The Billboard 1915-02-06: Vol 27 Iss 6 (1915-02-06)

Se The Billboard FEBRUARY 6, 1915. OPERA HOUSE DIRECTORY | OPERA KOUSE AND THEATER ManAeens, WRITE FOR SPECIAL RATES IN THIS DIRECTORY. PENNSYLVANIA. Seonameqrens, . a MILLEISEN, Franklin Hail: capacity 60 south of Harrisburg. Good town for good shows to jumps between Pittsburg and Philadelphia. NANTY-GLO. Population, 5,000. TH HUTCHINSON, Manager. U. M. W. of A. Opera House. This is a good show town. lights and heat. Write for open time. Box 81 SOUTH CAROLINA. HONEA PATH. ; Just erected se house; large stage, new scenery; seating 400. here one to three nights, breaking jumps. Wanted— Good, clean shows only. Write for open dates. STAFFORD CHAIRS Are : Guaranteed why Treat t, Low Prices. yHY Nor RESEAT AND BE READY FOR THE WINTER RUSH! Ask for Catalog No. 303. E. H. STAFFORD MFG. CO. 218 Seuth Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. You Save Money In both the purdhase price and in freight by buying our STEEL FRAME NON-BREAKABLE THEATER CHAIRS We carry « large stock, Hand Chairs for sale at especially low prices. seating for outof-door use, Address Dept. B, STEEL FURNITURE © COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. New York Office: 150 Fifth Ave. Opera Chairs Sa. en ef and Prompt Deliveries are our Peter & Volz Co. aaLINSTON NEIGHTS, — Write for prices. SELL GUM ON STREETS, FAIRS, ETC.—2 PACKS FOR NICKEL, OR 5 PACKS FOR DIME. Spearmint. Our Price to You 1 cent Per Pack each pack. War tax stamp on every box. Best part deposit with orders. Punch Board Gums, Ball Gum, etc. HELMET GUM SHOP, Cincinnati, 0. per box of 40 packs. Five full-sized sticks to SPEARMINT GUM made. Make TRACE MaRA THE STRONGEST AND MOST SERVICEABLE THEATRICAL TRUNK ON THE MARKET. FITTED WITH YALE LOCK. No. 93003 32 34 36 38 _40 SIZES: $13.50 14.25 15.00 i5.75 16.50 THE BELBER TRUNK AND BAG COMPANY, 1641 N. HANCOCK ST., PHILADELPHIA. ALSO NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND PITTSBURGH. AT PARKS, FAIRS AND CARNIVALS our Laughing Mirror Show is the Big Fun Maker and gets the EASY MONEY, because the investment is small and the running expense almost nothing. We also build Striking Machines, African Dips, Trick Stairway, Ball Games, Baseball Poker Racks, Moving Water Fish Ponds, and other money-making devices. Get the new game—The Silk Stocking Girls—-the big sensation for 1915. When writing for Se state whether interested in mirrors or 1. M. NAUGHTON AMUSEMENT CONSTRUC Hotel Mayer Bidg., xs Peoria, 111. . ILLINOIS. THEATRE SUPPLIES Opera and Folding Chairs of all kinds. We are jobters for all leading makes ——_ Machines, Iron Bevths that Ae: inspection, rtains.and all other 5 LWAYS SOME GooD BARGAINS ON ND. ve Su ouse west Mississippi. ssidane LEARS b THEATRE SUPPLY Co., M LEARS, 508 Chestnut Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. 300 Candle Power of Light at a Cost of *sc per hour Th KEROSENE LANTERN makes an urns its own gas from common —_ ISHNE or coal oil. | e “QUICKLIT’ GASOLINE LANTERN can be lit with an ordinary match, like city gas. Absolutely bug and wind proof. Suitable for circuses, carnivals, sideshows, summer parks, garages, etc. Agents and demonstrators, get our complete catalog of KEROSENE and GASOLINE Lamps and Lanterns, and complete details of our moneymaking proposition. THE NAGEL-CHASE 170 E. Erie St., MFG. CO., Chicago, If. WANTED—A-1 MUSICAL STOCK COMPANY Of eight people; producer must be good and be able to play parts. Position permanent as long as you good. State lowest salary. Wire, write or CROWN THEATRE, Toledo, 0. BARGAIN—WURLITZER PIANO WANTED Campbell United Shows Meritorious Shows, Eli Wheel, Colored and White Musicians, Performers, Diving Girls, Freaks, Girls, Boss Hostler, Drivers, W orkingmen and Trainmaster. All Concessions for sale except Dolls. Show opens March 15 near Frisco. Electrician, Promoters, Talkers, Address H. W. CAMPBELL, Oakland, California. ILLIONS’ CAROUSELL WORKS We make the most Practical, Up-to _Overhead Transmission JumpingPortable Road Carousells, adaptable for Carnivals and Fairs. Have time for one more order for spring delivery, with a saving in price 30 to 40 per cent. We sell Horses separately, and have a large stock on hand, ready for delivery. oie Catalogue free. -Address ~ = ILLIONS & oom. ite = Gai Shows Season Opens April 5 in Augusta WANTED—People in all lines of the Oarnival business, Freaks and Curiosities for Pit Show, Colored Musicians and Performers for Minstrel Show; a first-class Tent