The Washington times., 1906-03-10
COLLEGE GIRLS IN
PLAY AS ANIMALS
Barnard Students Burlesque
HippOdr0me.
ELEPHANTS LEGS TANGLED
Front Ones Want to Go One Direction
and Rear Pedal Extremities
the Other

NEW YORK, March 10.-Girls were
transformed into lions. monkeys, and ele-
plants when the class OF 1903 of Barn
ard College gave a circus, which they
called The Dippydrome," a burlesque
on the hippodrome.
The marvellous aggregation Of talent
got under way at o'clock in the after
noon. Among the attractions were a
whirling derVishess, who, from much
meditation on the subject of perpetual
motion, had reached that abnormal
state; the girl who had refused to go to
a matinee; the electric wonder, who
sought to blow out the incandescent
globes; the tattooed man. and the ami
nal king the foe of wild cats and noun
tain lions; King Theodore l., who had
glistening teeth and eyeglasses.
Billy Rooster Ring Master.
Billy Rooster. with bill and towering
comb and tapping wings, acted as ring
master of the show. The role was taken
by Miss Lillian Cosson. author of the
Hbretto, and she kept even the ele-
plants in order The Bogie Man tow
cred high in air and the clowns in their
tightly fitting garb performed bewilder-
ing antics which took the house by
storm.
Vaseline. in whom the discerning pub
lie recognized the agile Marceline, ap-
peared in perfect makeup of chalk and
red eyebrows and enCardined nose. Miss
Eva vOn Baur, who was also the stage
manager of the circus, was responsible
for the appearance. Miss Florence Wy
att gave a realistic imitation of Silvers,
which was called ShiYers, and received
The stage was cleared, the drums were
beaten in a long roll, and the four Gas
sicaI elephants, bearing upon the Dlan-
kets the names and the numbers or the
four classes of the college, made their
appearance. Some of them were actual
ed By a subliminal consciousness over
which they had no control, ana as tne
young women who furnished the motive
power could not see, the pacnyderIns
seemed to be stampeding in different
direction at every corner.
Elephants Legs Tangled.
one pair of legs ran across the path OF
All the others and seemed permanently
dislocated. One elephant limped of with
a broken back and another from much
wasginS lost his tail The quartet final
Iy got in line, however, and side-stepped,
danced a quadrille, and bowed itself out
amid prolonged applause.
Six branches of the family tree in a
Sin1ian garb, which was meant for small
er types. danced in a jungle two-step.
Their motions were often constrained
and the manager was heard several
times prompting from the wings. On
say, girls. why don't you wag?' After
the performance they received a rebuke
to which Mrs. CaUdle's curtain lectures
are said 10 be mild.
The lions in care of Miss Claire Yel-
lalot kept the company in a roar.
The ferocious animals ran about on al
fours most of the time. occasionally Tis-
ing to make a pass with their paws al
their trainer. One of them finally picked
out Miss Yeilalot, known in private life
as Miss Adelaide Richardson. and car
ried her off the stage despite her re-
sistent cries for help The dancing By
Shivers and Vaseline, and the ballet by
the six little ponies received many en-
. cores.