Edwin R. Weeks Company

              PRESS SHEET



AFTER A WEEK'S ROAM




RETURN TO WEEKS' HOME 
BINGHAMTON
, N.Y.




Entered in the Postoffice at Binghamton as second-class matter.




Decidedly Second-class.




If you read it or not, it's sure to be red.  If you read, heed it not; you'll come out ahead.





Edwin R. Weeks
Company

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Edwin R. Weeks

At the head of his fine company is the most humorous entertainer available for lyceum work.




MR. WEEKS has the prestige of a European tour, was the first entertainer selected by the International Committee to go to Panama and has repeatedly played return engagements on the largest courses throughout the country.




He gives original monologues, humorous and pathetic recitations, parodies and medleys of his own arrangement, operettas and musical extravaganzas of his own composition, humorous character sketches and last, but not least, impersonations of famous men, past and present.  In fact, with his unusual versatility he is enabled to give, with the co-operation of two assistants, all the variety usually furnished by half a dozen artists, and to those who enjoy wholesome humor and high class musical features, we highly recommend this company.




There's not demand in every place


To see again Weeks' homely face,


But this is started on the track


Of those who wish to see WEEKS BACK
.





SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE
THEY HAVE HAD WEEKS BACK






Philadelphia R. R. Y. M. C. A.,


6 times




New York Twenty-third Street Y. M. C. A.,


4 "




Boston Central Y. M. C. A.,


4 "




Chicago, Ill.,


2 "




Syracuse, N. Y.,


6 "




Trenton, N. J., Y. M. C. A.,


4 "




Brooklyn Fulton Street Y. M. C. A.,


3 "




Troy, N. Y., Y. M. C. A.,


4 "




St. Louis, Mo.,


3 "




Rochester, N. Y., Y. M. C. A.,


3 "




Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,


5 "




Washington, D. C., Y. M. C. A.,


3 "




Winston-Salem, N. C.,


3 "




Frederick, Md.,


3 "




Culver, Ind., Military School,


2 "




Elmira, N. Y., Y. M. C. A.,


3 "




Cortland, N. Y., Normal School,


3 "




Annville, Pa., College,


2 "




Norristown, Pa., Y. M. C. A.,


3 "




Baltimore, Md., Y. M. C. A.,


2 "







WEEK BACK AGAIN







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To The Editor



OFFICE OF EDWIN R. WEEKS 
BINGHAMTON
, N. Y.




 Dear Editor:




The Edwin R. Weeks Company, a trio of Mendicant Musicians, Migrating from Maine to Mexico with a Melange of Music, Mostly Melodious and Mirth, Mainly Merry, Mean to soon Meander into your Midst.




Your local committee under whose auspices we appear, need your valued assistance and need it with an exceeding muchness.  I have heard editors and newspaper men say that they would willingly help along the cause of the Lyceum Course if they could be furnished 
Stories
 concerning the talent that would make interesting reading.




To that end I have compiled some of the Good Stuff.  Like the bread of life, partake of it freely.  My first occupation in life was that of a 
printer's devil.
  I know something of the Power of the Press.  I helped turn one by hand.  I may say in passing that I have likewise chased the elusive 
round try square
 and have been 
soaked
 with the well known 
strap oil.




I was introduced to an audience in my native town not long since by a gentlemen who commented on my early occupation.  He said:  
I feel in presenting this erstwhile printer's devil to this sea of upturned faces that I am literally 'between the devil and the deep sea'.




That is why I subscribe myself, Fraternally yours,




EDWIN R. WEEKS.






Bryan Accounts For It
 

William J. Bryan lectured at Binghamton, N. Y., recently, and after his lecture was entertained by the Binghamton Press Club, where he was introduced to some two hundred members of the club, including Edwin R. Weeks, an honorary member, whose impersonation of Mr. Bryan is well known.



After some platform stories had been told, Mr. Bryan evinced a desire to know something about this impersonation of himself.



Mr. Weeks explained that he gave a slightly exaggerated characterization—that is, he made up to look as the cartoonists pictured the Nebraska orator.  Possibly, he said, that was why a Binghamton woman had said to Mr. Weeks, after hearing his impersonation and seeing Bryan:  
Why, you look more like Mr. Bryan than Bryan does himself.



Oh, that's nothing,
 Mr. Bryan laughingly replied, 
even a nigger waiter in Buffalo impersonates me.
  First blood for the Commoner.



I imagine it takes a waiter to really impersonate you well,
 was the counter thrust.  Honors even.



When did you first give this impersonation?
 questioned Mr. Bryan.



During the campaign when you first ran for President,
 was the reply.



Well, that may account for it all,
 said the advocate of Government Ownership, 
for if people really thought you were me, it is no wonder I was defeated.