Show, with or without front, also Platform Show; Motordrome that can and will be open Monday night. CAN PLACE a few Privileges, including Photo Gallery, Palmistry, Long | my —— Gallery, Knife Rack and Hoop-la. Have Black Top Front and Illusion Show > man on percentage. WILL BUY Puma and Leopard, two or three years old; must ‘be big San " Address THE SMITH GREATER SHOWS, Box 696, Augusta, Georgia. REAL BARGAINS IN SHOW CARS At prices never before heard of; just think. The Young Buffalo Cars, known to every one the best in the business, meet all Government and R. R. requirements. Advance, Privilege, Private, Combination Baggage, three-high, sleeping 100, all Pullmans. Clear title; $500 to $750; all complete with bedding. Secure what t. you want by making J. FROHSIN, World Theatre Building, 61 West Randolph Street, Chicago, II. FOR SALE, CHEAP FOR CASH One ten-section Pullman Car, with large office; one Baggage Car and one 60-ft. Oar, used for Privilege Car, all in first-class shape; one Plantation Outfit—Tent, 40x80, 10-ft. side wall, marquee, proscenium, three drop curtains, three pairs wings, stage, seats, three-piece banner front, with all poles and stakes; one double track Motordrome; three other large Tents, six Concession Tents, Gasoline Lights of all kinds, three Padd.e Wheels, Stake Puller, Desk, Typewriter, Furnishings for the Cars; » fact, everything that I have in the Carnival line Circle Wave and Conderman Ferris Wheel. Address E. W. WEAVER, P. 0. Box 987, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED WARTED WANTED Concessions of all kinds. Riding Devices on percentage. Eighth successful fase ote cing ow |as fast as the press could print them OPEN TIME Directory of Combination Theaters and Opera Houses Advertisements to occupy the space of three agate lines will be inserted in this column six months (26 insertions), including six months’ subscription to The Billboard, for only $5.00. ALA, ORDERS TO BE AO©COMPANIED BY CASH, and NEW COPY (DATES) FURNISHED EACH WEEK. indicating open for thirty days ahead. In event new cogy is not received by Saturday morning each week ad will be left out, and no credit allowed for the omission. INDIANA. ee ge Opera House)-Foeb. 15, 16, 17; March 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 16 17. FOR RENT HOLLIDAY STREET THEATRE BALTIMORE Seating capacity 1,600. New seats and refitted in 1914. In center of city, opposite City Hall. Will lease for one, two or three years. Address JAMES F. THRIFT, City Comptroller, BALTIMORE, MD. WANTED Street men and boys to sell “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary’’ song books, as this is a big hit all over the country; I have been selling them at $1.50 per 100, or $10.00 per 1,000; I have sold 765,000 copies in the last three weeks to the street men and =; | boys and they get 5e per copy. No books sent C. O. D. WM. B. HUBBS, 32 Union Sq., New York City. !! MAGICIANS !! Newest Vanishing Handkerchief; no thread, elastic, pull or hand box; easy, clever, and done anywhere Complete, with silk handkerchief, apparatus and instructions, 1l0c. 1Positively New! APPEARING CIGARETTE. Both hands empty; reach into air, produce cigarette, light iy smoke it. Complete, 0c CHING LING FOO’S PAPER TEARING TRICK. = trick that fools them all. Complete, lOc. Above three Tricks all for 25c; the regular price for them would be $1.50, but this is our way of a ing. Remember, you get full us with each trick. GORDON & HALL, Box 1121, Sta. A, Cambridge, Mass. Oil CITY (PA. ) OPERA HOUSE . PEASE, Lessee & Manager. WANTS FIRST-CLASS ATTRACTIONS Also Stock Companies playing repertoire and high-class 5 and 6-reel Features. SPORTING GOODS Dice, Cards, Magical Goods, Etc. Catalogue Free. NATIONAL SUPPLY CO., Box (66, Edina, Mo. Gout working order; 15 Rolls Music, 6 tunes on |senson. Big prosperity year before us. LANSDOWNE PARK, East St. Louis, PR Been ck, 4 pgs omg tg ee tie Re Ke wy AY a, ~ C WAL-|J\Is. Address G. HUGH MORRISON, Manager. stamp. ROE, Art Printer, Weidman, Mich. T lay J Vauc : experiCOMPLETE SHOW, $10 WANTED MUSICAL COMEDY PRODUCER | WANTED LADY PART NER *.7 Mardrobe,” appearance ad andgiie; aout, | ndindn @ toe Maes Tae, ne ant Sister Team and Musical Comedy; war‘robe; no junk. | singles, work in onan) nist One-third interes GEYER, iy, No amateurs or —.. Open be good Pi n compar at once. —eé KLIMENT, Feb, 5-7, Grand Rapids, Wis.; Feb. 8-10, Waupaca, Porcupines, Lecture; $5 with order, balance CG. O. D. LINWOOD FLINT, North Waterford, Me.