Variety (April 1923)

Thursday. April 6, 1023 OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS o .;.t BAZAARS INSTEAD OF GM 1 ENTERTAINMENTS IN VOGUE Experiment by N. Y. Telephone Employes Turns $6,000 Profit and Draws Attention to New De- parture for Winter Circus Activity A winter circus and bazaar in connection with a club dance made a profit of »6.e00 in New York last week and started a number oi out- door amusement promoters figuring op the possibilities of this depart- ure which comes just at tht'' tag end of the bazaar seaeoo which this year has expanded into formidable proportions. The indoor circus proposition has been pretty generally confined to fraternal auspices up to nov.-. A few private bodies have tried it in a modest way. but the affair of list M-eek was ,the first tral of the scheme in a big way. The affair was held under the auspices of th? New York Telephone Co. employes for their organization benefit funds, and the 71st Regiment Armory \\a.s used for the purpose. The show put on by John C. Jackel represented around $-2,000. being made up of H displays, all standard circus acts. At $1 admission the one-night show drew around $10,000 at the boxoRlce. The old plan of such organizations wa.i to secure a big hall such as Terrace Garden and stage a vaude- ville show to be followed by a dance. The circus idea gives the advantage of having a crowd at liberty on a big floor where an added revenue may be taken through concessions. Several of the park and fair agents were looking into tiie possibilities of making a canvass of business or- ganizations for their next winter en- tertainments with a view to deve!- oping the new vogue. The 71st Armory show March 28 was made up of Mile. Jeannette's Monkeys; Poodles and Dult!e; the Patricks; the Shanley Revue with Thelma Harvey, Ballots Troup; Three A polios. Righ Quartet, Josefsson's Icelanders. Reckless Hecklaw Duo. Mus'l?al Hussars. Pichlani Trouj>, Ishakawa Troup. Bwann Wood, dancer, and commu- nity singing led by Frank Maco. The bazaar proposition is con- stantly assuming new anj^les. It is probable that .Tohn W, Moore will make the experiment of working one of his shows under tops or in a side wall when the^season advances. This uhow Is Inlaying armories Jn Al- toona thi.^ week and New Haven April 18 for 10 days and Is routed tip to May 12. The Flying Crom- Vrells join^'d this week. Extending the Indoor season Into the circus liea.son Is likely to bring up a con- flict of dates and if the experiment \rorks out it might one day bring about a shortage of material In late ' fcprlng. . Acts which have worked the bazaars declare the time is extreme- . ly desirablo. Theje are no matinees and many of the established organl- kations are reported paying stand- ard vaudeville salaries for engage- tnents up to 10 and 12 weeks. \'aude- ville salaries, of course, are well above the circus figures. Bob Morton, operating a bazaar hnd winter circus through Texas iand headed into the .southwest for a Spring and perhai)s summer t«>ur nas already provided for its top. CIRCUS SEASON STARTS WITH ROUTING JAK Five Big Tops in It—Sells- Floto Jumps from Chi- cago to Newark, N. J. MARINE CIRCUS PROFIT OR LOSS UNKNOWN ''Million Dollar" Indoor Show Still Counting Up—Audi- \' tors at Work The beginnips of the circus season will shortly unfold a conflict in bookings in which live big tops are concerned. Ti»reo are particularly jammed late In April in wctstern Pennsylvania and Maryland. They are Sparks*. Waiter L. Main's and ihe Jo'.in Robinson shows. The Main outfit will be the first to get under cinvas, the opening being at Charle.'