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Show Amusements Many amusing incidents oicur ln theatrical life and In dealing with a "stor" the Joke is usually on the management man-agement of the compan. but here Is a case In which "the tables were turned." Max Bloom, who Is featured In the musical comedy "A Winning .Mis:' hns a contract which stipulates that his niinie Is to appear In the same size type as the tltlu In all advertising matter used by the management. When ln St. Joseph, Mo., recently, Georgo White, business manager of tho company, had some artistic cards made, reading: "Try a Winning Miss Cocktail," and placed them In the leading thirst parlors of the city. After Af-ter tho arrival of the company, Mr. Bloom noticed that his name did not appear on a small hand bill gotten out by the thentro to advertise a special matlneo and at onco protested to Bolo Woolfolk, Ills manager, thnt it was In violation of his contract, nnd supposing Whlto to bo rospons. Iblo Insisted that Mr. Woolfolk, cnll his ottentlon to tho erior by wire. White. In St. Louis, therefore received this telegram: "All nilvcrt.'blng must rcud with Max Bloom, no oxeopllons." Whlto supposed tho message referred to hlx MM publicity medium and obeyed Instructions to tho very letter. At tho conclusion of his ((, l0is pngngotnent, when Mr Bloom went to' I NU AVvtt . h iWvr" ns4 lttwswavnWeVj hxls lvUTrel mv tho vUtk wvnt ( to the still rm lvUt(tl Mid Niurnnic aXM Mr. MWmi w w pany htm. -tho OrttM ' MM U hv ow- tHut It. h te had' wiw U onlertsl WlttHluR MW vMC " l"'u ho had trie! to collet hv had said vhy these are on lUoom and pointed tu a neatly framcAl sign "' lmrk Mr which read: "Try Winning Miss Cocktail" h M m- ,M,Hlm tvmk oue Uvk and tM, hut ho paid the bill. Oh May Sth. tho grst Sells-Kioto Ctavw (Will vllt Logan In the regular regu-lar coarse of Us annual summer tour on eonxersuut with the :t ry of the wrW of amusement knows M.e htetwry of th uphill fight that the weetern circus has had for sheer o istence until It has beeome ono of the taost potent factors amongst inngiit-fleent inngiit-fleent Aiaertean enterprises. This season. If we are to bel'v th advance notices sent out by th aress. the circus will come to us no tk-eably Increased both as to quality aad quantity. 1-ast season the Sells-Kioto peopto Instituted a camilgn of populnf prices reducing the rate of admission from W to ii cints. ln doing so, It !s asserted that they have for the first ttwe In their history returned homo with a balance on the right side of the ledger. The same iollcy will prevail pre-vail this ear. Twenty-five cents Is thetr slogan. No more, no less, and for this nominal sum they declnred themselves ready to furnish an entertainment en-tertainment costing approximately fS.W0 a day to produce. Many of the features are novelties. The Sells-Floto show has always been i noted for the magnificence of Its entourage. en-tourage. They have promised to out do themselves this year and to that end are carrying twenty more cars! than Uiey hae heretofore. The list of the attractions on their program will be given lit these col-aaaas col-aaaas at a later date. AT THE PHOTOPLAYS. As u-oal the Lyric presents a splendid splen-did program and one which will please a The siuging of Miss Thatcher und her skillful rendition of the beautiful solo. "The Dawn of Hope." was cer-tauUy cer-tauUy appreciated. The program of the Oak at the lean ed of the week was one well ar-raaged ar-raaged with the Indian drama and the tasifu; of a clubman, who didn't "get home till morning," was certainly pleasing. Miss Greenpugh's singing was good. t The LoRan In keeping with tho test of the houses. Is presenting good bills at each of their performances, "The Daughter ofthe Revolution" n story of Washington's timo was certainly a good one. n |