The Washington herald., 1912-01-28
MARY JANE GIRLS
In COLLEGE HERO
Pretty Maidens Who Will Be Seen
in Dainty Amateur 0peretta
Next Week.


Five hundred people In the cast.
Count them This Is the pert command
given by the ladies who have charge Of
the stupendous musical production. The
College Hero" which Is to be produced
at the Columbia Theater for seven per-
formances, commencing Tuesday, Febru-
ary g.
There are more than 800 Washing
tonians in The College Hero" and II
appears as IL every girl and young man
n Washington who can sing. dance. or
act has been enrolled in this big COM
psny.
The Washington women connected
with the Noel House. who have assumed
the task OF staging THE College Hero"
have veteran theatrical men OF WASH
ington gasping. That women alone
should undertake this responsibility,
even arranging for such details as the
Instructors. the scenery, the costumes.
the cast, &c. is the wonderment OF all.
II would indeed be a task for body Of
experienced show men. but the board of
managers of the Noel House. composed
entirely OF women, undauntsd by the
magnitude of the affair, promise that
The College Hero win not only be a
financial success, but they propose to
show what Washlngton's talent can real
ly do in the way OF light comic opera on
a gigantic scale. Not only have they
secured 800 prominent wsshingtonians,
but they have also had them trained so
thoroughly during the past fve weeks
that the big audiences will wonder how
so much talent could be secured in
Washington.
When It was first announced. over ave
weeks ago. that 500 performers would be
staged IN The College Hero" the in
credulous were inclined to doubt, but
since Il has become an established fact
that such an army Of people would ap-
pear in one production. the public has
accepted the announcement and wonder
what next will be undertaken in WASH
ington.
Theatrical managers who have grown
gray in the business admit that the train
ing OF over 500 people Is more than they
would be willing TO undertake. Where
in the chorus OF an ordinary travelling
attraction, a dozen girls serve one man
ayers idea Of what q dance should be,
several scores are necessary to do the
turn In THE College Hero"
The choruses and dancers enter the
stage in scores and hundreds. They 60
through their parts, exit, and their
places are Immediately taken by other
groups equally as large.
A great demand has been created for
seats. and the subscription seats and
boxes. which are now on sale. are going
rapidly. The regular sale commences at
the Columbia Theater on Wednesday,
January 81, at $50 a. m
Eight OF the prettiest little girls in
Washington are taking the part of Mary
Jane Girls. They have been selected
from among the best dancers in the city.
They dress as little baby dolls and form
a pony ballet that will be hard to equal
by any professional company that visits
Washington. Mr.. James Schneider leads
them in a topical college song, "Billiken,
the College Mascot" and their unique
dance with him I'm this scene VIII likely
he one Of the hits Of the performance.
The Mary Jane Girls are Jean Bowers,
Stella Carusi. Bernice Corson, Clarinne
Hunter, Frances NJ. Miller, Doris Moore.
Anne Elliott Pennebaker, and Lucinda
c. Pennebaker.
One of the managers Of the Noel
House said at rehearsal the other day:
Those who witness The College Hero
will not only be assisting-a truly worthy
cause. but they will see what Washing
ton talent can really do when thorough
ly trained"