Mccue Eugene (2 results)

Condition: Fair. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8 inches wide. Printed self-wraps with a pictorial banner title above 3 columns of text on the cover page. A four-page periodical, including the covers, illustrated with the title banner, a vignette decoration topped by an eagle framing the "Ushers Roll of Honor", a photo of R.H. Burnside on the cover page and three photographs depicting the parade led by John Philip Sousa in which the Hippodrome Scouts and the baby elephant Chin Chin participated. The bottom edges of the pages are dampstained and tears to the top edges have been repaired with clear archival document tape. There is a small chip out from the bottom of the fold with a tear also reinforced with clear archival document tape. Good. A rare biweekly gazette published by the uniformed boys who, as the Hippodrome's ushers, assisted patrons to their seats. The gazette includes a "roll of honor" of current ushers, short poems and tales praising the shows presented at the Hippodrome as well as some mocking of their trouble-prone co-workers, and rumors, gossip, news and quips.Included are playful poems titled "Always Merry and Bright" and "An Ode to Kienan", a report on the ball game between the Gallery Team and the Orchestra, and the first chapter of a tale by "Jack" Barrett entitled "The Stowaway". A full page, framed by 2 illustrations, reports on the parade from the perspective of the Hippodrome's baby elephant "Chin Chin". The report from the elephant's point of view is titled "On Parade with Twelve Hundred: 'Chin Chin' Relates Her Experience While En Route, Led by Sousa".RARE.

Condition: Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8 inches wide. Printed self-wraps with a pictorial banner title above 3 columns of text on the cover page. A four-page periodical, including the covers, illustrated with the title banner, a vignette decoration topped by an eagle framing the "Ushers Roll of Honor" and a photograph of Anna Pavlova performing the "Swan Dance" on the second page. Near fine. A rare biweekly gazette published by the uniformed boys who, as the Hippodrome's ushers, assisted patrons to their seats. The gazette includes a "roll of honor" of current ushers, short poems and tales praising the shows presented at the Hippodrome as well as some mocking of their trouble-prone co-workers, and rumors, gossip, news and quips.Below the honor roll, is a list of "Charles Dillinghams Theatres and Great Attractions", including "The Big Show" staged by R.H. Burnside at the Hippodrome, "Montgomery and Stone in 'Chin Chin'", etc.Included are poems titled "The Big Show" and "Only a Tramp", the first few lines of which read: "Lem'me sit down a moment, / A stones got in me shoe; / Don't you commence your cussin, / I ain't done nuthin to you. / Yes; I am a Tramp, what of it? / Folks say we aint no good, / But a Tramp's got to live, I reckon, / Though folds don't reckon we should." Newsy articles include a report of the "Broadway Ushers' Association" meeting, and a playful recounting of "Our Brooklyn Trip". Quips abound under the headings of "Hip-Pod-Ro-Me" and "Globe News" by Joe Downey: "The World series was played by Boston and Brooklyn; mostly by Boston. Queen Ann is dead".RARE.