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VOLUME XXIX,
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928
NUMBER 105
Varsity Has
Baseball Tilts
This Weekend
Columbia Team To Meet
Webfoot Tossers on
April 20 and 21
Bill Baker and Dave Mason
Entertain Each Other
At Infirmary * »
By HARRY DUTTON
Billy Reinhart’s Webfoots took
a rest from baseball practice yes
terday afternoon. June Tluvius.
self appointed
waterboy, had cut
too many cappers
with his rain
bucket to permit
playing on the
varsity field, and
i McArthur Court
was filled with
reckless frosh ball
tossers. So, with
a drowning facing
the squad* outside
and cracked crani
ums impending in
Bill Baker
aoors, uoacn item nari aeciaea to lei
his men search for other means of
exercise. Most of them migrated
to the men’s gym and punished
handballs for amusement.
The Webfoot ball team swings
into action this week-end in the first
two, of a series of pre-conference
tilts. Friday and Saturday the Col
umbia cliff dwellers from Portland
vicinity will be on the Oregon cam
pus to cross bats with Reinhart’s
diamond artists. ,
Infirmary Popular
At present it looks like the var
sity will start their playing season
minus the services of Bill Baker,
stellar chucking veteran of the slab
"Staff. Baker is confined in the in
firmary with a bad leg, and accord
f ifig to Jack Bliss, assistant battery
coach, will probably not be suffiai
ent]y recovered to take over the
hurling assignment for either gaa#e.
Baker missed all of last week’s prac
tice sessions because of his injury.
But while enjoying “the life of
an invalid in the University hospi
tal Bill has had little cause to feel
lonely. Among the other personages
whiling away the time there, is Dave
Mason, varsity infielder. Dave was
pledged by the infirmary family last
Wednesday and lias since been en
tertaining Bill with his banjo and
stories of his recent experiences in
the orient. Dave’s main excuse for
his extended visit with Bill has been
the flu. Today or soon, according
to reports, he will get his honorable
discharge and may bo able to par
ticipate in the week-end baseball
games.
During the week the varsity may
get another practice game or two
with the Eugene city team of the
Williamette league. The batting
cage has been up a week now and
affords a great advantage to the
tatters in taking on intensive swat
! ting drills.
What Next?
Over by one of the dugouts is
another contraption that Bill Rein
hart has installed. We haven’t
learned yet whether it is one of the
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Web foot Swimmers
Take Three Firsts
In All-State Meet
Tniversity of Oregon swim
n nassed enough places be
t hem in the annual state
si p \g meet at Portland last
S; __ •, to easily bring home sec
or. 3 honors. Multnomah nosed
th * foots out of first place by
th . i ints, ivlien Dana Thomas,
yo % * club star, set a new nortli
we,v rd. in the 440-yard event
to om Silverman of Oregon.
The record is 5:42 4-5. The
fina i stood: Multnomah, 27;
Orej ; Oregon State, 12.
Jo Anderson captured two
first places, swimming the 50-yard
free-style and tie 150-yard back
stroke events. Chet Floyd, fresh
man dash man, took a first in the
220-yard free style, but finished third
in the hundred. This event fol
lowed immediately after the 220,
with only a short rest period be
tween.
Sharpe and Smith, with a second
gnd third in the 200-yard breast
stroke, and Creech, who finished
third in the 220-yard free-style,
scored the remaining points for the
Ore-gonions.
Glee Club Head
Plans Trip East
Eugene Carr To Study
With Noted Tenor
Eugene Carr, Director of the Uni
versity of Oregon Girls’ Glee Club
and teacher of voice at the Univer
sity school of ||iusie is going to New
York on a leave of absence from
the University to stvjdjr with Ar
thur Kraft, the well known .concert
and oratorio tenor of the East.
Mr. Carr first met Arthur Kraft
when in school at Westminster Col
lege at New Wilmington, Pennsyl
vania in 1925. Mr. Kraft was there
to give a. recital. That summer fol
lowing his graduation from West
minster Mr. Carr studied with Mr.
Kraft as he has each summer since,
and now he has the opportunity of
going to New York and living with
Mr. Kraft while studying under him,
with the possibility of working in as
his assistant during the winter.
Mr. Carr anticipates a great fu
ture in music for the Northwest and
is preparing lymself to be one of
help in its development. He could
think of no greater opportunity op
ening itself to him at this time than
study under Arthur Kraft. Mr.
