Variety (April 1925)

^ Wednewlay, April 16,1M5 CABARETS 'VAKflBTY 41 SPECHT'S CABARET'„ ( FDiCHED IN PfflUt i;ur *'Alphob$P and Gaston" Bit Whilfe H^tfln Philly> On—two Other Raids t ¥ Philadelphia, April 14. Whil* Paul Specht'B Pandora Cafe was helng raided last week, Specht, with his band, was render- ing a musical concert for President Coolidge In Washington. The Presi- dent was host to a banquet to the Washington correspondents to meet Attorney General Sargent. Specht, a* a courtesy to the Chief Execu- tive, played M the function, not knowiiig IfaJder^ were «(lvlBg his Pandora a visit for alleged liquor •elllng. Senator James Watsoni of Indiana personally Introduced the bandman "to President Coolidge. An Incident connected 'With t>ie Pandora raid was the Alphonaie- and-Oa«t«n act between G. Allison Brewer and George S^cht, the iaxz leader'* bi^other, who a,re of the Pandora management. BSach admttr ted being the. manager of the cafe until advljed by Acting Lieutenant Beckman, who headed the raiding detectives that he had a search and •elzure warrant and must place the manager of the cafe under arrest. Whereupon, both denied such re- eponsibllity, but Lieut. Beckm^in •took both Into custody, George Specht attempted to pass the buck at that time when he turned to Lieut. Beckman with a story that he had had an argument with Brower as to who should be the boss at the cafe and that he gave In to BroWer, which he advanced as a reason why Brower should accept service and be taken Into custody. A quantity of liquor was also con- fiscated at the Hotel Walton Roof Garden and the Peking Cafe. The Club Cadlx Was searched, but noth- ing found. Attempts to revoke the dance licenses at these places will be made. 3 ENF4)RCEMENT BILLS Passed In Iowa—Provides for Jail Sentences and Fines .• f^C 1. Des Moines, April 14. ..(•Thi»»- prohibition bllla which 'freatly strengthen the liquor law enforcement agencies were passed by the State Legislature last week And nbw go to the governor With final enactment of these measut«s, prohlbttltm workers who hays bieen watching the bills, declared Iowa bad tbft strongest liquor ' laws' In the country, ! One of the bills makes It manida- tory that Jail sentences as well as fines be g^ven bootleggers for first offenses. Another .makes ipoasejssion of Mquor prima facie evidence of In- tent to violate the liquor law« fend the third requires that an order of abatement must be Issued before the atto-neV may receive his fee. Sam and Ike Bloom in Spat Over DoU%-Toy Ones Cblcago, April 14. The Blooms (Sam and Ike) don't look alike, but have the same ideas. These two youngsters of the cabaret field who operate the DeauvUle had a spat last week and all over some dolls (not Uve ones). The cafe hiis recently installed two novel doll racks, operated by strings. During the dances the dolls are lowered within reach of the partlcli>ants permitting the customers to scram- ble for the possession of the tiny figures. The latter is what caused the controversy between the two. It seems that the dolls are lowered by the manipulation of strings and both of them wanted to have the honor of execution. Someone arbitrated the matter and It now is agreed that each one would operate the strings for a period of six weeks. Ike took the first six weeks with Sam being promised the next six. The bookies around Chicago are laying five to one Ike will be re-elected to operate the racks during Sam's period. DEAUVILLE, CHICAGO Chicago, April 14. Not very many months ago what la BOW the Deauvllle Cafe was a hotel in the last stages of senile de- cay. Ike Bloom's ideas and capital transformed it into a night club of ritzy countenance, which has since been a consistent wlriner ' for Its proprietor. Ur. BlOom has been liberal with Producer Roy Mack Ih fiscal al- lowances for the present floor show, and It looks the money. First, there Is Frank'LIbuse, "the crazy waiter," a fixture at the Deauvllle and a popular draw. His hokurti Is undis- guised slapstick, but it makes them laugh. His sidekick Is Mabel Wai- ter. Together they are responsible for the comedy touches. The Irving Rothschild syncopa- tors do the orchestral work. They are a warm group. Of the enter- tainers who sing, Eileen Flory was the favorite. She tears a number Into shreds with a delivery char- acterized by force and vigor. Clarice Catlett, prima donna, has a glor- ious voice of high range. Betsy Ross handles the soubrette assignment competantly. Lester, Ltd., had the contract for the costuming, but a special num- ber was contributed by Mile. Le- nore. The Charleston, sunflower and Roman costumes were out- standing on the eight girls, iMio comprise the feminine background. On sight the Deauvllle Is a s^ire thing. It has ftpaclbus capacity and snappy entertainment. Pool for Exercu0 Frisco and Solly Vlollnsky arf among the proprietory of a nlgtat elub in the Times square eectlon. When