Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1931, Page 26

10 OHO RVER TOWAS FAVOR SHOW BOATS = Booking Agencies Report “Swells” Have Put Business on Its Feet Again. By the Assoclated Press. . CHICAGO, January 1.—While scutt- hovered yesterday over America's of show boats, ready to toss crumbling planks into the flames. theatrical booking agencies here re- g:ted that down along the Ohio River “swells” have taken up boat shows ana set them down in a new era of properity. French's New Sensation, first of show Bboats, having started its melodramatic trudging of the rivers back in 1878, is to be dismantled at Mound City, Ill. “And there goes the last ghost of boat- show business,” people said, “into the limbo of what nots and corset stays and red plush. They are now a part of #he mellowing tapestry of history. ness,” he says, “is better now, much better, than it ever was. Down at Loujsville, Ky. this past Summer J. W. Menke has been drawing better crowds to his boat, Hollywood, than many famous broadway theaters have Menke is also a pioneer in the busi- ness, possibly “the greatest man since Augustus B. French, first of them all, and owner of the New Sensation. French has been dead for a quarter of a century. Menke also owns the Golden- wod, which shows on the lower Mississippi. Gives Credit to Ferber's Book. It's all due to Edna Ferber's book, “Show Boat,” Bennett says. “That book,” he said, “made going to boat shows a faw for the ‘swells,’ and put the business on its feet again. It used to be that only ‘darkies’ and ‘river p-ople’ were the patrons of the boats. But it isn't they who have made Menke's success at Louisville. The ‘swells’ go to see ‘Lena Rivers' ‘Ten Nights in a Bar Room’ and those shows at which they would have turned up their noses in_the old days.” Mr. Bennett still does a good busi- ness in leasing “meller-drammer,” not only to show boats, but to land stock companies in the Middle West. “Little Lost Sister,” he insists, still draws better than most of the big contempo- rary successes in New York. Cites Others in Live List. Others still _at the of the live THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, tributed few great actors or who played in th: Ziegfeld production of “Show Boat,” came up from the boats himself. But for the most part the boats drew, and draw, from !nlr own buskin world. Elizabethport, W. Va., was, and still is, a hes arters for several of them and the casts for current boat shows are largely recruited there. IDLY BRAGS OF HIS KEY AND IS LOCKED IN CELL | Toledo Man Boasts to Detroit Po- | liceman of His Ability to Unlock Jail Doors. | By the Associated Press. | DETROIT, January 1.—Louis Cline, |30, Toledo, claims to have a clear | conscience, but just as a precaution he carried & key which, he said, would open most jail doors. He explained the versatility of the key to Patrolman Kenneth Campbell, who found him | seated in a parked car. When the patrolman expressed in- credulity, Cline told him the key had jenabled him to escape from the county | jail in Bay City, Mich., several months ago. He dropped hints about other | jails in Grand Rapids, Toledo and Chi- cago. actresses. to the regular stage. Charles Winnegar, WEDS DANCE MUSICIAN Miss Helen Fuhrman of Richmond, Va., Bride of Ivor Lloyd. BALTIMORE, Md., January 1 (®). —Miss Helen Puhrman, daughter of a tobacco company official at Richmond, Va., and Ivor Lloyd, member of a dance orchestra, were married here Tuesday, the ceremony culminating a romance ‘D:ll':vm\uly interrupted in New York ly. Several weeks ago Miss Fuhrman and Lioyd went to tI Marriage License Bureau at New York, but before the license was issued a private detective rsuaded her to talk by telephone with o parents, according to information here. Then she announced a postpone- ment to January. The couple left Baltimore after the ceremony in an automobile. The bride’s father and mother were present, ac- cording to Mrs. J. W. Drawbaugh, wife of the Evangelical Lutheran pastor who performed the ceremony. Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star every day. The great ma- jority have the paper delivered regularly every evening and Sun- day morning at a cost of 1% cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. If you are not taking advan- tage of this regular service at A. Milo Bennett, Chicago v theatrical agent, who remembers back when” and also knows his 1931, | Hills. befs to correc e show boat busi ‘The | list are “The Rosary, God Forgot” and “The ho boat business has con- 'h> Little Girl| So Cline was held for investigation epherd of the |and the key taken from him, “just in case,” Patrolman Campbell explained, t might fit the Detroit City tomorrow. Emphétic Reductions have been made on these lots of complete Suites and Occasional Pieces—which have become depleted with }xoliday selling. Back of the tempting reductions in price lies the important consideration of Sloane quality and exclusive character in design—making it an opportunity doubly attractive. Oriental and Domestic Rug’s of beautiful designs