The Billboard 1911-01-14: Vol 23 Iss 2 (1911-01-14)

JANUARY 14, 1911. The Billboard 23 JAMES SILVER] “MUSICAL RUBE” Originator of the Pipe-Piano (Patented) Pirates keep off THE ORIGINAL KEELEY and PARKS “THE KID AND THE KIDLET” HODKINS CIRCUIT EDWARD L. NELSON “Oh You Voice” Care The Billboard HUFFORD and CHAIN —Preeenting— The Colored Parson and the Minstrel Man W.V. A. CIRCUIT MUSICAL ALWARD XYLOPHONIST Sulllvan-Considine Circuit ZiP FEATURE OF FREAKDOM CAPT. O. K. WHITE, Manager. Now playing long engagement, Los Angeles, Cal. Address 1 communications care J. SKY CLARK, Mgr. Clark and Snow's Museum, 244 So. Main 8t., Los Angeles, Cal. WALBA, MEEGAN & CO. COMEDY DRAMA PLAYLET THE RICH AND THE POOR In Vaudeville. 2448 84th St., Bensonhurst, Brookiyn, N.Y, PRINCE YOUTURKEY “KING OF THE WIRE” AND “THRILLING SLIDE FOR LIFE” feces noes we Barnum and Bailey's Circus. @o in Hiototat, ‘Booked ‘by 1 Nefcohen. ms bank B Bitg.. Son Seenctace. “The Billboard," n Francisco. GARCINETTI BROS. EUROPEAN ACROBATS Now playing vaudeville on Pacific Coast. Booked solid with Sella-Floto Shows Season 1911. Ad dress 1. N. Cohen, Special Representative, Westbank Building, San Francisco, Cal. BEA arr —_ MAKE FUN RY. The study ix both easy and Rk Anyone may learn ina few hours’ time. Control whom you wisn. Cures diseases and bad habits. Make fun by the hour. Give exhibitions and make money, Success sure. Very small cost. Write for free particulars to M. D. BETTS, Station C, JACKSON, MICH iF) Silk, Spun Silk, Silkoline, Worsted and Cotton Tights and Shirts, Leatards, Combination Suits and paddings made to order for theatrical, gymnasium and athletic use. Send for price Ist and samplea, JOSEPH NOLAN’S SONS Successor to Joseph Nolan, 65-67 Ellery St,, Brookiyn, N.Y. TO TRAP DRUMMERS A Limited Time Offer Special Offer { Size Shell, 3 x ls 610.00 Size Shell, 3 x 18 Bolid Maple, Rosewood or Wal privilege of ¢ days’ celal. E. P. Zeidier Orum Co. Dept. G, Cleveland, Ohio. | Rogers, mgr.) Lee Beers, made a hit; Al. | rence, | Maximillian Conners, | Lady; (Sol teat mngr.) The Great Divide week of 2; Katie Did week of 9. IMPERIAL (W. 8S. Baldwin, mgr.) Baldwin Melville Stock Company in The Girl I Left Behind Me week of 2. Same company in The Fatal Wedding week of 9. WESTMINSTER (Geo. F. Collier, mgr.) The Beauty Trust week of 2; The Cracker Jacks week of @ SOUTH CAROLINA. TON.—ACADEMY OF MUSIC (C. R. 4; The Girl from Rector’s 6. MAJESTIC (G. L. 4; The Girl from Rectors 6. MAJESTIC (G. L. Brandtley, mer.) Frevoli, World’s Comedy Four, Bert Lewis, Luce and Luce week of Jan. 1. GREENVILLE.—GRAND (B. T. Whitmire, mgr.) ‘The Girl from Rector’s Jan. 4; The Merry Widow 11; The Nigger 16; Honey Boy Evans’ Minstrels 17. TENNESSEE. KNOXVILLE.—STAUB’S (Fritz Staub, mgr.) The Traveling Salesman 2. BIJOU (Fred Martin, mgr.) At the Mercy of Tiberius 2-4; Minister's Sweetheart 5-7. GRAND funny; Miss Percie and Dave Martin, good; Miss Pearl Stevens, very good; and picwey week of 2 ACKSON. t MARLOWE (M. Kahn, mgr.) Th Lyman Twins in The Prize Winners 2. NASHVILLE.