The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-05-19

cards and even without the com.
pany of a member. This partic-
ularly was true Of "gaity
girls" and 'burlesque actresses"
either regularly employed in Du-
lrth or with transient shows.
At one time, quite a number
of printers made merry there on
the holy Sabbath day. One fellow
was jerked out Of the joint one
Sunday afternoon, in a maudlin
condition and, after that, the
disciples of the art preservative
were barred.
The Theatrical Club possessed
an abnormal bar. 1t was some
thing like camel, half hump and
two-thirds stomach. Beer and
booze flowed freely, night or day,
seven days week. It had a
saloon beat to a frazzle. A regu-
lar bartender was kept so busy
that he hardly had time to don
a clean apron. Some Of the boys
who have been there credit that
booze with having enouge power
and pizen to make a jackrabbit
spit in a bulldogs face.
There was a kitchen where
redhots, Welsh rarebits and
soothing oyster soup could be
prepared. The big lodge room
contained a piano that special
lied on rollicking ragtime which
spurred those inclined to high
moral endeavor. to raise high.
jinks and to kick at the stars as
they jumped around in the may
dance.
Stories are told how gaiety
girls romped away the wee sma'
hours in scantier raiment that
Salome wore when she hoped
before Herod with such force
and effect as to induce that old
Roman to produce the head Of
John the Baptist on a charger.
It is stated that the manager !!
of the Theatrical Club was much |!
peeved when chief McKercher
closed the barn door after the I
horse was stolen-after poor JEFF
frey had drunk himself into ir- !
responsibility and then tumbled !
to his death. Mr.. Manager made !
loud boasts that he would close
all other Clubs in the city
that %Sonducted bars-the Elks'
Club, the Owls Club, two Moose
Club, one uptown and one in
West Duluth, and the Bartend-t
ers' Union Club. The Negro
Club was clsed sometime ago by !
the police. The Kitchi Gammi :
Club was immune, having long
ago adopted the ''locker system
for securing and absorbing booze.
Friends of Mr.. Manager fin !,
ally showed him the folly Of try
ing to start rough house.
Speaking Of gaiety girls and
bnrlesque actresses. compels the
R;p-saw to mention a bit Of mod !.
ern Gomorrah, a pool Of moral
sewage, a den Of vulgarity, pro-
family, smuttiness and obscenity
the Savoy theater, at No. % b. !:
Superior St., A. E. Abelson, man.
ager.
], The chief inspector Of the Rip
saw saw Goldfield. Nevada, when
it had very few thousand men
and 400 redlight ladies. Society
was informal and the windows
along the streets were gay with
lowcut gowns, abbreviated skirts
and red stockings. But, despite
that wholesale exhibition of un-
conventionality, there was noth-
ing that matched the Savoy's
filth, rottenness and depravity.
Those 'Goldfeld folks were unor-
thodox in many ways but they de-;
manded some pith and point to
their amusements and actually
would have blushed to have seen,
heard or taken a part in the
Savoy burlesque stunts.
The chief inspector Of the Rip
saw knew the old Gem theater
in West Superior in the days
that are no more. He knew the
Peoples theater in Ole Olson's
palmy days. He saw Grand Rap /
Ids, Mimi, when it had q thou
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