^town Saturday. While the Robinson outfit will not open until •\pril 26, at which time it starts from Peru, Ind.. its route will bring the show into the east and tjouth almost at once. ' The Sells-Flato outfit. which opens in Chicago at the Coli.seum Saturday, April 7, will jump di- rectly to Newark, N. J., working into New EngUnd from that i>oint. The Rlngilngs-Barnum & Bailey circus upon completing irs five- week' tngajjernent at Midii'on Square CJardin three weeks hence will take to canvas at Philadelphia first, with Newark following after the Sells-Floto show. Regardletis of the jam in terri- tory this spring. Walter Downie of the Main show has refused to switch from any of the dales arran.r^ed for. From routing indications, the south will again be the scejie of circus conflict next October. SUNDAYS OUT ti, in BrooUlyn Given to Carnivals To Lay Off Sundays SELLS-FLOTO'S AD LINE Chicag.>. April 4. The Sells-Floto Circus trains ar- rived in Chicago yesterday, and re- hear.«'als are under way for the opeliiii;,', Sa'urday. The engage- jneiit will continue u!U;l April 22. The fir-l road stand wHl l»o iVnu. Ind. The early advertising oC* the Sells;-Floto Circus here carried the line, "Second Biggest i<how on liarth." The line is missing from the later advertising. The "million-dollar circus" held by the Marine Veterans of Belleau Wood at the 104th Field Artillery Armory, New York, April 17-24, was expected to wind up business this week. Neither the marines nor the Wirth booking agency, which staged the affair, appear to know whether the event was a financial succegs or not. The latter claims to have ex- pended about $7,000, of which $8,000 went for the show given on a spe- cially built stage. Wirths state about $2,400 in cash was all It se- cured from the marines' committee. Wirth.s assumed the responsibility of the financial end ofthe venture, but agrt'od the marines should han- dle the money. The arrangement led to disputes because of necessary expenditures and s:ilarie«. All moneys were deposited in the Co- lumbia Trust Co. with Walter Kim- ball, an official of the bank, in charge of the fund. No disburse- ments were to be made without the booking men counter-signing the checks. A payment to the armory of some $3,900 was made, though it is not clear whether that sum came from the bank account or was made directly from ca«h taken In at the'armory. Romayne Benjamin was at the head of the marines committee. lie advised the booking people a state- ment of the circus would be sup- plied as soon as the auditor finished his accounting. Early this week It was understood a statement was furnished the agency, showing about $5,000 In the fund, which would indicate at least an even break or a slight profit. Collection of money on tickets .sold patrons In advance of the show is said to have delayed winding up the show's affairs. The contract l.s understood to have provided for a split in the profits of 00-40 after the show's ex- pen-ses were taken care of. The concep.sions were supposed to be guarded by the marines, who had .1 member in each booth, the repre- sentative handling all the money. 1923 FAIR DATES .■; :V Kansas CHy, April 4. The following Is a list of the falr.