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Thankegiving and Walter Duggan dropped in On us last week, and we thought at (iret that the latter was heralding the former. as there was but one day between their visits. But that was all wrong. After listening to Walter's Quent oratery for about two hours the only conclusion to be reached is that It Pays To Advertise is a gowl show; that Duggan is for his attraction stronger than horseradish; that eome of the one-night stands are good and others are far from it; that life on the advance of the one-nishters is sweet-—-like paris green; that Bill Jessup is a fine young man; that the world is improving, and that we were glad to see Walter enjoying such good health and such enduring conversational powers.
lee Parvin is telling the people out West to “tle a tin can to trouble! See Twin Beds."’ As Lee is just a young man trying to get along, the people are following his advice, and everything is lovely with this attraction. Parvin's Thanksgiving proclamation resds as follows: “Thankful I'm alive and have a job: that my uncle's name is Sam; that Margaret Mayo wrote Twin Beds; that it is the funniest farce in the world; that J. H. Palser is the man behind; for the jitney; that I've never seen a Charlie Chaplin film for the one-night stands; that I'll be in Frisco New Year's Eve; that we follow Margaret Illington; that I don't live in Georgia; for the restaurants that have no cabarets; for the kind treatment received along the way; for all the wonderful things the critics have to say; that boosters live better, feel better, fight harder than any tribe on earth ’’ Did he leave anything oui?
Frank P. Morse, ahead of Daddy Long-Legs, sailed into Seattle, Wash., while Lee Parvin Was there in the interest of Twin Beds, and the friendly opposition game was on. They both tried their hand at grabbing all the space in town, in the papers, which gave Seattle folk something interesting to read for a while. The oldest billposter in the United States, according to affidavit signed by Parvin, lives in Billings, Mont. His name is John W. Gates, and he is en the job from 6 a.m. until the night falls. Gates throws the sheets up in a manner which which would do credit to a much younger hand at the game
The next agent due in -Seattie after Lee Par vin and Frank Morse was John D. Lettingwoell, ahead of Margaret Illington. Why not a line for the colimn now and then Leffiingwell?
A bit of unpleasant news this week is the report that Brightly Dayton, who is managing the Palace Theater in Vinton, la., was quite seriously burt November 22 when he attempted to board a moving train. He missed his footing and was thrown te the platform. He realived his danger and lay quite still until the train had passed. The left side of his face was bruised and discolored and his right hand was alse bally hurt. But the train did not stop, and, instead of going to the Rapids, Brightly journeyed to a doctor's office for first aid. Brightly says he'll catch his trains in the future while said trains ere standing at full stop. Safety first.
Frank S. Reed, ahead of the Florence Martin “Peg Company, after wandering around these United States as an agent for the past fifteen = for the first time met Walter Duggan in
yton, ©., the other day. Frank and Walter worked Dayton together, and when they got through some of the spots read as follows: “It Pays To Advertise Peg o' My Heart. Maybe the public did not know that a space belonged
tween svome of those words, but then that is mot the fanitt of Reed.
Cliford Guilings, advertising agent of the Lyceum Theater, Deluth, Minn., is one of the Most intelligent and efficient hoase agents along the route thix season. We get this informatior
those who are in a position to know.
R. H. Dunlap, agent of The Famous Juvenile Rostonians, spent several days last week witb Manager George A. Stuart, of the Empire Theater, in Saskatoon, Sask., and completed arrangements for the Rostonians to show the Em pire November 25 to 30. He reports that Saskatoon is most emphatically on the Canadian theatrical map this season, as every company thus far has enjoyed capacity business, “Dun” will make the Battlefords and several other towns into Edmonton, and then swing southwest into Mosse Jaw.
It is said that Kid Moore, of the Valentine Theater Toledo, O., handles bis work (bill room) with about the best system of any house in the country. He never stops work until everything is cleaned up in the best possible shape, and the result is an excellent showing. The entire crew of the Valentine werk on the fame line, and are a fine bunch of boys. The Valentine has no “Charley box,"’ and if there fs any paper left over you always get it.
Townsend Walsh, the erudite, in addition to being a first-class advance agent, is also a deep student of languages. About three weeks ago, in Detroit, be surprised a distinguished coterie of educators by writing the Lord's Prayer in Gaelic on hia thumbnail. And that, we take it, is SOME «stunt.
