Variety (Jul 1940)

IF" • Wc«lnt>s«lay, J«Iy 10, 1940 OUTDOORS 47 ays .: By ABEL ■ GREEN )Var «nd rainy weather, the ior^ mer grently cutting Jhto publicity breakF riationally, and the latter naturally sloughing attendance, have taken their tolls on the ^^^N^ York World's iFair this year. The 'blitz- Kriepr ipspecially.v ha? : put a heavy, damper oh the Faiir's strong bids for showniansjKip to offset laist year's lethargic management. v . ^ Despite the unforeseen h^nd hbvvever, whenever anything smack - irig 61 showmanship at the Fair, does nssert itsielff it pays off in abnprmal ■•''valuer'^- • A reappraisal of Avhat the N. Y. ir hsis to- offer indicates', that the obviously iavorable elements are C^equehtly the most Obscure. AVhere •it wovild; have been, \vise. io keep the ;' suhdi-y foreign restaurant payiliohs open late, the entire .altitude is one ■ of boredbm and let's-get-these-pests^ •oul-of.-here-.|Juick; ..It's little .;.Svon- der, Iherefore, that when an eicperi- . enc'cd .restaurateiit ;.Vke^ Thebdore -Mele,,wiiorUnsi.Theodore^ :56th street: ' (N: Y.) takes.^ Oy^r .■the ■ ' Brazilian' ■ Pa v ill en's reslaurian t. and installs a dince team (diraiyce and Graham) . Id. supplenieht: the native Romeb de Silva. saniha . orchestra : - that b\isiness is good. ^- . } By the .same loken, ^llly Rpse and ' Hicky^S veheji .the Barbary , Coast from a flop into a mipney-maket by gbiiig "100% sfiwdust. : Nbwr, ^with ,its huge . double; circular bar.y and . blatant .BowerJ' atmosphere;, and. eritertiaih- nient/it's forthright,honky-tonk, and ■ nuts lb- the Barbary . Coast nostalgia and a: name; band (Abe Lymian) ;.that Rose first tried.. Beer at a dime, •' iombies at Leblang rates df 75c., food ■ disheii. (Sc.' for .pie). ;29e. for cbrn- beet and cabbage,. 34c. for. chicken . king, et.Ci), to [emphasize the penny r savings, have coriverted this midway eatery inlb . a' quick catch . for the : ch^ap trade. But there . are ,.inore of the latter in" ; any mass crdwd,' that's 'air right 'tbb^ and the. joint takes in $300 ai hour frbm .all. ■ EideS—beier, bbbze,. hot dogs, aand- wiehcs, etc. Dahce music is canned; pile sign frankly biUs.it as; iR. ♦make- believe ballroorn . . (niake . believe theJ-e's .a name band here)'; all sorts ; of .catch-penny peep-shows,, gyspy . .fprtune-tellers' and stereopticaris are • present/ arid it's sprnething like but tof a Zahuck- set, purporting, to. re.r produce a yesteryear sawdust joint. This is it; in unashamed 1940 guise. Give .the so-called: class; custom-/ ers, . decent envlironrnentt ' like Morite nPro.^er's Zorrtbie—with . its ritz Tropical .Garden room in the back, plus dance band and ; flbor- show divei;tissement^and the miid- tpwh Manhattan bunch, would be coming out to the Fair; as much, as they did . last, year,' when curioisity .was the prime appleia]; There is no excitement this seiaspn; bVit-cortsider- Iftg that it's 3; shprt run from town, and a. cool spot to be in, the Fair co.uld really, prove a natural, draw if there \vas just the proper amouht of svyank showmanship 16 go with it, HlUer Over Flushinr . True, tempus fugits and time and tide .have ddrie -much .to make this topsy-turvy world eveh mbre so; in between last spring and the start of the Fair's 1940 season; .Nbthirig re- flects it. mbre- than in the foreign zone . and .; other Yeslauiranls.v You hiighl just as. well put the s^^ over the; Belgian, Cirech,; French, . PplishV. Rorhanian and other . .pa- . vilioris, whether' closed or reppened .; for the .second stanza^ To. add to ,ib . . ironie-s the ^tatler-Hdtels CoriJ. op- : erales the restaurant . in the. "Rp: rrianian house^ an<J even the Unipri r News Cp; 'h^^s taken' over^ the cater^ ■;. 'ng. ' -/the ; British- Butteryir^ , gees for the -Urtibn' News' liobkup ^^vUh lieineken's Zuider Zee dir the inidway, which. Vl ) .ii ho. longer ,; - putch. and ^2) you can't get Heine ken's there; ;becaUsc all that^s 16?t of ■the . famed : Dutch" beer ha.s ■ been tranisplanted tp the Hplland -Taverns . in Rockefeller Center (also;; a .Union Ne\vs restaurant' / cPhcessioh. in- :;cjdentally);' :;iiet- 'enrV drihlc domestic \.; oeer.; at the Fair,, is^sieemingly .-the : itlea, but the Holland , inn, in the -. heart, of New Ybi^k. gets what;s let^; , \(One bf the. ironic :', brieaks . idr Heiheken's'- isv thSft- theii" - ftVe b'rew- ..f'^ies,; - Including .branches . in .. Paris »nd Gairp;, besides the Nethcx'lands, »»:e blockaded 'for any export trad^). ' ._T^o get ■ back to the Brazilian' Pa- vilJon- perhaps . lis ' untrammeled political aura has much to do with that feeling of unhfbiled .. dinihg- Cut that, has resulted in business be- ing, good., While U, S. restaurateur thebdore Mele operates : it, it's; still under Brazilian;, gpverrimental. - trol, including rrtost pf the cater- ing staff, A* one waiter-captiain ob-- served, and undpXibtedly that's the answer ; to jevierything;. .'Everiybody likes ^tp -be . with a winner, 'but America.; i.s, " ; strongly pro-Ailifes, and . the Allies: have. heen doing; sb badly;, it's reflected IteeliE'with,evefy-r thing. . Not . only at the Fa ir,! but all Pver: the Uhited ;States".. But; then, ypu. American.s are :su'ch good losers; it doesn't hMrt . 'tpb, ; too; rn 1 remember the terrible .market crash of 1929;; when I was hefe last, and- how. Well everybody: hel d up under the shock.' . ■ ,;.;-■ '■. ;. •; ■-; Hick -Town . A.speciR ;; . The prime defl.ciehcy; in the'shbw^; rnanship a.spect.s Of the foirergn zone lies; hot in .any nep-ippilticb feeling,, however.- but in . the- setiip. ; By 10. p.m., . the sector is . pu.iling in the si dew^TkSi. ;^ll. • te.cause they^r.e sh ill- irig, to get the; crowds.; into the in.jdr way..;-: ■ '.-^ ■;. V : " ■ Xast; year.; Jerorne Zerbe tried to' transplant . ah El Morocco: aura to .the Briazilian Pavi.lioiT..;When he;;wa&, rriajpr (iomo there, ./ which. is when \the B^^^zil^an gbvernment: expbrte^^ brie ofl it.s; best samba bands, 'Romeo de Silva. but'it \i'as ari: abortive try. :For a .couple.;of .week.s. fbrtified by the . ^larnPur that; yent with... Car- nr»^n Miranda and kin gtiester.s, the late; business, was ;gbocl, esr ptecially Sunday ..hightS. But.virith the Court of Nations climaxing its- apr .pedl with ; the • 9:15 fpuritain-ahd- :fireworks. display, accompahied , by Josef Littau's idramiatic. music in ;the Shell heloW: the lagoon,., if .'meant a quick scfsm-Out by 10. . ^ .The; deCSilva band is still herCj -a dandy: native combiniation pi iseyen. built arOurtd/: , |:hythm.:jsection-- that, features tWo oversize maracas-type: instruments, a ij.ea.ch of a manddlihist. and guitarist, and ;an excellent man at the traps, . :;^ ;.