The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-01
Girl Show Not a
Vulgar Institution
There Is a Musical Farce
Comedy Theater at 500
Main Avenue That
Bears a Large Sign
Calling It the
Girl Show.


attract attention to the fact that
girls take part in the musical pro-
gram. Young women who can sing
we'll and who at the same time are
graceful and pretty are scarce. A
fine voice with the features of a
scarecrow in a burlesque theater
would be a pitiful aspect-a rank
failure in pleasing the great crowds
of men that pack every seat of this
theater.
Because the show is in a neigh
borhood where there are some
cheap entertainments that have to
be watched to confine them to the
laws of decency, and because of the
big sign, Girl Show" the uniniti-
ated man passes it by when looking
for decent diversion.
Feeling weary and tired. I bought
ticket, for which I paid 20 cents.
1t costs 10 cents for matinees. The
show is continuous and lasts for
two hours. A bevy of girls were on
the stage. A quartet of them sang
catchy song about the jobs each
of them had, and each told her ex-
perience in song. One of them re-
lated ner experience as a waitress
and how she served the fresh guy.
After which the chorus took up the
refrain and did ballet dance. The
girls wore skirts to the knees, and
the leader of them had on hand
some embroidered dress of the
same description. There was no
low neck or any immodest display
of the personality of the actresses.
They sang about their luck in
hunting a job that was calculated to
act as tonic to the unemployed
job seekers in the audience. Many
of these were apparently down on
their luck"
They had met with similar expert
ence, perhaps, judging by the rapt
attention and display of mirth and
laughter during the recitation of
this story in song. The contralto
voice was good; it blended excel
lently with the soprano, and with
harmonious voices and humorous
story in song, the audience of men
forgot themselves and were carried
away from the routine of business
or labor. The writer found the
Girl Show" a good place to lose
himself, to get away from some
thing that was preying on his mind.
There were clown acts and Irish
mugs, anda padded Dutchman, and
the gesticulating Jew, with his pitt
full face, and "maschucka" express
sion. There was also violin art
ist who rendered a selection from
Tannhauser entitled "Traumerei,"
(which has a soft, soothing effect on
the imagination. ! believe the art
list could get position to play the
same thing in a high class play
house. At least, have often paid
"a dollar to hear music of similar
nature. Then to please the variety
dover, he plays on the violin, using
his hat brim, an old bottle and the
sides of a washboard for bow
string, playing THE Irish Washer
woman" with the dashboard.
i, The Ruben, as the man is called
who is made up to represent the
rural district in comical manner,
acted very officious. One of the
ballet girls in high kicking stunt,
kicked him in the nose, after which
he requested to see her tongue, and
told her it had a heavy fur coat on.
moi, but you are SICK" says the
Irishman. Then the quartet of men
sang a song about a man named
Tricycle. who got married, and now
there is family of small veloci-
pedes. Then the men did a stunt
entitled "The Four Flush" and max
ing ripple of laughter.
The show was half over when !
entered, but the man in the box
office assured me that their aim
was clean, decent musical farce
comedy, at the Girl Show" at 507
Main aVqnua $50