Arizona republican., 1913-03-17
PHOENIX WILL BE PART
 OF VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT
Manager Reeves Makes Arrange ments for Bookings Out of Den
 yer for Local Houses.

Give us vaudeville" was for long time the cry of amusement lovers of Phoenix, until it was responded to by A. H. Reeves, who built the Coli scum and Empress theaters Since that time Phoenix has been well sup piled with the best vaudeville attrac- tions that could be secured under the circumstances, but as no American community is ever fully satisfied be 1t said to it's credit, the demand soon became general for better" vaude- vile. Manager Reeves, has now re- sponded to that demand and begin- ming next Thursday, March goth, the Empress theater will hereafter be supplied through the Western Vaude- vile Managers association with the highest class of vaudeville specialties to be secured anywhere The bills will consist of three vaudeville num- bers, and the best moving pictures shown anywhere There will be en- tire changes of bill each week on Monday and Thursday nights. Elm phasis is laid on this point it will not be merely a change of one num- Der to comply technically with an advertised change but will be q change of the entire program each change night
 The Phoenix show houses have here tofore been supplied by coast book ings through which Manager Reeves has always tried to get the best vau- deville, but overcoming a great many difficulties he has now been able to secure bookings through the Denver headquarters of the association above l named. The Western Vaudeville as sociation is the worlds greatest vau- l deville circuit covering with it's af- l filiations every principal city in the | United States. Canada, and England l The Arizona and New Mexico branch i of this circuit is handled through | Denver headquarters and as might | be easily surmiScd it's attractions are | only those of the highest order and
 meet with appreciation in the largest 1 cities.
 As illustrative of the programs that 1 are hereafter to be provided for the
 patrons of the Empress, the numbers | for the first week are herewith re- | ferred to: The first program which l will be played Thursday, Friday, Sat l -
 23 will contain the following attrac- l tions:
 The Melrose Comedy company of | four members will have wonderful 1 singing act, melange of music and l mirth. Raymond, a novelty acrobatio l juggler of fame, will be the last vau- | deville number. Their act will be a comedy, novelty, musical offering, the
 music being unique, weird and | strange.
 The show for the last half of the
 show week, which paradoxically, is
 the first half of next week will open | with Dolly Dimples, a name to con jure with. It will excite the chappies
 and some of the gray boards but | Dolly is not that kind of a dimple | on the contrary she is an educated l pony, and will amuse and entertain l the women and children equally as | much as her masculine admirers The | next number will be the two over
 tons surely novel combination per l SOnally as well as on the stage. A | OVerton is said to be the only In dian in the work successfully doing | Irish, Hebrew, Swedish and Chinese
 characters, while his wife of Swedish
 lineage is known as the Gibson gir
 with the silver lyric voice. The fina
 number will be Van der Voort, knOWr | as the Holland VioliniSt, and Rhea
 Brown known as the Dresden doll
 As mentioned above these program! l will be filled out with the best nov ing pictures, and will be followed l regularly by semi-Weekly changes.