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138 VARIETY TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND WELL WISHERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR JOSEPH ECKL Vaudeville Booking Agency, Suite 417-420 Gaiety Theatre Bldg., 1547 Broadway, New York. TeL Bryant 1402 Now Booking Six Weeks of High Grade Houses From New York to Rochester AND PARK THEATRE, NEW YORK, SUNDAY CONCERTS Under Management of JOHN McCARRON. Why Billiards is hard to learn Ttaore are lots of brainiest punka who Just fiddle their tlmo away playlnc pool, while billiard player* are ail brilliant men. It takes your mind of? worldly care. Hoepe made $80,000 last season. Did you ever hear of a pool player making that mudiT Learn billiard*, bore; it will improre your act. Newspapermen and authors play bill lards, never pool. A billiard player has entree to the best clubs all orer the country. A billiard player always mingles with the real mon. A pool player fre- quents oellara. A pool player must associate with low-brow*. I am only a hard working comedian, but nevertheless because I can play billiards I go to the best clubs and meet the finest people ail over the country. I'm learning every day. I've got all of PedersoR's shots now. Next seaann I won't have to worry about show business. I'll have a home where you all will be welcome—that la. If you can play billiards. Why. boys. If I didn't play billiards and get a note about it myself In the local papers, on the Orphean Circuit, nobody would know I was allva. Did you send your aaeat his Xmas p r ese nt yett No. but I had thanks given for Oes Melees. An enemy In "What HapPMad to Rath" (No. 8 Co.), playing W. V. at A., said 8taa ttaaley is the greatest plant in show business. Thanks, Hank, and for a plant I'm still growing. Alaa Breaks haa the greatest sketch and support In vaudeville. All us acts dealing with the aax problem are sure-fire. If you close the show all week and on Saturday night get an earlier spot. oh. how they stand In the winga. the Jealous cats I Such Is my reputation, my motto being "Lava, Billiards and Moasy." Ada should advertise In the paper that reaches everybody. Even though I am an actor. I'm a business man. I confine all of my advertising to Variety. If the rest of the papers mention my name, I will consider It flattery. STAN STANLEY Up-Ta-Palt A Merrie Xmas and A Happy 1917 Louise Dresser Vary Mm« The International Accordionist—Master of Them All OFFERING AN ACT BRIMFUL OF VARIETY THAT INCLUDE8 COMEDY, WHISTLING, SINGING AND ITALIAN YODELING Different From All Other Accordion Acta Ninth Succaaaful Seaaon Permanent Addreea 72 Cambridge Avenue, Jeraey City, N. J. The Merriest of Xmas 9 and the Happiest of New Years' MILDRED LYLE Season '16-'17, "Naughty »• HOLIDAY GREETINGS Bayone Walter Whipple n ° Huston "SPOOKS" Orpheum, Brooklyn, This Week (Dec. 18) Direction, PETE MACK. REETING 19 17 May the recollections of the happy moments spent with us be but a reminder of the many big things we will have to offer you during the New Year. ....... .« TXsarxFi skp t ■ rw jh .umu- wwijujuiii ■ mjuvj* j THE STRAND THEATRE, ™^rr Y Y=