>< and expositions to be held in KauMas In 1923. their dates, secretaries and locations, as compiled by J. C. Muhler, secretary of the Kiu\sas state board of agriculture; Nam«. SecrPtary. Location. Date. Kaii.sati Slate K.iir A. L. Kponnlor Tlutc-hlniion Ropt. l.'>-31 Kanaaa Free Fair I'hil KaMtmun Topoku .Sppt. 10-15 Internation.il ^^ h.-at Hhow... .11. H. KrvslRn Wichita H*'|>t. IM-Oot. • Allen County Fair L>r. K. U. Hoattle lola .«. Auc. 27-ttt ■*, Anderson County Fair II. C. Ferguson (Sarnett Atchison County Fair.,, «'. K. Hells Ktllnghain * Uarber County F«lr J. M. Wolz. I!ardtn«r. Hcpt. 12-14 . FrtnJ Hans <1ro.il ItcnJ CK.'t. 2-5 • - .W.A.Stroud t'nionlowii... i\..... Hfpl. 21 , .Blair .Sylve«ier lltawathK ....." Auor. Sll-3t"*-—: •;• . .C. .S. Boylan jNlronu Clly Uct, 3-6 .C. J. Pruyn Columbus mig. 18 21 * .K. U. Cauthers Ashland Sept 12-IS ,.W. !•:. Need i'lay Center Oct. 1 A we«k .r>an Perkins Concordia Sepi. 4-7 .W. T. HeJler HurlUiKtoii Sept. lH-21 .A. L. Beeiey Coldwaler Oct. 17-20 . Edwin J. Hepler Winrteld , Auff^ 7-14 .W. A. Brooks... Burden Kept. r»-7 '"■•'■' .Parker Bailey (iirard Sept. 11-14 .A. C. Williamson Troy , .O.J.Lane I^awrence Aug- 28-81 ,.M. w. frutrnden Haves Hept .;k>-z« C. A. Kyner Wi!son .8ept. 2r.-2<l ' • t • • • < Harton County Fair liourbon County Fair.... Brown County Fair Chase County Fair «"herokee County Fair (nark County Fair (.'lay County Fair i.'loud County Fair Coffey County Fair Comanch« County Fair...., Cowley County Fair Cowley County Fair , Crawfoid (*ouuty Fair...., I>oniphan County Fair J)ougIa.«i County Fair Kllla County Fair KlUworth County Fair Ford County Fair Franklyn County Fair . M. W. Drehmer I>odge City x>ci 8-rJ , .P. P. K!der Ottawa Sept. i-7 ....J. W. Phelps Cimarron. C;ray CoutUy Fair. Greenwood County Fair T. L. Ryan Eureka Aug. 21-24 Harper County Fair O. F. Morrison Anthony July 3I-A«c TacKsoii County Fair C. W. Porterfleid Holton JefTerRon <ounty Fair Lou Hauok Valley Falls ^ ttept. 18-M Kearney CouiiXy Fair J. J. Nash .. .Lakln -— ..Clarence Montgomery .Oswego Aug. Sft-S! ..K. A. McFailand. .... LiniH>ln Sept. 2.1-28 ..<J. \V. ICretzmann. ... Hylvan Grove Oct. 8-5 ..R. C. Swift Mound City n, Frank Lost utter. .... .Kmporia. Labette County Fair LInc-oln County Fair Sylvan Grove Fair Linn County Fair Lyon County Fair .MarshaII Countv Fair Meude County Fair •Mitchell County Fair Montgomery County Fair.. Nemaha County Fair Neosho County Fair Norton County Fair Osage County Fair Pawnee County Fair...... Phillips County Fair...:.. Pottawatotnie County Fair P.awilns County Fair...... Reno County l-'oir Republic County Fair..... rtook.n County Fair Rush County F.iir Russell County Fair Smith County Fair StafTord County Fair Trego County Fair Washington County Fair.. Wichita County Fair...... .H. C. Ltithrup. .T. N. Walters. .C. O. JohiiHon. .Klllott Irvln. .. .J. C. Grindle.. .O. K. BIdcau.. . A. J. John^^on. , J. A. Ke«i|cr... .T. C. Wll.ion.. W. W. Chestnut. .B:ue Rapid! ... Meade ... Beluit , ...<.'offeyville ... Seneca.. .. .C'hanuie ... .Norton... i.. .Overbrook ... .Larned... I^gan.... Oct. 2-% .......Aug. 28-31 '•••e|*«ee«« • •••••• I i««*ei»e«i jWilnon t'oanty Kair Franklin Coun(y-hane Tair.. i^'toyd I). Martin. I-arp^rCo. Breeilets' Aist> M. V. Stanli\v.., IN AND OUT "The Sun Dodgers" could not oi)LMi at the Capitol. Union Hill, X. J., Monday, due to the illncs.