Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — Suggests Cabaret and Other Things to Make Hens Lay. [ARTICLE]

Suggests Cabaret and Other Things to Make Hens Lay.

Goodland Herald. A newspaper headline says hens should be amused at this time of year to make them lay. With eggs at 34 cents a dozen a poultryman can almost afford to hire cabaret girls, install picture shows, pull off an occasional minstrel show or football game as a means of amusement around the hen houses, and still be ahead of the game Three hundred persons attending the Orpheum theatre in Gary made a safe exit Thursday night when it was announced the building was cn fire. Two actresses, Elizabeth Day and Ethel St. Claire, were overcome by smoke and carried unconscious to the street. Damage was sl,ooo.