New-York tribune., 1919-09-01
Ho,u DO 200, 900
Find Amusement
Outside Theatres?
The Ansmer Is Doubtful;
The MOuieS Are CROWD.
ed, but Many THEATRE
g0ers Unuccounted For

What does Ne,o Yorker do avhcn he
doesn't 90 to thentree
About 200 900 theatre fans were shut
out of the playhouses by the actors
strike. Approximately thirty-five the
atres are closed to-day which '7ould
normally be open on Labor Day.
Since the theatres began closing
business at the moving picture the
atres has registered great increase
The vaudeville houses, too, have met
increased prosperity. The Palace, Xiv
erside and Royal theatres have been
playing to capacity houses, and to day
the Keith interests are opening three
more variety theatres, the Colonial,
the Alhambra and the Eghty-first
Street, the last named being a brand
new one.
Where Does the Crowd Go?
But still this accounts for only "a
small part of the 100000 who would
be in the theatres if they were open.
Hugo Riesenfeld, director of the Ri
voli and Rialto theatres, said ycster-
day:
"I think there has been a slight in
crease above normal since the actors
strike began. We have an average at
tendance Of about 10000 daily at each
theatre, but there has been no great
rush to the moving picture houses. 1t
seems to me the people are amusing
themselves pretty we'll"
James Churchill said the high class
cabaret and dancing establishments are
doing better business during the early
hours of the night, but the usual after
theatre rush has slackened somewhat.
"The theatre crowd, so called, comes to
town." he said, land, finding the thea
tres closed, takes in the cabaret instead
We have had a 40 per cent increase in
patronage since the theatres closed,
especially during the supper hour"
Dance Halls Are Popular
New York is learning to dance, now
that it is shut out of the theatres"
was the information from the st. Mich
olas Rink, at 50 West Sixty-sixth
Street. The dance hall at this place
has been patronzed with an increasing
attendance since the actors strike.
Afternoon and evening sessions have
shown sudden popularity which the
managers say is due both to prohibi-
tion and dark theatres and also to
growing acquaintance with the rhyth-
mic art.
Further evidence that the footlight
fans are doing their own entertaining
was had from the chief dispatcher of
the B. r. r. "No, we haven't noticed
any increase in the number of persons
going to the amusement parks and
beach resorts at night" was the reply
of the dispatcher. "Say, where do you
go?" he added.
Little Doing for Hacks
1t was hinted at first that the sea
going hacks that were called barouches
way back were doing land Office bust
ness taking disappointed theatregocrs
Ground the park" Hack drivers in
tervicwed yesterday denied they had
increased their prices, and offered to
carry a fare all the way around Cen
trail Park for $3. Furthermore, the
drivers said they had not noticed an
increase in business beyond the aver
age number of nature loves and q.
Henry readers who love the old hacks
and their traditions.
Trips to Chinatown in the big white
sightseeing buses were going slow
yesterday for one dollar. The barkers
declared that mot near enough people
are seeing the Bowery and Mott
Street"
In other words:
Whct DOES Ne,o Yorker do whcn