Ren Kraus, with Wallie Decker, ahead of The Bird of Paradise, has at last reached San Francisco Kraus has been doing the real country billing of the season, making all towns within a radius of thirty miles via gasoline chariot Krans noticed lots of boxes and bun dies of paper for Joe Lane, ahead of When Dreams Cone Troe in Denver but. as yet, we have not heard what became of Lane Ren Giroux is company manager of the “Rird” show Right here we want to say that Kraue is our guess of an A-l letter writer. His letters are not of the «atingy type. but prolenced and interesting Kraus says: “At Salt Lake City I ran upon the old but still useful pal, Walter Messenger, who is paving the way for the Potash and Perlmutter outfit —as the house agent called it I found Walter in the hotel lobby thinking of his route, and how to make two towns in one day on the Oregon Short Line. He had time tables enough for ten railroads. Walter invited me to dinner, he knowing where
could get the dinner, at a friend's cafe, tis, It was a fine place and a dandy fellow, it when the feed was over » check came
advising that it was worth just $2.25 for that meal, Messenger took sick, and talked about everything under the sun. But the next day we strolled up to the cigar counter in the hotel and Walter played the candy punch board and won a three dollar box of candy."’
George Roddy is milling around in the small towns of the South, inspecting, promoting and building billpesting plants. George likes his work but dislikes his territory and does not take kindly to the grits and other provender furnished by the average small-town landlord of that section. Sympathizing frienda may address George at 1029 Mutual Building, Richmond, Va.
Stanley Dawson, ticket seller with the Ringling Show last season, arrived in Columbus, O., November 7, and, ike so many other circus people, proceeded to fit himself out with an entire new set of scenery, thus stamping the ‘‘just-off-thelot’’ sign all over his beaming countenance. The hew outfit consisted, in part, of tan shoes, with fur anklets; green gloves and a cane as big as the one carried by Charlie Phillips. In this regalia Stanley left for Cedar Rapids to join Jimmy Grainger’s troupe of trained moving picture agents.
“Sofa Pillow’ Dan Wright is ahead of the Dorothy Mackaye Peg o' My Heart Company, and handsome Howard Smith is manager. With the Florence E. Martin Company, presenting the same piece, are to be found two gentlemen of the old school, William Roddy and Thomas Hodgeman. Bil! says they are called gentlemen of the old school because they wear suspenders.
If any of the ‘‘boys’’ have Clarksdale, Mis., on their route they should not fail to call on “Mine Hest'’ West, at the Aleazar, and get the surprise of their life. We don't know what that surprise it, but Harry E. Crandell seems to know, as he is the one who put us next. He says the Aleazar will prove an oasis in a mighty big desert, and Landlord West will make your stay a pleasant one.
M. F. Coughlin, ahead of W. B. Patton, appearing in The Good Samaritan, says: ‘A lot of things have appeared in print, but this one beats them al). A theatrica! (so-called) newspaper Man wanted to know the other day if Lew Dockstader jis still playing Hamlet."’ You tell him: we haven't the heart.
Birthdays are few and far between, it seems. Advance agents are like the female of the species—they have eliminated such things. Whose birthday is next?
Frank P. Morse—Bill Jessup wires apologies for mistake in spelling your name in a recent issue. Bill was very much excited and highly nervous at the time, for various reasons.
Al Butler, special agent for the Sells Flote Circus, was made a member of the fathers’ union November 16. when the stork visited his home in Venice, Cal.. and left a daughter. Little Mixs Butles has been named Betty Jane.
Miles Kerry, general agent of Burk’s U. T. Cabin show for the past nine years, closed the advance at Madison, Kan., November 6, and jumped into Wellingtcn, where he purchased a half interest in the Elizabeth Morrill Stock Company He will assume the responsibility of routing and booking that attraction during the coming winter season.
Robert Emerick, the past season on the advance staff of Ringling Bros.’ Circus, will again go abead of Seymoure’s Tango Girls, the big musica! comedy revue, this season.