^ Of Johnny Walker. Harry Hayden and Co. subbed. Sybil Vane out of the Palace, New Yoik show Monday afternoon, due to illness. Elizabeth Brice replaced. Whiting and Burt left the bill at the .State-T/ake, Chicago, Tuesday, replace^^by Mills and Duncan. .C. Haughuwoui Onaga. .Bert Powell . G. F. Willlains .Dr. W. R. Barnai^. . I>. F. Burlin .T. C. Rudlcel .H. A. Uawran. i.,, .John J. Morehead.. . K. A. BHIes , . Krneat Courtney... . J. V. Mepler . V:d Chase . W. <' CHniinll. Sept. 24-2V Aug. 20-34 ...Sept. 4-7 ...»*ei>t 24-"* . Aug. ..•...«•.. Sept. ...«...«.. ciept. Aug. Sept. • • • • » I «••••■••! 28-.tI 27 2W 20-28 21-24 lt»-2l ......Sept. 2ti-29 Nov. I-S Aug. 28-81 Mcl>onaId , Darlow... Belleville. .Stockton.. .Rush Center ..Aug. 2»-3l , Rus»eII Oct. 2-5 .Smith Center <.Auc. 28-31 Staflord- Oct. 10-18 .Wakeeney SetJt. — .Washington Firat week in Oct. •t<coti Pirat week in Beut, .Fredonla Aug. 14-18 ■ I'<tn« ......Aug. 31-flept. 1 Anthony Oct. 24-27 HARRiSBURG CIRCUS Elks Giving Wc«ks SHow in Naw Coliseum Harrisburg. April 4. The F.Ik lodgos of thla city are putting on an Indoor circus and fair this week. The circus acts came from New York City Saturdity. The hall in which the fair is held has just been completed. It Is Magaros Coliseum, 160 feet In length and 5.1 in width, remodeled at a cost of $100,000. The second floor will be u-ed for convention and dancing purposes, and will seat 2.r>0(> not including the balcony, which will uccMmmi»date 700 more. DEMPSEY'S PRICE Fight Champion Talks HOOO ■ ■ ■-. . Woskly Three or four small carnival out- iits playin- tho lots on the outskirts of iJrooklyi). X. v.. i,i,t still within the city limits have been ti:)ped to etop running on Sundays hereafter. In p.ist Hrrison.".! ih«' carnivjiKs have l>lfO»d unn.ulo.sted for .vi'ven days. The Sunday clo.vlng crusa^b- which trimmod down the Nen Vo.k v;utdf- Ville shows to Sumliy dimensions r^contly is .ittribiitei .-.s tiie cau.-e or the shutting down on the carni- vals. All nC tho outfitB aie tmrrtf^Ttrnws with a M.».rry.go-rounil. u few ron- m.sions an<l the usual 'high ». If . ' ■^'^" ''^""«l'^y l>n« will re- ■u«t in nicking tho week's receipts »adly if not lif.(..i a.s Sundav al- ^a>s hiiH been the beat day In the oni /'^"^ ''"'^ Saturday being the "my (lays wh.-ii the .show could nui «unng the aftontoons with profit. MAE and ROSE WILTON "AUTHORS OF SHOWMANSHIP' WHAT THE TOLEDO "NEWS" SAID: ' T!ie.\ v.'rote the book on showmnnsliip. The glrl.n are harmony sing- ers, and wont av'^v .^o w»'11 l.i.st night that .Toe Pcarlstein, In hi.'< enthu- ■sia-m. j»io(l.iin!"d Mao ai.d Jtnsf fis the host sister team In the show l)tisiness. When thpy took (l-.fit- bow. a lady In a good-looking fur coat '^ame out and bowcfl with tlifin. We asiMime it w.ih Hwir mother. In my ovttii the la ly ilor.ai t |»ri»posi' to be Kept in the backgrounti." Keith'H Tt'mple. iJel.-oit, This Week (Ai»ril 2). i:ook«'d .Solid—r.. V. Ki:iTH V Al' liTA ILLK EXCHANGE. WAR DEPT. FILMS (Continued fiom page 1) gle pathos with the embarkation at Hoboken to the final entry into Germany, to paint a graphic picture of America's patt in the conflict, Particul.arly vivid m'ere the scenes showing certain of the advances by American troops in the attack on St. Mihiel. In the face of a terrillc artiller>' bombardment by the en- emy the Yanks wore shown press- ing forward, with their numbers rapidly thinning ns they fought to reach their objective. The i)icture opened with scones of embarkation and then quickly shifted to a lhest-l>ound convoy in mid-Atlantic. American operations and camps in Brest followed, to be followed in turn by the widely known *'doughboy Pullman" In