Variety (May 1922)

Friday, May 12, 1922 VARIETY If m CABARET i—r (Contiaucd from page 9} winter and arranged for storage, paying the chauffeur and discharg- ing him. In Februa.y the owner was summoned to appear at Rouse's Point and explain to the Federal au- thorities how his machine happened to be In the rum-running business. The chauffeur, Instead of storing the automobile, had embarked In the booze game and had been caught. After explaining and settling the matter satisfactorily, the man left the car in charge of the Federal officers and alleges that they used It In chasing bootleggers. Machines seized with liquor aboard are often employed by the prohibition agents and customs officers along the bor- der, to catch other "wet boats." When the owner went to get his Mercer, he found evidence of hard usage on it. but started to drive it to New York. No explanation was offered to the police, however, as to two heavy suitcases taken from the automobile, or how i' happened to be off the road. That may be 'still another turn to the plot of the story. ' ■ - Claiming that it was "a common, ill-governed, disorderly house, given to the encouragement of idleness, drinking and licentious and lasciv- ious conditions." Attorney-General Brundage petitioned the Circuit Court to close permanently the Sunset Cafe, black and tan" resort on liast 3r»th nreet. Thicago. The petition also requests that Edward Fox and Sam Rlfas, the owners, be restmined from operating a similar place within the State of Illinois. Emit De Recat, who has been producing revues for cabarets and outdoor parks, has abandoned the producing business and closed his offices in the Masonic Temple. At the time that De Recat closed his offices he told friends that he was through Willi the show business. He has been very active in pro- ducing here for a number of years. John Tait engaged Boris Pctroff to stage the revue in the main din- ing room of Taifs Cafe. San Fran- cisco, but the show did not prove a success, and finally Fanchon and Marco, who are presentins? their own novel revue in the Fanchon & Marco's -Little Club." above Taifs, were called in to take charge of the amusement feature in the main dining room. Their efforts have been more successful, and they will continue to devise and stage both Talt revues. ii It t Paul Biese .and his orchestra, which achieved fame in Chicago. have been engaged 4or four months starting May 5 to play at the Beaux Arts Cafe, Atlantic City. Biese started out. playing In Chi- cago motion picture houses, be- coming quite a draw, which called for his engagement at several dancing places. Through this work he attracted the attention of the Columbia Phonograph Co.. and was engaged by them to make a number of dance records. After ixia engagement by the Columbia the Orpheum Circuit received sev- eral demands for his appearance at their local houses, and he was en- gaged to play dates at the Majestic and Palace theatres, Chicago. Engagements at the Beaux Arts, Philadolphi.a, Julia Garrity, Harry Glen, Eva Dowling, Frank Bernard and 10 chorus girls. Present vau- deville at the Kenmore Hotel, Al- bany. N. y., will be succeeded with a cabaret revue starting next week. It win consist of Bond and Barlow, Miss Walters and Grace and Hayes, with eight chorus girls. Healy's "Summer Review of Syncopation" at the Golden Glades now has Warner Gault in the cast, which Includes Helen Hardick, the prima donna. Billee Ma ye, Dempsey and Vaughan, Madeline Spangler, Hazel Calvert. Flo Allen, Claire tlichards. Josephine DeVere, Flau- dyne Filling, May Judels, Frieda l*eterson, Marjorie Miller. Hol- comb's California Screnaders fur- nish the music, alternating with Holdsworth's Harr.iony Five for iflancing. Martin Culhan-e is also present, ontcrlaininy;, as special at- traction. "speak easy" is that the prohibition officer has been widely heralded as an ardent opponent of prohibition offenders and violators, oft times going to extremes to corner his prey. Gil Boag haa taken over '"Castles by the Sea" at Long Beach. The establishment has been under the management of Joe Pani for several seasons. Boag Is in the Salvln group but is said to have taken over the Long Lsland resort on his own. with one associate. Elsie Greenwood, th- dancing school pr.':>rietor, who was brought into both tlte Newark and Irvington. N. J., CO ;rts on the charge of breaking the State law by allowing children to appear on the stage, was freed in both courts. Miss (Jreen- wood was warned not to violate the law again. It was apparent that the charges again.