Mr. Weeks' clubmates laughed heartily and declared that this round had been won by Mr. Bryan.



Well.
 replied the Impersonator, cautiously sparring for an opening, 
if I am really the cause of your defeat, for a selfish reason I am glad of it, for, had you been elected, you would now be detained at Washington in your official capacity, and we should not have the honor to-night of entertaining you as our guest.



Oh,
 said the erstwhile Free Silverite, sidestepping gracefully and dropping his guard, 
that was ten years ago.  I should be through at Washington by this time.



Possibly,
 said Mr. Weeks, landing heavily with an uppercut, 
but we have some way been led to believe that if you showed the same persistency in retaining the office as you do in attaining it, you would doubtless be there yet.



At this juncture the bout was declared by the referee to be a draw, and three hearty cheers for the club's honored guest were proposed and given, after which he was asked by a representative of the press if he would continue his role 
The Eternal Candidate
 during the coming campaign, to which he was voiceless as a sphinx, saying he thought it was time for his train.  Questioned further as to whether or no he had any last words on the subject for publication, he said:



I am like the man out in Nebraska who died, and when a minister was called to preach the funeral sermon he asked of the dead man's son as to what were his father's last words, hoping therefrom to get some suggestion for his discourse.



'Paw didn't have no last words,' was the reply.



'What!' said the minister; 'do you mean to say that your father had no last words whatever?'



'No,' said the boy, 'maw was with him to the end.'
  And amid much laughter, Mr. Bryan departed, having thoroughly demonstrated that he could tell a joke as well as take one.—


Lyceumite and Talent
.







HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU






Rent by Weeks



Binghamton, N. Y., has in the person of one George F. O'Neil a wealthy real estate agent who has succeeded in controlling the price of rentals of the 
Parlor City's
 principal business street.  As fast as properties are put upon the market he purchase them, repairs, and raises the rental.  He frequently offers other property owners a price for a store much in advance of what the tenant is paying, thus compelling the storekeeper either to meet the advance or vacate.  While Mr. O'Neil has done very much for the business section of Binghamton, yet the merchants are a little sore over his raising the rents; all of which explains the following:


Recently there was held in that city the annual banquet of the Merchants' and Advertisers' Association.  There were many brilliant and interesting speakers, but the real hit of the evening was made by Edwin R. Weeks—he of lyceum fame.




Mr. Weeks said a few serious things and then began an elaborate description of the life of a merchant; how it was a pleasure to do business, even though accompanied by a profit.  He described the satisfaction felt by the merchant as he saw a small profit laid by on each sale, described the joys of the gradual accumulation, and how, finally, at the end of the month, the hard-working merchant took all these month's savings, put them into a canvas bag, which they filled to overflowing, 
every cent his own!
 dramatically exclaimed Mr. Weeks; and, holding the bag in his hand, marched over to the O'Neil block and up to Mr. George F. O'Neil's office and said:  
Here, Mr. O'Neil, is the month's rent!




Right away there was a pandemonium, and if Mr. Weeks had left the rest of his speech at home he would have had plenty of time to write a new one before it was quiet enough to begin anew.  During all the balance of the evening there were occasional outbursts of laughter, like belated explosions of tardy fire-crackers when the Fourth of July boy sets off the whole pack at once.  Under the circumstances it was perhaps the funniest hit Mr. Weeks ever made.—


Lyceumite and Talent.






Lyceumites



Could a few of the rays of the 
Sunshine


Of our dear DOCTOR WILLITS but shine


On the 
Acres of Diamonds
 of CONWELL,


They would gleam with a radiance divine.


And if NEWENS would take on TWAIN'S 
Woman,


Or would try WILLITS' old 
Model Wife,


He would find it a less lonely business


Than pursuing 
The Singular Life.


And could ELLIOT BOYL, in a BAKER,


Just a few 
Python Eggs
 of DEMOTTE,


Then perhaps S. A. LONG'S 
Hungry People


Could be fed by the COOKE from his 
Pot.


And if SEARS, with his old 
Epitaphy,


Would but mingle with ED. AMHERST OTT,


And would give him that old line of 
Taffy


It would sweeten those 
Sour Grapes
 a lot.


And if CAROLYN CHURCH had been FLOWERS,


And if FLOWERS had only 
Ben Hur,


Everyman
 would be saying to POWERS


That his 
Rivals
 were causing a stir.


While to hear DOCTOR GREEN is a pleasure,


What a still greater treat it would be,


Could he open the locks of JACK CRAWFORD


With his 
Twentieth Century Key.


As ELIAS DAY lately has added


Yet another fair DAY to this age,


So the life book of GAMBLE is lengthened


By his adding another fair PAGE.


