Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 170 Along the Bucktown We had some corkin variety theatres anddance halls in Bucktown in the old days,too—Jack McPartlands Bijou, Perl Gal-M^^W^JI vins Standard, Oscar Raphaels Or-pheum, Brick Munros Pavilion, andJocky Manwarnings Dance Hall. Themeinterprisin amusement places cateredespecially to the needs of restless rounderslookin for speedy entertainment. Theytoplined the cheesy slapstickers and raspy-voiced crowbaits that could take a rise outa soused on the all-night schedule and glucose circuit, thingsd
Them was the good old days, in Davenport, Scott County Iowa . 170 Along the Bucktown We had some corkin variety theatres anddance halls in Bucktown in the old days,too—Jack McPartlands Bijou, Perl Gal-M^^W^JI vins Standard, Oscar Raphaels Or-pheum, Brick Munros Pavilion, andJocky Manwarnings Dance Hall. Themeinterprisin amusement places cateredespecially to the needs of restless rounderslookin for speedy entertainment. Theytoplined the cheesy slapstickers and raspy-voiced crowbaits that could take a rise outa soused on the all-night schedule and glucose circuit, thingsdidnt hit the right stride till the clock in the steeple strucka dozen or so. Brick Munro originated the cabaret at hisPavilion, and it spread over the country like wildfire. Understand, sport, that was back in the time of theWorlds Fair at Chicago, when Fatima, Little Egypt, andother greasy-lookin egyptian dames on the Midway slippedinto their bead dresses and veils and done the hoochie-koochie, a new-style dance that didnt wear out much shoeleather nor need a waxed floor. Snakey-eyed a
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