^t her were dis- missed because the law had become a dead letter until it was revived In the present case by the Children's Aid Society. The society was also warned by tiie court that it could not grant immunity to any hno. The Hotel Flanders, on West 47th street, a professional hostelry for many years, has changed manage- ment. Edward Arlington took over its lea.ses. runnipg until 1933. Ar- lington adds the Flanders to the St ■ . of other hotels operated by his company, including the Hotel Harding. Colonial Arms In Jamaica, and Hotel America, also on 47th street. Sala M. Kaston. formerly manager of ^lie Bristol Hotel, will assume active supervision of the Flanders. Suit was entered in the United States District Court in New- ark. N. J., to restrain Chin Yoak and Ch4n Nom, proprietors of the Shanghai Te.i Garden, from pre- senting musical selections composed or published by members of the American Society of Compo.«ers, Authors and Publishers, and dam- age's of $250 were asked. It is al- leged that' "Tuck Me to Sleep" and 'How Many Times" were rendered at the garden without a license. A similar suit was !)rought against Morris Feldman, owner of the Grand Palace Theatre. A cousin of one of thf n»<»st nideiit tkf the proluhi'ion enf»)rc«-nuMU of- ficers maintains a saloon en the lower east side. New York. s*'lling the stuff wide open acioss the bar. The same individu.il .«l.so ha> c.ichtd In his apartment nearl)y a llock of the wet goods, retailed at interesting prices to close friends. The sirik- l«g element In connection with this Bootleggers In Northern New York, and all over the state for that matter, hailed with c'.elight the ac- tion of the Supreme Court jury at Plattsl)urgh in awarding Nich- olas Verda $1,000 damages for an alleged assault committed upon him and James Powery by Sergeant Joseph Lynch of the State Police near the village rf Mooers, on the Canadian border, last November, The troopers, who are the bitter foes of rum runners and ha. o given the whisky smuggles m^rt trouble than the federal sleuths, have stopped at nothing. 1 Is allege!. In their crusade on liquor smugglers. Their campaign against runners, It Is f .;serted, has received the en- dorsement of their chieC Major George Fletcher Chandler, superin- tendent of the State Police, although at various times, it Is alleged, the constabulary has resorted to "the law of force" In taking a booze run- ner trying to get thro'Jt»h thi«j state with a cargo of rum. The Var.la case was watched, as It was after Powers and Varda had been placed under arrest for booze running and were handcuffed to- gether In an automobile, that Ser- geant Lynch committed the alleged assault In an effort to forcj the men to tell the name of the i unner who had shot and wounded Trooper Whitman a short time before and escaped. When the men were brought to Plattsburgh late that night It was plainly evident that they had been assaulte'. for both were Ideeding and bore marks of a desperate fttruggle. They were locked up in the Plattsburgh Jail, and Varda subsequently l»r )Ught The Chateau Launer at City Is- lui.l (Pelhim Parkways, ihuttin:? Lojig Island Sound. open.Ml the s<'ason la.-t week with B.ll Weru'T It the managerial post. The Cha- re ui has l»»'ci\ h:in>lsuniely decorat- ed with an ehgant niosf|ue * fTect Dver the d inc»' lloor. The W-rn'^r place contiri"i«'s to fMtttire its pop»i- lar $J r.O >hore dinner. The '».«'.hing p.ivihon Aill ha-.'' an i.Mlti'.n of ;>:. rooms thi-» s'lmuvr. I»iti'y MoMtcH o:ohv-!iri n a^aiii furnish- iv.A the d.ilJi'e tiiiisic. l!"S.d"S him- self at tf»e drums, the Motne com- l.inatjon has S. l\. Pirm '.^inii. iix- ophoTie; Frank Witriol. cornet; Hugh AitUen, violin; Wilber Wool- l«y. trombone; George Wooltey. basH; Lew Cobey, piano. B^er i.