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The Billboard 1918-02-16: Vol 30 Iss 7 (1918-02-16)
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FEBRUARY 16, 1918
The Billboard
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THE SEASON’S SENSATIONAL AND ARTISTIC SUCCESS IN VAUDEVILLE
Headlining B. F. KEITH’S
Orpheum Theatre
NOW
Management
JOS. HART
A Famous
HOBART BOSWORTH
JACK LONDON ASSISTED BY IDA STANHOPE AND CHARLES BARTLING Booked Solid U. B. O. Time
A Veritable Sensation at B. F. Keith’s Palace, Alhambra and Orpheum, New York City, Cleveland and Washington.
(FOR PROOFS SEE THE REPORTS AND LEARN ABOUT THE BOX-OFFICE RECEIPTS)
Star, a Wonderful Story by a Great Writer, and a Notable Production
“THE SEA WOLF”
Adams & Thomas J. ¢. Mack Co, (one to fill) ALTON, ILL. HIPPODROME 1017 Winter Garden Revue
Last Half: Wm. DeHollis Co, Rector, Weber &
ASHLAND, WIS. ROYAL Last Half: Geo. Winchman Walker & Walker Spanish Goldinis
AURORA, ILL,
Davis & Moore Woman Broposes Monalua Six itwe to al BELLEVILLE, ILL, WASHINGTON Wm. DeHollis Co. Ford & Goodrich Gardner Trio Last Half: Bertie Ford Merely & McCarthy Sisters Kay & Emma Dean BLOOMINGTON, ILL. MAJESTIC 20th Century Whirl Last Half: Swain’s Novelty DeNoyer & Dante lawrence & Edwards Jack Dresdner Follies De Vogue CANTON, ILL, PRINCESS
Jim & Flo Bogard
Wilson & Wilson
Three Weston Sisters
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. MAJESTIO
Wille Missem Co.
Ray & Fay
Kranz & LaSalle
Herbert Lloyd
Neil. McKinley
Thalero Circus
Last Half:
Fred's Pigs
Ogien & Benson
Nanghty Princess
CNAMPAIGN, ILL. ORPHETW
Commin & Seaham
Argo & Virginia
The Unexpected
Arthur Rigby Little Miss Up-ToDate Last Half:
Walker & Texas Jerry & er
Lincoln of U. S. A. Jolly, Wild & Co. Gardner Trio
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eae Story & Clark Hohenadele’s Animals Flelds & LaAdelie Last Half: Monarch Dancing 4 DAVENPORT, IA. COLUMBIA Fred's Pigs Ogden & Benson After the Ball Carson & Willard Dream Fantasies Last Half: Paul Kleist Co. Christie & Bennett Homer Lind Co. Sun Fong Lin Troupe (one to fill)
DECATUR, ILL,
EMPRESS
Lew Hoffmen
Black & O'Donnell
Mattie Choate Co.
Emily Darrell Co,
Pauline
Last Half:
Cummin & Seaham
Bruce, Morgan & Bet
Merchant Prince Arthur Rigby Little Miss Up-To
Date
DULUTH, MINN. NEW GRAND W. B. Patton Co, Godfrey & Henderson Johnson Bros. &
Jobnson Last Half: Little Lord Roberts Clarence Wilbur Creole Band (one to fill) E. ST. LOUIS. ILL, ERBER Eddie Badger Mattie Choate Co, Black & O'Donnell Frank Gardner Co. Last Half: Walker & Texas Merchant Prince Valayda Nuts Wm. DeHollis Co.
\J % GRAVING CO.
ESIGNERS & EKCRAVERS +".
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and Show Business, printed in one of more colors. We Specialize in Theatrical Designing and Engraving. Half
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Who liked “BY HECK” are hereby declared
INSTRUMENTAL AND DANCE NOVELTY
INDIANOLA
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The 1918 Song Hit.
AFTER
PROFESSIONAL COPIES NOW READY
THE WAR
We pay roydlty to acts singing our songs. CHAS. S, BLACK CO., 410 David, Cin’ti, 0.
EVANSVILLE, IND, NEW GRAN.