--'•-': .; G^ayce: (nee Bernhardt) and: Gra- ham, just-back frbm erigagelTierits in Rio de Janeiro, have ; ciaptured ,the native dances well. They empha-" size the samba, tango and paso doble. they do four.' numbe.rs; /all to; gbod .returns,. Incidentally,; this ;the team which figured that Bernhardt: was too much of Gernianic sugges-. lion, hence;-the iwitch to Grayce- They're a;.standard ; American bail- room act, Vorking here in IrOpical: getup, she ■ ; native turbahed at- tire and he in nieat informal Whitea. / .. SliowRiaii-R.esU(uraleurs ,' . • If the talk about makinjg. the Fair-; grbuhds. Or a portion of it, a. perma- nent .prbpositiori, ever crystallizes, into Something concrete,- the show-; nian-restaurateurs, especially in; the foreign. zOne, should get together on the idea of staying open -lafe, and . adding divertissement, T-he ;Bra- ziliaii. is; the only spot wi|h any dance music in the foreign zone: The; Fi-ench Pavilion, although n'pw' that it's perforce self-sustaining^ in view!Of world events, maintains an abnormal: price stahdard, totally in- commehsu'rate; with the:poor service and the menu. You can do better at the Colpny or . 21, for what they khpck . yo'u, Off, and the service is at least "100%- better.' : ; '■..} . On . the ,, midway; Mike , Todd emerges, :0f cpursei as the hew perr sphality /of this year's Fair. Billy Rose stilt makes more: money with his Aquacade, ;plus the /Barbary Coast,: but' Todd, /has parlayed him-. self, into an: Impiortaht rep,, even, it perhaps iiiiS 'Streets of -Paris', at the Hall . of Music isn't dping so: well. ■Same goes for hi.^Gay New prleahs, Avhichv :hQWever. may prove to,be the ex.ceptibn ■ to th.e rule,/ ;-ultimately, that- no 'village- eyer .makes, impOr- tarit money. His real rnoney-hiakers; for ..the annbunt ;inv.ested, :/ his 'Opry \ H0»ise,:; with ,a grind \of > bid ;silents. (Bill: Harti Chap;iini;etc;); and his 'P^hbirtg. Campus.' b^tdOor .hopf.r eiiyV Which is seemingly finding.itself finally,-.-;; -^ ;;:•.-■ •■' '-■ ■■-■'; -■' ': ■..-. -:; .:-;,;;■ ; Todd has' di.spensed with .-.Eddie Sherrriari ;a.": .a . band - boOker ; and is dickering; Vith,! 1^0 else : f or ' the . type; of: bancl."5 :desi.redy ;(i;urrent \ Session ..,h>s Gene ;.Krupa. whose.;bounce':tnusic. is pulling the j ilterbugs ;at: 25c. a' head, apd :once inside, there - are .;all- spirts ./of inex^ pehsive .soft-drihks. and ssnd wichery jDal-l 0 rs 10 ..un Ippsie. so m e ex If ad irn'es; T,fiere's also, gawker.s' tep^aicie cafe .