The Billboard 1915-12-18: Vol 27 Iss 51 (1915-12-18)

DECEMBER 18, 1915. — The Billboard 195 branches. look us over. Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year To All THE PROSPERITY BEES ARE ALREADY BUZZING FOR THE SEASON OF 1916. IF YOU WANT THE HONEY, SWARM AROUND THE HIVE OF THE LIVE ONES WANTED--FOR SEASON i1916--WANTED For K.G. BARKOOT’S WORLD’S GREATEST SHOWS, To Open Latter Part of Aprii, New, novel and up-to-date Shows, for which carved wagon fronts will be furnished. mate Concessions of all kinds, two Sensational Free Acts. Privilege ( Long season and the right kind of treatment for the right people. FAIR SECRETARIES, CELEBRATION COMMITTEES and EXPOSITION MANAGERS~—If you want a Real Show of Merit, When you book the K. G. Barkoot Attractions you book a live one. Address Want one or two good Rides—the Whip or other money getters. Legitivar to rent for the season. Can place a number of useful Carnival and Circus People in all K. G. BARKOOT, Box 457, Central Station, TOLEDO, OHIO. GET-AWAY DAY Proved Zone’s Biggest—F uture Activities of Some of the P.-P. l. E. Concessioners By HARRY C. WILBUR Friday, Dec, 3.—Weather forecast: Rain. And it did; broke all records for rain in December since 1506, Saturday, Dec. 4.—Closing day P.-P. I. E Weather forecast: Rain. But old California came to the rescue amd gave the lie to the weather ma and gave us a day that will long be remembered by the Zone boys—sunshine, clear and cool—and 416,850 people on the grounds, and all eager te see the shows and attractions—it sure Was @ lucky “‘get-away’’ day for everybody. Art Smith took the air as he never did before. Ue few upside down, figure eight, cork-screwed. wooed, alpped—in fact, be was as one of the gulls of the bay—and outtlew them all, and I can say without fee, he rightly earne! his tithe as the greatest living aviator, bar none. r the last fight he was presented with a sutiful loving cup by the Exposition directors. ABOUT THE GREAT AND NEAR GREAT ON THE ZONE Beyd and Ogle, with their Dog and Pony Show will sail this week for Panama, where the next tig one’ takes place. Al Onkin will join them as business nanager, The Don Carlos Dog and Monkey Hotel will play vaudeville with Sid Graumann for a few weeks Carlos has a good show and tavo very fine chimps, King Carle, that great dusky talker, will epend a few weeks in the South—Los Angeles and San Diego—before making up his mind whether to buy an orange grove with his money or start a carnival for Mevice. Mr. Doxte, that fellow that paints banners and signs, will locate here in Frisco, where he has bis little ones in school. Doxie is one of the * \ old-timers—he was the artist on the Bostock | & Ferari Shows fm 1899, and married one of the girls on Gay Paree the same year—and lived happy ever afterward. F. L. Wolff, the young man who designed and built Underground Chinatown, late of the P.-P. I. BE., and now featured at Venice, will build another at Los Angeles for the indoor carnival that will be held there for thirty days. As his assistant he has secured (and who, by the way wes largely credited for the success of the Frisco Chinatown) B, H. (Red) MelIntyre, se without saying it, we are sure that the Los Angeles enterprise will be a success as long as ‘‘Red” handles the front, with ‘‘Grace’’ as his assistant. Mr. McIntyre has not as yet made ep his mind whether he will return East next epring or stay on the Coast; he confesses that he likes os out here and would like to stay. The Two Brothers, Jack and Bo Callicott, re turned to their home at Sunset Beach, Cal.. 9 few miles from Los Angeles, where they will again give the ducks fits. These two boys are among the successful ones, and they ricutiu deserve it ail ibey are bard workers, and clean-cut, sober boys—more power to them both Whistling Ginsberg—he of the symplaphone— sure had them going the last day, and disposed of more than forty gross of the little tin whistles. During his shorg stay at the Expo. he passed out nearly 400 gross. As music he had the $20,000 organ that was located on the cnrousal-—-some location, some organ and a hustling Jew boy. George Jabour—of the Turkish Village and Streets of Cairo—will take a short rest in Los William Coles, the well-known concessionaire will remain on the Coast, as he bas considerable interest here in the way of ‘‘homes.”’ Oscar Noble, he of the Hawaiian Village, after a very good short season with the Foley & Burk Shows, returned to the Zone to finish—and he finished strong. This is the original show that was secured in Hawaii last spring, and was rated A-No. 1 in Honolulu, and made a hit here. H. C, Woodrow, the able assistant of the Hawaiian Village, will return to Venice for the sinvec. Mr. Woodrow is one of those untiring grinders—a demon for work when the people are there, and makes his services show results. A group of old-time carnival folks who recently are: L. J. Davis, B. Newell, J. L. Landes, Mrs. L. J. Davis, Mrs. Langford, Mrs. B. Newell, Mis< hy vusine Landes and Mrs. J. lL. Landes. Note the Methusa Angeles before going to the Exposition that will open in Panama in January. Carl Shultz and Vivien will also go to Pana ma, and will be connected with Mr. Jabour there Harry La Breque will stay in San Francisco. Bedford and Gardner, those two dancers, will return to vwandeville after a brief rest at a nearby resort C. A. Farmer, W. J. and J. (wind jammer and joey), will return to that dear Spring street in Los Angeles at on