Arizona republican., 1914-05-01
WILL CUT '. M. C. \.
 TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS
Alleged Conspiracy By Y. w. C. A..
 to Kill Minstrel

That there is a conspiracy on among the young women of Phoenix to prevent the presentation of the Y. NJ C. A. minstrel show, is the sensational charge made by Director Kellogg and Secretary Harry Blair. Both Blair and Kellogg deny indig- nantly that there is any chance of the plot succeeding. A sufficient number of the minstrels remain true 1 to the colors and several have even requested that they be not called to 1 the telephone during rehearsals no matter who asks to speak with them. | There are others, however, who are suffering severely from a disease which Dr. Reginald Stroud calls acute anterior polio feminitis.' They l betray every sign of hopeless aban- donment and utter Responsibility. They are excellent performers but the malady interferes sadly with re- hearsals and prevents them giving proper expression to the art bottled up in their systems. As a result, several of the best numbers in the show may have 10 be eliminated from the program.
 Dr. Stroud has administered serum of his own invention to sev eral of the minstrels who have fem ! initis in the incipient or tertiary stages, and it seems to be having excellent results. The doctor admits,
 however, that his remedy is wholly inadequate to overcome the ravages
 Of the disease upon those with whom
 it has become chronic Further
 more the chronic patients have so
 far lost their self respect, their de-
 sire to be men among men, that they
 f!atly refuse to allow the physician
 to administer the serum.
 One of the most aggravated cases
 is that of John Longan. Last even ing, while the rehearsal was in full
 swing, the telephone rang and Lon
 gan Was informed that someone
 wished to speak with him. He broke ? for his room absolutely refusing t(
 answer from the office: the othel
 minstrels felt sure that he knew i was not his employer with reques | llldl Ht 1tpOll lOF N bIh dl b c ClOCl the next morning.
 The rehearsal was halted and fo , some ten minutes the artists waited 5 patiently. Then Arthur DeRiemer < Longan's room mate, was sent to se what had happened to Jack-if h. | had been overcome by the heat O
 the Bisbee primary returns. On
 look was enough for Arthur LongaI was dolled up fit to kill The Lon gan Sunday go to meeting trousers l which had reposed between mat
 resses for Q week, were servin;
 their intended purposes, and the bes
 DeRiemer silk tie was being knotte - carefully about the Longan neck. For the sake of Maggie, hurr s back and let us get on with thi s rehearsal thing inplored DeRiemel = Rehearsal" exploded Longan wit
 lefty scorn. Art, she has d ne,
 porch swing"
 If all the young men in tn O United States should answer ca g for volunteers with the same spec e that Longan answered his cal y Uncle Sam would have 5.346.4S3 sol = dlers In fourteen minutes" said Sec
 retary Blair today What are W
 going to do about it? Say, I hay
 four lawyers, six doctors, one ef = ficienoy engineer. nine walking dele r gates and choir leader working O 2 that problem right now"
 n Why not put a telephone man O :. it?" someone asked.
 . Blair looked blank for d momen I. then great white light broke i l. upon his b-conscious mentalit, t The very ideal" he exclaimed. S Which explains why the Y. NJ. (
 A. telephone will be out of commis
 sion every evening from now till tn
 flrst night of the Y M C. A. min n strel show, May II, at the Elk. a theater