Show THE Sunday H0i?i7i::e ccto: OGDFJM SI A ND ARDEX AMINER ft i y 8 Q H 01 35 t f y it ll ft f Federdl Raids and Writs Chased Helen Morgan Out of Business But "Tex" - : C 4 - Juet s " & t we y v v r v a eeT 1 data Kjuman 'VI gent a Big Hand! Helen in a Nutshell Sensitive Sometimes Brooding Sentimental a "Blues" Expert Inclined to Wistfulness— Pessimistic 9 dl I If of' t1 4Texw a Nutshell Jn I 4 y Bappy-GO'Luck- Independent Wise-Crdcki- ng Never Drinks Altcags 4 Good-Mature- d — Optimistic S A 1 1 i Si f i rfXs f A S 8 TV SI 4 ! 0 - - V- - V s ft iff i if? ! 5 vWv''fc"''rt' 1 1 " Hyi 'if I 11!- - ' Major Maurice CampbelL Prohibition Administrator for New York Who Mas the Gigantic Task of Drying Up Broadway The Gofernment Recently Spent $75000 Securing Evidence Against Kialto uesorta tie ! Sims' i Noise din berance — these are the ) touchstones which a Miss i Guinan uses to separate New Yorkers a o d near New 5 iiii' " ! 1 i I 111? v i Pli iiii ill h ' Went to Face Charges xGrowing Out of Her Last Raid 1 v V I i OVERNMENT AGENTS raided Texas Guinan'a New York City niffht club hey placed her under arrest and her patrons were thrown into an uproar Waiters were dashing about knocking: bottles from tables and prohibition bfficera were busy collecting And in the midst of it all Miss Guinan smiled mounted a table announced that she! was under arrest and ordered the orchestra to play the "Prisoner's Song" She even did more than that —fhe helped the chief enforcement aprent up beside her introduced him and then pulled her famous line: "Let'a give this little-agena DIG hand!" They raided Helen Morgan's night club She was not present but the next day she showed up In court thin and worn "I haven't been able all nip:ht lcause of this" said Miss Mor-and she appeared on the verge of tears! pan Soon afterward it was announced that Miss Morgan was "quitting the night club racket"! for good and that "henceforth she will devote her self exclusively to the legitimate stage" This interesting study in reactions to Federal raid3nnd writs hrs attracted the attention of sharp Broadway habitues and currently i3 forming the basis for argument and debate in many an oasis of the Rial to Miss Morgan and Miss Guinan have experienced other nrohibltion raids Their names are associated witn such enlightening epithets as "night club" and "padlock" Why "did one "padlock queen" laugh queens and the other cry? That's what Broadway is asking itself and the answer is woven into the kaleidoscopic pattern of life on the "Main Stem" To Miss Guinan mutt go the honor of founding the first "whoopee parlor" to be frankly known as such Her rugged understanding of psychology is an amazing and intensely interesting thing "Hello sucker!" That's the way Miss Guinan greets some of her quests when they arrive at Do they get' angry? Not on her establishment your life! They like it and they come back for more t Vevi-denc- e" j t j to-lee- i j 5 mil t A" 4" - When "Tex" at her loose folks!" a b proved a calamity Into a general cause for Jollii fication Then she proceeded to carry the spirit of "whoopee" into the Government offices When she ar rived In court she was attired in the latest and catchiest of ensembles She carried a fetching walking stick with a leather thong ture was completed by an expensive beaded bag and dollars' thousand several worth of diamonds "Good morning Mist - eyeaiu a cuuh Vruinan tacne ror "i ex i naa oeen t "How are there before continued he you?' t' How are "Oh I'm fine V j Miss Guinan you?" replied "Fine'' was the reply i "How much fine" in- - ff - : quired "Tex" ana mere was ! ' another laugh thfe time on I i ' vvs ? the court In about half an hour Miss Guinan was on j her way Her plea- of "Not home guilty I" had been entered her bond signed! and sha still had ample time to get 1 X - home and sleep before "join for ing the boys and girls" the usual night session i I' - i" In direct contrast was the Morgan appearance of Misswas cen Public attention tered upon her last Winter when government raiders tr after sending her patrons cart off to away proceeded the fixtures of her establishThis cas0 worried ment through the courts and brought forth a storm of protest Broadway initiates '1 - ' ' J ! I ! enow-well-m- et ft I S 4 S - i Mrs Mabel Willebrandt Assistant United States Attorney General Who Recently lias are- - Miss J v i VJM it confident ' that Guinan would Noise gayety and general "whoopee are her have - turned such a stock in trade A reserved English duke recently situation to her advisited her establishment j He Was intent upon 'TexM wouldn't but a fchaih vantage and- - made into slipping silently i additional entertainlet him "Hello dukieH wa$ her greeting "Come ment for her friends on folks let's give the:little dukQ a B1Q handl" Interested and patrons at-And of course this hail-- r in Herself conMias Guinan But Miss Morgan's titude has a definite pvjrpoie Prohibition Eiders the night clubs a "fu(ndamental and ess en- temperament is as ' Enforcement' different from Miss tial industry" and t her method of entertaining ' Guinan's as night is her patrons is to keep thenj always In a state of ' from u i day There were excitement ii caia lur puy no police whistles in her estabwit and quick clear thinking lishment nor were the guests Broadway knows jpst how i Prices a9 "suckers" ' 4 ' ' well this method works in! the i greeted IS-- ' ' 'CM it 1 were high the merriment was club But how will St work conservative and the whole when the Federal agents qome club carried something of the around? That was a question ' wistful quality which has