While the FISHER shuns BROOKS that are RILEY,


As upon the broad MAIN his SHIPP sails,


Out in SEARCH of small FRYE in deep WATERS,


Or else MAYBIE to COPE with great WALES;


So the CRANE shuns the WOOD of the FOWLER,


And the FOX gives the DRAKE a mad CHASE,


While the HAWKS are a BAIN to the REED birds


And the BRUSH stops their JOLLY fast PACE.


Now could all of these 
Ites
 come together


And appear in WEEKS stands under tents,


With a BARKER to spiel forth their talents,


Why the show would be simply immense.




EDWIN R. WEEKS.




—
The Lyceumite.





Mr. Weeks A 
Warm Member



Trion, Ga., has a new opera house, which he christened by giving the first performance.  It was fitted with steam, an unusual thing in that land of open fireplaces.  So it is not surprising that this placard met his gaze:




At the New Opera House To-night, THE EDWIN R. WEEKS CO. (Steam Heated)




—
Binghamton Republican.





AS SOL SMITH RUSSELL


Funny For Nothing



With lips tightly closed lest there should escape from them a stray joke before he could get it copyrighted, Edwin R. Weeks, humorist and entertainer, returned on Sunday from a two months' tour of Europe.  With Mrs. Weeks, who accompanied him, he is now at his home, 235 Court Street.  There he was sought to-day by an interviewer and a Binghamton 
Press
 staff artist.

When the visitors explained the nature of their errand, Mr. Weeks' face blanched, and he called feebly for smelling salts.  After partly recovering, he said sadly:  
I beg of you, gentlemen, do not ask me to be funny.  My jokes are my stock in trade.  I must not, I will not be funny for nothing.



Sir,
 said the interviewer, 
you must have had some humorous experiences abroad.



The humorist sighed deeply.  
Numerous experiences?  Yes,
 he said—and his voice sounded far away.  
I must confess that I did have humorous experiences, but I have not yet had them copyrighted, don't you know?  I assure you, I am bursting with jokes.  It pains me deeply to restrain myself, but I must.  The jokes are for my audiences, don't you know?
—


Binghamton Press.






An Evening of Pleasure

The principal member of the company is Mr. Edwin R. Weeks, a many sided humorist and impersonator.  The audience laughed loud and long at his capital jokes, mirth-provoking stories, clever impersonations of well-known character arranged to the music of Florodora and the number with which he concluded the program the grasshopper, turkey gobbler burlesque on the opera Miss Bob White.  Mr. Weeks demonstrated the fact that he is a very clever actor, and who has ever heard one possessing such a delightful range of voice that was necessary in the many different characters he impersonated in song?  The gifted gentleman gave us an excellent idea of the serious side of his nature in his powerful and dramatic recitation of the Sod House.  So effectively was the pathos brought out that many in the audience were seen to frequently apply their handkerchiefs to their eyes.—


Port Jervis, N. Y., 
Evening Gazette,
 Dec. 20, '05.






Weeks Company Pleased Audience




The Edwin R. Weeks company provided a very pleasant evening's amusement for a large audience at Association hall last evening. Mr. Weeks was at his best in the comedy 
Squire Blakslee,
 where he took the part of an old Pennsylvania squire who had a young married woman as his client in a suit for divorce.  He was very much at home, disguised with a bald wig and reading glasses.  His repartee with his client was rich with philosophy and good wholesome humor.



He was very amusing in his burlesque on Mrs. Leslie Carter, in 
Du Barry,
 where Mrs. Carter, as Jeannette Du Barry, meets Cassio in the chamber of King Louis.  He spoke of the tendency of all of Belasco's stars dying and how Mrs. Carter wanted to die in each act, no matter if it was on a piano, wash tub or stove.—



Trenton, N. J., 
Daily State Gazette.





First Concert A Grand Success




Mr. Weeks appeared as the star of the evening and was welcomed enthusiastically by the audience.

Mr. Weeks first appeared upon the platform in the second number.  He announced himself to the audience in a clever original sketch.  The first number was 
The Sod House in Heaven.
  
William Jennings Bryan
 was one of the best impersonations given by Mr. Weeks during the evening, nearly convulsing the audience.  Chauncey M. Depew was also the subject of an impersonation.—



Syracuse Post-Standard.





Y. M. C. A. Course Number



The Edwin R. Weeks company appeared last night in the Oliver theatre as the eighth number in the Y. M. C. A. course.  The company was greeted by one of the largest audiences of the series of each number seemed to appreciate this fact.  Mr. Weeks was of course the star of the evening but was well supported by Miss Jillson, soprano, and Miss Martin, harpist.  While Mr. Weeks poses as a humorist only, his rendition of Riley's 
Sod House in Heaven
 was the finest and most touching piece of pathos heard in the course this year.  His impersonation of W. J. Bryan made a hit and was very realistic.  The audience could scarcely realize it was Weeks, as his makeup was very complete.  He also introduced Roosevelt, Chauncey M. Depew, Croker, Kruger and others with equally telling effect.  His greatest piece of work was his travesty on grand opera, 
The Grasshopper,
 introducing fifteen characters.  It was a fitting number for a most enjoyable entertainment.—


Lincoln, 
Nebraska State Journal.





