Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-12
FRAME THEATRE
 WILL BE BUILT,
 CITY PERMITTING
Tom Hill, Former Manager Elks, Believes House Gan
 Be Erected Now.

If the city authorities can sec theil way clear to allow of the erection of Q properly-constructe and prop erly-protected frame theatre build i ing, arrangements can be made with in the next few days whereby Pine Bluff theatre-goers will be assured of amusement during the approaching winter season, according to state ments made last night by Tom A. Hill managers of the old Elks theatre which was destroyed by fire late las winter
 "It is essential that something def nite be done within the next few days i if Pine Bluff is to have theatre en | tertainments this winter,' said Mir Hill "It is tco late to erect a per manent brick or steel and concrete theatre building for the coming sea son, even if the financial conditions were normal, which they are not. But ] it is not too late to erect framt building that will accommodate the show companies and comforta!bly house the theatre-goers, and with ev- cry safeguard afforded that can bt suggested by human ingenuity.
 q have on my desk a batch of con tracts the signing of which will br.na , to Pine Bluff the usual quota o1 show companies and among then some of the most successful plays o1 1 the year. These must be signed, ol returned unsigned, within very few days, that the companies may com plete their routings.
 From conversations and confer ences I have had of late, I have nc doubt a satisfactory building can bt erected and equipped in time for the opening of the season, on the sitt formerly occupied by the Elks the atre as we'll as on the adjoining lot which I own. The only thing tha stands in the way of the city fire or dinance.
 "Plans which have been suggested will prove satisfactory, if there il any way for the city to issue the per init for the erection of the building with the understanding that it shal Ii be torn down at the end of two years The two years will see all of us pas the financial stringency period, an' the permanent building can then b. erected. The frame building can b. so located that there will be wid space between it and adjoining build ings. it will be only one story il height, except for the scene loft abov the stage. and can be made hand some, inside and out. Quite 8 numbe of business men have expressed ap proval of the proposition. which vii mean the expenditure of $4.000 o $5,0OO, and at the same time the say ing of considerable sum to loca people who will have to go to Littl , Rock to see the shows unless a the atre is operated here"
 MT. Hill mentioned that among tn companies which have forwarded con (tracts to appear here are the oper company presenting Robin Hood" the divorce-problem play, Damage Goods; Kick In"; Louis Mann an Clara Lpman in ''The Bubble" ~Twin Beds";; Potash & Perlmut ter' s'The Yellow Ticket; "Unde Cover"; "On Trial"; "A Pair c Sixes"; "The New Henrietta" wit William H. Crane, Thomas Ross, Mac lyn Arbuckle Amelia Bingham, Ma bel Taliaferro and other such stars the San Carlo Grand Opera com pany: Savage's "Sari"; s'It Pays t Adyertise":; Daddy Long Legs Hammerstcin's High Jinks": 9Th Law of the Land," with Elan French, originator of Madame K"
 Really Accommodating.
 "A cyclone Is not such @ bad thina after all," remarked the portly sales man as he settled himself coynfort ably in his chair. "One saved flv' dollars for ms once." How dld tappeh!" asked lounger. T was il . little town out in Kansas. abou two years ago. and wanted to get t' another small town 15 miles distant There was no railroad between thu two points and l was standing il front of the livery stable arguint with the llverylnan, who wanted f1v' dollars to take mo and my sample cases over. when cyclone came alonl and. picking me up. landed me righ in the little town to which l wanted to go." "Er--how abcat your sam ole cases?" :uItered an awed listener