the act of carrying American troops to the front. Then followed In ^hronologio.il order the principal battles in which th© American troops participate<l, as represented by the scenes the Signal Corps' photograi)hers caught as they a<l\arn'od with the foremost lines or cr.anlced their cameras on the rim of a front-line trench. The trenches, the hospitals, ^he mess, the crap games and the ob- . ervation balloons till came in for attention, as well as the actual en- j.'agenn'n(.H. Scenes of Ihe ruins In \ erdun «n<l other French cities were hastily sl:«-tched. Hardly lest vivitl than the W'i:r Deparfmorii films was a picture Mimed by the (iorman (iovernment daiing the war foi- |ii-o|»,igand:i in (Jennatiy showing lh»* <vv«*i^ts at- farhed to the cruise of I'-boat No. .'Ji. 'i'he pktiire. presenfod as a probjg, shouod the rapfnri» and sinkin.g of eight huge freighters by this I'-boat on a «ingle f i-ni. .« Th" p i ct u r tm wur u t ^ik an from iht- d 'U of the r-l)o;it, and, following tho close of tin* v.'ar, c.ituo into i>or ieii- siuii of the \\\ti Uepariiiiiiit. Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champion was offered to the Keith bookers this week by Alf Wilton. For vaudeville Dempsey is reported as asking over $4,000 weekly. The champion has no matches in Night unless thp heavyweight tour- nament for the Milk Fund develops a contender In Jerti Wlllard. the ex- champlo^, whys to box Floyd John- son. * It Is undorstfjod that if ^^ceptable to the Keith people, Dempsey woul.l ofTer about the same turn he showed on the Pantagea Circuit where he topped the bills for a tour doing consistently big business. The large eastern Keith houses haven't played a boxer, except James J. Corbctt, In many seasons although numerous athletes have been booked such as Babe Buth, Bobby McLean, the skater, etc. Now Psrk Near Watortown, N. Y. Syracuse, N, Y„ April 4. The Kamargo Park Association has organized to conduct an amuse- ment park outside the village limits of Dexter. N. Y., this summer. The names of the persons interested are being withheld until incorporation. The Hippodrome. Utica, N. Y.. haH closed for a time as no license can b«r secured prior to January 1. A temporary license for January, Feb- ruary and March was Issued, and as April approached the place was re^ inspected but found unsatisfat lory. JUDGMENTS Bobby McLean opens an Orj>heum Ciiruit luulo at Pal.ice, Chicago, April S. An itol I'ricdlands ' Analol's Affairs of ll»L';;' open<) for the Oipheunt I'ijcuit in six weeks. L. I. Motion Picture Co., Inc.; Prudential Film Distributors: $174.!»0. Arthur L. Lyons; P. Kronf<>li| et al.: $;:7:i.40. Edwin August; A. Molostowskv; $211,20. / Harry Carroll; Moses H. Gro.s«- man ot a I.; $2,.'>0S.0P.. C. n. McCauley Photopl«yo, Inc.; O. L. Sellers: $7,800.14. Ted Lewis Club, Inc.; Julc.^ Weber. Inc.: $82l',:'(4. Lee J. Haley, known .'i.s Leo Hal*»y and Clcuric akv; B. G. Bono; $174.10. Sarah Leon; Ch.iifau Amusement Corp.: (o.sts, $ I OH.'.♦<). Associate Producers, Inc.: Uast- etri IV iture I'ilrii C(jry.; $500.95. Loew's 86th St. Corp.; K. Pritch- ard: $1 .'>04 5S. Selznick. Lewis J. and Florene* A.; A. A. .^ill»or Ikmi; ; |'J :. J.'.L'S, Same; u. H»>ymau et TTT" $l.041.i7:- $1,038. S!4; $i.Gi4.(*7; $l,036.r.7; $1,044.07; $I.039.9L'; $1,035.7-'; $1,040.72; $1,033.07. Satisfied Judgments Norman Trevor; M.xnon Bros., Inc.: $8;-. 20; Aug. 29. 19X2. Educational Films Corp.f aiob« Indr-rnnity Co.; $102. GO; Feb. 23, l'.«23.