The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-03-26
PASSING OF NOTED
THEATRICAL HOTEL
RENDEZVOUS OF $50 RTINc
WORLD IN BALTIMORE TO
BE WELFARE CENTER.
sALVATIoNIsTs GET ~.
VIII Convert it Into Hotel FOR Work
ing Girls And Maryland
Headquarters.


-soap, soup and salvation" instead
Of lobster and chorus girl will be the
order or the day hereafter at Joe Tip
mans hotel, known ali over the Jcoun-
try as the Baltimore headquarters Of
the theatrical and sporting world. for
the Salvation Army has taken over
the hotel and will convert it into head
quarters Tor this division with q hotel
for working girls, an auditorium and
other features to be added
For quarter Of a century, when
it was known as RielIy's Hotel, the
four story building has been the gath
aring place OF the moths which lifted
and futtered In Baltimore's while
light district hundreds Of noted act
drs and actresses have stopped there
and pugilists whose names are Ia
miliar to hundreds Of thousands have
gathered in its barroom to discuss past
victories and future events.
Now the hymns OF the SaIYationists
Will echo where once the merry lit
81 rousing songs sounded and demure
working girls win tread the halls
which once resounded to the clatter Of
xhe high heels Of the chorus girls.
In way the passing Of the hotel
d 4 tragedy "a tlsa Lie Of zoe" Tip
man. It was his ambition, when he
bought the hotel last August. to make
Il the Dleegiag house Cor the sporting
world. Himself khe hero Of hundreds
q prize ring fights and known in ali
the cities Og the United States and In
Ehe large centers az England, Joe
wanted TO establish q hotel where
Ehespians en- route from city to city
might always find friends and whers
ais companions OF the squared circle
would find congBnial company.
But sJoes fell foul Of the prohibition
law. Last November he was sentenced
20 four months in the City jail, .
punishment which his friends say he
took because he Was too good a sport
To throw responsibility on others.
While he was serving HIS term, Briga-
der Escott. OF the Salvation Army,
learned It might be possible to pur-
chase the hotel, new structure built
only a few years ago to replace the
one destroyed by IRE.
Through the good offices OF Warden
Lee, the real estate men who nego
tiated the sale were admitted to
.goe's" cell and the bill Of sale was
signed.
Down from the walls have come
the pictures of celebrities. The glass
case containing the boxing gloves
Zoe wore when he fought Battling
Nelson" Tommy Feltz, Joe Cans, Ter
rible Teddy" McGovern, 'Packey"
Mcfarland, young Corbett, Dixon,
the colored fighter. and those he wore
IN the ring in England, has been re-
moved from It's place OF honor in the
barron, which soon Is to be converted
into salvation Army saloon, where
hot drinks, soft beverages and lunches
VIII replace the exhiIirattng drinks
that formerly we're served
Out from the vault where it has
been safely guarded has gone the
book Of autographs containing the sig.
natures OF men and women known to
the stage of today and of the past.
Sarah Bernhardt, the Divine Sarah,
wrote her name In It and not many
pages away are the signatures of the
Dolly Sisters. Robert MantelTs name
is inscribed in the little book; SO are
the names OF Fannie Brice, now In
the public eye in connection with the
master mind case in New York; of
Olga Petrova, Alice Brady, Frank
Tinney. Gentleman Jim Corbett,
Bert Williams, Leor Enrol and a score
of ether noted actors and actresses.
Already the word has gone out in
theatrical circles that no longer will
accommodations be available at
"Joe's." The news Is being received
with regret for the hotel was known
as a decent place where disorder of
any kind was not permitted and where
cleanliness was the rule rather than
the exception. In the heart of Bal
Aimore's theatrical district, but few
STEPS from three Of the largest play
houses, 1t was Mecca for the girls
OF the chorus as well as for those prin-
cipals who cared more for the gossip
Of their friends in coy surroundings
than for the cold formality of the
marble facaded hostelries.
On the first floor viii be an audi
forum seating 500 persons. This win
he the flames Potts Auditorium"
named after the first Baltimore boy
who fell In the great war. On the
same floor will be Offices and commit
tee rooms, while the upper floors will
be given over to rooms where, for the
modest sum of SO a week working
girls may find comfortable, safe quar-.
tiers, with baths and showers.
Early in April the Salyationists win
take possession of the building. Their
lease on their present quarters in the
Hoffman Building expires then. In
May the formal dedication Of the
building win take place and high dig
nitaries Of the church will oficiate.
Appropriate services will marx the
passing OF another old Baltimore land
mark and prominent ofhcers Of The
Salvation Army WIN be present.
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The Lend-A-Hand Book Club.
The Hand book club of Me-
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