and fl'om ‘he f.mou! lml of the world, including our own in Indi-. Mo!" ly one of a pattern. $850 Persian Sarouk, 11.6x9.3 $550 Turkish, 11.9x8.10 575 Khiabah'Cour own production) 11.7x8.9 $335 Persian Gore- van, 12.3x8.6 $350 Khanbah (our own production) 8.0x7.2 $275 Khanbah (our own production) 9.0x5.10 $900 $2200 Khanbah Koir fown isroduc tion) 21.6x13.10. $1 900 $2.800 Khanbah (our own produc- tion) 20.3x15.0.. $1,700 $3.500 Persian Kir- manshah, 19.11x- 146 $1.975 $5,500 Persian Kir- manshah, 27.9x- 14.10 $3.500 $3.500 Persian Sa- $2,200 $475 $350 $335 $185 $225 rouk, 21.6x11.4 $1.500 Khanbah (our own production) 17.9x12.0 $2500 Khanbah (our own produc- tion), Persian Garden Carpet Design, 14.9x- 152 $1.600 $950 Chinese, 14.8x11.0 $550 Turkish, 14.11x12.1 $825 $375 Group Oriental Rugs Approximate size, 3x6 Original prices $35 to $95 Now %20 to %65 American Orientals $295 American Oriental, 9x12.. $105 $125 $150 American Oriental, 9x12 Domestic Rugs Axminster, Velvet and Wiltons $55 Axminster, 9x12 s s MR Y $45 Velvet, 9x12 .o SOR $85 Wool Wilton, 9x12 $60 $150 Worsted Wilton, 9x12 $110 $140 Hook Rug, 9x12 $115 Occasional Pieces for The Living Room Queen Anne Sofa with carved walnut legs and brocatelle upholstery. Was $335. Re- duced to %195 English Buckingham Sofa, up- holstered in gold brocatelle. Was $375. Reduced to Italian High-back Chair, with handsome exquisitely exe- cuted carving, and uphol- stered in red antique velvet. Was $175. Reduced to Connecticut Settee, in cherry and maple: covered with old fashion tapestry. Was $200. Reduced to Early American Sofa, uphol- stered in quaint pattern chitz, with rufle. Was $285. Re- duced to 18th Century English Secre- tary, made of beautiful crotch mahogany. Was $280. Re- duced to %100 125 %185 $170 Queen Anne Secretary, hand- some burl walnut construc- tion. Was $350. Reduced to Sm Heppelwhite Secretary, made of fine crotch mahogany. Was $280. Reduced to 8150 Antique Walnut Cabinet, of the early American period: with beautiful carved panels. Was $130. Reduced to 565 Ok Gonpslssaily Eaglish inde- syt e Nentliows ol finish. Was $160. Reduced to 595 Waliut¥Bookouse. Barly Ameri- can type. Was $90. Reduced - 50 Oak Gataleg Table, idesl living roomisise, Was $85. Reduced to . 545 Maple Tip Table, both decora- tive and practical for use. Was $85. Reduced to...... 555 Sheraton Desk Chair, uphol- stered in damask. Was $65. Reduced to . Ladder-back Side Chair, Chip- peddils Yaluigns sitghialatesed in tapestry. Was $45. Re- (T R %40 30 Bedroom Suites and Separate Pieces Colonial Bed Room Suite, in genuine mahogany with in- lays of satinwood. Suite consists of 7 pieces. Was $400. Reduced to Early English Bed Room Group, chestnut construction with the fine antique finish. Was $845. Reduced to Early American Bed Room Suite, in blistered maple of handsome grain with soft antique maple finish. 10 pieces. Was $750. Reduced to 547 Louis XV Bed Room Suite, 5 genuine rosewood, with beau- tiful inlays and matched woods. 10 pieces. Was $1.500. Reduced to 995 $550 %985 - Mahogany Chippendale High- boy. Was $385. Reduced to 5905 Mahogany Colonial Highboy. Was $135. Reduced to 595 Cherry and Maple Chest of Drawers. Was $45. Reduced to 33 5 Walnut or Maple Chest of Drawers. Was $65. Reduced E 45 Mahogany Salem Chest of Drawers. Was $145. Reduced to 590 Mahogany Four-Poster Beds. Were $45. Reduced to 522 Dining Suites and Separate Pieces Duncan Phyfe Suite, crotch mahogany construction, fin- ished in the rich dark Co- lonial red. Suite comprising 12 pieces. Was $1.850. Re- duced to %950 Hepplewhite Mahogany Suite, fine crotch mahogany panels and handsome inlays. 10 pieces. Was $1.250. Reduced to 5775 Sheraton Suite. Selected ma- hogany, finished old Colonial red. Suite comprising side- board, server, china closet, dining table, 5 side chairs and one armchair. Was $385. Reduced to 5270 William and Mary Suite, wal- nut and gumwood construc- tion, consisting of sideboard, server, china cabinet, dining table, 5 side chairs and one armchair. Was $335. Re- duced to Queen Anne Suite, walnut con- struction and consisting of sideboard, server, china closet, dining table, 5 side chairs and one armchair. Was $750. Reduced to 5500 Mahogany buffet, early Ameri- can type, with sunburst carv- ing. Was $130. Reduced to Queen Anne China Closet, in walnut or English finish. Was $75. Reduced to Early American Sideboard, gen- uine mahogany construction with the rich old red finish. Was $135. Reduced to Gateleg Table, made of mahog- any, of exceptional finish. Was $55. Reduced to Tea Wagon, mahogany or lacquer finish. Wae $50. Reduced to Duncan Phyfe Dining Table, drop leaf and extension type of genuine mahogany: carved pedestal base. Was $125. Re- duced to W.&]. SLOANE The House With the Green Shutters 711 Twelfth Street Just Above G this low rate, telephone National 5000 now and service will start 1931. ann January Sales BLACKS BROWNS CHUKKER GREEN BASQUE BLUE SEA SAND Now Feature Beautiful Assortments of LINGERIE At These Low Prices! 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