The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-16
3 BRAIN-C HILL DIS FATHER WOULD
 SELL SELF
Playwright Offers to En- slave Himself for One Him In Bondage Will Produce 'Scoop," His Mental Offspring

Denver, July 16.-A soul offered in bondage at public market that a wan dering brainchi1d may find a com fortabIe home!
 That is the astounding proposal made here by Gene Rouse Denver author and former newspaperman-
 The bartering of human service on the auction block was revived in this city when Rouse, playwright father of a, beggar brain-chi1d, offered himself body and soul, to any man or woman In America for a period of one year in return for which he asks that Scoop, his brain-chi1d, be given a home.
 'I mean it." declared Rouse to- an International News Service reported. For one year I'll bind myself, body and soul, to any man or woman who will finance production of my vaude- skit Scoop I offer myself for any legitimate purpose"
 Leading dignitaries of the theatrical profession mad numerous thespians have declared Scoop to be far above according to Rouse, and have stated that if produced it would be real success.
 'I am convinced through their words" Rouse said, ''that mine is a worthy n-ehild-worthy of a home in some booking agency
 In His Twenties.
 Rouse said that financial difficult ties prevented him from financing production of the skit. IT. am com pe1led to offer myself in slavery that the child shall not go begging" he said. There is no other way out. And when little Scoop has been sue cessfully started on the road to ffnaa- cial maturity the proceeds are to go fifty-fifty between myself and the guardian of tScoop'-who will be my master for one year.
 "A brain-child deserves the same right as any human child. Mothers have sold themselves that their ch11- dren might eat and live. Why not 1?'' Rouse asks.
 "This offer is absolutely bona ff6e." he declared. My address~is Denver, Colorado. To the highest bidder goes
 So there you are-the use of a. nv- ing life during a period of one year for the giving of life to a brain child and Rouse is still in his tWenties.
 Martin Beck, vaudeville inlpre- sario; Will Greasy, a star of the vaud- evil1e circuits, and Max F'abish, an Orpheum dignitary, have stated that Scoop is a, winner" Rouse con tinued, "and I can't bear to see my Scoop become burden That's what's driving me to desperate meas ures.
 'tF'or sometime little Scoop lived a quiet, unproductive career in more or less comfortable pigeon hole in the desk apartment of MT. Beck's office When I called for the child found its training had been neglected, MT. Beck stating that other pressing matters had re1egated little Scoop to the dark recesses of his desk where little of life was seen
 Bondage the Only Medium
 "I know little Scoop will be a sue cess if developed, or produced want to do the producing myself, but finan- cial circumstances prevent-its costs more to develop brain child than one of the flesh And the only way out is bondage The man or woman who will finance the production of Scoop can own me for twelve months.
 1T agree to sign over one year of my life for any purpose whatsoever, in return for which Scoop is to be placed in a boX-office home after pro- duction is completed
 Scoop will make money. The man or woman who buys me into bondage will share equally in the profits of the production.
 'NThe market is open I await my buyer.''
 Rouse is well known in Denver.