(50c rninimuhi.) ^.for the. a.k; w'ateh- •em-while-they-^hag biirich;; .Johnny McGcfr is altcrnate, band, but Todd credits Krup^ for/finally; iurriing the /tide;/': /'O :-:-- r'-^:•;''• ";-'"•:■ The/ midway a* : whole Is doing well, with eitceplions like 'Amtri' can Jubileie,' costly f=pec, thiat will revei; giet but, plus « couple of the other tired shows. .. Proser'c Zombie Click; At the Zoriibie, the best cafe grosser on the/ Fairgi-ourtds-^Graw-. lord Hill and; William :Rhihelarider Stewart:are Proser's socialite angels •—he has the Valero. .Sisters (2). at the hel hi of a 'snappy male: quintet of cohgarhumbaists,: The Valero girls iilso .(Jouble intb- the main bar-: rpoih, oft the stre^et, where John .Kirby's sepia quinliet. jain-sessipris in' . a shell ahove tbe long bar, the/, fea-. :.tUr.e: of which are 'zombies at $1,125 a . cbpy.; "The back-room i.s fOr the class/ 'trade, usually ithe rpuhdrthe-tpwh known to the' special Ca.tering staff ; Pfpser has; s.et ;up to take care. ,Of the Manhattanites. V-rhe. Val^ S.is- teris hahdiei the vocals and make wjth. , t,he maiacas: and. clavas; ■ the/ b^nd :prbper ; made /.up of .- accprdipn, piano; drMnis,; cla vas and -.trumpet. • ; May Cast R-B&B SUPEItLUaiTlNGFOR ■While the, European wa.r . and bad! weather may prevent-the' New York. World's Fair from equalling ; last I yeajr's attendahce; / the; ■ exposition tuirried . the : .cbrher July 4th/ weelc' with recprid atiendance.of the.seaii'on, 914,212 tbtal paid admissions in seven- days.: Outlook-is now. brighter for a. continvjed upswing than in 1939;. Adrhittedly-disappointing business the Fourth . of / July -week last ..year was. the: first inkling that the .p'ul- motor would: have to be 'exercised 'at the .gate,. ;,Many (^ul-rale. schemes^ were tried theireafter.. . J,n/: cpntrast;' the,; ; smash : figures Ijist wCek weire registered despite rairL July ;3,' Wet .weather; early- - oh July.. 4': ;ahd ■thiB- bpmb/ explbsibh iii the foreign ./zone that killed, two:cletectives; ' ' Industjcial exhibitors cite the huge pickiip ■ in but-bfrt.pwn. visitbrs as the single fa,ctpr which: has; enabled .th.e exposition' to weiather; the war blues in New : York' and'; overcome; the worst rainy season ; experienced by the:east.'in:years/;;. : 'The Amiericah. Jubilee;' aith.o^^ ii. has not. shewed: the, revenue hoped; for, is credited with reviving the; en- tire .midway and thus satisfying other . concessionaires on the span. One reason the show has riot; done better fi'nahCialiy is that in . settin|g up the-:- operation only r.ec : was al- Ipwed pn ;bargain book cpupOns, '■ Gay New .Orleians ;al.<;b has been suffering , frorn- the same ; aiilment, with . only fractipnally rnore ; than 4%c Oh each, bargain book; coupon^ Ovei'hcad for the operation; is due for; a trirnming,. with cpnver.<:atiOns so far ppintihg to : cutting away the rear part of . village site and .putting the '.^.mall peep shows in a separate layout likely to be - knpwn as,: 'The Leviee,' . This cpuld"^be done :by cut-^ ting anpther street through on the; Gay White; Wayi ;It/vi|Puld niiike the stage revues in; Gay:;;NeW: iprleans completely disfranchised: from -small. Shows presently in the rear. ';;;;-■' -.;-.;■■;■ - ; ; ; -; Detroit.; July ». ;.'■', - ■ Workilig. both." ways, ,.Cikhadian?\ niimbered among; the. ;hest of circuit fan.s, and Rirtglihg Brbs.