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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1943)
By CHAS. POLITZ Sally Elizabeth (which is prob ly not her middle name) Hand probably the only fan dancer the world who can tell off lor jokes with an English ac nt. Isn’t one enough! here the question lies unan ered. But Sally, she does not. he “girl”—(use of the afore entioned feminine noun being the same category as classify g^Tiilonty Woolley as an adoles nt) who was the “rage of 3 it cunt ’em) world’s fairs” is still ai it. Nothing but a Jap invasion an offer of a job with the OWI n stop the queen of the fans, ibbles and what have you. Young womanhood and Miss nd have long since parted, but lly still manages to keep in od shape. The Low-Down You may well ask why we are prompted to write on this sub ject. Why don’t you? . . . Inquis itive, aren’t you! In that case we lust feel more or less obligated [ explain our reasons to you. lUall started like this. Jantzen fdach, Portland’s “million dol lar playground” which probably didn’t cost more than a couple of rndred thousand decided to [age a rodeo. Chief among the latured attractions was one lonte Montana and Co., trick jder, roper, connoisseur of good jlsner, and husband of Sally md. | Whether signing Mr. Montana (which is also the name of a , tate) means that his wife is t irown in for good measure or f lat signing Miss Rand means t tat hubby is brought along to c re for the spare ostriches and 1 f/fjjfe- a spot on the companion f ature just to keep him happy v e oon’t know. We care less— h ivng our own ration books to b itter our brains against in our s lai e time. The truth of the matter proba t y is that Jantzen’s orchestra v ere drawing like Italians to a 3 ascisti picnic, and the “powers t lat be “thought that a touch of t le “rage” of 3 (count ’em) v orld’s fairs” would do much to £ [lay the necessity of applying t i Henry Kaiser for swing shift v ork tt is winter. }The first we saw or heard of other than the fact that 1 n announcement had been in t le papers every day for three v eeks preceding, was the appear a ace of Mr. Montana and Co. at t le Kaiser yards (yes, we work fir him too). He arrived during 1 inchtime and spent most of the t me telling the workers that his »rife would drop in on them two qays hence. The rest of the time i^as spent winking at a woman welder who did not look the least bit like a relative. The better part of the morning of the two days hence was spent “imdiscussing” steel, ships and production and discussing Sally and what she was going to wrear. The size of the crowd evinced a unanimity of opinion that the latter would be very little. Frank • Sinatra, in polka-dotted bow tie, and Betty Grable, in white tight shorts and V-necked cashmere sweater, could hardly have made 7 ships wiggle loose from their ways and waddle up toward the mold loft at the sound of the 1 o’clock v/histle. What did Sally wear ? Too much. A tailored print suit and a hat that most closely resem bled a sugar scoop after the bat tle of Attu island. What did Sally talk about ? Her husband—and why don't you come and see him and while you’re there don’t forget to drop in on me when I'm not so weight ed down with clothes and things and such. Then she told some jokes the Daughters of the American Revolution would not deem altogether fitting and prop er. She also talked about war bonds. Courtesy ? Alter sucn a personal invita tion we could not resist accept ing. So the next night we took our grandmother to the show. Sally was preceded by six dancing girls who emerged in gauze gowns to the strains of the Anniversary waltz and sud denly on no provacation broke into a palsied frenzy to the ccreeching of Bugle Call Bag, then just as suddenly relapsed into the waltz motif. This sudden metamorphosis was some kind of a signal, no doubt, for the cur tains parted and a pair of fans with a bit of foot exposed emerged bathed in a blue light that would have completely hid den Hamburg from the RAF. The pair of fans immediately went into the dance of the same name powered by some hidden force concealed in their nether region^.. They flew from one end of the stage to the other looking no doubt for something they dropped the night before. The pace be came so furious that we became convinced (grandmother and our self) that the fans had been re jected by the air corps and were furiously trying to prove their worth by making like a B-19. The theory of an onlooker in the next breathing channel that the fans were trying to make like Don Quixote and the wind fill all in one seemed quite as plausible. As time went by (without the benefit of Humphrey Bogart and Eugene's Newest Apparel Store Brand new stocks of Dresses, Coats, Suits, Furs, Accessories and Sportswear. Conveniently located at 991 Willamette Street, across from Seymours. SPECIALIZING IN STYLES FOR COLLEGIATES ARDEL’S TOPS IN FASHION FOR MISS AND MRS. The meaning of the above “surrealorania” is n) doubt non-apparent before—and probably even after you have read its related column below. But do nob worry. The author is busy figuring it out. Ingrid Bergman) the blue light developed into a dense blue fog, the music softened and slowed and a sparsely clad figure stepped from behind the fans and assumed an artistic pose, and vanished behind a curtain. Who was it? Gosh, we don’t know. We and grandmother are still wondering and pondering the question, “Did it have a face?” Striving for the best education that will fit you to make a worth while contribution to a war weary world—undoubtedly is uppermost in your minds. Winning the Peace, is something more than empty words—it means knowing how to handle difficult situations—to be able to solve tremendous problems of world portent with sure and unfailing judgment. Higher education and a 'sincere desire for truth and knowledge will help you to make that contribution. The Broadway today has its problems of merchandising. The scarcity of needed goods—the ever shrinking sources of supply—the rapid turnover of help—all these and more too, make store keeping as we know it, somewhat difficult. In spite of this rve have succceeded in a tremendous way in securing the things you have needed most in our lines of READY-TO-WEAR AND DRY GOODS We are striving every clay to give you the utmost in service—not forget ting for a moment that there will be a Post War period for us when we shall need, as now, every one of our patrons and friends. We are striving by our actions and service to deserve your much needed friendship. We, too, are “going to school” studying how we may be better merchants and better citizens in this world of today and the Post War world of tomorrow. ^BROADWAY* 20 and 30 East Broadway