all of the proprietors are in the club looks prosperous and extra seats must be provided for the cash buyers. It requires an all-night vigil for Messrs. Frisco and Vlo- llnsky to watch their trade and partners. Among the latter is Jerry Hitchcock, not a bad watcher himself. On their way home after the night place closes In the morn- ing Frisco and Vlollnsky take their morning exercise in the form of calisthenics at the Friars, playing pool. This is usually between 11 and 13. a. m. There Is no band at the Friars and no dancing, nothing but arguments, so the pool players are comparatively en- joying a dally vacation. Revue Girls Want Salary Los Angeles, April 14, Six dancing girls in the Green Mill cabaret at Culver City com- plained to *the State Labor Board yesterday the place owed them In the aggregate $440 for salary. They said they had been irregularly paid since opening March 15. The deputy order the management to make good within 48 hours. Diane Shane, Edith Jarvls, Dot Clark, Carmen Desmyth, Polly Lloyd and Delphlne Welch are the com- plaining girls. OVER-ZEALOUS SHERIFF Liquor Raids Hurting Roadhoujie Trade Davenport. la., April 14.' Prospects of a thriving business at the rcadhouses In t^^ia county this summer have gone glimmerliig, as the result of the activities of t^e newly electM sheriff, Frank Martin, who Is making regrular tounds of these places during the night with particular activity on Saturday, when the resorts usually have their capacity crowds. Martin's campaign against the roadhouses, which, in the last few years have been highly successful, with plenty of liquor available for guests who neglect their own flasks. Is generally reputed to have been Klan inspired. His first drive was against the Kettnich's new Lin- wood, a Brady street place, whicli was forced to close within a few days of an opening that cost nearly $10,000, because < f the excessive vigilance of the authorities. Cabaret Performers Quit Addison Floor Shov Ada Foreman, dancer, and he partner, Dan McCarthy, as well as female singer, walked out of th Hotel Ad,<U<on. Detroit, last wee! after one week of a two weeki engagemept had beer, played. Th reason giVen Max Hart, their ageni was that the management of th cafe demtanded that the women min gle with the guests, sit at the table and be otherwise sociable. In addl tion, one of the managers is sail to have used profanity at th woman singer. Another dancer, . girl of 16, was In the show with he mother, but she was unmolested. The Addison is rated a first clas hotel, and Its dance fioor is of glasj lighted from beneath. IK THE OAT vt "QWXy* El Monte, Cal., April 14. A. K. Wiggins has been a dance hall proprietor for 35 years and he says times have changed. When Wlggan was a beginner his guests used to check their revolvers with their hats and coats. Wlggan Is building a large, mod- ern dance hall and skating rink on his Main street property. r JANSSEN'S FOOD TALES, August Janssen, the Te8taurat;eur, ^akes to the air next weeH with a regular series of fooA 'talks via WOR. Every Tuesday J^nssen will address the ether audience. ' A new elaborate marquee at Jans- , sen's uptown Hof-Brau at,$3d street will.be unveiled this (Wednesday) afternoon, when the Society of Restauratettrb will b* guests at the -function'. ■ The ceremonies' will be followed Vy a banquet at jvhich the Vlenm^ from the House of Haps- burg Estate will be used for the!first time in this country. Bronx Road House Openings One of the first of the road houses of Pelham, closed over the wiftter, to announce a reopening Is the Ben Hur at City Island, with John Mc- Nulty proprietor. It . pened Satur- day. Chateau Laurier, also on City Island, Is not due to open until Decoration D»y. U 4 SILVER BELL BANJOS Nnvj Catalog — Just Out ThE BACON BANJO CO, Inc GnOTON. CONN THE TENT Baltimore, April. 14. •The Tent" couldn't have held very many more tonight under Any OOfldttlons. "The Tent,** from re- porta^epming through to Washlpg- tOQ, had taken the Monumental City by storm and was attracting many from Washingon. The answer, after spending; about three hours In the place. Is creditable to two things— Stuart I. Whitmarsh, the owner- manager, and Meyer Davis, flanoe band cbmblnatlon. Climbing the stairs to the top of the Lyceum the entrance and the Interior decoration, done In a deep red, spell just what "The Tent" Im- plies. Soft lighting enhances the picture, and with colored waiters all in white with turbaned heads the transportation of the guests to the tent of some Arabian sheik Is splendidly carried out. The place Is popular with the troupers playing Baltimore. Capt. Nungessor, the French ace, making personal appearances With "The Sky Raider" (film), and also Gilbert Gable, publicist with the captain, were among the celebrities present. This reviewer has caught several of Davis' bands, but none has caught the Le Paradis mood (Davis' pet organization) as well as this "Tent" aggregation. With Nathan Brvailoff directing and playing the violin It Is truly an all-*tar aggre- gation of musicians. They're a hard-working bunch, too, with the intermissions short and with a half hour "Marathon," as Whitmarsh termed it, staged each evening dur- ing which the music never stops for a moment. Elach of the boys of the orches- tra—Ray Welsh, banjo-saxophone; Nicholas Vita, bass; Phil De Wil- liam, piano; Cy Udelman, saxo- phone, and Howard Dolan, drutns, contributes solo stuff in the typical Davis arrangements, with De Wil- liams at the piano going in strong for the chimes. Nicholas Vita at the drums sin.,. the chorus of many of the numbers and the dancers like It. ^ , , Whitmarsh Is plannint; a ' Paint and Powder Revue" for the coming week to honor the local amateur dramatic club. He Is bringing in many professionals for this revue. Those of the stage are welcome ai "The Tent," and. glory be, with all the crowd of thetn there topigut Whitmarsh didn't a.ik one to do a free show. MeaMn. Msriflold Gardens on the Rosd April 25 or thereabouts Hat-ry Sussklnd exi>ects to open his neWly remodeled and decorated Colonial Inn on the Pelham Park road under the title of the Marigold Gardens. The new place will seat about 600. It has a sunken dance floor in an extension of the main buikllng. "the Gardens ai« opposite Sussklnd's es- tablished road house, Pelham Heath Inn. The two road houses will give the proprietor a seating capacity of over 800. Law Observance Posters Washington, April 14. Another way to spend taxes col- lected has been found by the Pro- hibition Unit. A poster campaign is about to be launched for law ob- servance and the bureau, having convinced Congress that it would be a good idea to spend $50,000 to circus the nation, are now. ready to spend it. It will be available July 1. The officials of the bureau are not coming out formally and making a direct bid for ideas but say they will gladly receive suggestions for designs as well as phrases. Billboards along the highways have been rejected as too expepslve. It is believed here that the entire campaign will be confined to posters with "snappy" sayings on them. L. I. Padlocks The Penatlqult Inn, Bay Shore, 1 I. and the Southampton Hote Southampton, L. I., have.been oi dcred padlocked for seven and flv months respectively. Federal Judge Campbell in Brool lyn, N. Y., last week slgnfed the d4 crees. ', i EX-FUO BUYS DANCE HALL Davenport, la., April 14. Frankle Whitney, retirwl Ught- weight boxer of Cedar Rsiplds, has purchased the Oreen Lantern dance pavilion, north of Davenport. Whit- ney plans to assume active charge within the next two weeks. He has several Interests, Ipclud- Ing the management pf ^a large amusemient park at Wausay, Wis. INTOZICATION RECORD BROKE '' \^"-" Was^fftgtoW.'Apif'n 14, Ali local records for Int6ii<;at|on convictions were smashed (during the month of March, records of the Police Court disclose, which, dis- closes a total of 1,020 casee. Con- victions for drinking In public niwn- bered H. BALLROOM CHANGES HAND Burlington, April 14. E. A. Kalwlshky as.'^umed mai agemcnt of the Military dance ha: representing a group that Is tal Ing It over from Ferd K. Miner, I manager the past year. Mr. Mine will remain identified with the pla< until the end of this season, on A] ril 25, when he retires from tl dance hall business. Mr. Kalwlshky will retain his p4 sltion as publicity manager of tl Palace theatre, with which he hi been connected for 10 years. Historical Psgeant for Knox Coun Bloomfield, Neb. April 14. An historical pageant, coverii the early history of Knox county, to be a feature of Knox county fa this fall. Details hnve not bei worked out but it Is planned to ha' different sections o* the coun take charge pf the pageant, and give one section of it each of ti last titree nights of the fair. Varsity Club In "Villase" Chang Th'e Varsity Club, Greenwich VI lage, was taken over last week 1 Joseph Newgarden and Dick We: who also operate the Checkerboai cabaret In ths Village. Tl>e tran fer t^as made by Joe Woods ai Jimtnie Ryan, who had built up nifty clientele mainly through tl club being one of the few plac In the Village area open after boui ■ » a I nolUrworth's Orehestra, N«w Terk, a Ms kit M Kaith TaiidATllIe, Is ••BpUtaly •qaiRp«4 with Cons lasW»> ■MBtSL ..,W •<;,.•' ■ * ■4 y tJ.. *'iu MI aM^ Y'..f.<-'' ^'Conn's Put Us Over with a 'BangT' Listen, all you professionals, to the word of one who has made a tremendous hit. in Keith Vaudeville. Saxi Holtsworth writes: ' "I find that after equipping my orchestra with « complete set of your band instrumenis, I get bet- ter results as to torte and also find that it puts my orchestra over with a 'bang.'" The big individual stars and traveling organizations prefer Conn's, and there'a a reaaon! 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