Bill Jessup says: ‘‘In my wild anxiety to feature Frank Morse in my last squibs I almost forgot to mention Miss Grace Russell, who has been our assistant manageress at the Grand, and who, with the assistance of that charming advance courier, Frank Lowery, hae framed up her regular attraction, The Russell Minstrel Maids. With a fige line of paper she has anneunced her intention of opening in or around San Francisco."’
lon Polk, press agent of the Valentine Theater, Toledo, O., is a Spanish-American War vet
eran, and has medals enough to prove it. 1"
he shot the bullets as straight in the Philippines as he shoots the dope into Toledo papers be must have several notches on hie gun. He was a member of the noted Tennessee Regiment that gave such a good account of itself down Jolo way.
Walter Cosgrove, formerly business manager for various attractions, is located in Greenville, Miss., and is operating a first-class lunch room at 104 Poplar street. Walt. and the ‘‘Missus’’ have the welcome sign out at all times.
The Strollers’ Club, in Chicago, is getting to be the Windy City meeting place for agents and managers. ,
Carl Reynolds is advertising agent ingSalt Lake City, and when the show comes in he is property man, assistant treasurer, in addition to being street inspector. He is also running for office in the City Hall. He puts up your lobby frame down on the main corner of the town and says the city is billed. Reynolds is a great help to agents.
When Dreams Come True, with Joe Lane ahead, ran into a strike in Portland, Ore., and there was no show. The stage hands were called out just before the curtain went up because the engineer bad been released. This was one time when dreams of fat receipts failed to come true.
E. J. Buckley is advance agent for the Seuthern Company of Whes Dreams Come True, and was discovered in Kentucky a day or two ago. Send us a line, Buckley.
E. Deacon Albright, agent of The New York Greater Minstrels, says the musical and minstrel sbows are finding business much better this season, and all agents claim conditions are improving all along the line. While in Indianapolis Albright met W. W. Gentry, with whom he trouped for ¢ight years. At Anderson, Ind., Ben Austin, last season gereral agent of Gentry Brothers, is manager of the Grand Opera House. Ker promised big doin’s when the New York Minstrels play Andersen. The show has a new car, which is the real thing.
Col. Bill Roche, manager of the Columbia Theater, Chicago, has a private box for agents and managers on Wednesday afternoon. The beys come around only when the 8S. R. O. sign is out, it is said.
It will be necessary to mail all news intended for the Christmas issue at once, as the big special number will be off the press on December 14. The agents and managers who have felt inclined to be backward are again urged to join us.
Address all news for this column to Editor, Press and Advance Agents, Billboard, Cincinnati, Ohio.
WALTER DUGGAN’S NOTES
As one roams around the country, into this town and out of that town, a study of the billpesting plants is more interesting than one might realize at first thought. Posting advertisers are waging a greater campaign for perfectness of plants than presumably they are given credit for. With the institution of latter day ideas the big ‘‘Double A’’ campaign is coming in for much attention and observation. Commercial work was never more extensive than it is today. Everybody believes It Pays To Advertise, that is, among the successful merchants. What we have seen of plants among posting companies—and there have been many well-directed ones we have come across—the one conducted at Muncie, Ind., by the Muncie Billposting Company, is the blue-ribbon one of the lot. The Muncie Billposting plant is an institution in itself. It’s over 5,000 feet in length. and under the ever active command of George Challis, manager of the Wysor Grand Theater in Muncie, the Muncie Billposting concern preves to what extent this portion of the advertising game has leaped. The tabulation of the locations by photoes, which cost the concern some $500 every year, ts a small item in the worth of the Muncie plant as an institution for the study of those who don't believe the successful merchants are firm shouters for the topic of the day in that It Pays To Advertise. George Challis fs to be congratulated for the perfected way in which he has arranged his system, which covers such territory as Muncie, Portland, Hartford City, Red Key. Eaton, Albany and Shidler, all towns bordering in the Indiana territory.
George Challis still presides as manager of the Wysor Grand Theater, a position he has filled for years, much to the pleasure of agents and managers, who like to visit a well-governed
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cember 4.
WILL HOPPER, alias Arkansas Bill.
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one-night stand theater. Thanksgiving night found Mrs. Challis lending the valuable theat rical knowledge the Challis’ have used in building wp Muncie’s theatrical standing, as treasurer for the current attraction. Challis’ have many iriends in the show business. They deserve this reputation.