-i flowing once more almost as of old. There Is a bar not a mile from Broadway and 42d street where a glass of draught beer may be pur- chased across the mahogany for 10 cents, while a seidel of the genuine costs 25 cents. With the mtlux of the amber flui.l. it Is pos.sible prohi- bition may yet claim the credit of having brought back the corner or middle-of-the-block saloon. Beer by the barrel (120 bottles, in cases of 24 each) is selling rapidly and in large quantities, delivered any- where in Greater New York, at $30 or $33, according to the salesman. Ale, in like quantity, may be had at $45. Light wines of the beat qual- ity can be secured at very rea.son- able prices in certain quarters. Whiskey still holds at around $100 to $110 a ca.'-e, Scotch or rye. with the same chance on poor quality. Uye is slightly lower if judiciously bought. A very poor brand of gin U appearing. It may be purchased. a ca.se, at prices varying from $40 to $70, the later price no more of a guarantee than the lower one. The gin seems mostly homemade. Some of the whiskey around New York is little short of terr.ble. Much of It Is manufactured in New Jersey, not even given a false age. but bottled immediately and koKI. It Is near deadly if sufficient ia drunk. Unless placed in wood the poi.son from the alcohol is not absorbed. Wood only ages whiskey. Uyo whiskey under seven years of ago (in wood) is a dangerous drink. Howard Leslie Holt, a former dancing teacher of Washington, U. C. was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary by Chu'f .Justice .McCoy, presiding m Criminal Court No. 1. Holt was recently coiivicted for criminal intimacy with one of his pui>ils, a 13-year-old girl. The case attracted considerable atten- tion, as the dancing school con- ducted by Holt was «»ne of the most fashionalde in the cit.v. The court characterized the crime and the case as one of the wt)rst ever tried before him and stated that some of the jurors had been In favor of imposing the death I)enalty. whif'h the law p«'rmlts In the district in a case of thts kind At a meeting held at the Hotel Baltimore, Kan.«<as City, by a num- ber of prominent business and professional men for the jiur- pose of forming a local organiza- tion of the National Association Opposed to the Prohibition Amend- ment, S J. Whitmre. chairman of the board of governors of the Balti- more and Huehlebach hotels, as- tonished his hearers by declaring that even if the whole country went wet the liars in the two hotels would never reopen. He said: "If the country went wet again we wouhl serve light wines and beer to our dinner guests, but we have so ad- justed the hotel business that we would never return to the oldtimo saloon—we do not want It." It Is the understanding Mr. Whitmore's attitude is that of the leading hotel men throughout the country. SPORTS Paul (iray, press representative for Jackie Coogan, Is organizing a baseball team to be comprised of press agents and known as the "Pufrtteers." Home grounds have been secured in Elmhurst. L. L, where practice Is being held on Sun- days. The Initial practice was held la.st week with recruits reporting for the team Including Jesse Well, Mark Vance. Harry L. McCormack and Jack Francis. Gray will do the catching. The team Is open for games with any theatrical organ- ization. According to Billy Ciibson. man- nger of Benny Leonard, lie received another alleged Insult fiom Charlie White when the latter sent word to New York concelling a scheduled decision match with the champion to held July 4 at Michigan City. Gib- son stated that White has been cry- ing for a mutch with the champion, but as a result of the latest cancel- lation (ilbson refuses to lake any other opponent seriously. Terrace Gardens, Chicago, fs housing a revue, booked to run for at least 12 weeks. It Is under the direction of Charles V. Bohler. Everybody In Chicago tried their hand in making this place pay as a revue rendezvous, but it took Bohler to really change the books to show a profit. For this he in entitled to a world of credit, a.^ his present revue, heralded as the "Whirl of the World." Is whirling the patrons in flocks. Bohler has assetnhl.'d a cast of Ave princip;ils and eight chorus glrlrt of the type that add to the picture. It is a appy and breezy small revue, not extravagant, but speaks of shrewdness in costuming, beauti- fully yet moderately, rehearsing and training, and in all measured up to the honors of the fa.stest small «how in town, yet «rian'?