Variety (September 1921)

I^iday, S«HMiN>r 2, 1981 "s omoioo ownoit Clyirago 8TATR.L4KB THBASBS EOILDBWI > IGESEEKaW-IliEUiBR, P^r Grafters Fined $25 in Chicage—Northfield, ..in Minn., Citixctts Force Ban on "Show Sewen*^ TICKET QU^EN IS LOSING AGENCY GRIP Comiti^ to N. Y. to Seek S^tleoiMit tif Slittberi Jam FAMOUS SBORTS •etter before the dk«ltrftii«a ot the Mf«, «o4 G»Mii^ya kuDf •round iU •!« iwioe UtwMtt S «ad 4. TIM ^uii'iiiitrjr •>! II AiWA.'. llaQS Atf. SS t« Ao*. St lacltaalv* itrf §• toUomt: MOCK KKCWUfttV Tk«rad«r— OJyiMif* was Tftitled whiie playinf • m In tlie outdkirtH, four crooked lulors were arrested Mid each fined |0(, and Uttei(«r i« betag soufbt bf p^lce. \Ai KorCkfield, Minn., tlie conacil hj K>ate of 4 to 2 drore canuralv o«t »f ttie town orer the mayor's veto. ]4« townspeople crowded about the ^ hall in a damonstrailon orcan- bH^ to ahow the ii^nttaieBt against ifpiiiTitn The buit one there a1au»ert ced the town, acoorduig to newa- ir reiKNTts of gamhlhig, immoral- riolenee and general denorftliBa- BeileTille, HI., the News-Demo- aajra anent a camiTal there: \wm\B are «• rotten that there ||.Ao defense for them from aay 2|it of Tiew. The/ have no ««- jpiriwg features and should be abated »r aH other jniblic auiaaneea. -'^Vhe womett in this outfit looked ltd rips froai Baat St. Louis aad tp mt» like baaaa. Oar people were ^Uliaed to the ^aeea'a taste bj sure- ^ifhlg tinhorns who are ahrays tlilevea, gaferally gun-totera and oft<*n assas- andTighte m !Aislon^8 Silk Shop, Ltd. 14 W. Washiaotoa SU Cliieafo ains. T^t side shows had the oaual eharaeteriaties of such adianeta: there were fake freaka and tiiree wora-oat airoM and dried'Up ramps sehedided for bootebie-kootehie per- fornances. It was not lewd—tbaj might as well hare tried to create laAciviouKnesa with a naked teiegn^h pale. But it was downright nilgar* diflgiiBtiaglj nasty and obscene, re- roltingly awlaiali, bestial, degenerate, corrupt and corrupting, gaggy, nan- seating, stoakaeh-turning and mala- ^laroas, sodoauie and reeking of the cheap rice oC the forgotten segre- gated dislzicta. "The gan^iiog tenta were rotten (Coatiaaed on page 10) HXfJBR MUBFH7 EEXntSS Ribbaa UMa»—Uadar* itMk gHlabary WW Talia Ovr Maa- agattabt af Afaaay Obteago, A.«g. SL Helen Murphy of the Helen Marphy Agency, ts to retire froib theat^eal bttttiness and turn orer the agency holdii^s to her brotber-in U ■/. Jack Hi Isbury. formerly of the i'ictoria Four, who is her busiaess associate. The agency name is to be cbaaged to the Billtsbury Agency. MtHs Murpby waH married some time ago to a stock broker and he pre- railed upon her to* retire from busi ncRR which she has consented to do I Prior to becoming an agent Miss Mur plir was .R4K?retary to Carl Hoblitsel Cbicaga. Aag. ^1. The pabUe has mmt been getting alt of tbe tidK'to tteom the ataada ia tba hotels controlled by Florence Goa- thoni, "Queen of the Scalpers/' as it has been learned thit the girls employed at the rarioiis efands hare been handint aat large batches aC tickets to oataUe brobara at a pre- mium of 2Si eeota ofer the printed price af the iK.kcU. Tbaae aataide brokers ia tarn have bian getting aa extra half dollar or 9^ profit a* these ticketa. This greatlj incensed Mrs. Caothoal It waa afae (tet had a eitgr ardiaance pa^iacu uj luv ittcal council probibitittg any deab betag made be- tween brokers apd theatre saaaafa- meata, which wo«ld permit the fdr- aer ts dicq^aae af ticketa at a price ia excess of the hoc office figare. The outside brokers bare been adrised that this law is aaeoastitu- tional and tbey hare retained the law firm of j^abbath, GraMmaa it 9i^- batb to teat ita constitatioimlity. Samuel