—THE BIJOU (Geo. Hickman, mgr.) Cecil Spooner in The Fortunes of Betty week of Jan. 2: week beginning Jan. 7. The Rosary. THE GRAND (Geo. Hickman, mgr.) Capt. George Stewart, Sid J. Allen, Morrissey and Rich, Berry and Berry, motion pictures week of Jan. 2-7. THE VENDOME (W. A. mgr.) The Spendthrift week of Jan. 12-13, The Arcadians. THE FIFTH (F. P. Furlong, mgr.) Arthur and Jeanctte, The Five Haydens, Billy Woodall, black-face comedian, headliner; Pub, the Hop Alvanos; motion pictures week of Jan. 2-7. AUDITORIUM (DeLong Rice, mgr.) Elbert Foland and the Italian Boys, one performance, Friday, January 6. TEXAS. DALLAS.—DALLAS OPERA HOUSE Anzy, mgr.) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1-2; Graustark 3-6. MAJESTIC (0. F. Gould, mgr.) Mile. Omega, Miss Maybelle Fisher, Bobby Boyd, Jane Boynton, and Fan Burke, Fred Zobedie, Jimmie Lucas, Sam Hood, Rex Comedy Cireus week of 1. ORPHEUM (Dalton Bros., mgrs.) Boyle Brothers, Ermine Earl Martin and and Dave Rafael week of 1 HAPPY HOUR (Dalton Brothers. mgrs.) Alberine Bailey, Polly Harger, Dillon and Geyer, Phillips’ Dog and Pony Act week of 1. WACO.—AUDITORIUM (Aaron Laskin, mgr.) Girls 9; Graustark 10; Midnight Sons 14. MAJESTIC (Box Brothers, mgrs.) Contor and Curtis, Sidonias and Company, Flora Chalue, Burton and Shea, Leon and Adeline 2-4. VIRGINIA. LYNCHBURG.—ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Cor. bin Shields. mgr.) The Firing Line 3; Robert a in A Fool There Was 5; Buster Brown “DANVILLE.—ACADEMY OF MUSIC (W. D. Harper, mgr.) The Firing Line 4; The Merry Widow The Nigger 8 WASHINGTON. E .—EVERETT. Chinatown Trunk Mystery 4: The Chocolate Soldier 7 7; Grace Cameron 8; Maxine Elliott 9; A Stubborn Cinderella 17. ‘SPOKANE.—AUDITORIUM (Harry C. Hay1-3: Tetrazzini 6. ward, mgr.) Max Figman SPOKANE (Chas. W. York, mgr.) The Dollar Mark 1-7. AMERICAN (John E. Hoppe, mer.) The Lawrence Stock Company in Shore Acres 1-7. WEST VIRGINIA. WHEELING.—VIRGINIA (Chas. mgr.) The Newlyweds and Their Baby 2-7. COURT (EF. L. Moore, mgr.) Al. G. Field's Minstrels 2; Henrietta Crosman in Anti-Matrimony 4. APOLLO = W. Rogers, mgr.) The High Flyers 2-7. VICTORIA (Geo. mgr.) Phasma, electric terpsichorean act; son Family, quartette; comedy sketch: Richards and Bevery, Larrivee and Lee, comedians, 2-4. WISCONSIN. BELOIT.—WILSON’S OPERA HOUSE (R. Wilson, mgr.) Stetson’s Uncle Tom's tate 4: Lower Berth Thirteen 5. GRAND (Appleby and Johnson, mgrs.) Vaudeville. FOND DU LAC.—HENRY BOYLE (P. B. Haber, mgr.) Frank E. Long Company week of 2. IDEA (Oscar J. Vollert. mgr.) Mankin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. P. Burt and Daughter, Lee Tung Foo, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons, Arcadia, Carter, Taylor and Company, a Comedy Four, Mile. Tendhoa, James Teechell and pictures week Dec. 29. JANES .