Weeks Company Pleased All




A unique and pleasing entertainment was given by the Edwin R. Weeks company at the Drake University auditorium last night.

Mr. Weeks himself is unique.  He secures and holds his audience by arts and devices all his own.  He has a rich tenor voice, presides at the piano with charming ease, and excels in all that goes to make up the modern elocutionist.—



Des Moines 
Register and Leader.







On the Water Wagon



Edwin R. Weeks as Henry Irving






Edwin R. Weeks and his company had a unique experience in Louisburg, N. C., last month.  The humorist wrote ahead to the committee, stating that the company would arrive on the noon train, and would appreciate being met at the station by their brass band and fire company.



He was taken at his word, as far as the hose company was concerned, and the entertainers were invited to mount the hose cart, which was there in waiting.  The invitation was accepted.  The horses were started on a mad run up the main thoroughfare, and with gong sounding and people rushing to the doors, the Weeks company made a dashing entre into Louisburg.  Weeks writes:  
I'm on the water wagon now.
—



Lyceumite and Talent
.




MAIN BRANCH BOSTON
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION




BOSTON
, Feb. 16, 1904.




Weeks begun here four years ago in his famous act, 
Seven Weeks in One Night,
 and he keeps coming.  Our audience always enjoy his work, and personally I consider him one of the ablest entertainers on the Lyceum platform to-day.  He knows how to tickle you in the right spot, and his show always proves an antidote for the blues.




Cordially yours,
JPRoberts Social Secretary.






CENTRAL BRANCH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION




502 FULTON STREET




BROOKLYN
, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1901.




MR. EDWIN
 R. 
WEEKS
, New York.




MY DEAR SIR
:




I take great pleasure in commending your work in connection with the entertainment given in our hall last Tuesday evening.  You won the audience with your first utterance, and they were at your mercy the entire evening.  I have heard many humorists, but none after your order; your style is peculiar to yourself.  You are a very 
funny
 man, and I predict for you a very successful career.




Very truly yours,
signatureSecretary.



Trenton, N. J., True American



Last evenings entertainment at Association Hall by the Edwin R. Weeks company proved the most successful of the course.





Stories Just A Few



Houses of Lyceum People Named




Ralph Bingham's naming the summer home of Edwin Brush as 
Brush Heap
 has inspired Edwin R. Weeks to offer a few more.  Mr. Weeks comes forward with the following effusion suggesting fitting names for the summer homes of numerous Lyceum people:





Some Summer Suggestions




First, the home of Ross Crane should be known as 
Crane's Nest,


That of Edwin R. Weeks should be styled as 
Weeks' Rest,



That of Theodore Soares would be fine as 
Soares' Spot,



And Morgan Wood's home should be known as 
Wood Lot.



The 
Ball Room
 would serve well for Walter B. Ball,



And 
Small Acres
 seems right for Samuel Small;



While 
Bone Yard
 is proper for William (Bill) Bone,



And 
Stone Pile
 is fitting for R. Foster Stone.



The 
Gray Gables
 seems right for Ora S. Gray,



And 
Day Dreams
 is proper for Oranne T. Day,



While 
Long Acres
 fits well for Sylvester Long



And 
Strong Hold
 for Dr. Josiah M. Strong.



The 
White House
 is proper for R. Hinton White,



While 
Church Yard
 for Mabelle C. Church seems all right,



And 
Green Room
 is fitting for Thomas E. Green,



While 
Fox Hole
 on Dr. Fox shack should be seen.



The 
Rice Field
 would serve well for Manager Rice,



While 
Tew Rest
 for Martin E. Tew would be nice,



And 
Snow Bank
 is fitting for Captain Arch Snow,



And 
Work House
 for John M. Work seems apropos.



To 
Cobb Web
 should Irwin Cobb oft take a trip,



To 
Ship Yard
 should likewise sail Miss Fisher Shipp;



To 
Towne Lot
 should Chas. A. Towne take summer walks,



While up in a 
Hawk's Roost
 should roost Sunshine Hawks.
—

Lyceumite and Talent
.




Panama Letter



CULEBRA
, Canal Zone, July 31, 1907.




MR. EDWIN
 R. 
WEEKS
, Binghamton, N. Y.