-Barnum. circus, will both ;:Suffet;: thit. ' an^. riual ; >i?isit; of the . tehl /^^ here this: weekend; ; "The circus is not/.making, i^ ciistpmary "-tour of the Pornihion this.:year.i pnie of the /chief rea.sOhs, pf coiiirSb,. is; the :internatipn&l.;cbm-. piex ion of; the circus Avith its i talian.«', ;GiBrmans .' and many biher ; foreign- borri who would, land in the • grease: ias . soon as' the cireus ;cr<)ssied into Canada,- ' -.^ -,•'■;■ -; ; petrOit is the closest .ijbint where, the circ.us ./comes: to Canada. and' Jl' was expecting .the customary / big boost to its business fron) ;Windspr ;:-;'^ ■';;, '^/Peir6il^; July:.9i:'. . One of the largest orders-fpir/stage lighting. haS;/been made to ehhahcie. the alrea<dy brilliant, $3,O00,d6O; i mlhated; : Cascades . of ; the v Spaiics; fpip ndalion in Jack.son, Mich., for .the annual fesliviSi iii Angust The stage lightingi-/ requiriiig 500,00^ electricity,- Will- pVoyide light:'fOr the iO-hyge stages- built bvei'; the mian- >made:'waterfalls, and; will h^ive to vie 'with the.'.chu'rch-wiridow' colors of the; cascaded. Ehgiheer.s; Studied the prbblem. for ;a year to' figiire but :/a way tp outmatch the cplbrs. of the ! and; the; heavy clustering of towns ' .. : -, . ' lust across the :Detrojt river. Usu- ally, thousands of eahadians flocked ^ci'oss, the border, for. ."th^ir arimial visit Ip the big ghbw -When it played falls. It. has resulted in a .«uper-cplbsSal rev;u.e order,-isirice the engineiers will use . a cpmplete. theatrical. swil board, weighing more than .a ton; i Detroit, It has helpied :hiake. a/sell- 4O,0p.l): ..watts of ;footlights.;/bartks^^^ l^out -hiere for yeiars; since the ,circus spotlights, sidelights and severai gai::;^;; did. ript visit .Wlridsbir but considered gantuan/suhrarcs; capable pr draw in petroit sufficient. ; ,v ■ ing^a beam; of ' light/25^;j^^^ : ;■ : .; / . "niis /year ^ the hew border imi^ /;- ';'-■;-::.--^ -;;.'■'/' '[ ' ' /' .-.- ; ■ .; :•• ftip'ri. rules slapped.-/down'heaviiy. .on- iJiily 1; / -Oh -top of;this,;/.G^ I money, is .beiirig (discounted 20-^22;v;>. ; _ r ;ih ,the; week'since :the . hew, ; regu« ''/nations :were:passe'd, only, a few hun* di'ed Gan'idians. have . beeri /able to get. the necessai-y- Visas 'and: pass- ports for ready crossing of the bor- der. Can^iah consulates: are com i ihg its - citizenry iiaref iilly. befOrc is- ; suing the Visas so that less than 100 s diay are being issued./ Ifids, usually a good ;excUse ipr traipsihg/;off to the circus,, prbve: :» drawback this year instead,: of a boPii. Few adults bbthered in the early- rush-with; cleai'ance papei-s for, the /small fry and yet there is. con- siderable questioning of folks brihg«; iiig; over a troupe of; ybuhgitcrs. 'Your children?' -Where were thity born?' 'Gping back immediately?' S;R EXf 0 B. 0; San Francisco, July 9.' / A / slightly: terrific Juily, 4, which had. .Expo, turnstiles spinning 131.HiB times, boosted 'grosses; .all over the lot;; Holiday mobs : swarmed, -into Billy Rose's 'Aquacade, while, cayerhv bus. 