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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1929)
Illu s tra te d F e a tu re S e c tio n S S U S u * X / B L 'T 'i f i i/Ì M 1 1 If I « t >•» #l| M I'M n M n i b u i n NI I hl< * | - i Hc|>tcaeiil*li»e« Hy J A M E S A CV ILLUHTRATKh FKATURK SKCTION- October 12, 1929 In general olir tirai* that 1 1 ir war I* to tir blam ed for th r ir/.rotl.ii'Uutt of raurnu* miuiu 1< into our music, an d that U about a* fa r a t thr average |M*r*oh U willing to go lo- w an l |>la< lug th r iripoiiM blllty for I tir n r * m usical mood of th r A tnrttcan public O lir m ight well *«v tlir WotUI for a ' one Umr. n r a it* halt of tlu* fam m i* <Mrf Club of N o * York v a * playing Jaxa In l*url*. while each winter tor rv e ta l ye a r, u nit th r Edward M otti* fn trrtiatton al Booking Agem r ha* *rtit haliti* to Sm ith » Antri I. a Hu' J a » , did n ’t Just grow a* did T >*ii* r of Im m ortal "U n cle T o m * Cautu fa m r J a u th r ion of th r III or* I * a distinctively A m eritan Negr i contribution to th r m usical lo ir of the land It cam e Into vogue through tlir medium of a re .i um an i th at v a * onte the ten- d r* .o u * of th r uptown Bohem ian« of New York W hile th r music w as m aking a way Into public fa* v >r th r |>io po n en !* of It were erecting a iirriiian rn t home th at lo d a * «tumi* as a m onum ent to Illu strateci F e a tu re S e c t ion i tr s IM V Ii Jr . t > 4 l « r « f <fil«r JA C K S O N . This ¡« htit* ni n serio* o f nrtu lo* now licinx COB- tribù tei! by Mi*. J a c k soli tu thè Illustratoti Foaturo Soc- liuti The t i r s i artici« n|ipoure<i i n thè Septem ber - I insilo F ra m e * Hubbard • f < am ile’* Inn. New York. She la a a en tertainer ml eaeep llan al abll* tlv and I* a par* tic alarlv clever e x ponent ml m »drrn rub erei Ja ir . Be- aide* Iter tinging and dancing stili li« her avm m rtrv al tifa re meet« tlir rigid beaulv stan dard* a f the **tli c e n la ry rab- •rrl j s w Í I \ Where JAZZ in CABARETS Was BORN H t f i r (L - ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 tlie effectiveness of orgunl ¿allot1 am ong mult Ian W illi Ja.*r can • Its handm aiden the Cabaret K a d i tlav one m ar see on M 1C i l l - «an avenue or Its purlieus on tiu> Mouth side of Chicago a da|Hb*r Utile old gentlem an, wliute debon a ir dres* at once arreyts attention T a r n ty five sear* ago. these couple* would have been dressed very differently. Boubtles* tlti* or should one see him In a re sta u was because the rough and tumble ml Ja is en tertain m en t did not require freedom of movement rant. one would liistin cilyely pa a* does to.stern Ja is —especially the J a n found In modern cabaret* You will notice also that the Im m aculate one tlie tribute the young eouple* are well dressed and respectable looking people. observing th at there ts a man who know* how to eat with the e n jo y -I'.te.i like Chicago, one lond of made an invitin g h a lf way place gathered there with the late L ie u ment ot a gourmet tenant Ja m e s Reese Europe and revelry found noisy voiced en ter for the boys and girls to stop en T h at m an U C tu iilrs Lett, who th e nation ally known D eacon" tain ers in tlie places th at w ere route 't o and from their pu b lish p crliap i more th an any other our Johnson, an officer In the N ational m entioned with bated breath. If ers. Individual m ar he credited w i t h Avoclatlon of Negro M usicians iv in g the modern cabaret Its place m entioned at alf. In polite society Hodges and L anchm ere lunched Here cam e B ert W illiam * and n m etropolitan life (iro rge W alker then the stars of there So did the few other vau - All ot these m an ifestation s were Prior to 1000 there were coffee their firm am ent. Ernest Hogan devilltans ol th eir day P retty attribu tes of the underworld and shops In New O rleans T here were soon the perform ers of other race found Joy in foregath ering In the the*, were accorded no social rec singing waiters 111 the place* Uiat ItUlr place with young J a c k Nall groups began w andering into the ognition Polite society knew not were termed restaurant-* In hat an adm irer ot the professional place W ith them cam e operatic of them a* places of which to br- F ran cisco Coney Island hoasied of artists from the th en new M etro boys, today one of the w ealthiest warc T liey were not cabarets, nor singing waiter* and the e w a ite r. realty operators in the ettv of politan (Jp rra House and in their was the m usic heard Uierrlri railed Worked In the dens that lined tlir New York. . wake cam e m e w ealthy young Ja.