A short rest, then out with one of the big three-ring shews Elizabeth, the doll lady, will go to Los An geles to join the the Midgets’ Convention, which will be held during the thirty-day indoor carnt val, as it is reportec that Prince Ludwig, Princess Tiny, the Midget Vaudeville Show of the Bone (37), will all exhibit there—a regular Midget Carnival. enjoyed an outing at Hot Springs, Ark. In the party lemean lime j H. B. Suydam, Bill Vashen and Chas, Turner |} will try Los Angeles for the winter. These | boys are Coast defenders, so they will be back in the spring. “Nick’’ Young, with a dog-doll wheel, will go to San Diego for the winter. This is a new ene on an old idea. The deg—alive—runs around a wheel and stops the pointer at the winning number, It is a very nice frame-up, and gets the jack. Al Fisher will return to the Campbell Shows— his first love. Duke R_ Lee will go to Universal City, Cal... for nine weeks, after which he will join a company going to the Hawaiian Islands, where he ; will play leads for nine months for some Universal masterpieces. Duke is indeed a very fine he llow and makes friends wherever he goes, | | and we bespeak for him much success with the Universal Film Co. Bill Odus (William Dearmin) and wife will spend the Christmas holidays with the parents of Mrs. Bill, after which they will return East to build a show, and during the season of 1916 they will be located with the La Tena Shows. Mrs. Dearmin is now in the heavy-weight cla according to Bill, tipping the scales at pounds. It's the climate, Bill. Dr. M. A. Couney, of the baby incubator, will return East, but, to use his own words: “I am thankful to the Californians and those who have contributed to my success here, but I have camped out long enough, I am going back to the city, to New York, where folks live. Guod luck, Doc; we were glad to have had you, and loyalty to your own town—why, it raises your stock 100 points with us, Jimmie Dunn and wife will return to Los Angeles for the winter, and Jimmie wili more than likely join the Campbell Show for the 1916 season. . Kxidie ‘Stella’ Vauhn will take his now famous picture to Los Angeles for the winter, having secured a fine location in the best downtown district. Stella is bound to make good. At the close of the Big Fair Mr. Vaughn called his employees into the office and made each & present of $100 in gold to show his appreciation of their efforts during the season * Captain,’’ the most wonderfully trained horse in the world, will go to Venice for the season of 1916. The entire show, including Mr. and Madam Ellis, will be held intact for that encagement, ‘‘Captain’’ was one of the few Zone attractions that made money, and why should | it net? After one bought an admission ticket he met that affable little gentleman and manager for Captain Sigsbee, H. B, Db. Robinson, a man but few years before the public as a manager, yet he has that easy-going, matter-of-fact way that his ‘Thank you’ dees deeper than you imagine, and makes one feel more than welcome. Captain Sigsbee, after five years, has trained a horse that will never be e yualed in the world, us Capt. Sigsbee says he doesn't believe another man will be as big a fool as he was. ‘‘Captain’’ (the horse) works blindfolkied, so if there are cues or signals he can not see them. His cash register work is marvelous, and his picking out of colors almost human. The writer enjoyed this wonderful performance and listened to the comments of the audience as it passed out—to & single person they boiled it down to “the most wonderful horse ever exhibited’’ expression. Captain, we wish you success. The Shadow of the Cross, the original, after a very successful season on the Zone at the PP. I. E.. will open at Los Angeles for the thirty-day indoor carnival. During the season of fourteen weeks on the Zone 97,000 people listened to the lecture and saw the picture. After the Los Angeles engagement the management will take the picture to Panama for the Panama Exposition that opens January 1, 1916, R. D. Wharton, who has had long experience in the show business on the Coast, is now managing the Western tour and is well pleased with the exposition business, but that long division again cut the profits very low—tifty-two per cent of the gross business waa all Mr. Burt No. 1 SEASON 1916 RUTHERFORD GREATER SHOWS Presenting Two Mammoth Aggregations —Two Separate and Distinct Shows 1. J. POLACK, MGR. Consisting of Two Special Trains of Forty-Five Cars. New and Modern Amusement Device. Wagon and Panel Fronts. Concessions of every description. SECRETARIES OF FAIRS, CHAMBERS OF COMME No. 1 and No. 2 Thirty High-Class Pay Attractions. Two Bands of Musie, Composed of Fifty Musicians. Season of Forty Weeks or More. We are open for Propositions from Meritorious Money in the Ov‘ door Amusement World. Will consider PROPOSITIONS SEASON 1916 WRITE US FOR OPEN DATES. In answering this ad. specify which Company you desire to book with. 1. J. POLACK, Megr., Rutherford Greater Shows No. 1, eare Norniandie Hotel, New York City, until Dee. 24th, then 308-610 Lyceum Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. H. R. POLACK, MGR. Six Big Free Acts. Every Gorgeous Gold Carved Getting Attractions, and anything that is New and Novel for WHEELS with both Shows. Can also place RCE, HOMECOMINGS, CELEBRATIONS, ETC., ADDRESS Ht. R. POLACK, Mgr., Rutherford Greater Shows No. 2, 608-610 Lyceum Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. |