Ettteaoi^ who ia the corpora- tiaa counsel here aad a big political factor, waa formerly a member of the firm af Weyaiaatb ft Sehayler. The breach between Afr&. Coutboui and the Shubeit theatres is still widening. The ApaUo theatre, wbich has a direct wire with the C^Mthoui jitaads. refuses to answer nny oalls orer these lines. Mrs. Coathoni became greatly per turbed orrr thia incadeot. Bat Mra.Jboth the baat prices since the slump. It is paaaible tlipt another «'i^m^tit ia the reaewfll af bear operations, itbieb ran fraas Maadaj throagh Wednesday, Is tbe fact that profaa- oiofMil beara aajr —pfrit that m the loof figbt of eooipaaar iaaiders to aap- port prices on the way op from 46. the buB dique within the eottcera had loa(l(^d itself up with holdings pretty well, and the paaiibili^ of tiring them oat by a deCeriabHsd setting drire might have praaastad itaelf. Wbat- erer ia going an witbia the market repreaenta a miu<^ financial eagage* Bent, as ladicatad hj the tumarar In a single day af 8Dv006 shores of stock. Marfcat RaWaa lioew aad Orpbeua this week par- ticipated la the ratty which ran through tbe entire market. Nearly all the actire atocks ware well ap from their laws of mid-August Mex- Jean Petroleum crojaed par from around ^; Baldwin" was arwuud 77, from 70. and other speculatire issues were strong (n like manner. The bulls were jtri^ilant and talked canfi- deatly aboat tbe loag expected "tura,^ bnt the under-current of trading sen- timent was cautious* regarding tbe up-tura aa merely a temporary bulge, and forecasting another big slump be- fore the maii^et steps out for tbe long upgrade, based upon some fuu- damentai betteraseat, «U4ib a tM re- form. At tbe best lioew got past 12 to 12 Vi, and held it« ifsproTement well, white OnUieam asored ap to 10^^ ■: — Ia the Heart of tba lOtb Ward» CiTRO's Restaurant ^ lAiA tt/ifiTi4 uni «Tirn <^Tf»rCT. CHICAGO I 1014 SOUTH HALSTEO STRE€T, CHICAGO Itaiiaa Tahia d'Hota C^mtUw O i ww »nU> m i — I I>« iMMm —Th«ro hara beon «ls mitfa«ra and ton bomtio wUhln ten aiocka oC wna ptaco In ate mantha—bat. don't M, that Interfora w4ta yo*r diMor. p no ta Bobomla with iko Apachea of Ckicaxo. Under New Management I'i. ^ TRAMSPtmTATtON: < « ta Kt n. from l^oop—' f." aad S«rfac«. BOTE SAM 3009 Blichi^n Ave., Chicago A Hom« for Theatrical People at Theatrical Rates T«lept)o«e: ( Af.UMBT ffS2-64i3-S€S4 $1.5a Tor Day; Weekly Kate i7J»a aad Up CoCa in Camoo^tHw. M ader o ta Prieaa. H EAST liD STREET OPPOSITE "L' STATION IKE BLOOM'S "MID-NITE FROLIC BANGING BETWEEN F&OLICB '^■r DWereot hiWwa Kwvrj Kl^t. Klmt Krmlnff Frolir at U:ia P. M. Rvataannt tk t glca a I«m C'aWe. rmTaaiMonal ('-owtwif* IUt««a«4. H«a«rvat»aa l*ho»« CMunMt SJM. NEW YORK COSTUME CO. 'COSTUMES Couthoui does not seem to want to stop here. Far it has been leamed- that she ha» gone to New York with 8amm.v Ettelsoo to see J. J. Bbubert and aficertaia from htm what right J. J. Garrity, general manager of the Sfiubcrt enterprises here, and Charles ThanhouRer. manager of the Apollo tiieatre. had in taking steps to hush her telephone wires for orer two weeks, aud the Coutboui clerka make UA bones about admitting thia fact The Shuhert theatres hare also elim- inated the use of the "Coutboui" name in their newspaper adrertts* ing. It is said that Mra. Goathoti: at-* tempted to settle the IIT^WO Iosi9 on tiikets. which i>he tried to dump bact^ at the ApoUa» for tbe 'Tasaing tibow'* for $3,300. bat that A. H. Woods refuaed to settle. EHdentUr tbe 'H^u^ea •f ike Scalpers" ^«aub«ve aMieip^ad ^t^ apen rupture With tbe Shubert man- agcment i>ereral weeks ago, as she was nngUug in the direction of buyiag heavily for the l\>wcrs and Krlaager Htriug