*B Bow ery wlien w intry b la v » made H enry Troy, now a publisher in bloods who are to be seen w h er l he txipulace abandon Coney Island About !#i*9 Ja m e s It Russell and his own name, and Irvtng Jon es ever stage celebrities congregate u ntil another sum m er sun again C h arles Lett, two clever and wide who wrote such th in gs as "H oule It became the accepted practice Invited one to lire water .ide In ly known hotel worker* determ ined A in ’t Nothing L ik e T h is," " 8t. of tlie song w riters and com to tare a restau rant th at was to be Patrick D ay Is Had D ay," "Y o u posers to give th eir wares a trial Must T h in k I ’m S a n ta C la u s." perform ance before those who different from an yth in g th at had p re and a hundred other popular liappened to be there whenever a ceded It* Inception. M arsh all was n numbers, used to try out his fellow had a new num ber th at C an ad ian boy who had acquired his words and m usic there Ja m e s yearned fo r eroresslon . D ancers, Vauglin. now a m usical director, kn ark of serving the public In tlie old tCsadasad sa **«• «i(ki) knew the place In his • younger R u ssell House In Detroit He was a days. » e ll set up young m an with education President F e n n e r o f the rich and a ¡»oil shed a ir H r also had a C lef Club, was a stn igglin g m usi I tract tea know ledge ol the art ot cian. who o ften had a la b on the cooking acquired somehow while he boots at the M arshallette, fo rc- worked Ills way through school Mr L ett, an Ohio boy had worked In hotels In D E M P S E Y WOODSON Colum bus C leveland. D etroit and Chicago! His wu* In f'h ir a g a Misti Woodson Is well- a varied ex|»erieiice with the public and Us chang known in th eatrical and eab arrt clr- m g moods with regard to food T h e two made an rle* She has been fe n u re d at the •deal team M eeting h appily In New Y'ork. while Sunset C afe th e re T h is is the leading both were in fund* they discussed the idea of a cabaret of the Windy C ity, and of business and Joined han ds to create the estab lish course ( u r n i.h r . It* share of modern ment th at bore the nam e of "T h e M arsh allette." Jass. Miss Woodson a ill be known in which wa* dr-titled to create a rem arkable im pres private life a* Mrs ’ Bob t i k e 1 W il sion upon th e night life of the city th at is hard liams. to im press T h e first location wa< tn the neighborhood once known a* tlie T enderloin, a .d istric t that was so nam ed b* a hard belled police Inspector, who re garded control of the district a* "Ju ic y pickhfg* from lu* (Stint of view A short Ume served to show tlie b o js that this was not the environm ent tor them T h e M arshallette was mover! from Us original local lift) In until to a brown stone house within two doors of tlie then i qg*. largest llaptlst church In New * Y'ork on fashionable 53rd street. I In th o se, days the finest of real- * dence districts - ~ s * T h e congregation and It* m in- I it l't e r looked askance at the open- * ■ Jjk mg of a restau ran t sq'- close to an exclusive church and all of C h a rlie l e t t s suave diplom at' was requited to m ulltfy the op position that was set up again st Ids business But lie prevailed and the old browiistone resi lience was - *»:i converted Into a series of c u lr Utile dining rooms each of which was Invested with an a ir nl exclusiveness, without nny of the d lstaitefuln ea* o f the fran k ly private rooms then so common to restau rants of a c er tain type T h e show folks at once ad op t ed the place as their meeting ground T h e m usleians followed suit, fo r there Is too m uch In com mon between th ese group* for them to be separate in their social and business gathering I places. "T in P an A liev." a n ic k nam e fo r T h irty -e ig h th street , where publishing houses once * were assembled, was but a few blocks aw ay. The restaurant r