The Billboard 1912-07-27: Vol 24 Iss 30 (1912-07-27)

5 TRIMS The Billboard | being no taxies at the depot on our arrival, iso been arranged, as well as other | you comfortable."’ Evidently from the matinee I looked at a great many of the ladies didn’t I was just about ready to leave Frank when looked out and saw Major Burk, the regular agent ahead of the Two Bills’ Show. *‘Hello, Major, what are you doing here?’ ‘Oh, just in to see a few editors aud plant a few stories on iy way to Saginaw.’’ ‘‘Alright, let’s do them together.” We did; the editor wus absent but the Major left a couple of cuts and 4a story and was on his way to the depot. train and after getting up to Saginaw, and there we LY 27, 1912. a 3 F. G. Delaney is secretary. | ; —a . | object, Calgary Industrial Exhibition, at Cal| ‘ \iberta, June 28 to July 5, was attended 1 ded by Secretary Richardson were a eature and enjoyed by all. Among them | P'€ss . nmy Ward, In daring aeroplane fights. | j Robinson and his five trained elephants, th t proving one of the big hits of the bill: t ederson Brothers, the Davis Family and | th ‘elson comiques, and the Herbert A. Kleine Su lraverse County Agricultural Association, ot | Wheaton, Minn., are making arrangements to pull ff one of the biggest fairs in its section of the uutry on September 19, 20 and 21, 1912. | Contracts have been made for aeroplane flights | op all three days of the fair. Farmers are taking an interest in the coming event and preparing products to exhibit. Crops are excel lent and notbing but inclement weather can prevent a most successful event. A. T, Rustral jg secretary. Lincoln County Fair and Festival Association will bold its 1912 event at Toledo, Ore., August 20, 21, 22 and 23. The Lincoln County Court has appropriated $500 for premiums, and $225 for schools. The State Agricultural College will furnish a corps of professors to judge all the stock, agriculture and horticulture exhibits. The Arnold Amusement Company will furnish the amusement attractions, which will include balJoon ascensions, C, Crosno is secretary. The Fourth District A. & M. Fair Associa tion, of Carrollton, Ga., pulled off one of the biggest Fourth of July celebrations ever wit pessed in that section of the country. The rac ing program was a fine one, the card being made up of the best horses in the county, as well as a number of speeders from other parts of the state and Alabama. The purses were and the crowds were highly the day being Kings County Fair Association will event on October 7-12 at Hanford, liberal entertained, a success in every respect. hold Cal. The |he has tvok an ordinary hack and horse. On our wa, up to town the driver bappened to strike the horse a little hard with the whip, when the Major called out, “Here, young fellow, stop that! Never abuse an animal, When I was brought up, I was told a whip was only to be used for one thing, and that was to stop @ horse from backing,’’ and the Major went on with his kindness and gave a nice little talk. Upen arrival at the hotel I immediately called upon W. A. Rusco, the manager of the Academ) of Music, Jeffers Theatre, and Bijou Theatre, Saginaw. Mr. Rusco is one of the few men in the show business who realizes what good ad vance work is worth. He started plugging Mr. Askis’s new show some three weeks before I arrived in tuwn, and the date of the perform anee from my arrival was five weeks away. Mr. Ruscv is to be highly complimented on the way managed to lift Saginaw in the big paying theatrical business. Had a chance to have a very pleasant time with my old side partner and city editor, Manning, of the Sag inaw News. In Port Huron, ey 1 regret very much to say that Sam Hartwell, who has been the resi | dent manager of the Majestic and Grand Opera its | management advises that it is making extensive | arrangement for the most successful fair eve, known in the San Joaquin Valley A $500,000 guarantee fund has been contributed by the people uf Hanford, in order to insure the Fair Board against any loss that may be sustained. A. G. Robinson is secretary, Kingfisher County Farmers’ Associs Okla... S is just Institute and Fair pn will hold its 1912 fair at Kingfisher, eptember 17, 18, 19 and 20. Kingfisher %) miles from Oklahoma City, and the fair is held just ome week before the fair at that city About $1,500 will be offered for farm exhibits. The races are confined to county horses There is great interest among the farmers and g*od crowds are expected to attend. Arthur E. Bracken is secretary. With vicinity of Mineral Springs, Tex the Palo Pinto County Fair and Association is assured of fine exhibits and a large attendance at its fair. which will be held September 24 to 28. amusement department will be well taken care of, as it is probable that a carnival company as well as a number of other attractions will be secured. J. W. Birdwell is secretary. Monroe County Agricultural Society, of Stroudsburg, a. have made many improvements on their grounds in anticipation of their 1912 fair, which will be held September 2-6. New stables have been bifilt. trees planted and the racetrack put in such condition that it is freely predictea that records will be broken this fall. A most successful fair is indicated. W. M. Burnett 1s secretary _— ik County Agricultural Society of River bead, New York, | subterranean prospects of record-breaking crops in the | The | will this year celebrate it. ih Annual County Fair. It will be a hummer as the management are determined to break all records Harry Bingham Brown, the noted aviator, unde the management of Leo Steven has been engaged as one of the attraction= The fair will be held at Riverhead, September 17, 18, 19 and 20 Harry Lee is secretary pee Annual Kentucky State Fair will be held at oulsville, September 9-14, inclusive. | p= the improvements under way for the coming ever are a $15,000 addition to the Stee concrete grand stand and a swine judging pavillion to seat S800 people, with a tog 45x64 to show swine. J. L. Dent is secre HEARD IN ADVANCE. By Tom North, Took a fying trip through Michigan a few Weeks ago in the Interest of Mr. Askin’s new Hougt Di naghey Jerome attraction that comes oo the ba Salle Opera House for the full seao's rur x. e rst town I struck was, vf course, Frank get ‘lage of Flint Mich. It is hardiy ne to call this a village because the Buick at int employs something like six thou ) tien in one factory, and Frank Bryce en. the distinction of playing the largest single ouse Leulsiana Lou has played to and for such : Harry Askin has conceded to Mr. Bryce i, Sats for the first performance of Mr. AsQs as yet unnamed musical show. When it down to real genuine hustling you cerSave to hand it to Frank Bryce, standing at the ticket window Vaudeville house when a lady the treasurer, saying, “Give me a five vees ) Ueself, and how much js it for this out quick! ‘id boy?" The little fellow slrilled I'm ie oe you made a mistake, mamma, wen. th years old.” The business that followed the lady presenting her ticket and getting = money back, and both lady and the little tached — back home. There's a moral atman ) this. A few minutes later, a gentle youne pproached the window accompanied by a ug lady. ‘How much are your tickets?" ‘or ady treasurer responded very pulitely, and 15 ceats, gir.” “Well, give me two," treason 1 ® dollar on the window. The lady Cente r submitted him two tickets and fifty mo change. He picked up the fifty cents _ th two tickets and walked away a few the win 2 aulekly turned around, came back tu take: ow and said, ‘Lady, you made a mis tickets" only gave me fifty cents and two treasurer “That is correct,’ said the lady dol} r. “You bought two tickets, gave me « come od T gave you the two tickets and fifty “hy ' change, ‘Well,’ replied the man, Att. sad the tickets were twenty-five and cons. © 2G twenty-five and fifteen makes forty it t tnd tt took a lot of explanation to get £0 Dis head (?), Rr ~ object of interest in the lobby of Mr. | vance for Ralph. obs eatre Is a sign, “If the lady doesn't ‘ove your coat ‘and let the fans make of Mr. | ap| | Chicago Houses in that city for the past season, told me that he was through in a week and was going back to visit the old folks at Coudersport, Pa. I was very surry to hear of Sam leaving, as he certa.nly is on the job at all times. His place is filled by Mr. Arlington, who assumes control of the two Butterfield bouses, Mr. is purely a vaudeville man and I may dare says, one of the best vaudeville managers in this country. He d'd not lead me to believe that he was to remain at the Majestic when the regular season opened, but was to look forward tv the finding