MY DEAR MR. WEEKS
:




I congratulate you heartily on the success of your entertainments before the American public on the Isthmus of Panama.  In your ten performances you have entertained fully a third of all Canal employees.




Your whole-souled humor has been the best antidote for home-sickness, blues, and 
cuss-the-governmentitis
 that has ever been dispensed to canal diggers.




The Association would count itelf fortunate to engage you again at any time to come these two thousand miles with your good cheer that makes everybody happy.




Yours very truly,
(Signed) A. 
BRUCE MINEAR
, General Secretary.






Too Fur Up The Gulch



Edwin R. Weeks as Deacon Maybee





Mr. Edwin R. Weeks, who, with his company, is soon to give an entertainment here, in the May edition of 
Talent
 relates the following interesting experience which happened at Telluride, a town in Colorado:




There were in the audience what appeared to be cowboys and miners, who were boisterous and noisy in the extreme.  But I did not argue with them.  I saw by the pistols in their belts that they might offer some arguments in return—arguments that might 'let some light in on the subject'—and that I might be the subject.




I therefore proceeded on the even tenor of my way, confining myself to music of a popular kind and mirth of a harmless and playful nature.




After the performance a rough fellow, in riding boots and broad-brimmed hat, stepped out of a crowd of fellows of his like and, grasping my hand till it cracked in every joint, said:  'Stranger, we druv over here sixteen miles in the saddle frum the ranch to hear your 
round-up
 to-night, and I want ter say right here, 
Yer delt the cards right,
 and 
we stood in to win on every hand.
'




'How is that?'  I asked.




'Wall,' he continued, 'when it comes to music and talk of the fine and fancy sort, we're a 
herd of mavericks
 that don't 
assay big to the ton.
  But if the boys was boisterous to-night, pardner, it was because you 
struck the right trail,
 and a broncho bucks the hardest when he feels the best.




'Now, we was over here tu a round-up a spell ago, but we went up against a 
dead trail.
  A long-haired professor stampeded the pianer forty, and a couple of females sang high falutin music in a furin tongue.  Stranger, it was 
too fur up the gulch fur me.






Star Course Opens




The Edwin R. Weeks Concert Company opened the series of Star Course entertainments at the Kee Mar Auditorium yesterday evening.  Despite the rainy weather a large audience was in attendance and the evening proved one of thorough enjoyment.  The hall was tastefully decorated with plants and blooms.

Mr. Weeks, who is not a stranger before Hagerstown audiences, seemed at his best yesterday evening and kept his hearers in laughter and applause from the opening to the close.—


Hagerstown, Md.





Entertains Great Men

BANQUET TO REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY
.




**The next number on the toast list was given by that popular entertainer, Edwin R. Weeks, and consisted of an original song, 
The Schley Song,
 written for the occasion, and was given in Mr. Weeks' excellent tenor voice and was received with tremendous applause.—


Binghamton Herald
.






BREAKFAST TO MINISTER WU
.



Edwin R. Weeks was called upon as the last speaker and made one of his characteristically humorous speeches.  His witty sallies in regard to China and her minister to this country were heartily appreciated by Minister Wu himself, who laughed long and hearty.—


Binghamton Republican
.





RECEPTION TO JOSEPH JEFFERSON
.



After Mr. Jefferson had given a short talk concerning 
The Stage,
 Mrs. Curtis called on Mr. Edwin R. Weeks to give a selection for the great exponent of Rip Van Winkle.  It was a trying moment for the young entertainer, but he arose to the occasion, and so well acquitted himself that the great actor gave visible signs of pleasure and interest and afterward said that Mr. Weeks had a future before him.—


Binghamton Chronicle
.





TWENTY-FIVE GREAT MEN IN ONE
.



Mr. Weeks has in his repertoire no less than twenty-five impersonations of great men, past and present, as follows:  President Roosevelt, Wm. H. Taft, Wm. J. Bryan, Chauncey M. Depew, Vice-Pres.  Fairbanks, Gov. Hughes, Mark Twain, Sol Smith Russell, Paderewski, Caruso, John D. Rockefeller, Oom Paul Kruger, James Whitcomb Riley, Joseph Jefferson, Henry Irving, Max Rogers, Dowie, Wm. T. Jerome, Lawyer Delmas, Dr. Parkhurst, King Edward, Emperor William, Creatore, Andrew Carnegie and Richard Croker.—


Binghamton Press
.






Touching
 Poem



The January number of 
Talent
 tells of a poem written by Edwin R. Weeks, who is soon to appear on our lecture course, which brought good money.




It seems that a Boston agency was in arrears to him on contract for quite a goodly sum.  To repeated requests for payment, the agency was silent.  Finally the Entertainer sent the following appeal.  It had the desired effect.  By return mail came a check and a polite request to 
Please write no more poetry.