made which many smart New! Yorkers f---' Miss Morgan famous in her asKea eacn oiner a tnomo or ' ' various stage roles so ago-- — and now they have the j answer As was to be expected there-fpr- e j When Miss Guinan s estabMiss Morgan was worried lishment was last raided everyher first raid The second by one was having a i good time 51 And increased her anxiety then she was raided a third Suddenly the agents appeared from nowhere in particular and time The last raidt which was the raid was on It is a eafe held on the same night as that 5 bet that this sudden developat Miss Guinan's establishment ment would have ruined Uhe was part of a great prohibition drive whicb temporarily upset evening in nearly! any night club Broadway's night life and made But as has already been liquor a little scarce for nearly B week pointed out it did not bother Miss Instead jshe Guinan Mis3 Morgan appeared in court in a plain blue dress with actually used the agents to provide entertainment for her white collar and cuffs She Her call for the smoked incessantly and fidgeted guests "Prisoner's Song" elicited thun-back and forth while waiting deroua applause" lllet intro- When she for arraignment duction of the agent iknd her pleaded "Not guilty!" her voice A Triumph for Miss Morgan 1 During One of Their Raids the Agents Carted Away appeal that he ba given? a "BIG hardly was audible and unmishand" brought more merriment takable signs of severe strain Were of Her Club but After a Lengthy Legal Battle They the Furnishings Even the agents had to! see the were evident upon her face eo Return Thera The Photograph Shows Furniture Being Forced humor of the situation and thus Reporters flocked about Miss "Tex" turned what might have Guinan and secured a "hjt" in- Taken Back Into the Club ' 'i I j Rnwiw ywfcvt Sme lias y s j' j man" V - tr e ft WiWY jf f from $creams - the door and from that time forward she never is silent When she wants order she blows a police whistle When aguest becomes unraiy sne It was taps him with a mallet "hutter"Tex" who invented the and-eg- g was first she and mn" to snivel articulate expression to the needs of the ""tired business 7 Miss Guinan Faces the Federal Authorities and Pulls a "Wise The Picture Was Crack!" Taken fn Court Where She t York-er- s arrives elub pandemo- nium i breaks "Hi lill ' ' from their i cash Itmtehtbe remarked that t Miss Guinan is with : credited "cleaned j having op" more than i $700000 in ten months of night club operation I t Ifii - exn -- ji ' 5 -- - i T 1 " 'I'!'' I haven't been able to sleep all night because or this business!" - lhats What Miss Morgan Said When She Arrived In Court Where the Above Photo- ii graph Was Taken terview She mentioned several cases on the Federal blotter involving millions of dollars -and inquired why if these cases could not be disposed of government agent? still found time to do such "unimportant things" as raid her club Then she attacked a statement recently made by some vice investigators concerning the morajs of night club hostesses fThe "girls" really are "dears" said Miss Guinan and they lead saner and more moral lives than many of the investigators Sho challenged the head of the investigating committee to public or private debate and generally whooped things up until the reason for her presence in court was ill but for forgotten Then she departed with a broad -smile and an invitation to the "bovs" to droo around some night and make "whoopee" The reporters then turned to Miss Morgan But she had nothing to say As soon as formal- - ' ities permitted she was whisked out of court and driven to her country home A few days after '£ the raid came the announcement that sho had "guit the night club racket" jAn examination of the backgrounds of' the k two "padlock" queens fails to show sufficient Ll dissimilitude to account fSr their diametrically J L opposing attitudes toward the same situation Miss Guinan'came out of the We?t bent tptfn f capturing New York honors She studied music at several conservatories and spent a number5" £ of years on the legitimate stage and in vaude- - V viile Then she turned her attention" to cafe en-' at il C1 i tertainment ' miss ii anytmng Morgan's experience was more hectic and might logically be supposed to ' ' a rv'M s have exerted a more hardening influence Miss Morgan like Gilda Gray and many other stage stars of today came up through the cabarets of Chicago and has had to fight hard for fame' i"It's all a matter of temperament" explained one Broadway wiseacre "Tex knows tho night club game inside out She knows what the tired business men want and she gives it to them Sha knows a lot more about life" than most of the prohibition agents and she doesn't cro33 her bridges until she comes to them In short Tex Is a showman — a mighty smart showman at that the raida won't bother her much" But where Miss Guinan is a "showman" Miss Sho sings Morgan is a temperamental actress her sad songs and she feels the lonesomeness that filters into her voice The psychology pf the "tired business man" doesn't interest her and most of all she doesn't understand the intricate ramifications of the law She is frightened by blaff bailiffs and Federal officiate She! stood one or two raids but three were too much' and t now her night club is dark and empty Too much temperament simply doesn't! go in' the "night club racket" the experts point! out— and that's why one "padlock queen" Hvghed wnaie tne ctncr tcepn til I iI'llI : I: Mill1 mm —-a- nd ' J ( J 1- i - ' J! ii t j i ' i ' I - i 3' j v i "to?- - ' I i j I I A : "tf- i J ' I I ' ' ' - ' - ' v ' ! y |