Kraft was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago and of the Kent
Law School. He practiced law for
two years before he entered the
field of music, as a professor, and
that was somewhat accidental, for
he found so little remuneration in
the practice of law that he had to go
cut and sing in order to got money
to buy food. He was so continually
leaving his law to sing that he fi
nally decided to adopt singing for
his profession, and he has never re
pented his law experiences. He says
he is a better singer for having been
a lawyer.
A^r. Carr is also studying with
Mr. Kraft at the latter’s slimmer
horiie at Watervale, Michigan, on
the Great Lakes during the summer
vacation. Mr. Carr is not, however,
deserting, but only preparing himself
for better service at the University.
Sophomores Win April Frolic Cup
With Colorful Oysterman’s Ballad
“There was a gay young oyster
man,
Who jumped into the tide,
And soaked in seaweed went to woo
The girl on the opposite side.’’
That was the verse that character
ized the “Ballad of the Oysterman,’’
the sophomore cup-winning stunt of
Saturday night’s April Frolic.
“Katinka,’.’ the'freshman stunt, re
ceived honorable mention. The $5.00
costume prize was awarded to an
Alaskan dog team and sled com
posed of Dorothy and Ruth Dun
bar, Iris Saunders, Polly Povey and
Florehee La Follette, with Mildred
Johnson as the driver. Raggedy
Ann, portrayed tty Jean Tompkins,
received honorable mention.
The “Ballad of the Oysterman”
was introduced with a prologue
given by Beatrice Milligan. A song
by Anna Katherine Garrett was fol
lowed by a pantomime silhouetted
against the curtain telling the story
of the oysterman and his sweet
heart. The final scene abandoned
the pantomime and showed a mer;
maid ehorus, which was composed
of Colleen Creath, Martha Stevens,
Evelyn Kjosness, Helen Bell, Louise
Clendening, Loleta Jaeger, Luc-ile
Wirth, Florence Grimes, Mary Wil
son, Lou Anne Chase, and Katherine
Talbot.
Helen Peters was general chair
man for the sophomore stunt, and
Katherine Rochester headed the
freshman act, which was carried out
ir a Russian setting.
The senior stunt, “A Trip to
Mars,” struck a futuristic note with
grotesque setting and costume, and
was headed by Edith Bain. “So
This is College,” the junior stunt,
with Charlotte Carll as general
chairman, portrayed a scene on the
bank of the mill race and featured
a song hit composed by Jo Ralston.
Frances Plimpton, general chair
man „of the April Frolic, has ex
pressed her appreciation for the sup
port given the affair by the women
of the campus, and commended the
work of Violet Mills, who took ac
tive charge of the affair as official
announcer and head of the cops,
and Elsie Goddard, stage manager,
Dean Virginia Judy Easterly, Mrs.
Arnold, Bennett Hall, Mrs. Clara
Fitch, Miss Victoria Avaki'an, and
Miss Florence Wilbur served as
judges of the stunts and costumes;
and Mrs. I. L. Patterson, Mrs. Prince
L. Campbell, Mrs. George T. Ger
linger, Miss Fanny McCamant, Miss
Kathryn Boulter, Miss Hazel Pruts
man, and Mrs. Burt^Brown Barker
were patronesses.
Coolidge Raps
Governmental
Interference
■ ■ -
McNary - Haugen Bill
Gets President’s
Disapproval
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Nation’s Leader Thinks
Individual Should
Solve Problems
(By United Press)
■WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi
dent Coolidge made a veiled attack
against governmental participation
in private business, such as is pro
posed in the McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill, in an address tonight be
fore the Daughters of the American
Revolution convention.
All mention of. the D. A. R. pub
lic speaker’s blacklist was avoided
at the convention today although
opponents of the list and of secre
tary of the navy Wilbur’s original
navy program were working quietly
to inject a resolution which might
participate an open fight in the so
ciety.
Mr, Coolidge steered clear of all
discussion on the military. His talk
was devoted to better citizenship
and better government.
“We have built our institution
around the right of the individual,”
the president said.) “We believe ho
will be better off if he looks after
himself. We believe that the mu
nicipality, the state, and the nation
will each be better off if they look
after themselves.
“It is desirable to keep the gov
ernment unencumbered and clean,
with an eye single to public ser
vice. We shall leave the conduct of
our private business with the indi
vidual, where.it belongs and not un
dertake to unload it upon the gov
ernment,” he concluded.
