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SUPPLEMENT TO THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, .MONDAY,-FEBRUARY 21, 1927.
Vo. 1-No. 1
To Be Published Until Th.cy Lynch the Editor
-Entered t the Klamath Falls P.oast Office as the
Wont Kind of Male Matter
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Sight's
Only-
Elks1 Show Will Be
Greatest Event of
Theatrical Season
We nrf not Koinjr, to tell you much about the Klks.'
how, "I'tirple Flashes,"-which will he staged at the Pine
Tree theater, Thursday and Friday, February 24th and
25th, for we know, you know it's going to be a wonder, and
why spoil it all by letting you in on the fun before the bit;
liiKht?
There will be (nappy mu
sical number and beautiful
revues, which are reviewed
in another column, and .as
or the farce comedy, we
have a cast the 4ike of which
has never before been assem
bled In this district. It opens
with John Houston as Jack
Temple, a liar, a light com
edy part that carrirs a Jot of
clever lines. " C. J. Mc
J'aughtou, professional pro
ducer, who is directing "1'ur
le Flashes," will play opK
site Mr. Houston as his
chum, Frank Fuller, a rii;:ucf
liar. They are a team that
cannot, be beaten when it
Coin to hyh, wide and
ttandwmr' Uajlir-"f "the
truth.
- Paul nalton wilt appear as the
English sroiy officer. Captain
fiharps. Paul la certainly there
with the monocle, and bla Ion
acenea are a work of art. They
Win sreat applause tiom tba au
dience. t Kd Moon will take tha role of
John Mrown. a ladles" halrdreea
r. This part la a riot of fun.
Sod It la worth tba price of ad
mission alone, Just to sea Kd In
hla famous role. Then have
Harry Welsner one of the pre
mier aclora of the community. In
tha character comedy, laughable
part of Wlgson, tha decidedly
talkative Kngllsh butler. It la
tpected that after tha ahow the
community will Insist upon erect
ing a atatiia of Harry as mon.i
menl to bla art.
As for tha ladles: Wa have
Mrs. Ura McNeughtan In the
leading role of Mrs. Jack Tern
pleton, a temperamental wife.
This glveg her great scope for her
batural ability, going In a uixup
of comedy altuatlona from laugh
ter to tears; from the sublime to
the tldiruloue.g)
Two dainty attractive psfs
sre thoM of Mrs. f'raak Fuller,
ha Ferris Wheel lady, and Mt.i
liorothy Gladsoa. a romantic
Slrl. They are played by Mlsa
Klna Jemtosxnd Mra. Dorothy La
1'ialrle and they are appearing
with all the ea of professional.
Una of tha funniest roles In
the play la (hat of Mra. John
llrown. f'hrhitlan name, Martha,
a human cyclone. H la effective
ly portrayed by Mrs. 0. U' Bat
ter, who, through her clever
characterisation furnUbea much
of the plot of the ahow. And we
Rdlinra as auUtorltlea. Inalat that
every good ahow should have its
plot. .
Tha scenic effects and coetum
lug were both made at an at
pensa of ft.000 especially tor tbta
bow, and wa guarantee that
"Purple rbubee." will be the tin
ant show rvnr seen In thla Mlalrlct.
ITItl'LK FI.AHIIKS
Among the wedding preaenta
that Hobble Ryan received were
one hundred allver apoona.
i Three wera marked sterling.
Tha otbnr. 17 were marked "Ho
tel Benson."
ITKPl.K FLASHKH
Wllbu? Kennett "Why ' doea
my sweetheart alwaya close her
eyea when I klsa her?"
Jlert Cook '-8ludy your photo
graph and you'll know tha rea
son." rt'RIM.K r'LAMHK
A Jitney operated by a woman
broke down the. other day. She
hailed Mont. Hamaker and
quired: "Do yon know anything
about Fords?"
"Only a lot of bum Jokes," be
replied, and drove on.
Ft KPI.F. FLAHHF.H
Dear Editor: My wire la cham
pion lady boxer and welghe 144
pounds. 8ha Insleta that. 1 do the
waablng. What shall I do? T.
