1913 November 23 Atlanta Constitution 62 Pages Georgia
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1913 November 23 Atlanta Constitution 62 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 1 BURLESQUE PROBE STARTED BY CHIEF AND BY RECORDER Order Goes Forth That Cos- tumes Must Not Be Too Abbreviated and No Girls Under 16 Employed. SHOWS ARE VERY TAME WHEN BEAVERS APPEARS Chief Makes Round of the Houses Saturday Night and Finds Chorus Girls Demurely Clad. Alleged burlesque “naughtiness” is being probed in Atlanta. Chief Beavers, one of his trusty men and Recorder Nash Broyles have shouldered muskets in the war against rumored conditions in low-priced Vaudeville and burlesque theaters in the city. The first skirmish in the battle to end theatrical vulgarity and the appearances of young girls on local stages has already been fought. The big battle will probably be fought this week in police court. Plans of the campaign were made known last night by Chief of Police Beavers. The head of the police force acknowledged that for some time past his aides have been reconnoitering the position of the managers conducting the cheap vaudeville and burlesque theaters of the city. He intimated that action could be expected during the present week. Arthur at Work. Edward Arthur, a private official of Recorder Broyles’ court, has been working on the burlesque and vau