Italian Plane Tested
For North Pole Flight
(Bv United Press)
STOLP, Prussia, April 1G.—Bat
tered in mid-air by thunder and
snowstorms, and threatened by liyht
ning, that cvaekel perilously close;
the' big Italian dirigible Italia—in
which Commander Umberto Nobilo ]
will attempt to fly over the North ,
Pole—swept down to a safe landing
at Seddin airdrome today.
Nobile was greeted by air offi
cials and a ttrowd of several thou
sand persons was at the field when
at 7:45 a. m. the Italia floated
gracefully over Stolp. It finally
landed at 8:35 a. m.
“The weather was bad almost from
the start,” Nobile said, explaining
the flight had satisfactorily proved
the Italia’s capacity.
“The weather turned worse Sun
day night wdien we were runnilig
into thunder storms for hours.
Nevertheless, the Italia weathered
the storms. Although one fin was
broken the craft maneuvered well,”
Nobile said.
Phi Delta Phi Elects
Officers and Members
Pi Delta Phi, national honorary
French’ society recently installed on
the University campus, held a meet
ing last week, electing officers and
new members. Officers elected for
the coming year were: Charlotte
June Carll, president; Helen Crane,
vice-president; Doris Gramm, secre
tary; Werdna Isbell, treasurer.
New members elected to the or
ganization are Frances Bacon, De
Etta Eobnett, Sarah Starr, Amy
Yeatta, Bethel Pellion, Lois Gray,
and Anna Thompson, Romance
language teachers on the campus,
are special members. Dr. Donald
Barnes, professor of history, was
chosen an honorary member.
F. Dunn To Speak
To Portland Groups
Professor F. S. Bunn will give two
lectures in Portland May 1 and 2.
The first will an illustrated lec
ture on “The Portrait of George
Washington,’’ given under the aus
pices of the Oregon chapter of Sons
of the American Kevolution at the
1 Unitarian Church. The second will
be delivered before The Classical
; Club, an organization of Latin teach
j ers in the Portland high schools. It
will be a criticism of certain popu
: lar historical novels, including “The
i Private Life of Helen of Troy, Gala
! had, and Andivius Iledulio.’’ Pro
fessor Bunn has given this lecture
before and it is by special request
that he is repeating it in Portland.
W.A.A. *Aspirants for
Tennis Teams Urged
To Start Practicing
Women tennis players wlio have
aspirations of turning out for intra
mural or inter-class teams are re
quested to begin active training im
mediately by Mahalali Kurtz, who is
in charge of tennis in W. A. A. For
the next two weeks* Miss Troemel,
instructor in physical education, will
coach classes in the art of swinging
racquets effectively.
Class teams will, be selected by a
ladder toitrnament' in which the
members will be paired and a final
selection made after the final match.
Two practices a week are necessary
for those desiring a place on the
team and a report must be made at
the gym in the Woman's building af
ter each practice, i
Intramural matches will be
played on reserved courts between 5
and G Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day.
Donut Golfers
To Compete Soon
Country Club Course Will
Be Used for Play
An agreement was consumated
last Saturday whereby, through the
courtesy of the Eugene Country club,
their beautiful 18-liole golf course
will be available to intra-mural
golfers. According to Delbert Ober
tcuffer, acting head of the. physical
education department, the granting
of this courtesy is a decided inno
vation a*ml the University authori
ties should feel very grateful to the
Country Club officials.
The course will be open to intra
mural golfers all day Mondays, Tues
days and Thursdays and Wednesday
mornings only. Players will have
the privilege of playing on the
course after paying a $1.50 registra
tion fee and a seventy-five cent
greens fee ticket. Both are to be
paid at the physical education de
partment’s office in the men’s gym
nasium and the gi’eens fee ticket
must be purchased on the day of
play.
Afrangements have also been
made with the graduate manager’s
office so that varsity golfers will
use the course on the same basis as
the intra-mural- divQt diggers. All
players must furnish their own
equipment. Obertcuffer urges t)mt
those using the course show the' ut
most courtesy at all times as the
Country Club officials reserve the
privilege of revoking the permis
sion at any time.
