Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03

During the past year new resort
has been steadily growing in popu-
larity in Aqua Prieta. This resort is
the Gem club And cafe operated by
Dan McGivern. 1T Is interesting to
note how many such enterprises grow
up around the personality of the
man who runs them. In this case
probably half the success of the Gem
is due to the pleasant manners and
the Jolly den1eanor of McGivern.
The Gem has an excellent location,
their dance floor and dining room
being below the level of the street.
It has low ceiling and is parti-
toned and latticed and decorated
with greenery and q proper amount
of hangingS to make it attractive
and interesting.
Excellent meals may be obtained
at this place a retinue OF Chinese
cooks and walters sec that YOU are
properly served and the chef is an
artist with frying pan.
McCivern is assisted in operating
the place by A. j. Smith, known as
"Smittie." He has had long eXpe-
rience in this line of business and.
makes friends with the ioy-seeking
crowds. Jakie Paul, a long, lean
youth with winning smile, is an
other assistant to the manager.
There is a slant eyed celestial in
the Gem who is said to be the ideal
servant. McGivern states that If
Charlie Wong should leave him he
would feel like closing his doors.
Wong works like clock. He has GER
tain tasks to perform and he does
them at certain hours. He retires
each night at o'clock and cannot
be kept from his bed after that hour,
but when he arises in the morning he
is as punctual at his many tasks as
he is about his sleeping.
Doc Watson and his Rhvthm Kings
furnish the music at The Gem. They
know their music at the Gem. They
ments and please the crowds Watson
himself is alto tenor and baritone
and operates a saXophone and vio-
lin. Milton Gitilson is alto and bari
tone and performs on the saxophone
and the clarinet.
Curly Mann plays banjo. Rov
Robinson officiates at the piano and
Robert Benson is the drummer. They
aim to please and will play numbers
requested by the dancers at any time
when it is possible.
Special entertainers are employed
by the Gem at every opportunity and
the club aims at conducting its whole
establishment in such way that
everyone will like to visit it often and
stav long
There is an odd atmosphere about
the Gem that adds to it's attractions.
With the ordinary air of border
cabaret and dance hall, the low CELL
inged effect and the fact that the
place sets lower than the street level
lends that air of romance and mys-
tery to the place that is associated
with the famous district of Paris or
the more fascinating night clubs OF
New York
While the dance floor is new and
shiny and smooth to the foot, the
walls and the latticed entrances give
the impression of age to the place.
The little booths are comfortable.
which is not such usual thing, and
they offer a pleasant Seclusion Tor
those who do not care for the bright
lights.
The crowds stay later at the Gem
than at most other clubs, and as the
night wears on people leave the re-
sorts further up town and come to
the Gem, so that there is ordinarily
good and interesting crowd during
the early evening the place is always
at its best toward closing time.
The Gem does not really close as
regular thing. There is simply a
pause in activities in the wee hours
of the morning when the crowds
that have spent the evening in dane