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

Lt The Billboard JANUARY 14, 1911, RHODE ISLAND. | are in the last circle — -¥ = 7 ope > Providence—Daughters of Liverty State Council, | titling them to admission and the use of skates May 9. Mrs. Maude E. Messinger, 16 Calla st. | f°F some future session, or any other prize SOUTH CAROLINA. which the rink manager shall offer. A Moonlight Skate is a very good drawing Columbia—The State Teachers’ Association of| card. The road attractions, such as Alice oo = — ge W. H. Jones, Secy. Teddy, the skating bear, advertising in The Billreersville—Rebeka tate JERSEY GOSSIP. , The patrons of the Hudson Theatre, Union Hill, were given a New Year's gift by Manager Peebles in the form of a return ticket for any other member of their family to use on > — (New Conventions San Francisco—Companions of Forest, A. 0. F. May 17-19. May Falconer, 337 Pacific Bldg. San Francisco—Eclectic Medical Society of the State of California. May 23-25. J. Park Dougall, M. D., 337 Douglas Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Deadwood—A. 0. U. W. Grand Lodge of 8. D. May 23. Henry Neill, 730 3rd ave., W., Aberdeen, S. D. Mitchell—S. D. Poultry & Pet Stock Association. Jan. 30-Feb. 4. Arthur Miller, Secy. Pierre—The South Dakota State Horticultural | | | TENNESSEE. | | Sisters are producers for rink managers, and society turns out en masse when this clever sister team is announced to appear in any highclass rink. Wishing Old Billy Boy and all rinks a prosperons New Year, therefore informed his patrons that he bad ap excellent bill booked. but despite the fact of the failure of The Floods, he would give the ass rather than put on an aaded attraction. fhe Flvods appeared Tuesday, the 3d. Jobn R. Starck, treasurer of the Hudson “c 1 . our Floods, w : Assembly. May 10.) board, is a big box office winner, and the cause a = eee aa of BW, 1. The £ dirs. Annie Norrell, Pelzer, 8. C. of a large number of beginners, who belleve If | pour Floods were unable to appear at the initry CALIFORNIA. Sumter—Head Camp. “I"’ W. of W. March 14.\ q bear weighing over two hundred pounds cao | tiai performance at the Hudson, as they were ih Bureka—Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. May R. 8. Hood, Head Clerk, Box 164. be taught to skate there is a chance that they | detained in Connecticut. Manager Peebles ie 15-20. H. Schaffner, 726 Pacific Bldg., Sax SOUTH DAKOTA. can master this delightful pastime. Kl Key hed Francisco, Cal. et + atre, Union Hill, received a Xmaa gift of two Society. Jan. 17-19. Prof. N. E. Hansen, Yours very truly, crisp ome hundred dollar bills from his grand. San Francisco—Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. State| Brookings, 8. D. . L. DOWNER, mother In Pennsylvania. John now wears that of California. May 8. H. D. Richardson, PA SN, OO: Ee neaes f the Corse : Grand Secy., Cor. 7th and Market. 7 laude Payton, leading man o ; Briceville—Sr. 0. U. A. M. State Council. M . COLORADO. $3. W. B. Wilesn, Jacksberengh, Tess. PARIS NEWS LETTER. Sees oe See, ae ates of le a Denver—National Western Poultry Show. Jan, | Chattanooga—lInternational 16-21. W. C. Schaman, 400 8S. Emerson. Fort Coilins—Colorado Farmers’ Congress. Jan. 9-14. L. M. Taylor, Asst. Secy. Fort Collins—Colorado Young Men's Christian Associations. Feb. 9-12. B. C. Wade, 212 Association of Ry. | Special Agents dnd Police. April 18-21. W. | C, Pannell, Box 282, Baltimore, Md. | Harriman—State Council Daughters of America. | May 11. T. W. Cunningham, 300 Treutlan st., Nashville, Tenn. (Continued from page 16.) ROTTEN HENFRUIT. American players don’t know how really well Gayety Theatre, Hoboken, has gained more friends while in the critic state than any other leading man in the country. Claude is young, bandsome and ambitious, and should climb the ladder of fame without any trouble. Thomas Martin, publisher of the Hudson ProR ae off they are. An author at the Odeon, a few gram, printed an elaborate program for Association Bldg., Denver, Colo. Tullahoma—Pythian Sisters. June 8-9. Mrs. | days