<'d so as to pre- sent itself IS a big flash sufllcient to .'Satisfy the select clientele patronizing thi.4 arena-built cafe, rest.iurant. with tlie t ible^s arranged on steps, giving a full view of the stage and all thtt is going on. The first show goe-» on at the noon hour, with the llrst evening i»er- foirnance starting at the dinner hour of 6:4-}. finishing it 3. The last show .st irN at l\ getlin lli<^ after theatre crowds, r.ttwen tiie !<'g'ilar fiiiow hours the juincipals do single ii'iinl»ers. ori ipyuig every minute of tine*. Th" -how j»roi)er !s s'vift moving wi»h nothitig lo'^t Iiftvvfen ^pe Iil- ti'-' .i'.i I choru-i i.urnh'T i. The prii cipali are Klsi j •I'*. I»el 1%-tes. Ted Corn<'II, Frinkie Kiusscn and Lew J.-ii!;tn4 Th.; atellar n'jnibf'r>» ire a la\ ish fashion ptrade and "Tlie Pasha's Carden,' aii op^- The first two baseball "dashes" between the Jo^ Leblang team and the theatre treasurers at Van Cort- landt park the last two Sundays found the cutraters the winners of the first contest and the theatre men on the long end the second. There was some argument as to the final count-up far the Initial game because some of the mob left before the end of the game, when it was found that the box otilce men were licked 18— 9. The Leblangs iiermitted the treas- urers to gather five runs in the final frame, when Hughy Lf'blang at- tempte<I to curve 'em over. Charles Harris, in back of the plate for the treasurers, ha<l the franchise to argue with the umpire, whom the theatre men declared was terrible. Clarence Jacobson started pitching for the treasurers. The Leblangs slammed the first three balls thrown, and Clarence was Inserted elsewhere. He left the game shortly ifterwards. when he failed to get out of the way of a line drive off the bat of Joe Mack. Clarence caught the ball, but swore off im- nuMli.itely. Mack b«*longs In the Mcliride agt-ncy, but wanted ' in ' with the bargain ticket m«'n. Laz- arus Levy did most of the hurling for the treasurers. Joey K«'ith idtcheJ for the Letdangs. The treasurers (•liim<>d t!ie catcher was a "ringer." The I, e b 1 a n g s made no real squawk about b^ing beaten the He< oiul game 13—1-. but are claim- ing a win of the "rubber" contest that will be pulled <,|Y at the Le- blang annual outing May 2^*. I>ouis Ohms pitched the treasurers to victory in the second game, Bisland (now In the Madison Square Gar- den box ofllce) being behind tlie bat. Keith and DiexhT formed the cut rate battery. The game was close, with fewer arguments be- cause Charlie Harris was on the side lines. Sid Harris was over- weight but outside of that • very- thing was "jerry," Bombardier Billy Wells, boxer, kinema star and vaudeville sketch actor, "came back" at the National Sjorting Club, London, April 24, when ho beat Lloyd. Although It is some time since Welts fought, he still possesses) all his old faults and virtu s as a boxer, and his op- ponent's seconds took full advan- tage of his known nervousness by keepiMg him hanging about as long as possible b^foie the actual fight conmienced. When It did Wells soon had Lloyd at his mercy, but as usual seemed unable to r.erve himself to knock his man out. In the en** Lloyds i conds threw the towel in. on the court the past war i.«r. and in addition held regular positions in !)usiness. Johivny Beekman. Jim- mie Clinton, Nat Holman, Swede CJrimstead and the late Krni? Reich were .some of those to draw Babe Kuth pay envelopes. Barney Sed- ran, Harry Riconda, Marty Frie«I- man and a number too long to list, also received lucrative salaries. In- juries which kept Friedman out of tlie game for a time, he wever, cut into his Saturday night "take," Members of the Celtic team played on that five alone, for the greater part, but the rest of the Htars ap- peared with a varlet> of teams in New York. Pennsylvania, Mas.sa- chusetts and New Jersey, jumpingf from place to place. And practical- ly all of the men went to business dally, except when long trips pre- vented their so doing. Clinton held his position with the Guaranty Trust Company in New York City; Holman was coaching & colfege five in the