of theatres. She made a proposition to the Goktea forces far au outright buy of $100,000 %rorth of tickets for "J.ightnin'". Tbe powers. Berlaoger chain of UouspR hare tlieir instructioo.i not to permit Mrs. Coutboui to "dump" back any tickets whatsoerer. As in the Colonial. Fred Stone, in "Tifi Top'* is going along at a fast gai^ with aa adrance sale said to ex-^ c(>ed $80,000. *'LightniB" and the •Gold Diggers/' will undoubtedly run the Stone show a close second in adrance sales. Therefore should Mrs. Coutboui be unable to straighten out her diflTer- enees with the Shub<»rt management here, the bulk of her busincH!* will be lost. Nothing of haportaace haM^eaed in the Carb atocks. GrifiUi marked a new bottom at G flat on nomiail deal- Aalar Cbicaga. Aug. %i. Stuart De Long <8taaft aad Kel>, ▼asderlUe act), if aow manager af tbe Ktar. Milwaukee and Iftrergreen arenues. The house which opened laat week is fdayhig a palicy of fire acts and a feature picture. Tbe theatre fa lacated ia a residential aectian ^i tba city and booked by Bit y Diamaad. RVRRXTHINQ IN rmwoL AKTONS, Inc. Makers aad Retailava 14 W. WbifttetlMi St. Cltieae« LARGEST COSTUME MANUFACTURERS IN WEST GOWNS Cbicngo. .\ug. 31. Iamiis A. Bachmnn. llic .rounge.st • inusioal director io Chicsfo. has been ; 1S7 N. WABASH AVE., CHICAGO Central 1801 Z.^t^.rcVX '.'*t".^/a>ro„r CHICAGO ITEMS I'O N. STATE ST. ^ FKor'. Sand^irh 3393, ■ LARGEST ANp^BEST EQUIPPED ^POSING R00:\1J IN THE COUNTRY GRAND PIANO F'JRNI ro ror: all wltiIcai. acts r» <POr L'^HT OPEN- s;;Nr^Avs William Abbott. Ia!«t with the Sa- vnge oflic'.'.s. is now n«.')ui)ger of tUr St«d<*bak(»r, f YOU ISETTER BURHY > 19S IW las ACTS BOOKED 80UD c«t folank«t contracts (or <• wrks or m^t from thm acencl** U«t«d toeiaw DID YOU? ANT ONB OF TlfV AQSNCtBS BBLOW CAN OCT tT STOK TOU \r nrs apvxo tou 'want— wftrra cm wirk. ftirai« vntMii Soil* 302 Loop Cml Bldt. Eil^&^diiiiiift $04 Loop jEad WAm. TaifIKi Suite 904 Wooda Thoolro Bide- Eiki 1 Suite 302 Woodi Theatre Bldff. T*eo Singer, owner of Singer's MideetN. ha.s taken out hi.s final Citi- xenKhip panor» in the Federal C^urt. Jud^e K. M. TiSndis adniittod him to ritizcu.<«hip and at the^ name time If ranted first nnpers to five of the Mietnlx'r-s of the not who derlnred their intentions of becoming Anieri- oau oifir.ens. , tabu • VOUVE TRIED THE REST •*«^ fiOW TRY THE BEST lirTHE 13th O r "PETE'' Soteros ^li«w Daor ta Colaaiaf Tf*^ the Fol- t THE FOLLOWiMC !^, J*^! •t^ .•«*ng tae aaiaa »'-S* »;«^. aniy Fn,h,/ «••'"* II '-----'■-^ *•- ^ W. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO ^ATK IIKKB lAUT WKEK:— i\\ I>oi««l(laoii, Billjr Joa««, Frmnk ^A4 5»e*t<»rt. ffartf Cooper, Fred<H« A Woaiiwa^ At Blackstona B. O. Chicago, AuguKt 31. Rugene Wilder, treanurer of the Colonial theatre. hnK been transferred by Ilarrr J. Powers to take charge of the Blackstone boi office duhar the run of *'f/ightnin'." Harold Donovan, hin aRnifitant. ban beea made trenMirer of the Colonial, and nuHsell MorriKon. formerly of the Mc<'aule^, lA>ui0viUe. Iiaa beeu made aaaiitaat to Donovao, j^ TheSoNB Av Suito 807 Woods Thoatro Udg. Jess Freemu ' Suko 1413 ' Templo Hurry W. Spissold Suko 40S Woods Thoatro Bldg. LewGoUberg A««My « » Sttito 305 Woods Thoatro Bldg. Billf JacksMi Suito 504 > Loop End Bldg. J BeeUer & Jacobs Suito 307 Woods Thoatro Bldg. Helen Murpby As«My Suite 306 Woods Theatre Bldg. Burt CortelyoB 1607-08 Masonic Temple Charles Nelson SuUe 609 Wood* Theatre Bldg. Oiarles Crowl Av«l«y Suite 301 Wooda Theatre Bldg. The above agfencies, in Chicago, booking exclusively with W. V. ML A., B. F. Keith (Western) and aU affili- ated circnits. YOUR NEW YORK AGENT CANNOT BOOK HERE DIRECT