ago, was telling that he thought Racine | holidays, front page in five colors. Tom fe Alice S. Martin, 901 Demonbreun st., Nashwas an over-rated piaywright and poet, and so DELAWARE. vile, Tenn. Wilmington—Department of Delaware G. A. R., strongly did a portion of the audience object also editor of the Dally Dispatch. Bist Annual E egy ieee ae Se se Se Olden, © female Matos, witheet A'rics cates ip Litsenberg, Asst. Ad}. Gen. a Ww Sot a S-| San Antoni attle Raisers’ Association of him ana 8 riot was imminent when the asbestos Orpheum Theatre, Jersey City, during the week +) ' F su P at. Texas. March 21-23. E. B. Spiller, Ft. | was rung down. When, a week later, be tried of January 2. and was indorsed by the press } GEORGIA. Worth, Tex , > Atlanta—Southern Commercial Congress. March 8-10. Edwin L. Quarles, 1425 N. Y. ave., Washington, D ILLINOIS. Aurora—lIllinois State League of Sheet Metal Chicago—National Indep. Tel. Association. 17-19. J. B. Ware, 901 McCormick Blk. Springtield—lIllincis Master Plumbers’ Associa tion. Jan. 25-26. W.C. Haviiand, 346 Coulter Blk., Aurora, lil. Jan. Waco—Grand Lodge Ll. 0O. O. F. of Texas. -9. W. H. Walker, Grand Secy., 206 207 Trust Bidg., Dallas, Tex. UTAH. Ogden—Utah State Council Knights of Colum bus. M St. Albans—Rebkah Assembly of Vt. Mrs. Louise L. Boyce, 46 Elm st. VIRGINIA. Lyachburg—Grand Encampment of Va. I. 0. 0. F. May 8&8. . V. Turney, Franklin, Va. May 19. | to get in more stuff of the same sort, a score | or more people crawled over the footlights and ~ made for him, hip and thigh. had to beat a retreat. Sigurd was being performed this week in the Municipal Theatre at Marseilles. When Lucas, Once more he great he couldn’t even make a speech. The curtain was rung down and the performance stopped. A violinist in the orchestra was struck by an iron bar—one can see here the 7 ree of the objects thrown—and badly inured. as a great actress with a bright future. The Lyric Theatre, of Hoboken, presents two vaudeville shows daily, and judging from the weekly attendance it is Popalar prices, 10, 15 and 25 cents, finds b' ; udiences the principal tenor, appeared there was such 8 ° . ; Workers’ Inc. Alliance. March 13. Wil F. ay 10. 8. A. Maginnis, Eccles Bldg. | a storm of protest one would have thought the Brien and Havel, the ever-popular vaudeEbert, 1008 Phinney ave., Alton, Ill. VERMONT. roof was caving in. The audience rose and | Ville favorites, assisted by Master Kyle, preaT Bloomington—Laundrymen’s Association of Ill-| St. Albans—Vermont State Poultry Association, flung missiles of all descriptions at him and sented thelr new sketch Monday at ‘| nols, March 20-21. W. 0. King, Blue Island,| Inc. Jan. 17-20. W. B. Watters, the manager found the hail of projectiles so| the Hudson Theatre, entitled Monday. The sketch met with approval of the Jersey critics, and judging from the amount of ginger and curtain calls it will shortly find top place on the United time. Monday, by Will M. Cressy. The cast—Mopudous and Head Usher, Thos. O’Brien a _— + he Havel; Bexsle Carx michal, from the est, Miss Bessi Kyle. INDIANA. WASHINGTON. MUSIC. Time—1 P. M. Monday. Place—Green im. 1, Anderson—The Hoosier Fanciers’ Association. | Tacoma—Grand Lodge of Washington A. 0. U. The Opera Comique this week revived Lou-| Victoria Theatre, New York. fi Feb. 14-18. N. M. McCullough, Secy. W. April 12. J. H. Hemer, 470 Arcade | ise, Mme. Edvina receiving an ovation in the Happy New Year to all Rillyboy readers. ; KANSAS. Annex, Seattle, Wash. Cee see. The Gustave ey ese apJO. : a ounger than ever and was greatly ap’ bef a= ay Society of the Missouri Valley. WISCONSIN. seeutates by the audience. The third act got : arch 16-17. Chas. Wood Fassett, Krug Park | Milwaukee—American Society of Inspectors of five calls. Place, St. Joseph, Mo. LOUISIANA. New Orleans—New Orleans Automobile Club. Feb. 24-27. Homer C. George, Tulane Theatre. MAINE, Damariscotta—Grand Lodge Knights of Honor. Feb. 15. A. W. Glidden, New Castle, Me. 18-20. Mary D. Beattie, 96 Fifth ave. Rochester—Western New York Horticultural So Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers. Feb. 6-8. Thos. Claffy, Asst. Sanitary Inspector Dept. of Health, Chicago, Ll. Milkaukee—I. UO. H. June 13. Frank E. Pleitner, Preston & Cathedral sts., Baltimore, Md. Milwaukee—Tri-State Packer’s Association. Jan. 19. C. Dashiell, Secy. Milwaukee—Saengerfest of the North American | TEXAS + Apollo has revived The Merry Widow (La Veuve Joyeuse) for the holidays. though performances of LaReve de Valse (The Waltz Dream) and Malbrouk’s s’en va t'en Guerre will not be done away with entirely. ROLLER SKATING. P. BARRETT. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Miss Ninna Lester is laying off bere a few ays. Visitors at the local Billboard office last week were: Clark and Adler, 0. C. Brooks, The Baldwins, Carl Leister, Mrs. Ray 8. Newman, Harmon Graham, Happy Hooligan (W. 8. Washburn) the cir. cus billposter, last year with the 4-aw and Waco—January 20-22. Waco Business Men's Jesse Carey, the American racer, this week | Sells Eros.’ Shows, also Jones Bros." Buffalo ciety. Jan. 25-26. John Hall, Secy-Treas. League. won a fifty kilometre race at the Vel d’Hiv’ 204 Granite Bldg. / Ranch Wild West, has signed contracts witb Le Voyage de Suzette is the holiday Dill at | ytoregock, Frank a ay Saengerbund. June —, 1911. | the Tryanon-Lyrique. Fred O'Rourke, Simon L. Myers, John Mazie. ti MASSACHUSETTS. CaN. | MOTION PICTURES. E. H. McBin, Chas. Allmon, Rose McFarland, bt; Boston—New England District Council I. B. of Rs | C. G. Benton. Joe Goodman, Margaret Hastia a E. W. Jan. —, 1911. Chas. . Hanscom, | Montreal, Que.—Sunday-School Union of the The invention of the Messrs. Lumiere, who/| ings, Edwin Dale, May Seavey, Jas. O'Hare, ; i 124 Upland Road, Quincy, Mass. Province of Quebec. Feb. 14-16. Edgar Hapel, | have succeeded in taking first-class color pic-| —. T. Alexander, Vim E. Conner, M. W. Maat Boston—American Unitarian Association. May 205 Mansfield st. | tures, it is said, will eg a solution of the | this Harry and Kitty Bolus, Dell Baity, 0. &. a fd) 23-24. Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, 25 Beacon st Smith’s Falls, Ont.—Loyal Orange Grand Lodge | color film problem in the motion picture busi| Spain, A. S. Diehl, Joe LaFay Ruby Hill, John +% ay Marbiehead—Order of United American MechanProvince of Ontario East. March 15. F. M.| ness. It is said that though there are some|y) Hill, Louis A. Leminaia, P. 3. Mortis, 3. Ro ies. Feb. 22. A. Blakely, 343 Union st Ciarke, Belleville, Ont., Can. bothersome details not yet wholly worked out, | Rosenbaum, C. B. Hageboon, Snell Brothere ay Lyon, Mass. . | Toronte—The Order of Raltrees Telegraphers. | the real difficulty may be considered finally | anq J. Knox Walker. ; . th May 8. _ L. W. Quick, St. is, Mo. overcome. Charles Hatt, the head king, Is : : Duluth t ec eenggy Toronto—Grand Council Canadian Order of Chosen + ham on his way to New =.= > ae ' { 24 fury om ha a oe * a. — Friends. June 7. Wm. F. Montague, P. 0. The motion picture machines purchased by The picture houses all did good business last i Minn —_ dese: ave., Gt, Paul, Box 349, Hamilton, ,Ont., Can. i | the General Confederation of Labor in France, | Week and the managers are all pleased. : ‘, P. Vancouver, C.—Pacitic Logging Congress. | have proved a bigger success than was anticHarry Beveridge, the plano player at the { MISSOURI. June 22-24. | ipated even. At the meetings, which before | Majsestic, is all smiles; his wife arrived lest ‘ 8t. Louis—Automobile Show. Feb. 13-18. F. W were habitually sparsely attended, one now finds | week. 5 | Payne, Mgr., Coliseum. — N MEET | packed houses. It is said that all the various Mr. Abernathy will commence in about 30 4) AVIA e | branches of the Labor Unions all over France | days to work on his new picture show, whicb NEW YORE. | are contemplating installing machines. will be located on Second avenue. yee New York--International Sunshine Society. May ' j Rochester—American Association of Nurserymen Annual Convention. John Hall, 204 Granite Bldg. Rochester—International Water Lines Passenger