An 
Owed
 to One of the Weeks




The year had gloomily begun
For Edwin Weeks, the Shoeman's SUN.
He sent to Boston with this dun:

Oh, send to me at once some MON.
That I may buy some hats and shoes;
I've nothing now but ones and TUES.
And it is hard to get ahead
When one has only just been WED.
I trust you will not long defer,
Or dare to lisp and say—No THUR.
Or else I soon must surely die
And go to whence 'tis said souls FRI.
Then folks will say—Stopped in his chat;
The coroner has on him SAT.




Stung by a Bee



Edwin R. Weeks, with his company, appeared at the Boyd Theater last night.  Mr. Weeks said he pretended to be an impersonator.  He further remarked that he had been accused of being a humorist, and, rather than get into a controversy, he would admit it.  In our opinion, editorially speaking.  Mr. Weeks gives in too easily.—


Omaha Bee
.







One On The St. Regis Hotel



Edwin R. Weeks as Mark Twain




The New York 
Sun



reprints the following story, that Edwin R. Weeks, the Humorist, told at the new Y. M. C. A. Hall, on Twenty-third Street in that city, on Thanksgiving night:

Your new St. Regis Hotel is a great place to go for rest and change.  The waiters get your change and the proprietor gets the rest.  I asked the clerk last night how much he would charge me for a room.  'Twenty dollars for a room without bath,' was his affable reply, 'or twenty-five dollars for a room with bath.'  I decided to take the room without bath, as I saw that he intended to soak me anyway.




Saw Something In It




Mr. Edwin R. Weeks, the Impersonator, who has made a snug sum this season giving readings from David Harum, was registered at the Yates yesterday.  In the lobby of the hotel he scraped up an acquaintance with a well-known commercial traveler, and, in the course of the conversation, current books were discussed.

Now, there's David Harum,
 said the traveling man.  
There's a big blow over it and a big sale for it, but, as for me, I don't see anything in it.  Do you?
  
Yes,
 said Mr. Weeks, with a smile, as he handed out his card, 
I see a living in it.
—



From the Syracuse 
Post-Standard
.





PARTIAL PARAGRAPHS FROM NEWSPAPER FROM NOTICES

New York Herald


Edwin R. Weeks and his company made a big hit.




Brooklyn Eagle


A new humorist—so spontaneous—so original—that he kept all in gales of laughter.




Philadelphia North American


As an entertainment it was a success; as an exposition of the ability of Mr. Weeks it was immense.




Winston-Salem, N. C., Journal


This is the second appearance of this company here in the Star Course and Mr. Weeks will be given a warm reception next year.




Boston Herald


But it was in the grand operatic tale of the grasshopper and the sweet potato vine that he simply made the audience laugh till the tears came.




Baltimore American


The next portrayal was that of Wm. J. Bryan, and here Mr. Weeks was at his best as a humorist, and the applause of the audience knew no bounds.




Harrisburg Star Independent


The entertainment at the Auditorium last night was a complete success.  Mr. Weeks' impersonation of Bryan, Kruger, Depew and Roosevelt were fine.




York, Pa., Dispatch


The Edwin R. Weeks company presented the richest and most entertaining evening's program of the Teachers Institute at the Opera House last evening.




Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania


In his monolog and impersonation Mr. Weeks is unique.  He neither overdoes nor is tame, and he brings out the details of every character in an able manner.




Lynchburg, Virginia


Mr. Weeks is one of the most versatile humorists ever heard here.  He recites, acts, impersonates and sings all kinds of songs, from grand opera down to rag-time, and in closing represented, alone, a grand opera concert, sang all the parts and made the audience see all the actors, the singers and heard the band all going together.




Hartford, Conn., Times


The Weeks Company gave the most entertaining number of the course.




Buffalo Courier


Mr. Weeks' impersonations of Chauncey M. Depew, with his witty speech on the Pan American, simply convulsed the audience.




Lewiston, Maine, Journal


And yet there was a moment when Mr. Weeks exemplified his remarkable power as an actor at the serious end of the scale.  Who will soon forget his powerful and dramatic portrayal of the Sod House?




Pittsburg, Pa., Post


Carnegie Hall was filled to overflowing last night.  Mr. Weeks proved a 
whole show
 in himself.  The travesty on 
Florodora,
 introducing prominent men, was unique.




Richmond. Va., Times


Mr. Weeks deserves a high rank among impersonators, and he kept his audience in laughter and applause from the opening to the close.




Wilmington, N. C., Messenger


The Edwin R. Weeks Company will be warmly welcomed if they come again.




Scranton, Pa., Republican


When Mr. Weeks gave his travesty on Grand Opera entitled 
The Grasshopper,
 he impersonated no less than fifteen characters.  It was a complete success.