Each of the thirteen fraternities
’who signed for golf are requested
to have their participants at the
men’s gymnasium this afternoon at
5:30. Each entering organization is
flowed a four man team and ono
alternate. Those signed for goif
are: Theta Chi, Kappa Sigma, Beta,
Sigma Pi Tail, Phi, Phi Sig, Sigma
Nu, Phi Delt, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Sigma Chi, Fijis, Delta and Chi Psi.
Mrs. Edyth Hopkins,
Winston Lake To Sing
Mrs. Edyth Hopkins, mezzo so
prano, and Winston Lake, bass, will
be presented by Eugene Carr, voice
instructor, in a joint recital to be
held Wednesday evening, April 18,
at the school of music auditorium.
Mrs. Hopkins will sing a group
of early Italian numbers, some Ger
man selections and some from the
modern English composers, among
the latter are two numbers composed
by John Stark Evans of the Uni
versity school of music. George
Hopkins will be her accompanist.
Mrs. Hopkins is a member of Phi
Mu Epsilon, a graduate of Pomona
College and has been studying voice
with Mr. Carr for two years. -She is
soprano soloist at the First Baptist
church.
’Winston Lake, a senior in econom
ics, is completing his third year of
voice study with Mr. Carr. His two
groups of songs will be made from
topically bass numbers, among which
are “The Horn” by Flegier, the
number with which Wilbur Evans
won the national Atwater-Kent radio
contest. Mr. Lake will be accom
panied at the piano by Barbara
Edmunds.
Senior Leap Week Program
Thursday night, 7:30 to 1Q:30—
“Co-ed’s Revenge,” at Campa
Shoppe, no date dance.
Friday afternoon, 4 o’clock to
6 o’clock—“Cat-astrophe,” in
formal dance at Alpha Delta Pi
house.
Friday night, 9 to 12—Bar
room Bust, at Hendricks Hall.
Saturday afternoon — Senior
Heyday picnic at Coburg bridge.
Busses leave Villard hall at 5
o ’clock..
Good Season
Concluded By’
Debate Men
Varsity Squad Wins Six
Out of Eight Tilts
During Session
Northwest Championship
Taken; Stanford and
Utah Defeated
Tlie University of Oregon has
just completed the most successful
debate season in many years, in the
opinion- of Coach J. K. Horner, al
though the squad was considerably
depleted by the absence of Benoit
McCroshey, Jack Hempstead, and
Avery Thompson, and only four vet
erans remained on the squad of ten
men. The*Oregon speakers won six
and lost two of the eight cpntests.
The debate schedule for the 192S
season opened March 8 here against
the Utah Agriculture College, a
veteran team on a western tour
tnat had won a considerable portion
of their contests, including one from
the Oregon State College. Joe Me
Keown and Walter Durgan, two of
Oregon’s surviving veterans, en
gaged in a word tilt with the visit
ors on the subject of the protection
of foreign investments and emerged
winners' by the 2 to 1 voto of the
judges.
March 29 was the date of the an
nual Northwest Triangular debate,
on the question of armed interven
tion in Nicaragua. John Galey and
Paul Clark, both inexperienced
speakers, entertained the Washing
ton men in Villard hall and emerged
winners by tbe 2 to 1 vote. This
was the first time Washington has
beenjbeaten by Oregon in four years.
While Galey and Clark competed
with the Washingtonians, two other
Oregon veterans, Roland Davis and,
Mark Taylor, journeyed to Moscow
and administered a 3 to 0 trimming
there to the University of Idaho.
From Moscow they continued their
travels to Missoula, where they re
peated their performance against
Montana April 2.
While Taylor and Davis traveled
in the north, Walter Durgan and
Joe McKeown journeyed into Cali
fornia, where they dropped a con
test, 2 to 1, to the University of
Southern California April 2. After
a two-day rest they tackled Stan
ford University at Palo Alto April
5 and won by the decision of the
critic judge. They upheld the Amer
ican policy in Nicaragua in tlieso
contests.
Two Oregon debate teams, both
inexperienced, engaged in as many
contests Wednesday night, April 4.
Ernest Jaehetta and Elsworth Plank
met Southwestern University of Los
Angeles here and were beaten,. 2 to 1.
At the same time Eugene Laird and
Ralph Geyer competed with Wash
ington State College at Portland
over radio KEX. Oregon was
awarded the decision by the vote
of. the audience. In both these con
tests Oregon uphold the affirmative
of the foreign investments question.