metropolis: Sedran and Friedman continued their busi- nesses, and Reich was working for the United Sta;es Rubber Company. The basketball sea.son stretched over a period of five months, and the stars played on an average four or Ave games a week. Two of them. Clinton and Riconda. also shine at baseball. Clinton pitchrs for the famous Paterson Silks of Pater- son. N. J., and has turned down of- fers to perform In the big leagues. Riconda guards the third sack for New liaven in the Kastern League. The Appellate Division annulled the temporary Injunction granted Josef Knoepfler to restrain Krlch Hagenlachor. champion billiard player of CJermany, to play ex- hibition games under his exclusive management ruling that Knoepfler has not lived up to his managerial obligation In arranging dates and bookings. Hugenlacher has been appearing at Daly's, the Hotel Am- bassador and elsewhere under u»i- other's direction, Knoepfler suing on a written contract. Ho was granted a temporary Injunction, but this was vacated. Maurice l^aly and Shepard G, Barclay, former editor of the "National Billiard Weekly" and 'National Sports Weekly," filed af- fidavits that Knoepfler was an un- known in America as a btlliaid man- ager, not being able to speak the tongue properly to qualify a.s such. Barclay Is now m.anager of Hor»»- mans. the Furopcan champion: Vamad.a, the Asian champ: Kalpli (Ireenleaf, world's pocket billiard champ, an<l Welker Cochran. The Slate Boxing Commission of New Jt'rsey adopted a new ruling last week, whereby the, "rabbit blow" and the "kidney punch" will be consi<1ered unlawful in boxing circles. The "rabbit blow" Is said to have been Introduced by Jess VVillard in his fight with Jack John- son, which is a stroke on the back of the neck. The boxing commis- sion stated that the two blows were "outlawed" on the grounds that both are unsportsmanlike and brutal. Johimy Coulon, once bantam- weight (hampion, featured at the Main Street this week In bi« act, •'The Man They Cannot l^." has received a large amount of extra publi^'ity In tlie local papers. In addition to the regular stuff run on the theatrical pages he was given much extii space on the Hi»ortlng I)ages for the fans who follow the tUtic game. Baseball players ar<^ not the only ones enjoying fruitful se.isons finan- ci.ally. Basketball losser.s, especially th** stars, have harvest* 1 a f«'rtil»r crop of greenbacks the la^t two «»» three years. F.xponents of the in- i|<)or game do not draw as big s.al- iri<'S as their brotlu-rs of th** out- door pastime, but they ate abb* to liold other positions while pl..jing — I Miing hardly possiide fo** men on the diamond. A talk which a \'a- ri«'ty leprt'sentative had with a toj) notch ba-.ki'»b;jill phiy r this w« •■'. rrv aled some f ic^.s and flgur-s with r'"sp*M t to the ;l,in of whi< h ti" is A ni'-mbf-r. S«'vei ii of the bi!«h»- »st su»e]l!t"S made $?.,OtiO cr $».00'> ♦*ratic ensemble. Tied '''raver i Oi- chestr I Ii an attr.actlon by Itself and b«'l|»i to carry the music over. Charlea Bohler ligbtfiilly Is tlie re- cipient of lioney<"omh«'d joiiMPs on his A< cotnplinliir)g ih ikiajor:t;' hare failed An announcement this we«'k by John M, <'liapman, manager of th'^ newly erected \'clo<lrom'». >th street and Broadway, disclosed that the H|>ort stadium, j^aid lo be one of the finest in the Wt>rld, will open on «ich<Mluled time, Memorial Day, with sprint and motor-paced race.s. Among the various cycle contest- ants will be Clarett'-e Ciifnen, George Wiley, c;-orgo Chaimr-m, V;ne»>iu M.idonn I, Menus Bedell, Bobl)y Walihour. Jr.. and Willie Colburn. It is tho intention of the ofllciitls to bring over fM.ign b:!;<? riders. lat wlJcti the lo doi 1 lie liroadw ay Ihealilral bun-h '.eat it to .Jamaica Hack Tuesda/ to see a good thing in tfte foi m of the .^'am H. Harns-Arch Selwyti- o.vned -True llyer" take the brack- ets in ttie Montauk i-Jelling .Slakes. .\c(firdirig to the dojie, tliere was no horse in the race that could be it tne managerial entry, which went t.> iie post 6-5. Wheu l\ve scratches made tiie race a three-horse arfair. It looked like soft money. l*»»it True Fly^-r" was licked by the outsider, 'Dot," that t< ok the pur^* at 20-1. 'True Flyer* had W'>n hli l&^t two starts.