BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1

THE PANOPTICON.

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Si-nr o :h«-, ;. : ys when the Britannia Theatre
oi v &x»et: s in the Trongate had only one
riv…

FASTIN


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breaking,
to. toy wit!
Mons. Viet
at the pres
Museum al
this romar
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prop os
world's rt
build, and
per ament,
who wool
ordinary <
of age, th
particular
experimen
gone was
accompli si…

the fasting man.


FEAT ABANDONED.

At midnight last night Mons. Beaute had
reached the 39th arid final day of bi« fast,
which beats his previous record, but is
within the period established by Sued at
the London Aquarium. As has…

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Be&ute’s
After t
12 feet k
were rcm
shook haj
crowd v
better
Outside
TroLgate

evert ; ii
people, i
was tho
policcme:
as coul d
pectatior
days ago
liio visit*
the mat
encLarige:
manager…

| : The Glasgow polioe interfered last evening in
■Ttlie e*o of M Beaute. who has fasted for thirty.
^ seven days, and is determined to hold out far
ftfKy- six days. •

; Tho police intimate that they will hold the

j manager'…

. - ; ■"fwssm

EVEN ING CITIZEN, Thurs day, February 14, 1007.


•THE JJAN WHO IS ED TO HANG
' ' HIMSELF.”


A PHYSICAL PHENOMENON'.

One of tli* most original music-hall charac-
ters, known as “L© Pendu,” or the man "who
used…

XfeuLj * TaONckfti.

Nov 7^ t$o6.


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FASTING MAN’S
PERIL.


S PHYSICIAN DECLARES HE
fov IS DYING.

1 POLICE INTERVENE.


TI3E GREAT LASTING FEAT
IN GLASSGV/.


Victor Beaute, a Swiss who has…

A 6.A.


OJyJj 'W

FASTING FEAT.


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TIMS* JfoV-

A no SS- SHI RE FASTING GIRL. j

November 7. J

4 Sir, view of the interest, at present taken
j in Beaute, the “ fasting - man,” it may be men-

| tionecl that although…

TANTALISED HIM
DAINTY MORSELS.

The hungriest man in Scotland, or, for
that matteT, in the United Kingdom, is the
Swiss named Beaute, who completed the
thirty-eighth day of his fast at Glasgow at
mid-day yesterday.

But…

How a State Lottery is
Arranged.

ROMANCES OF SOME BIG PRIZES.


HA 1 fickle goddess. Fortune, has
just smiled upon an English in-
vestor in some foreign State

lottery.

jeW h M0 UCky a ■^ rs * Savage, received

It is seldom…

HOUSES OF JOY-


Tin: WONDERFUL SOSE.
am a. very nervaui man, and always in


fi’l.k,

when I’m |


PLEASURE PAJUA«jt.


Passing Glimpse at Some
of Glasgow’sOId Music;
Halls; Famous Dancers
Born in Second City . 1…

SANDOW ANECDOTES.










INCIDENTS FROM THE EVENTFUL LIFE
OF MR. SANDOW.


Mr. Sandow — the celebrated strong man
—did not have his greatness thrust upon
liim, but only achieved it by hard work
and persistent efforts.…

THE BRITANNIA.

A novelty in the way of cheap and excellent
entertainment has been afforded by Mr A.

' E. Pickard, the new proprietor of the Bri-
tannia Theatre of Varieties. The house* has ;
Jbeen entirely reconstructed from top to bot-…

Britannia’ varieties.

The management of the Britannia are
keeping up their reputation and have this [
week another excellent programme. The I
clever Lady Empress heads the bill and E
is prepared to extricate herself from any […

THE BRITANNIA (GLASGOW),
i The clog dancing championship com-
| petition arranged by Mr G. Mitchell, the
j energetic, manager of the Britannia, has
| aroused keen interest among patrons of the

■ halL Two of the amateurs appeared at
t…

GLAS60W MUSIC-HALL
MANAGER’S LOSSES.


AFFAIRS of BARNEY ARMSTR0NG.

Mr Seott Gibson's Interest in the
Concern.

Bernard M. Armstrong, late manager of the
Tivoli and Queen's Music-Halls in Glasgow,
\va 9 examined in bankruptcy…

Mr Gibson Never Drew a Shilling out of
the Business.

If Mr Gibson says that ho paid about £500
into the concern, would that be true?

Well. I don’t know if it would bo as much.
But I have had several sunis of £20 and £25
i nd smaller…

■ GLASGOW THEATRICAL MANAGER’S

bankruptcy.

y> Bernard M.,Armstrong was yesterday examined
fin bankruptcy before Sheriff Balfour in the Sheriff
’Court. Glasgow. Mr Angus Campbell, writer,
appeared fjs agent in the sequestration.…

“The Unwritten Law.”


AN AMERICAN PLEA IN

CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.


sought Butler out and shot him down in the
public street, fixing shot after shot into liis
body after the first bullet had brought him to
the ground. This happened…

BRITANNIA

PANOPTICON,

TRONGATE, GLASGOW.
BIG VARIETY COMPANY.

