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Starr argues that forty percent of the receipts from large shows equals fifty percent of the receipts of small shows, and suggests that Stein accept the Lemons show for forty percent of the receipts, rather than the fifty-fifty split on which Stein has insisted. Starr explains that in his wire of confirmation to Lemons, he insisted that the midnight show be fifty-fifty, and that he wired Reevin (Sam E. Reevin, manager of T.O.B.A.) to issue contracts with these figures. Starr expresses his certainty that Lemons will accept the terms. Dashing Dinah, produced by Lemons, featured Lemons, Homer Hubbard, Rogers and Rogers, Leroy Phillips, Charles Barry, Isadore Price, Willie Taylor, Jack \"Ginger\" Wiggins, Christina Gray, and String Beans Price. Starr mentions that for the past two nights, Ma Rainey failed to keep her engagements at his Royal Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina and Lenox Theatre in Augusta, Georgia. He adds that he asked Reevin to notify Stein when he learned that Rainey had disappeared. There is evidence that Rainey played the Douglass Theatre at a later date, since a subsequent receipt dated February 14, 1928, from Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) to Ben Stein, refers to the act \"Ma Rainey and her Paramount Flappers\" (see dbr047 of the Douglass Theatre Web site).\nDigital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. 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Responding to Stein's telegram, Starr expresses his pleasure that Stein accepted the Lemons show. Starr argues that forty percent of the receipts from large shows equals fifty percent of the receipts of small shows, and suggests that Stein accept the Lemons show for forty percent of the receipts, rather than the fifty-fifty split on which Stein has insisted. Starr explains that in his wire of confirmation to Lemons, he insisted that the midnight show be fifty-fifty, and that he wired Reevin (Sam E. Reevin, manager of T.O.B.A.) to issue contracts with these figures. Starr expresses his certainty that Lemons will accept the terms. Dashing Dinah, produced by Lemons, featured Lemons, Homer Hubbard, Rogers and Rogers, Leroy Phillips, Charles Barry, Isadore Price, Willie Taylor, Jack \"Ginger\" Wiggins, Christina Gray, and String Beans Price. Starr mentions that for the past two nights, Ma Rainey failed to keep her engagements at his Royal Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina and Lenox Theatre in Augusta, Georgia. He adds that he asked Reevin to notify Stein when he learned that Rainey had disappeared. There is evidence that Rainey played the Douglass Theatre at a later date, since a subsequent receipt dated February 14, 1928, from Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) to Ben Stein, refers to the act \"Ma Rainey and her Paramount Flappers\" (see dbr047 of the Douglass Theatre Web site).\nDigital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. 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