J. Webb.
The washing. Editor.
Reserved Seat Sale at Pine Tree
Box Office
V
Wednesday, February, 23rd
; " v at 10 A. M.
Be in line at the opening and get your choice seats. The admis
sion for "Purple Flashes" is 75c and $1.10, $1.65 and $2.20.
Elks advance, tickets must be exchanged for reservations.
SEAT SALE
, Ticket
Loges : ....$2.00
First Row3 in Orchestra (300 seats) 1.50
Remainder of Orchestra (150 seats) 1.00
Entire Balcony (150 scats)
Every, seat in the Theatre is Reserved for This Show
Tax' Total
20c $2.20
15c 1.65
10c . 1.10
(No tax) .75
Musical Acts, Show
Fun,Fashion,Show,
Revues and Girlies
The Klamath Falls Elks' show will hold the boards at
the -Pine Tree theater Thursday and Friday, and : it will
carry a cast of 50 people. And not satisfied with giving full
money's worth in the laughable farce cbmedv, which is ex-
plained in another column and which is one of the greatest
hits of recent years, the Elks!
are putting on a number of
musical revues, that are a
'riot of fun. color, pretty girls
'and effective costumine-
They open with the Elk'e Jazx FreJ" Lucaa, "The Spanish Olrl.'
will Introduce tha two chorus
groups aa fashion models, and
also will contain the following
cast of characters: "Juliet." Mra.
Fun and Foolishness
A "GOOD ONE" .
When W. II. A. Renner and his
bride were on their honeymoon,
tbey went Into restaurant and
while busily engsged In looking
over tha menu tha waitress, who
waa a much calclmlned and pern
sided young miss, came up to
Jake their order. W. II. A. look
ed op from tba menu, smiled
sweetly at tha waitress and said:
"flow la tha chicken today?"
"Pretty good, kid," aha retort
ed, "how are you?"
I'l Itl'I.K FLASHES '
There waa a young man from the
city.
Who met what ha thought was a
kitty.
He gave It a pat.
' And said. "Wen little oat"
And tbey burled bla clothes out
of pity.
(The above versa wai written by
Ceorge Koran Maaduel.)
Pt'KPLK r'LAHHF.H
IN Plt.iR.UACY
Girl Mr. Underwood, can you
tlx mm some eastop All mt fhat I
'Mean'! taste It?
Major Sure. Yon batter alt
down and have a nice soda While
you wait.
Olrl (After drinking soda) Is
my castor oil ready?
Major You've already taken
It. I put it In tha toda ao you
would not taste it.
Girl What? Oood Lord, I
wanted It for my brother.
Ed Moon telling C. J. alcXauchtar,
about hair dressing In "Purple Flashes."
and
John Houston
V
all
Mra. Dorothy LaPrarle
and Paul Dalton
t'apt. Sharpe '
as Dorothy Dawn and
Arlet Edsel "What part do
you think I could play beat on the
etage!"
Jack Ryan "A decayed gen
tleman." Arlet "And why a decayed
gentleman?"
Jack "Because you are apt-h
rotten actor."
GOOD IDEA
"This la my car," ahouted tha
irate motorist to the garage man,
"and what I aay about It goes
see!"
Just then "Pat" McCollura
crawled from under the car and
pleadingly said: "Say 'engine'
mister."
Horace Manning (ia movies to
little boy behind blm Can't yon
sea young fellow?
Little Boy Not a thing.
Horace Then keep your eyea
on ma and lough when I do.
PITU'LE FLASHES -
Doe Carter I've made hun
dreds of tromea suffer la my lite
time. t
She Oh, what a brute you
most b. k -.-i...'
Doo Not at all. Yon se I'm
a dentist.
Pl'RTLK FLASHF-S
The other day
I saw .
A girl and
She dropped her purse
I hurried after her, "
But I fooled her
I kept the puna. '
Lin W. Nesblth.
PURPLE FLASHES
At a meeting of the Elk's club
Jack ElUott read an article on
"Personal Devils." There were
about 200 present.
, PURPLE FLASHES
My Dar Mr. Editor: What can
I do witth floating kidney?
Artie Whitman.
Teach It to swim. Editor.
PURPLE FLASHES
She fell In lova with a bootleg
man, i
And ahe swore she'd be faith
ful till death.
And It wasn't his looks and It
wasnt his wealth
But he had such a wonderful '
breath. Harry Prattler.
Pony chorus composed of the
Mlssca Bessie Darley, Evelyn
Beckley. Addle Jenkins. Esther
Noel. Gertrude Lindley. Thelma
Grizzle. Grace Bennett, Alleen
Loomts. Louise Bell. A ilea Mas
sey, Goldia Lewia and Lncile
Conway. Also the Elka Ballet
Chorea composed of the Misses
Myrtle Collister. Evelyn Frances,
I Evelyn Amkke. - Ines - Jenkins.
.Genevieve Henaley, Pearl Collie
'ter, Juanita Dodge. Marie Engle.
Fay Grltile and Rose Darley. The
song numbers heard in the open-'
Ing are "Just Pack Me lp In
Your Heart," "The Twinkle ' In
Your Eye," "Bye Bya .Black
bird." and two solos offered by
Mrs. Lucile Conway and Miss
Evelyn Amtcke. "A Little Cot
tage for Two." and "Kentucky's
Way Of Saying Good Morning."
In "The Old Fashioned Girls
Revue." the song numbers
"You're Just A Flower From Aa
Old Bosquet" and "When You
And I Were Seventeen." are of
fered by Mr. Willard Smith, and
Mrs. Marjorte Olda will appear 3B
The Old Fashioned Girl. They
will be supported by the Elks
Ballet chorus aa crinoline girls.
' One of the peppiest revues of
the show will be "The Eskimo
Baby Revue" which la led by C.
J. McXaugbtan, supported by the
Elka Jan Pony chorus and the
Elka Ballet chorus as a whole
flock of Eskimo babies and that
Isn't all. He will introduce 'six
"Girls Of Other Lands." "The
Spanish Girl." "The Oriental
Girl," "The Hula Hula Dancer."
"The Bride." "The Vamp." etc..
impersonated by the little Misses
Barbara Bentley. Phyllis Foster,
La Wanna Thyler. Virginia Budd,
and Dolores Runda.
"The Girla Of My Dreams Re
rue," led by Mr. Jack Whitney,
Mra. Betty Glover. "The Southern
GlrL" Mlsa EWera Elttreln. "The
Chlneae Girl," Mra. Clara Hous
ton. "The Peasant ' Olrl," Mrs. '
Lucile McMillan, t"The Broadway
Girl," Mra. Madge Dalton, "The
Gypsy Oirl," Mrs. Dorothy Reed.
"The Follies Girl," Miss Pearl
Blehn.
In "The Jazzland Revue." tha
Elka' Pony Chorus will . intro
duce (he sensational aong hit of
the Duncan aiaters in "Topsy and
Eva." calied "Um-tm-Da-Da."
In the same revue the M lines
Evelyn Francis and Marie Engle
wilt offer the interesting musical ' .
reading "In The Usual Way," and
the Pony Chorua will offer, "Give
Me A Little Klsa."
'- Beranse of the sis of this pa-'
per,' It was necessary to go tq
presa a week ahead of tha publi
cation and there will be .several -sets,
and a good many people,
that will be - aeea ia 'Purple -Flashes,"
that are not aee; here.
There will be a special orches
tra In the pit. and tha ahow will
be ataged 4a the eame style- as
waa . maintained V in , the many -coaat
cltlea where "Pnrpie Flaah
es," scored the hit of the season.
The costuming and scenery for.
the ahow are carried by Mr. Mc
N'aughton. and they are both
beautiful. Some1 wonderful cho
rus sets, evening gowna and scen
ic settings are ahown.
PURPLE FLASHES
FAIR ENOUGH
Jack Jewett waa trying to aell
Bill Tingley a cow and the dicker
ing had been going on for some
time. Bill asked:. "How much
milk does she give?"
Jack replied: "I don't just -know
exactly, but she's a darned
good natured cow and she'll give
you all she can."
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