Four Shows Daily,

2 , 4 , 7 & 9 -

OPEN ALL DAY.

Entire Change Weekly.

Electric Rifle Range.

Parisian Tableux.

Musical Promenade.

NOTHING…

Mr Armstrong ' vv£pi ’Th’eri qTiopi iom*d r rr-
| garding his relationship with Mr' A Scott
Gibson. Mr Gibeon, he paid, had been
assisting hyn during the past year. Ho
' had an agreeirtent with him, but it was
1 conditional on his…

GLASGOW AHEAD

I BRITANNIA


LONDON.


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PANOPTICON.
THE CHRONOPHONE,

TUB SENSATION OF THE AOE.

DAILY at 2. 4. 7. and. 9.

Sole Proprietor A. E. PIC'KARD, Unlimited.

FICKARP’S

. AMERICAN MUSEUM,…

BRITANNIA


TaxhelC S-taD 3)lcf*/5~ * /QO 6 /dbdieAs

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BRITANNIA AND THE
CHRONOPHONE.

| HAPPY HIT BY MR A. E. PICKARD.

The enterprise shown by Mr A. E
3 Pickard since he became proprietor of the
|…

Yes ; they are Great. They represent the ,
Desperate Buoyancy of Life; don’t miss O’Flan-
mgan kicking (FFlinnigan on the striped
waistcoat— it, is 1 the “ shef dodver ” ; they have
cone- it t,063 times, and never failed to Get a
Hand…

{Before Lord Salvesen and a Jurr.)

An Aberdeen Theatre Incident

I , , an the l"na! of whieb was non-

.! ?W <L \ p* 0 '? 1 ' Moriion. piano tuner; S*
Deo Street Aberdeen, sued Rosen and B?>-

thp Palace Theatre. Aberdeen,…

ROW


IN A GLASGOW
THEATRE.


7fe

Del/. ii*r




Two Attendants Assaulted.

About a couple of hours of the time of the
Southern Police Court was occupied this morn-
iag in hearing a charge of assault against a
young…

MUSIC-HALL WAR.


Scottish Managers Prepared for

a Strike.


The mraBic-haJl strike in London still con-
tinues, and tlio latest indioation is that the
trouble will shortly spread to the provinces.
Both at (jltAgtAV and…

PRIM A DONNA


[From our own Correspondent.]

P a r is . Deoem bor
'Mme. Calve, tho famous pridm. donna,
b^i^n sentenced to pay £680 to M. Schr
manii, a well -known impresario, for breaJ
| of contract-. arising out. of a “ scene ”…

MUSIC-HALL STRIKE.


Scratch


Programmes

London.


in


‘NO COMPROMISE.


MUSIC-HALL ST HIKE.

Reports from the various London lialls
which have been affoctod by th© 'strike of
music-hail artistes and omploy<Vf.…

| Support from the “White Rats.”

Th© “White Rats,” the artistes* association
| of America, have telegraphed t-o the alliance : —
j “ With you heart and son!. Will do everything
I pesubje to help your cause. Taking imme-
Idia'©…

PTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,


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f(da y and night sometimes) more just? Nor can youi
wonder at the highly-paid ones trying to make the
best conditions they can for themselves while they
| are still…

CHE DAILY TELEGRAPH,

,(dav and night sometimes) more just? Nor can yoa[
wonder at the highly-paid ones trying to make the
best conditions they can for themselves while they
; are still popular, and in good health. When Marie
Lloyd was…

THE

UEGEMBER


REFEREE!


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S^CVV JDecl'Zy-
/go6.


STAQELAIND.


BRITANNIA PANOPTICON.


THE BEITANNIA (GLASGOW).

55ifi entertainment provided at this popu-
lar establishment this week is of a capital…

THE DALLY TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,




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In a oouple of minutes yesterday we subscribed £196,
and to-H«y subscriptions came tumbling in. Thai,
is quite tbe most reassuring feature of the situa-
tion.”

“ One thing…

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THE BRITANNIA (GktSgfJw).
Glasgow lias never boasteS an inside Car-
nival,. tbe only town in Scotland up to the






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'present time where this can be found being j
BdinbtiTgh. But Mr B. A. Pickard, the en-…

, THE DAIL Y TELH tRAPH THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,


1907.


LONDON MUSIC-HALLS.


THREATENED GENERAL
STRIKE.


The effect of the resolution of the London Enter-
tainments Protection Association may be stated
generally to be that…

THE HELENSBURGH NEWS,
JANUARY 3, 1 907.

BRITANNIA

I TR o\gatk panopticon, oiawiOO,

PICKARD’S FIRST ANNUAL

CARNIVAL;. m

Will lip beM in the Panopticor. In addition to the - •

ch®h|k

sole P, OP ,

Si&lUj -ittodi…

PICKARD’S AMERICAN
MUSEUM.