'Fblies. BergereV aUditprium ' re- portedly drew four capacity house.s. Figures, fpr the week:. Aquacade. $54,700, $3,000 better thdn last week ; [ etc.v make' it loo tough ii gauntlet 'Folies Bergere,' $22,500, .a Similar hike oyer preceedirig; .stanza; /Cavial-: cade, ,$16,206, nice jurrij) also;; Salici's Puppetis reporterily; dpwnVsiightly at $3;26.0,; ■despite holiday hypo; with Stage/ 9 alsp off again at $2,210. . Odd sidelight is that the Fair drew If they can't bring the kid.c over, even such heavy patiron.s 6f the cirr ciis as the? Windsorites are going tp stay home this year-^-where their money is worth full value anyhow. Estimates/run as. high as/ $10,000 on a bigget July 4 crOxyd than h-ist year [ the circus' loss during its .fbur da.V.'^ at. rib .extra entehainment cbst. In-; here. - ■ ..• ' .'v dependence Pay riut for special .at-| .■ .;- ''■ : •; ;." ■'; . '' .- -y/ 0- Iractibris in '39 wSiS $11,000, .acts in- ! ' eluding Jnacfc; Benny and /Benhy ■ Mmlc riwir Vofa fV^fArc^ Gobdman.. Attendance was I27;00p.; ; Vrlyit rClC UMCI.5;. gam $1 For Billy Bryaiifs Showboat lOperaj With Vaiiai^ . / Giricirinati, July 9.- ' Capt.: Billy Bryant s river Show-; boat,; \yhich.,''has. .some mighty long jumps'/ to its ' credit, has riever equalled the: one it will make, next Sunday;;(i4). lt'ii be from. 'Je.<:se James' to grand opera. I-.ong an idea, in back, of the cranium of Capt. Billy, the Ohio riveir entrepreneur, has determined to Substitute 'Car- men' for such old standby. fa,ve.s as '10 Nights • V : //. Barroom,' . -The Drunkard' arid 'Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl/. . ^ the 'Carnien'; of; the. showboat won't ; be . entire/ly, Bizet; : howeVei\ It'll be plenty .iBryant, for Gapt.-Bjlly admits this is tb be an :'adaplaitibri,' and the singing .wilt.be in finglish. ih additipn, the. Capln'dblter. Betty, will take the;.tit]e role .and . the .yet showman himself will have a- feii-: /lured-■-pairt,-; top..;- ; -!■: ;--/-;:v/''.-- . AiTiong ;;varialibns from .standard 'Carmen' will be the , piece de ■ :re-'^ 'sistance,the-; bullfight; :''^ buil- fight has . always been fought- pff- Stage,' the filiating- producer, decjared; .'Iri .pur show : it wili.; take -place on stiige in. full; view Of the audience:' Another defection; from' the/usual ■ will be the piano, on . the;;stage, / jii easy, reach: of whOeycr. heeds /it'to accompany/himself;; ■/.;.:;;/;/./;■'.;: Perhaps by ., coiriciderice, perhiaps npt^the Capti.in's riot talking oh the Subject.,'-—.•;)iis.:.'(^afme-ii''.. opens the ,siamC day 1as that of the. Cincinnati Zpo. ppe.)-^ ' (Tb, ;; Brliria . C&.stagna, contralto pf the MetiPpblitian .Op.eria, ' who'li play the lead in the Zpo pres- entation,.: and other members, of the ;cast have been ;inviltd by . Capt; Billy .to be his gue<-is- at; '):.iis,'Morid;iy (15') :performahce.; ■ : BryTan:l i;.s considering -'Pihafp^^^ .his iiext if 'Garm-enV/m ■prov.aI at -the\floating b;o. .;. Bad ;]uck -stalked the ■ Jansleys; aeriaiists, when 168-fopi tubular steel ladder collapsed,;inid-afternoon Sun-T i day ; (7,). tjeam/' had just pulled . in • frbm Chicago to fill date as free.; act .