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I;TO BE[IT.1-•A*c*f the*5ii ** .. ^[ileteoresented? Firstv'ODinp.be of-severalknownto beshestraTld-'oombsRotoli'hestra I!Barn byInn/ rfe. Ernst. Verdi Mr.?# * •fnetiIiitIti;\ rsN.to til*.a“fa Litm*high_Ydeering%*#all ofpriate !If**•fferedjoyed.*y waslargeryea r.eld in I with1. fobS *iwas it very Voodsfromred a » andin a eivedfferedtttachirrnal*£«II.ie de- ffromo as- ;mgesth thetakesh d e-keep In at andi♦con-•s at»eandirou.s e ab-lanti-tains lirro-*PleaseLetMeTellYou Something AboutUfyf the Fainilv TI am going to live in Muscatine amkesi nessto give you the best shows 1 possibly can for the monov.I don't expect to turn Muscatine upside down or set theworld a tire in an hour or two, but 1 do expect and f do promise togive you thlt;* great benefits of my direct connection with the bestbooking agencies and the best moving picture house in tinStates.N ou all know, of course, that the larger cities like t'hi-cago and New York get the best shows and get them tirst. Tinother towns and cities get them anywhere from six months to a€vear later.I am going to put Muscatine closer to tin* New York andChicago class than it has ever been—and closer than any town liveor ten times its size.By this 1 mean, that I am going to have the pick ofvaudeville and moving picture hits that make good ill tinshow centres.I am going to bring all these things to Muscatine—manythat probably never would have come here. That’s where vou gettin* benefit of my direct connections with the lug producers.r iirhese things are not going to cost vou ahv more tvou'vc been paving.* JL *rgoing to roll up my sleeves and use all my “pull*' infavor of the Kamilv Theatre and Muscatine.I'm going to make this the cleanest, best liked, mostwholesome Familv Theatre 1 possible can.1 don’t pretend that I am doing this out of the bigness ofmy heart. I am going to do it because 1 know Muscatine can support the best shows. If I hadn't thought it could, I never wouldhave decided oil this town as my permanent location.What do you think of the proposition?Will vou give me a chance to make good?Will vou forget that 1 am a “rank outsider if I earnout these promises IThe same show that has been running will continue un-* stil Sunday night, then there will be a change on Mondav and another as usual ou ThursdavKacli week thereafter 1 will make improvements until 1get things in just the fine shape that they ought to be.I didn't intend to write a whole book when I started thisbut I had so much to sav I couldn't make it shorter.Here follows the program for Monday, Tuesday andWednesday:American Zouaves—-14 people—just think of it.Carberry and Stanton—doing singing, dancing and talkingstunts—great.Veolette and Olds, second sight mind readers- marveloussimply marvelous.Lena LeConvier, Singing, Dancing Soubrette—excellent.Faithfullv yours.«. *LaemmleNEW MANAGER OF THETheatre• ** #, *}route to Ainsworth, when* she home in West I.ihertv thiatn **
Newspaper Details
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Sat, Dec 19, 1908
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Winnefox L.
WI, USA 24 Mar 2020
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