Rochester, N. Y., Democrat and Chronicle


Mr. Weeks was compelled to respond to three or four encores for each selection.




Wilkesbarre, Pa., Record


Mr. Weeks has a tenor voice of delightful range and delighted every one with his selections and encores.




Syracuse, N. Y., Post-Standard


His strongest impression was made by his unexaggerated yet exceedingly droll and mirthful description of the 
Horse Trade
 from David Harum.









Edwin R. Weeks as Max Rogers



YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION



HARTFORD
, Conn., December 18, 1901.




REDPATH LYCEUM BUREAU
, 120 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.




DEAR SIRS
:




In reply to your favor of the 16th, asking about the Edwin R. Weeks Combination, would say that they appeared here this last Monday night and gave one of the most enjoyable entertainments that we have had in our course.  If we have a course next season we shall surely want Mr. Weeks again.  He is a most delightful entertainer and provides an evening of real solid and whole-some fun—a character of entertainment that is greatly needed in a course where there is apt to be much that is heavy and slow.




Yours very truly,
Noel H. Jacks






SNAP SHOTS from COMMITTEES' COMMENTS

New York




It is such an entertainment as one will remember with pleasure for a long time.  I cannot say anything in praise of the program that will be too strong.




WM. A. CALDWELL
, Social Secretary.






Washington



Your entertainments before our Association during the past two years have been among the most popular features of our courses.  Some of our men are laughing yet.




LYMAN L. PIERCE
, General Secretary.





Philadelphia



We are looking forward with pleasure to the coming annual appearance of the Weeks Company, pronounced by some of our patrons 
The best of all.




C. C. KINNEY
, Chairman.





Omaha



I take pleasure in heartily recommending the Edwin R. Weeks Company as a clean, wholesome and attractive company.  Mr. Weeks is a whole show in himself and greatly pleased an audience that filled our largest theatre.




F. L. WILLIS
, General Secretary.





Lincoln, Neb.



I am very glad to bear testimony to the appreciation of the entertainment given by the Weeks Company.  It was exactly what it pretended to be, 
Music and Fun.
  The music was good, and the fun very good.




C. M. MAYNE
, General Secretary.





Albany, N. Y.



I want to assure you of the keen delight and pleasure that we derived from the visit of your entertaining self and charming assistants.  Your well selected numbers gave us an evening of diversified entertainment.




CHARLES M. STERN
, Pres. Beth Emeth Society.





Troy, N. Y.



Mr. Weeks is the most versatile, original and popular humorist that I have ever heard.  He is immense.




HERBERT P. LANSDALE
, General Secretary.





Worcester, Mass.



Although our lights were out of business for fifteen minutes the audience remained quiet and contented and we have heard more favorable comments regarding this number than any on our course for two years.




H. P. MCALLISTER
, Acting Gen. Secy.





Lynchburg, Va.



He does not profess to bring tears to your eyes by a tale of woe, but he brings the tears just the same by the process of side-splitting laughter.  We 
Rebels
 down here like him because he is such a funny 
Yankee
 and don't seem to be so tragically aware of it himself.




HARRY C. SNEAD
, Gen. Secy.





Norristown, Pa.



I thought probably Mr. Weeks had been in Norristown so often that he might have a little trouble with the audience, but from reports Mr. Weeks is more popular than ever and the only course for the committees is to engage him for 1908.




F. B. WONSETLER
, Chairman.





Jersey City



Your entertainment was bright, clean and witty, and every number from start to finish was refined and wholesome, and I recommend your company to Associations everywhere.




H. A. MEACHAM
, Gen. Secy.





St. Louis



I, Ward W. Adair, do herewith most solemnly swear, that I've heard some worse things than this Weeks fellow springs, but I cannot remember just where—but seriously, we were 
Delighted.




WARD W. ADAIR
, Gen. Secy, R. R. Branch.





Syracuse, N. Y.



Edwin R. Weeks has opened our course for two seasons and on both occasions has delighted our audiences by his versatility and the spontaneity of his work.  An audience of two thousand was present on each occasion and nothing but hearty commendation has been heard.




G. E. DAY
, Gen. Secy.





Harrisburg, Pa.



It would be hard to find words adequate to express our appreciation of the Edwin R. Weeks combination.




W. L. CAMP
, Chairman K. of P.






A Stage Whisper

Mr. Weeks, the Impersonator, is making active preparations for his Fall and Winter tour through the country.—


Binghamton Republican.







Ten Trite Tersely Told Testimonials
Briefly quoted concerning Edwin R. Weeks with comments by himself

From Sol Smith Russell




After seeing his 'Sol Smith Russell impersonation' I am at a loss to understand how the public can possibly tolerate me.  (Silence at this point is more eloquent than words.)