of a vaudeville house. “Our old friend *‘Ferdy’’ De Clarke was home from his many miles of inspection of billboards for the National Billposters. ‘‘Ferdy’’ was up at the Elks’ cottage along the upper lake shore above Port Huron and enjoying the time of hil» young life. One of the principal topics of Mr. De Clarke’s conversation is, what part of the passage has a tooth? Mr. De Clarke may elso be able to discuss the different containings and the different ounces of bottles filled and half filled. He can correctly tell the time of the rising or the going to bed vf the many birds that inhabit the outdoors. His krowledge of the incoming and outgoing tides is phenomenal, and he actually can wet a bathing sult above the arm pits. ‘‘Ferdy’’ is one regular fellow. Lew T. Bennett was in Minneapolis attending the big meeting, but his stenographer was in his office and big chief billposter, De Clarke, (‘‘Ferdy’s’’ brother) bas charge vf the plant, and it could not be in better hands. Gus Sun, J:hn McCarthy and two other gentlemen passed through on their way to Canada on a fishing expedition. All stopped over. had a nice visit and quite an enjoyable time until John Me Carthy started calling Gus Sun ‘“‘Champ Clark;"’ that broke up the meeting. Down in Detroit Will Parent, manager of the Detroit Opera Heuse, the resident was cer tainly sweltering in the heat, and you could not blame him much, bicause it was some hot. I tried to inveigle him out on the lot and visit the Two Bills’ Show and Frank Cooper, but he could not be inveigled, and I couldn’t blame him much. because as I said before, the heat was terrible. Of course, I met my old friend George P. Goodale, of the Detroit Free Press, and haa a very pleasant visit. Can say the same of the time passed with Mr. Lawrence, the man ager of the Garrick; Wolfenden happened to stroll al “Wolf’’ is now general passe nger agent of the Pere Marquette in De trot He seems to like it a great deal better than when he was in Chicago Wolf’ great many friends in the show business and other li ie but can assure him none of them think : re of him than I do. Will Reed Dunr s getting across some nice work for The Me Widow Remarried, which opens at the Colonial. Sam Lederer, Mr. Rivers and F. F. Pigeon bave certainly cleaned up at the Olympic with the Kinemacolor pictures. Business is and has bern immense and deservedly so. Charley MacCloon was standing in front of the Grand Opera House talking to me the other day, when his son passed—young McCloon. “There goes some boy,’’ sald Charley, ‘‘bm | damn me, I can't get any fat on him. He eats enough and not a bit sick, always healthy, but * n't get any flesh on him.’* Charley was right in saying “There goes SOME boy.”’ Be| cause Charley MacCloon is some classy boy ind the reason he cannot get any fat on him is, the phenomenal work he is doing for the Car negie Arctic pictures at the Palace Theatre. Mr. Harry Askin and Frederick Donaghey left on the eighteen-hour train Tuesday, July 16. for New York, on business. Will M. Hough. who is Frederick Donaghey’s collaborator on the new La Salle Opera House production, has a long line of musical comedy snecesses to his credit for the period in which he wrote in co'laborstion with Frank Adams. Their works include His Highness the Rey, The Isle of Bong-Rong, The Umpire, The Land of Nod. The Time, the Place and the Girl; The Girl Onestion, Honeymoon Trail. The Golden Girl, The Flirting Princess, A Stubborn Cinderella. The Goddess of Liberty, Prince of Tonight, Miss Nobody from Starland and The Heartbreakers. Mr. Hough is also the author of the lyrics of A Modern Eve. The music of the new La Salle piece is by Ren M. Jerome, who composed last season's great La Salle success, Louisiana Lou, of which Mr. Donaghey and Addison Burkhardt were the authors. He Came from Milwaukee, Mr. Hamlet of Broadway, The Mimic World. The Royal Chef, The Isle of Spice and The Belle of Newport are others of Mr. Jerome's successes. Ralph Kettering advises me that he has been by William A. Brady to handle the press for all of Mr. Brady's attrac This is quite a step in adWe can assure Mr. Brady that will be well taken care of by Mr. ig one of the best-liked press engaged tions this season, the matter Kettering, who Arlington | |Mr. H. L. (“Crazy’’) The Major and I had quite a visit on the | has aj} “WARN ING” Booking Agents, Park and Fair Managers, Hereby Take Notice ) Curran has patents issued by U. S. Government, Great Britain, France, Germany, covering the use of Automobiles on circular tracks under ‘one-eighth of mile in circumference. ously prosecuted. MOTORDROME, Patent No. 646271. “AUTODROME Co.” “Copyright.” Any infringements will be vigor “The Autodrome Co.” SURF AVENUE, CONEY ISLAND. COREY BROS.’ SHOWS Two Harbors, Minn., July 2: Wants Two High-class Shows: 2 to 27; Duluth, Minn., July 29 to Auz. 3; Opening for few more pee, ied E. D. COREY. For Sale--600 Opera Chairs 75 cents each, in first-class condition. Can be seen on floor at Hippodrome Theatre, Seventh and Washington Streets, Covington, Ky. Address NORDMEYER & BERDING, Covington Flour Mills. SNAKES Thousands ¢. all kinds. O. W. ESTES & CO., Lock Box 233, Rochester, Minn. — WANTED—A MAN TO COOK — smell Tent Show. Eat and sleep on lot. cooking or fancy salaries. Join at once. | JACKSON, Graham, Ky. Aa For No faney REVERE & LIBERTY, IND.—BIG HOME-COMING—Wanted all | kinds of Shows and Concessions. Also Merry-Go| Round, week July —— 3. Come on Boys; everything goes Under Auspices Business Men’s Club Wi rite or wire quick. Address Chicago Amuse| ment Co., Thos. DeWeise, Mgr., Liberty, Ind. | | D FOR THE PHENOMENAL SPIEGEL’S SHOW | Ne. 2—Tuba, Baritone, Trombone. Others | write Cne a day. Hotels. Two to four weeks stands. Must be real musicians. Address DR. J SPIEGEL, Danville, lll. One Minute Post Cards— One Minute Profits— One Minute {o Investigate PROFIT IN 90 DAYS agents in the city. Ralph has been doing some | pLenomenal work for White City this season. | Texas Bill’s Wild West has been playing | the Chicago lots for a week at the prices oi ten, fifteen and twenty-five cents. Tuesday, | July 16, this show did $150 at the matinee and $325 at night. For sume manager this man Snyder. who is at the helm of Texas Bill's Wild West, is some hustler, and as I understand it, The Daily Nut of the show is $75. We've got to hand it to him at that. Lon Williams and wife, Mr. Ackerman and wife, Mr. Quigley and wife and Manager Byrne, of the Ackerman & Quig! ey plant, were visitors at the Texas Bill Shew last Tuesday night. FILM NOTES. Fred W. a new ding Russell Young, of Cedar Rapids, is buil picture theatre in Fort Dodge. Fobes. of Fort Dodge. will manage the house. Mr. Young will conduct a contest to find a popular name for the place. Five dollars and a hundred admission tickets are offered as prizes, The Essanay Company, which, for the past three weeks has yworking in the Wiscons Dells, is ni yw at Bayfield, Wis., in the heart of the lumber region A number of splendid ductions were secured at the famous Dells are replete with the wonderful scenery ing the banks of the Wisconsin River, magnificent scenes photographed in Upper and Lower Dells. Two of these producti are already booked for early release under titles of A Romance of the Dells, and The of the Feud. Both are masterpieces of exce photographic enality and scenic beauty and feature Miss Martha Russell and Francis X Bushman in fine roles. The company will remain at Rayfi ld some weeks producing pictures por traying the lumber camp region. A number 0‘ specially prepared scenarios have been arranged by Producer Wharton for the new locations, and his reports of the scenery in which they are working are extravagant in their praise. The Victoria Theatre, Erie, Pa.. now in course of construction, will be opened by the Victoria | Amusement Company, September 1. It ts lo cated in the heart of the retail and theatrica) section and Is being constructed entirely of steel and concrete. It will be one of the most mo#| pro that abound including the both ern and beautiful motion picture theatres in Western Pennsylvania. Seating capacity wil! be 500. I. S. MeMullen will manage the new | house. BURLESQUE NOTES. The Empire, Paterson (Fastern Wheel) seems to be up against It. Next season the | house plays burlesque attractions for the first | time in its modest history, and its opnosite | neighbors, the members of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women’ | Christian Association, have begun a vigorous | protest to the ‘‘very idea’’ of burlesqne smok| ing concerts being attempted. 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