In women’s debate Oregon did not
fare so well. The Northwest Trian
gular Women’s debate, held last
(Continued on page two)
Student Elections Dull
At U. of W. This Year
UNIVERSITY OF WASHING
TON, SEATTLE, April 16.—(P.I.P.)
—Providing contesting candidates
for but two of the eight student of
fices up for election on April 18, the
nominating assembly last week
ushered in one of the dullest A. S.
U. W. campaigns of recent years.
Nominations for president of the
associated students; graduate, sen
ior, junior, and sophomore lepre
sentatives on the board of control;
and the editors of the Daily, Tyee,
and Columns were made at as
sembly. Contestants for the offices
of sophomore and graduate repre
sentatives only were put forward.
Oregana Drive Receipt
Books Called in Today
All receipt books from the Ore
gana drive must be handed in to
day at the office of Jack Beneflel,
graduate manager, according to
Joshua Alexander, manager of the
spring term subscription drive.
Today is the last day of the drive
anil hereafter all those desiring
copies of the Oregana will have to
go to the A. S. U. O. office to secure
them.
Swimmer s Week
Planned To End With
Big Water Carnival
April HO to May 5 lias boon desig
nated as “learn to swim week” in
Eugene, with an impressive water
carnival as a culmination, according
to Pr. John Bovard, dean of the
school of Physical Education and
head of the committee on life sav
ing and first aid of the Lane coun
ty Bed Cross unit.
All educational institutions in the
city are cooperating in the move
ment. Three pools will be available
—tl^nt in the men’s gym, the wo
man’s building pool and the plunge
in the downtown Y. M. C. A.
The water pageant, to be held on
May 5 at. the women’s building will
include demonstration of life sav
ing, various phases of swimming and
diving, and stypral entertaining
skits. A c.orp of experts will be in
charge of the demonstrations.
Dr. Bovard, who is in charge of
the work, will have as his assis
tants during the week Miss Mar
garet Barnard, secretary of the Lane
county Keel Cross union; Miss Er
nestine Troemel, Mrs. Emma Water
man, Earl Widm'er, and Herman
Gawer, of the physical education
department.
Eight Donut Tilts
In Second Week
Phi Sigma Kappa Wins
9-8 From S'. A. E.
Donut baseball is all set for ij’s
second week with eight games on
schedule. Two games are called for
Tuesday afternoon, two for Thurs
day afternoon and four Saturday
morning. Because of the military in
spection on Wednesday and the var
sity baseball game on Friday, no
donut tilts will bo played on either
of those days. ' *
Saturday morning at 8 o’clock
tlio S. A. E. ’s tossed the horsohide
pill around with the I’hi Sigma Kap
pas. The boys must have been cold
at the early hour they played and
succeeded in warming themselves
up by running around tho bases.
The score was tied at the end of
the fifth inning and an extra period
was required to give the I’hi Sigs
the victory by a 9 to 8 score.
Tho schedule for the week is as
follows: Leaguo A—Kappa Sigma
vs. Bachelordon, Thursday at 4 o’
clock; Phi Delta Theta vs. Sigma
Nu, Saturday at 8 o’clock. League.
B—Phi Kappa Psi vs. Psi Kappa,
Thursday at 4 o’clock; Sigma Chi
vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Saturday
at 9:30. League C—Delta Ta^ Del
ta vs. Alpha Beta Chi, Tuesday at
4 o’clock; Phi Gamma Delta vs.
Sigma Chi, Saturday at 9:30. Lea
gue D—Sigma Pi Tail vs. Sigma
Dhi Epsilon, Tuesday at 4 o’clock;
Beta Theta Pi vs. Alpha Upsilon,
Saturday at 11:00.
Each club is remanded that they
must furnish all material for thoir
teams, except the catcher’s outfit.
This means that one good ball must
^bc- presented by each team playing,
besides the bats and fiolders’ gloves
.recessary.
Senior Leap
Week Begins
In Two Days
Co-ed Revenge Opening
Dance Will Be Held
Thursday Night
‘Cat-nslroplie,’ ‘Barroom
Bust,9 ‘Heyday Picnic,’
To Be Features
After long and deliberate council
on the part of the nine senior women,
who compose the Senior Leap Week
committee, a name was given the in
formal opening dance of Leap Week
to be held next Thursday night from
7:30 to 10:30 at the Campa Shoppe.