—MYERS’ GRAND (P. L. Myers, mgr.) Winninger Brothers 2-7. OSHKOSH.—GRAND OPERA HOUSE (J. F. Williams. mer.) Kelly Stock Company 1-2. RIJOU (H. W. Whitcomb, mgr.) Bob Fitzsimmons, Julia Gifford Fitsimmons. Melrose Comedy Four, Walter James, Edgar Schooley and Com pany, Marie Hassmann, and pictures week of 2 CANADA. H TON, ONT.—GRAND OPERA HOUSE (Allie R. Loudon, mgr.) Wildfire Jan. 2 MONTREAL. HIS MAJBSTY’S (Geo. ~ v0. A. Feinler. comedians; ee... & Rrooks, mgr.) Miss May Robson in The Regen. eration of Aunt Mary week of 2. PRINCESS (H. C, Judge, mer.) Grace George in Sauce for the Goose week of 2. ROYAL (0. MeBrian, mgr.) The Passing Parade week of 2 ORPHEUM (G. F. Driscoll, mgr.) Schechtl's Manikins, Nellie V. Nichols, I. Francis Dooley. Valerie Rergere, Six Namba Japs. Butler Haribaud and Alice Thornton, Fiedal Brothers, Laypo and Benjamine week of ST, JOHN, N. B.—OPERA HOUSE (A. derson, mgr.) W. . Harkins Company Convict’s Daughter 4 TORONTO, ONT. —ROYAL Solman, mer.) (0. B, Sheppard, ing Earnest 2-7; J. Small, SHEA’S (J. (Peter J. AnThe ©. ALEXANDRA (L. Grace George 9-14. PRINCESS mgr.) The Importance of BeSeven Days 9-14. GRAND (A. mer.) Way Down East 2-7; Beverly 9Shea. mgr.) Vaudeville 2-7. T. Griffin, mgr.) Vaudeville (George W. Moran, mer.) Vaudeville. (Dan T. Pierce, mer.) Miss New York, IJr., Kentucky — 9-14. GAYETY (T._ R. Henry, mer.) Reeves’ Beauty Show 2-7; Robie’s Kniekerbock. ers 9-14. , WIGS Fine Jute wigs that look like Soubrette. School Girl, Billy Kid, one Maid, Parson, Bridget and The. each, post-paid. PERCY — Rrpriy Hover, tur. TH. PLAYING THE BEST IN VAUDEVILLE SULLIVAN and CONSIDINE CIRCUIT GENERAL BOOKING OFFICE SUITE 7, 1440 BROADWAY, TTLE, WASH. NEW YORK CITY. COLN, Gen. Mgr CHRIS 0. BROWN, Mer. BRANCH BOOKING OFFICES. San Francisco, Cal. Se Third and Madison Sts., 1117 and 1185 Market St., cago, . Seattle, Wash, Theatre Bldg., PAUL GOUDRON. MAURICE J. BURNS. WP. REESE. Indiana Vaudeville Managers’Assn. W.H. DRANE, AGENT Booking in Conjunction William Morris, Inc. Terre Haute Office: 25 South Fifth St. GRIFFIN CIRCUIT Has ate of time with short jumps. Novelty features and real acts write or wire PETER F. GRIFFIN, Booking Agent, Griffin Vaudeville Circuit, Variety Theatre Bldg., Toronto, Canada FOR SALE OR ON ROYALTY MY LATEST VAUDEVILLE EFFORT “THE SPORTING EDITOR” Powerful, Gripping, Logical, Human, With a Vein of Comedy. FOR TWO MEN. TIME 16 MINUTES. Available only to performers of recognized ability. J. A. MADDOX, 1012 Dennison Ave., Columbus, O. Other sketches in preparation. If you want something new, write. NOTICE, MANAGERS! THREE IRWINS AT LIBERTY TWO GOOD ACTS EACH. Kitty May Irwin contortion act and contortion rings. Mlle. Irwin sharp-shooting, hat and gun spinning on a slack wire. Second act, club swinging. Wm. J. Irwin, head-balancing, trapeze. second act, swinging perch. Address