Association. Jan. . M. R. Nelson, 379 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Syracuse—N. Y. State Retail Hardware Asso June —, 1911. CONDUCTING THE RINK. (Continued from page 17.) | specting ladies and gentlemen. Keep your rink without any trouble. His final sprint of a single lap left his opponents half a lap behind. + The Seaside Hockey Girls. from England, have won every match so far played against French teams of men. They are not only ex the John Robinson Ten Big, as billposter, for the season 1911. H. W. ENGLISH. OSHKOSH, WIS. : : on. con| cellent skaters, but capable players as well. Hugh W. Whitcomb), for the past two yearr ciation, Inc. March 7-10. John B.Foy pa get Sp weg coltetn heaton? rest | They will be pitted against the instructors’ | manager of the Bijou Theatre in Oshkosh, bae ’ . -10. . ey, e ni « . bee inted general ¥ rooms and gentlemen's smoking s, clean | team at the Hippodrome this week. een appointed genera NORTH DAKOTA. Devils Lake—N. D. & N. W. Minn. Imp, Deal ers’ Association. Feb. 1-3. Geo. F. C nt Crookston, Minn. _., skating surface, good music, clean skates and good service. Have plenty of good advertisements in local papers and use nice paper on + Great interest is being taken In the twentyfour hour race which starts Saturday of this manager of the Jones O’Brien Amusement Company enterprises with headquarters in Milwaukee. The Jones-0' Brier Company controls vaudeville theatres in Fond du-Lac, Sheboygan and Oshkosh. Mr. Whit local —— —This «~~ week, finishing Sanday. There will be sepre comb will have charge of bookings for all the Grand Forks—N. D. i ‘ , a‘dvertising wi ring big returns. ay fair | sentatives from England, Germany, gium. | theatres. Since Mr. Whitcomb took charge of June —, ‘911. awe a | a a amemaas salaries and secure competent attaches from | France and America. Jesse Carey represents | the Bijou in Oshkosh he has made himself ¥ skate boy to managers; by all means gentle| America. very popular with the patrons of the house, and OHIO. manly instructors. ao for ge Py | + they will miss his cordfal welcome very much Canton—United Mine Workers o “swell heads’ and drinking ones. ey have Little De ig | but all unite in wishing him success in his new March 9. Wm. Aprlegaith, Digpet On been the cause of many rinks going to the bad. | a.m Cy eg Sheetal field. Jobn E. Williams, or Honest John, as Canton—lInternational Tin Plate Workers of| Don’t let your instructors show favoritism with | jittie skater and has won four gold medals. we know him, followed an established custom America. May 11. Chas. E. Lawyer, Wheellady patrons. It takes up too much of their ing, W. Va Cedarville—General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America. time and causes the novice or beginner to stay away. Let instructors’ conduct away from GOSSIPETTES. of entertaining the employes of bis theatre af an elaborate banquet on Christmas eve. emploves showed thelr appreciation of his hoe May 17.| the rink be such that rink patrons will re-| Lew Hoffman, ‘treasurer of the Hoffmanpitality by presenting bin with r very nice re as. Y. Boice, D. D., 4020 Spruce st Phila. spect them and not talk about them to others. | Weiler Amusement Enterprises, of St. Paul | membrance. delphia, Pa. es Insructors should not be so anxious to tell the —pr is in < bmn for the purpose of purchas Columbus—M. W. of A. May 3. B. A. Thom-| beginners how much coin Mrs. Multimillionaire | ‘2% #2 aeroplane to be used for exhibition VANCOUVER, B. C. hier, Sabina, 0. . ‘| gave such and such an instructor for teaching | Mebts > ee | ey eo ’ Dayton—Hvad Camp Jurisdiction 0. Woodmen| ber the two-step or waltz. Too much grafting | — ge 4 was a caller 6 e ears cuces of the World. April 11. Henry G. Brodbeck, | kills the game, and rink managers should not s 774 E. Mound, Columbus, 0. Dayton—Ohio State Association, National AssoCiation of Letter Carriers. June 7. Frank J. Roth, Jr., Station A., Cincinnati, Ohio, stand for it. Managers don't want instructors to act as an entertaining committee for the woman or gent with the