From Joseph Jefferson, the Actor




Mr. Weeks is a young man with a future before him,
 (He has not caught up with it yet, but the picture on the opposite page shows that he's trying to.)




From Fanny Crosby, the Hymn Writer




I have never 
seen
 a better impersonator than Mr. Weeks.
  (Fanny Crosby is the well-known hymn writer, who has been 
blind
 since infancy.)




From Ex-Congressman S. C. Millard




Mr. Weeks is more like Sol Smith Russell, than Russell is like himself.
  (Some lawyers' motto is:  
The truth is a sacred thing, and therefore should not be used too commonly.
  Mr. Millard is a lawyer.)




From John R. Clements, Chairman Y. M. C. A., Binghamton, N. Y.




Mr. Weeks is the 
best
 impersonator we have had on our course this season.
  (It must be borne in mind that he was the 
only
 impersonator on the course.)




From D. H. Cook, Manager Central N. Y. Chautauqua




Mr. Weeks gave our audiences some 
very rare
 entertainments.
  (
Very rare,
 when applied to beefsteak, implies 
not well done.
  Perhaps Mr. Cook had this meaning in mind.




From James Whitcomb Riley




If Mr. Weeks impersonates me, he ought to succeed—he's about as homely as I be.
  (This is not a fault.  It is a misfortune; for which he is more to be pitied than censured.




From The Syracuse Telegram




Last evening, Mr. Charles Frohman served an injunction on Mr. Edwin R. Weeks, restraining him from giving further impersonations from David Harum.
  (Editors note:  Mr. Frohman has incurred the everlasting gratitude of a thankful public.)




From Ex-Mayor John Rankin, the original John Lenox in David Harum




I have heard Mr. Weeks in David Harum.  I would travel miles if I knew he was going to give it again.
  (He avoids saying whether he would travel to see it or to get away from it.)




From the Penn Yan Democrat




Mr. Weeks evidently has natural inborn talent for the stage.
  (This 
natural inborn talent for the stage
 was probably inherited from his father, who had a stage career, having driven the Montrose stage lack in the fifties.)





Weeks Company A Success



The Edwin R. Weeks company gave a delightful ententainment at the Grand last evening.  It was exactly what the programme announced, 
An Evening of Mirth and Music.
—


Atlanta, Ga., 
Journal.




The Weeks Company, which made such a pronounced hit New Years night, will be the musical attraction at the 
big meeting
 to-morrow.—


Washington, D. C., “
Young Men.
”






Figure


Miss Lucia Gillespie

Whose artistic piano solos, splendid accompaniments and histrionic ability have caused such favorable comment, will continue with the company this season.




AN idea of her abilities is best set forth in the words of some of the critics throughout the country.  Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser, says:  
She showed herself mistress of her instrument.  She played with strength and feeling as well as knowledge of her art.
  The Port Jervis, N.Y., Record, says:  
Miss Gillespie in her piano work exhibited talent of a high order—the kind that characterizes the artist.  Gifted with a charming personality she proved an admirable assistant to Mr. Weeks, particularly in the clever comedy sketch, 'Squire Blakslee.'
  The Biddeford, Me., Record, says:  
He was assisted by Miss Gillespie who, in a clever travesty on the Florodora sextette, carried through the effects in a manner that charmed old and young alike.


Miss Lulu SinclairConcert Violinist

A MEMBER of the faculty of the American Conservatory in Chicago, and a pupil of Mr. Weidig, one of the greatest teachers of Violin and Theory in either this country or Europe, has been especially engaged as soloist.  Her abilities are well summed up as follows:



Miss Lulu Sinclair, the gifted young violinist, winner of the highest medals of the American Conservatory, played exceptionally well.  Miss Sinclair, although only eighteen years old, is one of the best violinists in Chicago today.  She has wonderful technical equipment, obtains a lovely tone and plays with a virility surprising in such a young girl.—

Musical Leader, 1906.



Miss Lulu Sinclair is one of the most gifted violinists I have had the pleasure of teaching.  She is today a fine soloist and most excellent teacher, and I am sure she will be successful in her new field of activity.  She is not only a fine violinist but also a good pianist and has had most thorough training in Harmony, Counterpoint, and Composition, all of which proves her very high grade musicanship.




(Signed) 
ADOLPH WEIDIG
, 
Leading Teacher of Theory and Violin in Chicago.



Figure








EDWIN R. WEEKS.





AS SQUIRE BLAKSLEE
.






AS MARK TWAIN
.






AS CARUSO
.






AS TEDDY
.






AS HUGHES
.






AS PADEREWSKI
.






AS HENRY IRVING
.






AS MAX ROGERS
.






AS DEACON MAYBE






Photos By Art Newing