New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Garfield Acts on Sugges-
~, 70 Give Public Amuse-
ment on Holiday
Cabarets in Doubt
Managers Unable to Learn
Day on. Which They
Operate

,.., Administrator Garfield changed
=. rroposed Showless MONDAYS to
S,,~,ess Tuesdays yesterday. and gave
p-o.dwsy greater occasion for iubila-
-. than it expected to find in the
rsole Of the next ten weeks.
ro.morrow night the theatres of
,.v York snd those of other cities
.x..,ed bv the closing order will be in
,,u operation, with plenty of light and
.l.rtv of steam-in the pipes, anyhow
,.,,s managers had made hasty ar
.,rsments for extra special Monday
..,;nees when the glad word came
.,om Washington in the forenoon; but
hose plans were altered following q
-,..inc of the United Managers AS
soc;stion.
pecsuse the day falls within the pc
nd Of complete shutdown directed by
i, fuel administration the managers
;..ided it would be better to put off
no extra afternoon performances for
ueek. Monday matinees. however,
will he the rule through the ensuing
,;,e weeks of Showless Tuesdays.
DR.. Garheld's Order
Added matinces may be crowded in
by many theatres at the close of the
sye.day period, which terminates
tuesday night, to cover or partly cover
.he losses of Showless Tuesday. Win
thsr Smith and John l.. Colder. an
,mnced series of Garfield Conser-
vston Matinees" for Turn to the
Right" The company, now in Phila-
.slphia, will play the extra matinees
on Fridays.
"Lodoletta" will be presented at the
Metropolitan Opera House tomorrow
evening, as originally planned. but the
company has cancelled its Brooklyn
and Philadelphia engagements fol
tuesday evening.
DR.. Garfeld's order. affecting not
only theatres, but other places Of
amusement, follows:
In order to accommodate public hol-
Gay attendants, fuel may he burned on any
o; the Mondays beginning January 81.
9lS and continuing up to and including
March .. 1918, for the purpose of sup
plying heat for theatres. moving picture
houses. bowling houses billiard rooms. pri-
vate or public dance halls. or any other
places OF public amusement, but no fuel
ming January o., 1918. and including
Tuesday. March %, 1915 Except to such
extent as is essential to prevent injury to
property from freezing). for the purpose
Of supplying either heat or light for any
Of the places of amusement aforesaid on
any OF the Tuesdays above specified. TO
the extent indicated herein, the regula-
ton of the United States Fuel Admins
traitor, dated January II, 1913. is hereby
modified
Managers Thank Wilson
The managers met at 3 o'clock in thu
|lternoon, at 1920 Broadway, and tele
:,aphed an expression of gratitude t,
President Wilson for Ibis great sympa
,hetic interest" They probably viii
iold another meeting within a few day
:, determine whether or not full sal
aries shall be paid to companies an,
aouse staff during the conservation
perod
Cabaret proprietors were unable t.
ind out just where they stood las
night AS places of amusement, the.
apparently are permitted by thu
amended order to operate on Mondays
but under section of the law gov
erning hotels and restaurants they
will not BIZ permitted to have heht i
liquor is sold. On Tuesdays they may
operate as restaurants and sell liquor
yet if they put on their shows the,
cannot have heat.