shady reputation. You! are paying him a good salary and can use his > Dranem, the well-known music hall comedian, this week appears for the first time in a real, Mr. Pat Sullivan, of Seattle, has taken over the lease of the Grand Theatre. The house war dark week of Jan. 2, but reopened on the Sth with the Lewis & Lake Musical Comedy Co. | serious, straight comedy part. He takes the euhedan feces. Ra — | a, = > OREGON time to better advantage. Your patrons should | first role in Mollere’s Medecin Malgre Lui (A ent business manager of The Daily World ‘ be protected against all cheap or fake schemes | Doctor in Spite of Himself). Although this seasce of the year ia con Portland—Convention of Christian Churches. | of any kind which degrade rather than elevate | + wilena had for the shashauees ys the loca) June —, 1911. I. N. McCash, Carew Bidg., | what is fast becoming a most popular pastime. | theat have bee laying to capacity every Cincinnati, Ohio. In regards to attractions, a class of juvenile | Directeur Antoine, of the Odeon, has engaged — ave mn playing ap y ’ PENNSYLVANIA. skaters on exhibition in fancy skating, once a | ng Bek ge ~ Pe ae Clown. tO cre | Miss Laura Adams, an old Vancouver favor ee Court of Pennsyivania, Foresters ogg nny | bn gy hE gym gd a a | in Romeo and Juliet. Ite, received a big reception at the Pantages’. of America. May 16. Robt. Comber, 814 / Walnut st., Philadelphia, Pa. Harrisburg—Brotherbood of Railroad Trainmen. of beginners. Also Hoodoo Night once in awhile is a novelty enjoyed by skaters. The rules for where she played recently. Miss Adame war formerly with the Sanford Players at the Em M. Jack De Frece’s Casino de Paris is grow| press Theatre. May —, 1911. A. E. King, Cleveland, Ohio. | this entertainment are: | ing in popularity because of the tremendous in J. M. MeLEBAN. Philadelphia—American Order of Steam’ EngiSix large circles will be drawn on the skating | novation (for a Paris theatre) of doing away — neers. June —, 1911. W. S. Wetzler, 753 N, | Surface. Each will have 44th st., W. Philadelphia, Pa. an umpire. Couples with the tipping nuisance. At all other theatres William Burke and his son, Thomas H. Burke will all skate until music stops, when each | it is tip, tip, tip, every time one makes a turn. | have severed their connection with the Centra: Philedelphia—The American Baptist Home Mis-| Couple must be in, or immediately go into one + Square Theatre, Lynn, Mass., and Frank Dasion Society. June 16. H. L. Morchouse, 23 | of the six circles. Each umpire will then display : vidson, for several years with Moe Mark, and E. 26th st., New York City. a large card which up to this time has been | Edmond Rostand, aufhor of Chantecler, may | formerly at the Theatre Comique, Lynn, hat Pitteburg—North American Skat League. June| concealed. These will all be biank except | be promoted to the grade of Commander in the | heen appointed —, 1911. Robt. Sebiller, Milwaukee, Wis. one, on which will appear the word “HOODOO” Sunbury—P. 0. 8. of A. Feb. 22. C. L Wilkes-Barre—I. Country Convention. . Cleaver, Mt. Carmel. Pa. 0. O. F. Grand Lodge of Pa. in large letters. All skaters within this circle will at once take seats. Those remaining will | again skates ae® before. Legion of Honor the first of the year, the sult of the big success Chantecler Dorte-Salnt-Martin, re had at the manager by the owners of the Central Squere. The vacancy cansed by the resignation of Thomas Burke, who had been @® sietant manager of the theatre will not be After a circle bas been filled for the present. Besides the Rurkes cease May 16-19. Harry R. Dietrick, 34 River st. hoodooed it can not again be used. This wee | Le Volle de Bonheur and Crainquebille con| ing to have connection with the honse, Miss Ger York—Brotherhood of America. May 11. H. B.| continue until only one circle remains, All who} tinue the matinee program at the Porte-Saint ¥ Walter, 2208 Frankford ave., Philadelphia, Pa. ‘ have been able to escape the Hoodoo Man and | Martin. trode Tittle resigned and her place has beer taken by Miss May Markham.