Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1915 — EUROPEAN ARTISTS WITH GENTRY BROS. [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN ARTISTS WITH GENTRY BROS.

How Continental Performers Are Engaged ißy This Popular American Institution. ' When the average American is seeking a place near the stove in winter the agents of the big tented shows are working industriously engaging acts for the season which comes with spring. This part of the amusement world is one with which the public is not familiar. A little look into that cranny proves interesting. November marks the close of the season for tented attractions like Gentry Brothers famous shows, which will visit this city next Thursday, Sept. 2. When the last wheel of the trains stop at winter quarters the organisation of the show for the next season begins. Trainers get busy framing new acts. A showman at once goes to Europe. He makes a careful canvass of the music halls and vaudeville theatres. For months he is acquainting himself. After deciding which of the thousands of acts he sees will most delight the American show patron he makes engagements. Many performers, who have pleased royalty, are brought to this coimtry to become a part of Gentry Brothers shows.