101 TRONGATE, GLASGOW,

Extraordinary Enterprising Attraetions.
The World’s Greatest Freaks of Nature.
HOMARD,

THE MAID OF THE SEA.

Tne World’s Greatest Prodigy.
LEONINE,

THE LION-HEADED GIUL.…

" JANUA RY 5, 1387:
BRITANNIA PANOPTICON.

Trongate, Glasgow.
PICKARDS FIRST ANNUAL

CARNIVAL

Will be held in the PANOPTICON.

In addition to the .CHRONOPHONE and
GRAND VARIETY COMPANY,
There is ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR,
'…

THE OUTLOOK

The War in The Music-Halls.

The National’ Alliance of Music-hall Artists
must bo granted much credit for the secrecy
and suddenness with which it prepared the war
that now rages in the music-halls. The society
was only…

A BOXER’S FUTURE. J

t Dick Burge’s Experiences in
Prison.

' Mr R. P. Watson, t.hc well-known sportini
journalist, liar just paid a visit to Portlar*
g Prison to see Dick Burge, the once-famou!

I boxer, who is undergoing a term…

•• UNPOPULAR SONGS ! ”

, Why arc Scotch comic songs pot as popular
as they should be? Somehow, w© can never!
©ompero with our friend* across the border.
Bear in nuaxi I am spcudiing of musio-hali
I songs.

Ln the winier months many…

Andre Beaulieu, three years old. of L
tobacco a week, and cries bitterly when ho
Society is trying to cure him of the tobacco


owcll, Massachusetts, consumes two ounces <
is deprived of hie pipe. The Lowell Humane®
habit.— Daily…

A CHOIR OF BIRDS.

At the Chapel of St. Peter in Florence
there is a choir of birds, the only one of its
kind in existence. The birds— 300 in num-
ber— are all in separate cages, which are ar-
ranged in rows on both sides of the altar.…

EVENING CITIZEN,

January 17, 1907.


GLASGOW NEWS,


TUB GLASGOW STAB,


It is in Mortals to Comman d S uccess, and
what is rrcqe, WE GET IT.

17,358 VISITORS NEW-YEAR'S DAY.

BRITANNIA

PANOPTICON.

^ PICKARD’S CTEAT…

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GLASGOW NEWS, UaNTJ'IRY


DAILY MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JAN D ARY 23, 1907.


THE STAGE STRIKE.


BOYCOTT EXTENDING.


PROPRIETOR CONFIDENT.

NO LACK OP TALENT.
(Press Association Telegram.)


MUSIC-HALL WAR.…

■< MaA6, ‘

Art “T ff C Y-


PICKARD’S MUSEUM, TRONGATE.

SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT at Enormous- CQf-t of j

AMERICA’S CHAMPION FAT GIRL.

40st. fibs. of YOUTH and BEAUTY.

I * A SIGHT SEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN.

ALT THE WORLD IN WAX.…

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THE


DAI LY TELEGRAPH,


TUESDAY , JANUARY 22, 19 0i.

MUSIC-HALL STRIKE.

Our Croydon Correspondent telegraphs: Owing
"to a misunderstanding with Mr. Walter Gibbons,
there was a strike by the band at the opening of ,…

JANUARY


RECO RD AND MAIL,
1907


THE


TIMES,


THE BRITANNIA.


Y


A delightful programme is rubmitted at
the Britannia this week D'Argan and
Pens are a couple who submit a clever
illusionist act that is…

1 THE EVENING TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1907. ' THE EVENING TIMES,


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“ STARS ” ON STRIKE.
Music-Halls Closed.


LONDON’S PREDICAMENT.


The dispute which has for porno time existed
between Iho Variety Artistes’…

DAILY RECORD AND MAIL,


JANUARY 24, 1907

I wrATRIMONY. — Young American Lady, age 25. 1
ft 3X wishes to meet with Young Gentleman of refined ;
-J -artto on<l sound social position, with a view to the £
•j above She i Q…

HARRY LAUDER INTERVIEWED.
IN SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS.


(From Our Own Correspondent.)^
London, Friday. — Mr Lauder at New-
castle last night declared himself fully in
sympathy with the efforts of the Federa-
tion. Managers had…

(■MUSIC-HALL STRIFE.!




DAILY RFuOkD AND M AIL, GLASGOW NEWS, JANUARY SI, 1907.


NOTED PPJZF-FIGHTER
THE STRIKERS.


JOTNS


HARRY LAUDER’S VIEWS. |


Anottcj hall, too Bedford Palace of
Variety's, Camden Town, rur. by…

DAILY REC ORD AND MAIL, EVENING CITIZEN,

.JANUARY*^, 1907.


GLASGOW N "few S, PATTY RE CORD AND MA IL,


~ JANUARY 31. 1907

r MUSIC HALL FAIL


DRASTIC ACTION BY
MANAGERS.


CONFERENCE OF GLASGOW
ARTISTES.


As far…