-and ladder- had; just been erected. i Performers bUriied cbll.jipse : Pn two: .; . Minneapoli.s, July P J fair visitors- swinging; On guy wire.s, . /Minneapolis'. Aqualennial Civic j arid-placed ]bs.s.at $2;200. Still expect : celebration, .Scheduled; for July 2()r28,. ! to keep N. 'Y. Fair date early in ;Au-^:. is being sold to.t^e public /bar- gust/ho.Wever; .;';. gain sale, in enteirtainment;;^-^B Thursday-Sunday ruri of Lurii and . are being sold for: $1 each: which «d^ Abner, Merry Macs arid Andy De-.i f"?t:^^^ wearers tb apprOxirriaiely $5 vine in 13,000-seal (Saliforriia Gbli-1 worth of .shows. seum at extreme' end of the island drew! estimated 35,000 admissions. MRS; TIDWEEL SHOT Setup Jnoludes ah air show at the municipal airport;: 'Over the pairir bow'. stage revuej at the'Auditbriunri; -'Aqua . Fpllies,'; at ..« local .. bathing, beach; national.buthioard rinotor races at "another lake; open table ten ., D 1 ijlWrLy I DDI carnival and^^.m^ However,; the ' I rodeo, featuring Gene Autry arid^giv- ':'r,r"/V — ' ' ^: •/ extra, incident. ; Shot.by hei?; show manager. m^J aUy- Autry. -vvill -receive $7,500 for Mary; L. Tidwell; wife ^of ; Tommy.,hjifiself and- thr^e bthcr/ riders - arid Tidwell,.- and owner of the TidWeH j /our;horses AVhbm he'll bring ^ shows,/qpntinues in a seripiis Condi- from. Hollywood for the week.'V ■ lion, in Bulterworth Ho.spital, Grand:. / ^ .t- ' / Raiiids, following /Ihe /shboting : iri a Ithe,free eyentS;On:;|h€ P^^ restaurant at Beiding; Mich:; Held on I^f^-^ ??^ . an assault charge and facing a more -J^ ^J^; ^;f^''^'^^f ^ I'^S^^^^^^ ;5erious one Ih^the'cak of her ,de^th I Afjya .Trot,; sti^et^ dance;; a:^.Pax,l:, is Iviri A^EcUin; 36/ a(^6r::^nd konk- \^-^^^ T'^*'^/^?y writer/: With/ the, shoiv' known : ' ^^^^ ^ nighty fireworks; sp^c- ,carnival/circles as Jbe kellv^ ;: v ;;l2cles;. /The . Aqu^nnial-exp to; ;The tent 5how had been playirigV'•«<?«"Ve; thi^e-fpurths^f its;expense?. Bclciing;for- week-duriiig which[*P'^r°'''{^?i^^^^^??'W f»'Oni/tbe tftle/ time. Mrs.-tidwell. had telephoned' to-i:^ her estranged husbiarid several, tim.es j Fearing adverse eljects/on theatre . at Dallas; Texas; ::0 ' .v ; -: ' ' ;v' ; busiriess,;vexhibitOrs here are tryirig;; : Edlin is accused ;df c^ restaurant where she sat with her ; sbme;picture-here to take jplate^^ ^h.ree-yea^roId^adopited daiighter -a'rid/Urig the;^^ with-/as many; fbur members Of/the .show, demand-; Hollywood celebrities . posiiible ing to know if she was attempting a ' present. Thist it's;felt, would .fend j recOncilliatipn with her; hu.«band.' to ; keep the • general public : 'film j. Her failure: to give any expiariaiib.n ' cbh.sciou;s. ;; . - . - -': ..- resulted in Edlin's .shooting : her. in.' ':'-;;':' ;;- ' - - . - •-'-.'-^-:;--■;' chiSst, arm and abdomeri.' He aW; Herble Kay orchestra- returns to was. angry; because he believed she .the Black hawk cafe, / Chicago, /.; had: caused ;hfs-arrest for drunken- July 27, replacing the Blue Barron rie.'=.V iri Belding last week. ; ' ' band whicli will- haye ha^^ ;. ;Members; of. her party .pvfirpow- i-Tnorilh erigagemenl in . the loop ered, Edlin.'and held -him until dcpu-; ni.ter.v,/ Set; through/ Mu.vic Coip.^ ci ties -took .him iri^tflw; -;. ;,. -. i America. ' ' ' -'-.■ -' - .-- ;'.-■■