The Ziras
Harvey-DeVora Trio
Bison City Four
Ellis-Nowlan Troupe
(one to fill)
Last Half:
Veronica & Hurl Falls
Devoy & Dayton
The Fixer
Geo, & Paul Hickman
Dancing Girls of the
World
FT. WILLIAM, ONT, ORPHEUM (19-20)
Von Etta & Gershon
Harry Mason Co. Barry & Nelson Cecile 5 23) Ww. B. pron Co, Godfrey & Henderson (two to fill) GRANITE CITY, ILL. WASHINGTON The Lampinis Dolce Sisters Last Half: Argo & Virginia Skelly & Heit GREEN BAY, WIS. ORPHEUM Last : Marian Gibne Rucker & Winfred (two to fill)
HASTINGS, NEB, PLAZA Luckie & Yost Last Half: Mack & McCree Fields & LaAdelia IOWA CITY, IA, ENGLERT Mahoney & Rogers Floyd & Guilbert
Tom Brown Sigsbee’s Dogs Last :
Randew Tr
Ragapation Six JOLIET, ILL, OPPHEUM
Last Half: The DeBars Maidie DeLong Happy Jack Gardner
Co, Brady & Mahoney Maxine Bros, & Bobby KENOSHA, WIS. VIRGINIAN Last Half: Judson Cole Holmes & Hollister Clark & Chapelle LINCOLN, NEB. LYRIC Monarch Dancing 4 (one to dl)
Last Half: Dorothy Southern Trio The Brads OLIVER Half:
Holden & Graham Creighton, Belmont & Creighton Richara & Kyle Neil MeKinley Costa Troupe MADISON, WIs. ORPHEUM The Debars Vance & Taylor Findess Keepers Tabor & Greene Doe Baker & Girls
Chas. Young
Diana Models
fone to fll)
MASON CITY, IA. REGENT
Norton & Kane
Musical Fredericks
Melins Twins \
Last Half: Tom Linton & Girls Hazel Leona MILWAUKEE
PALACE
Marian Gibney
Cal Dean & Girls
Rucker & Wiafred
Diana Models Wilson & Larson (one to fill)
Last Half: Eadie & Ramsden Gen, Pisano Co, Benny Harrison Co. Doe Baker & Girls (two to fill)
MINNEAPOLIS
NEW GRAND Collins, Elliott &
Lindsay Lee & Lawrence Dave Manley Norris’ Animals (one to filly PALACE
Novel Bros. Campus Girls Rob Carlin Olympia DesVall
MISSOURI VALLEY, TA.
MAJESTIC First Half: Kane & McDuffy Clifton & Dale Hohenadele Animals YOLINE, ILL.
PALACE Gaston Palmer Christie & Bennett Homer Lind Co, Hugo Lutgens Sextet De Luxe
Last Half: Musical Fredericks
Ray & Fay Hiatt « Gear Electrical Venus (one to fill) OMAHA, NEB. EMPRESS Dorothy Southern Trio Creighton, Belmont & Creighton Feichtel Troubadours (one w fill) Last Half: Selbini & Grovint Sorrento Quintette (and others) BRANDEIS Ernie & Ernie Brierre & King Marshall Montgomery Warren & Conley Four Belmonts (one to fill) OSHKOSH, WIS. GRAND First Half: Hector & Pals Lydstrom & Emerson Gardner & Revere H. S. McDonald Belgium Trio PEORIA, ILL. ORPHEUM Helen Savage Co. Simpson & Dean Mrs. Gene Hughes Co. Smith & Kaufman Gardner Trio Ia:t Half: 20th Century Whirl QUINCY, ILL. ORPHEUM Swain’s Novelty George Schindler Fields & Wells itwo to fill) Tat Half: Suffragette Revue REGINA, SASK, REGINA Last Half:
(Same bill playing Saskaton, first half) ROCKFORD, ILL. NEW PALACE
Paul Kleist Co. Hiatt & Gear Mme. Katisha Butterfly Brady & Mahoney Gen, Pisano Co, Last Half: Gaston Palmer Vance & Taylor The Unexpected Fields & Wells Dream Fantasies ST. LOUIS COLUMBIA Coscia & Verdi 4 Juggling Normans Martin Van Bergen
Haviland, Thornton
Morely & McCarthy
Sisters Frank Gardner Co, Fountain of Love (and others)
EMPRESS
Darto & Rialto Rector, Weber &
Talbot Kingsbury & Munson Klass
Folites DeVogue Last Half:
t 3 Frank Hartley Ford & Goodrich Wolf & Stewart Bertie Fowler 1917 Winter Garden Revue
GRAND O. H. Carletta Foley & Massimo Three Weston Sisters Adams & Thomas Coleman Goetz Hil, Tivoli Girls &
Hn
Flirtation (one to fill)
PARK
Wm. DeHollis Co. Skelly & Heit Lincoln of U. S. A. Jean Moore Travilla Bros. & Seal Last Half: Myr! & Delmar Hallen & Goss John T. Doyle Co. Coleman Goetz Dan Sherman's Circus ST. PAUL NEW PALACE Fern, Richlieuw & Fern Packard Trio Little Lord Roberts Clarence Wilbur Creole Band Last Half: Reed & Hudson Minnie Burke’ & Boys (three to fill) SASKATOON, SASK, EMPIRE First Half:
Morenos Lewis & Chapin Vera Berliner Am. Minstrel Maids
SIOUX CITY, IA. ORPHEUM
Selbini & Grovini Sidney Faulk Co. Lazier-Worth Co. Chas, Wilson Richards & Kyle Ragapation Six Mahoney & Rogers Eldridge, Barlow ¢ Eldridze
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