Stage hand strike still exists at the Gennett Theater in Richmond, Ind. Manager Murray’s stand promises to remain the same as it always has toward the unsettled conditions in Richmond. At least he says so himself. Troupes play the city minus their union help. A unique situation now exists in the newspaper field in Richmond. Manager Murray has —— one of the two papers in Richmond from his list of advertisers. Thus far this seasom the newspaper used by Manager Murray has proved its worth as a medium of advertising under the existing conditions.
Billy Héxter, the original claimant to the signature of ‘‘as B 4’’ in closing his epistles, is hitting the bull’s-eye of success in his first year as manager of a theater exposing living actors. For over a year Billy did wonders at the Tuxedo Theater in New York, now he’e drawing crowds to the People’s Theater im Cincinnati. Plainfield, N. J., always did turn out hustlers.
Frank Reed, re-enforced with home cooking as the result of his visit to his home in Cincinnati, showed up at the Victoria Theater ip Dayton, O., ahead of Peg o’ My Heart, as Col. Bill Roddy’s trusty right hand man, the other afternoon. Two hours after Frank arrived the folks, who were told of Peg’s coming by Bill Roddy’s master hand as a newspaper writer, were firmly convinced of it by Frank’s extensive wall plastering. They don’t come too high for Frank Reed.
Playing only one night out of Thanksgiving week, and that on Thanksgiving day, members of The Yellow Ticket Company laid off in Dayton, 0., for the holiday. The sojourn allowed Dave Posner to fill his trunk with jewelry, for the lucky numbers did come Dave’s way. f you’re a friend of Dave’s and expect a Christmas present make up your mind now that it’s going to be a watch or some other piece of jewelry that hangs on_ the ‘dreadful’ punch boards. Hartman is still bp any ~ for No. 2565.
Elmer Redelle, owner of the Dayton Baseball
Club in the Central League, is manager again this year at the Fairbanks Theater in Springfield, O. With Claude Miller as manager of the Victoria in Dayton, and Elmer Redelle in Springfield, Lee Boda has a duo of managers that compare with the best of them. Boda always did have a winning name with producers, and his well-equipped offices and theaters in Dayton and Springfield do nothing but make a warm champion for his magnificently conducted theater in Columbus, 0. ‘“‘Get us a good ball player for the Dayton Club in your roamings around the country and I'll make you a present of a check the amount to be the size of gross receipts for the Maude Adams business in Springfield,”’ was Elmer Redelle’s parting remark to us. The mail orders indicated an easy sell-out for Miss Ademe in Springfield. On our way we go a-hunting for that ball player!
Ed DeCoursey is furnishing the fife and drum noise ahead of Vogel’s Minstrels. Ed is interesting the public in his selections, and as the result the Vogel outfit is enjoying good health, financially.
Sam Maurice believes in Twin Beds. As manager of this hit, with Harry Sloan ahead, Sam is looking forward to the long run for this piece in Philadelphia. Caught Sam in Dayton the other night examin a book, entitled Comfortable Farms in N York State. Evidently Sam is anticipating the summer sojourn.
With the closing of the Panama Exposition F. C. Shanley, of the Continental Hotel, will disrobe himself of the famous checked suit. It’s done noble service, this checked suit has, and now, no doubt, Shan will spring another novel attire. We've been getting the postcards, Shan, but hardly recognize the photos with the whiskers shaved off.
Ben Austin, who goes over with the Barnum & Bailey advance forces next summer after his twenty-one years’ service with the Gentry Bros.’ organization, will vouch for this one. Miss Mande Adams plays the Grand in Anderson, Ind., shortly. Lady marches up to the boxoffice window with the query: ‘‘Is it the real Maude Adams that’s coming?’ Ben answers affirmatively with an emphatic look of disgust. Lady replies: “I don’t believe it. Show me the herald.’" Ben picked up one of the current attraction heralds of Don’t Lie to Your Wife. and drew a pencil mark around the likeness of the feminine star of that company. Lady retorts: ‘‘Well, my goodness, she is coming at that. Kindly give me two $1.50 seatsa.”” Mande Adams is selling out on all the onenight stands.
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