The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-08-06
PASSING Of NOTED
THEATRICAL HOTEL
RENDEZVOUS OF PoRTlN0
WORLD IN ALTlMoRE TO
BE WELFARE CENTER.
sALVATIONIsTs GET IT.
Will Convert 1t Into Hotel For Work
Ing Girls And Maryland
Headquarters.

mans hotel, known all over the coun-
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 for this division, with hotel
for working girls, an auditorium and
other features to be added.
For quarter Of century, when
1t was known as Rielly's Hotel, the
four story building has been the gath
ering place Of the moths which fitted
and futtered in Baltimore's white
light" district hundreds of noted act
ors 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 salvationists
will echo where once the merry Tilt
of rousing songs sounded and demure
working girls will tread the halls
which once resounded to the clatter Of
the high heels Of the chorus girls.
In way the passing OF the hotel
is a tragedy in the life Of "Joe" Tip
man. 1t was his ambition. when he
bought the hotel last August, to make
1t the clearing house for the sporting
world. Himself the hero Of hundreds
of prize ring fights and known In all
the cities Of the United States and in
the large centers Of England, Joe"
wanted to establish q hotel where
thespians en- route from city to city
might always find friends and where
his companions OF the squared circle
would find congenial company.
But Joe" fell foul Of the prohibition
law. Last November he was sentenced
to four months In the City Jail, q
punishment which his friends say he
took because he was too good 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 few years ago to replace the
one destroyed by FIRE.
Through the good Offices Of Wardd.
Lee, the real estate men who nego-
tiated the sale were admitted to
"Joe'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
Joe" 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 its place Of honor in the
barron, which soon Is to be converted
into Salvation Army saloon, where
hot drinks, soft beverages and lunches
will replace the exhilirating drinks
that formerly were served,
Out from the vault where 1t 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 Bernhard, the Divine Sarah"
wrote her name In 1t and not many
pages away are the signatures of the
Dolly Sisters. Robert Mantells name
Is inscribed In the little book; so are
the names OF Fannie Rrice, 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, Leon Enrol and a score
of other 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 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
| timore's theatrical district, but a 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 Formally Of the
marble facaded hostelries.
On the first floor will be an audi
forum seating 500 persons. This will
be the James 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
gi'ss may find comfortable, safe quar-
ters, with baths and showers.
Early in April the Salvationists will
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 will take place and high dig
nitarfas nf tha nhurch will of3ofoto