Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-23
PHI DELTA THETA WINS
Clark 9. Briggs Cup Theirs Per
manently Now.
I University Of Vermont Cake walk
Better Managed yban I'm Former
fenrs--Fcv stunts. but Nine
Couples Try for Prize.

The Phi Delta Theta fraternity last
evening at the University OF Vermont
cake walk held in the gymnasium, for the
third time In four years won the Clark G.
BrlEgs cup for tho best fraternity stunt"
ana by the terms OF the gift became the
permanent possessor of tina trophy. '"rhe
Devil to Pay" was the title Of the stunt
and II was conceded to he one of the best.
II not the best, put on since the origin
Of the cake walk.
Messrs. Hoy and Hurley were the win
nors Of the cake given to the couple ca
Iable of the most novel and artistic walk
ing. and Logan, 10. disguised as one Of
the Gold Dust Twins, was the recipient Of
the cup offered by the college store for
the most artistic costume in the prelimi-
rary parade.
THE FRATERNITY STUNTS.
After n well rendered concert of -four
numbers by the college band the f%ratcrn-
ity stunts began. They were not go nu-
merous and perhaps not so elaborate as
in former years. but the cake walk as a
whole was better managed than ever be-
fore. In particular. the usual long waits
NV ANbNN N'i' 'iiilIililA'ts 'Ai'
both fraternities and couples walking for
tho cake were limited to a definite period
Of time. They were disqualified If they
transgressed.
Tho grand march. as usual, included
representatives from all parts Of the
globe, and some beings whose Ike had
never before been seen. not even on
Church street on Saturday night. All
thngp efA1.,tp Il. CT. 90, t~r.,;,.fltn
desire to dress up I'm costume hut who did
not have = part in a stunt or the self
confidence to walk for the cake were
eligible, as well as the regular per
formers.
The first stunt on the program was
callcd ~ Glimpse of the Future" AM
was put on by Delta Mu, a mcdica'
fraternity, 1t depicted a scene from tho
Internal regions. His Satanic Majesty.
with assistant imps. AWARDED reward
and punihnents to arrivals from tho
earth, Including some well known
characters from Burlington. The famous
hotel controversy was discussed at some
length in Hades. and Senator Powell
was given tho best accommodations that
the place afforded.
Hedge and Lee Company" presented
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~hlackface vaudeville stunt with a stage
and audience already provided. The per
formers sang and put over some clever
monologue. A selection by the college
double Quartette filed in the interval
between is and tho next stunt.
- Trump in Chemistry, or There's n
Reason" by the Sigma Nh Fraternity,
showed the high estimation in which the
,,a,,oa c,,,Jept baIle tho - rinDS Eraak-
fast foods or food substitutes which are
80 much eaten. An ancient chemist APP
peared in his laboratory AMI wen,
through performances with different
foods which would put the wildo-t
dreams of the most hopeful advertiser to
shame.
"A Night in Salem was the work of
the SIGMA Phi fraternity. 1t DEPICTED Il
SCENE IN ancient Salem in the days IF
witohcraft. There was 2 large cauldron.
Intended by four Variously clad imrs,
which iclchcd forth real live cats with
out numhcr until the gymnasium was
filled with news. There was also a witch
who was about to he burned at the
stake hut at the last moment turned
into a fairy.
The Boys" tho stunt which received
honorable mention by the judges n
WlI. n was pun on by the Alpha Zc'a
fraternity. showed n section Of military
camp with every detail worked ont most
miuutclY. The scene opened with tho
relief of the guard and closed with taps.
\ campfire song, "Tenting Tonight"
was given by the ensemble.
THE PRIZE WINNER.
The Devil TO Pay" came next 1t
was really a little one-act play. con |
densed into some fifteen minutes. and
involved some mechanical apparatus
of the most complicated nature. A
morris chair, a couch and a desk fur
nished the stage setting.
a drunken ana rather d%elinouont
husband, whose wife is in the coun-
try. blows in. After assuring himself
in a loud voice that he knows when
he has enough and that he has
plenty Of will power he passes
away" on the couch. Then he dreams.
In the dream Che wife enters. seam
ineiy awakened from sleep, and fail
ing to rouse him, says that she Is tired
OF his fall!ngs, Suddenly Il ali ana
thin and distinguished looking gem
tleman appears In the morris chair.
After ~persuading her that he can
make her happy he stands before her.
In the twinkling Of an eye, in the
red tights Of the devil. his
evening clothes having vanished.
The wife kneels before him In ter
ror at the side OF the couch on which
lies her husband. and the devil, with
a wave of his hand. transforms her
a doddering old woman and the
man into a skeleton. lie opens the
desk. puts them both in and leaps in
after chem. The husband, by some
mysterious process, is again on the
couch and he awakes from his dream
to flnd his wife entering in travelling
costume' having just returned from
the country
y brief description cannot fully do
justice to the mechanical ingenuity
which must have been exercised in the
production Of The Devil 10 Pay" The
morris chair seemed. at least under
spot light, to be of the ordinary
sort ana yet n man appeared in it
from nowhere. The other illusions were
not less carefully and skillfuly pro-
duced.
The last stunt was by the Kappa
fraternity and was called "A
Trip to Mars" An ancient professor,
discovered a new explosive. Is
placed In the mouth of a cannon Of
his W invention and shot to the
planet Mars. His adventures there and
lhhhbitants of that world form the
part of the stunt.