WM. J. IRWIN, Steelville, Mo. Regards to friends. AT LIBERTY FRANK A. GOLDIE, MAGICIAN, VENTRILOQUIST and general inside man. Regards to friends. Address 344 E. North St., Galesburg, IIl. WANTED FOR ORCUTT LAKE PARK | Se car fare takes you there. } ‘le an use one more g | | = =SEASON 1911=== Shafer, | Figure Eight, Shoot the Chutes, Circle Wave, Big Eli_ Wheel, Carousel, and all other riding devices Clay| and attractions for park. Carlyle and Company, | you have no opposition. All Concessions for sale. Boys! Get in line if you want to locate where 22,000 to draw from; all good spenders, Four-minute car service, and a Wanted to buy, cheap for cash, ten head young shetland ponies, one hundred head of mixed monks, and fifty head of small wild animals. Tell all in first. State age, color and health and the lowest dollar. Address all mail SCOUT YOUNGER, Amuse. Mgr. Orcutt Lake Park, care of Union Traction Co., Tulsa, Okla. IT’. S.—Watch Billboard for opening date. WANT PLANTATION SHOW Want Italian Band, Ferris Wheel; can use one more Ballyhoo Show. Can place clean, legitimate Concessions of all kinds. This show will open February 6, {n Florida. Advance Man. THE DIXIE GREATER SHOWS, care General Delivery, Jacksonville, Florida. THE WEIDER AMUSEMENT CO. | SEASON 1911. ~ | fronts. |} and reliable. OPENS JACKSON, OHIO, MAY 1. WANTED, THREE FIRST-CLASS SHOWS; | FLASHY FRONTS AND THE GOODS BEHIND THEM. Also Ferris Wheel, Merry-Go-Round and Roulette Wheel, Uniformed Band, Free Acts, Promoters, Privileges. A few will be sold exclusive. Long season assured. Show is booked in swell territory, all large cities, under auspices of fraternal orders. If you want to book with a live one, write quick. WILL H. WEIDER, Mgr., Box 112, Coalton, Ohio. WESTERN CARNIVAL AND MIDWAY COMPANY Wanted for season of 1911, Shows of all kinds which do not conflict: Ferris Wheel, two or three Free Acts, platform or aerial; Want to hear from eight or ten piece band. MUST HAVE must furnish their own must be able to deliver the Also from an A-1 Promoter; must be sober Want to rent or buy two baggage cars and one first-class sleeper not under 50 ft. B. C. inspection. State all in first letter. Lepord and Jones write. Address, goods. Must pass M, WESTERN CARNIVAL AND MIDWAY CO., Goodland, Kansas. the largest circulation and is the 85 Shaftesbury Avenue, LONDON, W., ENGLAND. Cloth cover, pocket size, 10 cents, pos Th Bi The Leading Journal of the Moving C lOStope best Advertising Medium, bar none. THEATRICAL MANAGERS scciers ct cxrmsces THE BILLBOARD PUB. CO., 416 Eim Street, R CINCINNATI. OHIO. 'n, answering ads, mention THE BILLBOARD, In answering ads, mention THE BILLBOARD. Picture business in Europe. Has Subscription, $2.00 a Year. Sample Copy Mailed Free. RECEIPTS and EXPENSES FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT MENTION THE BILLBOARD WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS.