Variety (November 1925)

46 VARIETY CABARETS > Wednesday, NovemVer 4, 1925 CABARETS New Orleans Show The Little Club. New Orleans, lias a new show with Wanda Gaul, Lillian EUbrook. Guy MoCormlok. Pearl Mills, Marion Wendell, Bobby Berman, Shonnan and Prortor and 'William Lus'.Ws Scranton Sirens." Dancers From Paris Dane ra from Paris have been •iRned for the Hofbrau-IIaus, New york. They are Lora Gons-Sha- durskaya and W. Kuderoff who will augment the show which Includes Anna Chandler, Estelle Pen Ing. Lester Lee, Bert Gilbert anl Irving Aaronson's Crusaders. Cabaret Floor Show in Florida Dance Hall Lessons Providence, Nov. 3. Dance hall liisinoss up here being poor, the Arcadia, largest of all In this territory, has enr-aqcd Helen Pierce and Don Evan to give les- sons, which are expected to revive Interest. NEW BAIXROOBf LAW Rochester, N. \., Nov. 2. More than a score of theatres and dance halls In Wyoming and Gone- see counties will be forced to close down permanently by the new build- ing code adopted by the State De- partment of Labor last June. Troop A, State police, will Inspect public Joseph C. Smith Is assembling a j^u^Ijoriums in nine nountles of 20-people revue, mostly girls for the Club Monoco, Tampa, Fla. Jack Hill's Orchestra has been en- caged for the same cabaret. Martucci's in Montreal At Venetian Gardens, Montreal, Is the MartuccI prchesira, a band that fills the dance place very nicely. Besides, It gives enough floor enter- tainment to almost classify the Gar- dens as a cabaret. In the orchestra are S. MartuccI, conductor; Carl Throm, Jos. Beers, Jules Aaron, A. Morello, A. Carmen and Jerry Bergen, the latter doing the character comedy. Fowler and Tamara Return Fowler and Tamara come back to the Casa Lopez, New York, next week. The dance team Interrupted Its run to fuinil prior contracts for a fortnight at the Coral Gables (Florida) Golf and Country Club. western New York. The new law Is aimed principally at amusement places, it being pro- hibited to have a dance hall over a rarage, no matter how the building is constructed. This will hit a number of small town picture hou.ses. PARIS CABARET FAILS TO CLICK Chez Fysher Needs More - Than Mile. George, Lone Star tillian McNeill Is dancing at the Hotel Addison, Detroit. Fred Bayer, formerly headwalter at Joel's, has opened the Sky-Club at 201 West 41st street, opposite the former Joel's location. IMPATIENCE COST $687 Al Wohlman has taken judgment for I6S7.84 by default against Giro's, Inc., operating the ^JTost 5Gth street cafe of that name. The amount rep- resents snlary due for nine days. Felix .Young, of Giro's, was pres- ent the first day of trial but the suit was not reached. The following day he didn't show up and judgment went by default. Another-salary claim by Peppy and Lee, also through Kendler & Gold- stein who represented Wohlman, comes up for ?rial next week. Sam Salvin in Harlem Salvln Is reported having taken over Happy Rhone's club at Lenox Avenue and 144th street to Install a new colored revue. Ethel Walters Is to be the principal woman. • MTTSIC AND DEDICATEE Washington, Nov. 2. The chamber music auditorium, donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolldge, was dedicated on Thurs- day right last in the court of the Library of Congress. This audi- torium is under the direct super- visioh of the music division of th** library where the original copies of every copyrighted musical composi- tion Is on flle. The opening program had a group '" Norma Terries (Mrs. Max Hoff- man, Jr.), has opened at the club Rlchman. Fifi, who formerly did an act with Ed Gallagher following the latter's split with Al Fhean, Is now hostess at the Three Hundred Club. Chez Fysher. the French cabaret, was transplanted from Paris to the newly redecorated cellar of the Cen;ury theatre Saturday night, where a specially Invited gathering greeted the proceedings with little enthuslai^m. A. NUson Fysher, acknowledged by Paris as Its favorite lmpre.sarlo, presented a company of artists brought to this side by th«t Messrs. Shuberts, under arrangement wl.h U. Ray Goetz, to form the nucleus of a new revue, at a $5 cover charge, to be presented on the Century Itoof. Best buf little known to the as- semblage was Mile. Yvonne George, over here In the "Greenwich Vil- lage Follies" two seasons ago. At .hat time her sponsors failed to appreciate her possibilities, but on this occasion her dramatic songs made a tremendous Impression. Mile. George Is an attractive woman and possesses among other attributes ^a powerful magnetism, which held their attention for over CROSSING THE BORDER Crossing tTie American border, coming from Canada, and In n pas- ■ senger automobile Is no longer an experience; It's more a routine. Coming out of the Province of Quebec It may be a matter of which American point of entrance one reaches. Boose laden trucks may be passed with frequency and seen^Ingly unperturbed by con- sequences, while the American citizen, returning to his home. Is forced to go before the Customs of- ficers and declare what he has pur- chased In Canada. Formerly the Customs people looked through an automobile t-ut at present they appear overworked. They take the passenger's word for what he Is brlnglngf back. It may be the same with the truck* and a habit Is thus formed. But where- as the truck driver may bo de- ceitful and say ho has a load of melons, the tourist Is apt to toll the truth. The truth may be he Is bringing back a bottle or two of brandy for medicinal purposes. As he thinks of his lonely bottles In his small grip, his thoughts fly to I the truck driver who ha<' It in cases. It is the Law And the Customs man upon his declaration of a bottle or two of brandy says: "Give It to me. You can't take that across. It's against the law." For the law Is a very serious thing at the Canadian border for a lonely bottle or two. "But" protests the legitimate traveler, "one of» the bottles has been opened. It's chilly and we $100 PER WEEK TO GIVE AWAY CHAMPACNE Night Club Will Pay GSod Man of Wide Ac- quaintance 30 minutes. Few floor performers' may need It during the ride down on ;hh'side are capable of this feat, the road to New York." The feature of her repertoire Is a "Can't help that," answers the of International musicians partlcl patlng. The auditorium has a capacity of 511 per«;on3 and In addition to Us stage has a large organ. The first dancing team to appear In the Badger Room of the Wiscon- sin, MlhvauUee, opened Sunday. Hess and Gcnola drew the opening assignment. Mary Reilly has been added to the list of entertainers at Ike Bloom's Deauville, Chicago. The first known example of a dis- play of sportsmanship on the part of the Federal booze suppressors, was made public In San FrancUsco when a Canadian sea captain was taken by a revenue cutter after a few shots were fired by the latter, with 3,000 ca.ses of Scotch aboard, off the Farralone Islands. When the rummer was towed into the bay, the captain convinced the authori- ties that he was taken outside the 12-mil6 limit, and the booze hunt- ers turned him loose with his car- go Intact. ELKS WANT KOADHOUSE The Lynbiook, L. I., Elks are ne- gotiating with Al and Jack Gold- man, proprietors ot the CastUIlan Gardens (roadhouse) to take over the premises as the Elks lodge rooms. Al and Jack have an eight year lease on the Castillian C Jens on the Merrick road and If terms t met they will transfer their road- house activities to another site two miles further down the road. series of amusing impersonations of Parisian favorites, whlcii mclude Raquel Meller and Mile. Mistinguett. The latter drew the greatest re- sponse, because It seemed to con- tain an abundance of venom, and Meller is unknown over here. It was apparent before the pro- ceedlngj wore half over "ha: Mile. George ..as the best bet and that the Investment wx>u!d prove a costly one, unless the sponsors employ a live wire master of ceremorios to keep the customers amused between numbers. Fysher. himself, entertained with a serious ballad but It missed. He also conducted the affair, announc- n French and explaining in Encash, but his interruptions re- tarded. The others making their Initial appearance on this side were: Mile. Collelte Lindsay, a so- prano, heavyweight In style, and with no charm. She offered one iiun^ber and retired. A petite mi.ss, by name, Loulou Hegoburu, a dancer, also offered "Red Hot Mama" In broken English but It was not appreciated. Her dancing partner was M. Conte, a good look- ing youth, whose soft shoe specialty failed to click. Perhaps, the next best to Mile. Georgv was M. Leo Bill, a ventrilo- quist, who kept them amused with a novelty. By applying masc.ira Upholder of the Law, "My instruc- tions say nothing as to quantity. Give me the bottles." And he gets the bottles, taking them as they are handed from the grip, not peering Into the car, car- ing nothing about anything but the one or two bottles at least that that car has yielded, with the presump- tion the unmolested trucks may nave yielded something not as liquid. Around Rouses' Point the hlprh- way has been made smooth and even, but whether for the conven- ience of the trucks or -the passenger cars is not revealed by the Cus- toms men. A Border Petty Grifter Going Into Canada around the same border points the pathway is made easy. Reaching the American Customs a permit Is Issued. "Any fee?" says the traveler. "Oh, no," I answers the Customs man, "no chai ge," "But If you are going to Mont- real," adds the polite Customs petty prlftcr, "rraybe this guide will be of aid to you In getting about." Ai.a the American phigger for the Canadian city pushes forward a "Map of Montreal," on the surface of which In the near-largest type is "I'rice, 25 cents." So the tjur- Ist to be as polite, tips the great American Customs system 25 cents. Baltimore's collection of night clubs has been aucrmented by two; Silver Slipper and Black Dragon. A Vincent Lopez orchestra will jazz things up at the latter, with a $1.10 cover charge. Dario's new partner, Pe^r^^y O'Donnell, formerly In "Blossom Time," Joins Dario at the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, this week. $100,000 BALIRCOM FIEE Tinin, O., Nov. 2. Meadow Brook I'arK burned to the groundlwlth a loss estimated at $100,000. The fire, of undetermined origin, rar.ed the pavilion and ad- joining bulldingr completely. Meadow Brook has been the rtornj center over the/Sunday dance law issue for some months. Its opera- tors won the riglit to hold "^'unday dances two weeks ago when the Grand Jury refused to return In- dictments. and rouge to hi. fist he made the! J'^*^'" even beneath a truck driver face ot a dummy, to which was according to accounts under the added a miniature top hat the'r""^',^"! manner of hao.lling stuff hand being placed on a baby doll ^"''''^ ^''''-'' '^^ "'^ ilpplnK'. A salary of $100 weekly awaitt the right man selected by a Times Square night club for the pleasant post of being the ofilclal free wins dispenser of the establishment. The main condition Is that the wins giver shall have a wide acquaint- ance, at sight at least, of "moneyed men" and that ho will spread th« hospitality of the "Joint" only for those with coin. It's a new business promotion in night club financial exercise, re- cently Installed and with much success In a couple of current cliilig. An outline ."(keleton already at work has Increased receipts until another Times Squarer beilevee if ^e right man may be procured there will be no limit to the gross. Reciprocity Is the base of the movement. Give and you shall re. celve is the belief. The man of ap. pearance and wide facial memory Is required to remain constantly at his table In the club. Noting a "money man" enter either with men or women (If wife Is not in the party), the wine giver will shortly after the entrance of his acqunlnt- ance send over a quart of cham. pagne to his "friend" with his own compliments, although the house stands the loss. Charge for Compliments ^^Ith the new racket, the recipi- ent, not only somewhat elated with the courtesy, will, in due time, re- turn another quart with his own compliments and a charge on hii check of not less than $?5. With the wine buying stimulant Inaugu- rated, the pnrtles may get topether with no limit to exchange of quarts, and also no limit to the number of "parties" that may be "treated" during the evening. Normally a wine buyer In a night club is an In and outer, pnrchasinf now ond then and dodging into Scotch at $10 a pint as a prefer- once. The wine giving system Ii the business maker. Instead of selling one quart of champagne at $25 that costs the hou.se $75 a case (12 bottles) the house is agreeable as a business vol-i'"e maker to soil two quarts for $25, netting only 100 per cent profit Instead of 300 per cent, the Increased volume more than taking up the deficiency. It's the very newest racket IB night ciul:« since Mr. Buckner dis- covered there were 30 clubs—count ■em—selling booze In New York City. MME. STENGEL AT CIRO'S Mme. Stengel, wife of Hans Sten- gel, the "Herald-Tribune" cartoonist, lias Joined the Club Clro revue. Mme. Stengel has been around In tae .-■mart night places In t<.wn including the Rendezvous. "Ziz" Black in Charge Villa Moret, Inc., Coast music publishers, have opened a New York office. "ZIz" Black Is In charge of the Hilton building headquarters. Trocadero as Flamingo The Club Flamingo Is due to open this week with Basil Durant and partner as the dancers. The newly-named resort of the former Club Trocadero, closed for some tlmo, but not padlocked. ir YOU MKB ArPLAf.SE, <:KT TIII.S HIT AND I.MrKOVK lOtB \CT" Moonlight Makes Me Long for You TAX FRFK. Ontm Over liiic WherpTer 8an« or Ptsv<<d. TAX FREK rrofeesloHiil Copy with tij.irti-t ArranK. nii'iit <if the rhoru« Full Orrhestra Arranppmftnt l>y Alfurd A Colliy * FRANK H. GILLESPIE, Music Publisher, . 1112 FORHES ST, PITTSBURGH, PA. Nrtv York Offltp.. l.nfSH nron<}wnr iHtndon, Kos., Office, U. Fvldman * Co., 126 Hhnftenbnry AvOb nailed to a table. He found It d!f ficult, however, to hold the itten- tlon of the entire gathering, which was .separated by the prop stage. The room has been decorated strikingly In the Czecho-Slovaklan manner by Watson Barratt and Is supposed to t>e a reproduction of the French original. Considering the cafe entertain- ment offered by the locals, the new venture doesn't qualify. BAND REVIEWS (Continued from page 43) themselves to the surroundings. The boys do not seem to be sure of their volume f)Iaying the numbers various tonations evidently feel- n.g themselves out as to tempo. It Is strictly a reed and brass com binatlon Intermingled with some'admits groups singing. Tneir efforts aleng the latter lines are not overly well executed but serve as a filler In. thus giving them a versatile stand- ing. The mudic Is stereotyped, stick- ing exclusively to stock arrange- ments. This outfit hardly holds up the diprnity of the place, but might even- tually work into an average dunce comMnation. Special orche.stra- tlons will help this band 'out ma- terially, jjaL All of the Imported lli.cit liquor of recent months must have come In to New York by water or from the south, for there has been no account of any trucks being seized at the border. I'hey appear to get over the border In perfect quietude and speed although once In a while If doing business with t'lo wrong person as sometimes happens, someone farther down the road seems to know Just which trucks are booze laden. There is a Moral Ana the moral appears to be to not declare you have anything !n your grip. That may save a weary Customs man a trip to the sidewalk. Or perhaps to speak in French Is the accepted okay signal of righ- teousness near Canada. Certainly somebody In Canada Is buying liquor, for the Government a net profit last year tuiough Its sale and mostly to Vmerlcans of $8,000,000. That means more bottles than even a truck could carry. It might not be a b.ad idea for those in Washington who don't be- lieve to make an auto trip now and then. Philadelphia, Nov. 1 Major General Butler, of the Ma- rines, who became Safety Commis- sioner to clean up Philadelphia, will leave his present position New Year's. Goodrich Silvsrtown Records Karly this month, the Goodrich Rilvertown Cord Orchestra will re- lease Its first Victor recordings. Joseph M. Knecht. Hotel Waldorf- Astoria director, beads the band. Roy Fox Disbanding Orchestra Los Angeles, Nov. 2. Roy Fox, who has tTic orchestra atCafe Lafayet te, has Joined the MarloVniarrTs; He will continue with the act on a vaiidevillo tour ..and .disband hla oi.hf afra at the cafe, this week. A new lO-piece orchestra, -s yci un- named, has been selected to succeed his outfit. RADIO AND miC (Continued from page 43) tion's police alarms, "■^ws event* 6tC lirnle Golden's Hotel McAlpin or- chestra from 1 e McAIpln station, WMCA, prov' Its usual '• following the political -ches. The "Wow" WHN, as ever, is the wow of era all. Nothing delicate about thl» baby. They come right out with it. It's purely a pi;!-'''- proposition and they make no bones. A new commercial entry were the Guaro- ian Entertainers, ex'^'oltlng the new Guardian Taxicab Corp. P'Ciore their blatant jazz was reeled on. the spiel w.is that if any valuaMei were lost In a Guardian cab iney could be recovered i)'ioning sucn and such ngmber; that each cao was directly owned by the corpora- tion, ad innnitum. ad na)i-'pun». And they call it cntortninment! Will Oakland before that p^ugsea his restaurant per tisiial. the sons pluggers got in their usual a*""'^ quota, down throu.fjh the ^"^ '^r.„, at the end of the evenin-?, '"''.'"'ii^ the Kentucky. Caravan and i^ Lewis clubs. Frank May. a vloi.n- ist. was nl:;o .nmong tl)o.«e V\^?.\^i From the Gimbel station ^^^^ Amelia Sanandres, c^orAtiira s^ pr.ano, did nicelv with Crm'.n CoP pola, 15-year old Jlutlst fes.i.urea i» support, -f In total. If radio Is ever "P^^^^JJ. as a theatre lane, this type f' P":. gram proves that wlil ncvc ''■■»' pen. ^^'^