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Cincinnati police stopped Charles D. Evans. Indianapolis contractor, because he was driving with 1932 license plates, found in the back seat the body of his divorced wife, cut into 14 pieces. Butcher Evans whipped out a razor, cut his throat. Soon Cincinnati newsboys were crying: "All about de Jigsaw Moider...
...perhaps, can one blame the old lady, for the complicated framework of "Wien, du Stadt der Lieder" is such that she could hardly be expected to follow the intricate love problems of Steffi, a Viennese shopgirl, who is almost cast into the willing arms of the almost rich tenor butcher only to be rescued for her unemployed musician by the discovery that there was a mistake in the numbers of the lottery tickets, which makes the course of true love lead to a proper ending on rails of gold...
Hardly touching the Cook's tour, musical comedy, three cafes and two operas Vienna, the play exploits the humorous and amorous possibilities of the butcher, baker, candlestick-maker life of the city. In keeping are the simple, cunning, and ludicrous characters, finely, but not brilliantly drawn by actors who show a tendency to overact their parts. The music is jazz, of whch nothing more need be said, relieved by some good waltzes and humorous bits, which Herr Max Hansen sings splendidly. If one understands German, the lines are worth hearing...
That Mr. Blumenthal is the son of a kosher butcher of San Rafael, Calif.; went to the University of California; left to chase stage celebrities, make his mark in the real estate business; bought and sold $300,000,000 worth of property for Cineman William...
...hotel's butcher called to collect what was due him, $100. The drummer's money being handy, the cashier paid with that. The butcher went on down the street, paid his rent, $100. The landlord owed his lawyer $100. The lawyer owed the doctor. The doctor owed the hotel $100. Before dark the same $100 bill was back in the hotel's safe. In came the drummer...