The opening no date when you came
and date when you go dance, is to
be called the “Co-ed’s Revengq,”
The name, according to the con
sensus of campus co-eds, is exceed
ingly appropos. As Alice Douglas,
chairman of the “Revenge,” says,
“It will be a chance for the women
to get their revenge on their secret
sorrows who haven’t dated them.
The men will be able to find out
what girls they rate with.”
Gathering Dates
Dancing will be t.lijj entertainment
of the evening. Tho business of the
evening will consist of gathering
dates for the remaining affairs of
Leap Week.
All men who want a chance to
prove that they rate, should be at
the dance. If they aren’t there,
they don’t get dated, for it will be
against Senior Leap Week laws to
make dates before or after that
time, according to tho ultimatum
laid down by the committee, headed
by Marian Barnes, .chairman for
Senior Leap Week.
Cat-astropho Friday
The Oat-astroplio to Leap Week
will come Friday afternoon when the
Cat astrophe danise will bo held from
4 to (i o’clock at tho Alpha Delta Pi
house. The patrons and patronesses
for the affair, which is to be very
informal, are: Dr. and Mrs. A*. A.
Boss, Dr. Ray P. Bowen, Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Griggs. *
Practically all plans aro com
pleted for tho Barroom Bust which
will come Friday night. It is to be
a costume affair. Prizes will bo given
for tho best dancing couple. Beer
and pretzels will bo served. Patrons
and patronesses aro to bo Mr. and
Mrs. N. B. Zane, Mr. and Mrs. Eyler
Brown, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Boss. It
will start at 9 o’clock.
Snappy* Features
Tho features of the evening have
not yet been mndo public, but Iris
Saunders, chairman of tho Barroom
Bust, promises that they will bo
snappy and entirely in keeping with
tho atmosphero of the evening, s
After spending Saturday morning
taking tho rest cure, following theso
strenuous activities, the senior wo
men will take tho men on a picnic,
to be held at Coburg bridge. Busses
will provide transportation. Food
will bo served at G o’clock, and tho
rest of tho evening will bo spent
dancing.
Gate Crasher Sees Peppy Dances
At Rehearsal ofrDream Follies’
By ARDEN X. PANGBORN
Now, Billy O'Bryant may not bo
any Max Reinhardt, but when it
comes to putting out good, clean,
honest - to - goodness entertainment,
Billy’s “Dream Follies” is going to
be hard to beat. Squeezed in among
Borne other gate crashers who, fol
lowing the tactics of One-Eyed Con
nolly, managed to elude the watch
ful eye of the junior class commit
tee of guardsmen at the Ifeilig the
ater Sunday, was an Emerald re
porter. And what did he see?
Oh, boy!
Does that show sizaltsJ
And those ponies?
The “Dream Follies” is just be
ginning to take shape-—and what a
shape. “Dream Follies” has all the
characteristics of the kind of a
show which makes the men in the
box office do eight hours of work
in four hours—good songs, good set
itngs, and a selection of female
pulchritude that is a knockout, a 14
second knockout.
Billy skipped through the script
in Sunday’s rehearsal, picking out
numbers hero and there for special
work, so that no idea of the unity
of the production nor of the clev
erness of the lines was given, but
if either comes up to the standard
of the unfinished portions which
flashed before the fortunate gate
crashers Sunday, then the skeptical
theater goer need not hesitate to
| plank the mamma on the lino whon
the ticket sale opens.
After a classical dunce which got
the rehearsal under way, Edith
Pearson and .Tack Reynolds stepped
a fast number, utilizing the high
spots of the varsity drag, the black
bottom and the charleston speeded
up. There was no slow motion stuff
in that dance; nor was there any in
the inevitable encore. “Hot” is
the only word which conveys a suit
! able idea of the number.
Billy called time out for the bene
fit of a photographer who invaded
the Ileilig for the purpose of per
petuating an idea of the follies by
transferring a bit of its color to
paper. The pony chorus posed be
hind leaves—not fig leaves, Mabel,
but big painted leaves, which add
to the motif of the opening scene.
Then the whole group, the ponies
and the beauties—though just where
tho difference exists between the
ponies and beauties is doubtful, for
all qualify under tho latter classifi
cation—posed together. Finally, the
men were “mugged.”
There’s one thing which can
make or break a musical comedy.
That’s the girls. If they look as
though they’re working fur a living
and their pay check’s too small, or
if they look as though they would
like to choke the • boss, the show
usually is pretty flat, no matter how
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