i eA Oe OO ETE ‘