The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-19
FUN AND .FOOLERy ABOUND
Youngsters Have Great Time Telling
the Adventurous Tale of How Betty
Black Wins as Husband the
Botanizing Rodney.

From the time the University of
Wisconsin boys, members of the Hares-
foot Club, wandered carolling into Ke
nosha yesterday noon, until tired, hap
Ply and richer by some $500 melted
from their performance of Jamaica
Ginger" they wandered out again at
midnight, there was not a slow minute
for them nor for those who entertained
and were entertained by the young
sters. In the afternoon they were
taken on an automobile tour of the
town.
They were fine lot of lads, full of
the spirit of ''Jamaica Ginger" which
by the way, is billed on their program
as GA Haresfoot Escapade in Sunny
jamaica and an escapade it certain
ly was.
Fantastic and grotesque in spots, the
performance was full of the unexpect-
ed, and if the acting did fall consider
ably short of the traditional work of
the Haresfootians, except in one or two
notable exceptions, what IS trife like
acting, between friends9 The audience
which applauded from "over the foot
lights" thoroly enjoyed all the fun and
foolery dished up to them, they were
en- rapport with the enthusiastic young
Thespians and as many of the aggre-
cation had once been students in the
university themselves, it was easy to
arouse a spirit of 'rah- 'rahing which
spurred the players to their best eff
forts.
Evalina, (she is David E. Day in real
life, they say won her audience the
instant she stepped foot ON the stage.
Evalina put her soul into her song.
She danced as if the "power" had
been given her, and frowning with
earnestness, she tackled situation after
situation, moving down rivals and cut
ting swathe of glory for herself. IF
she had been horse one would have
commented upon the strength, facility
and agility of her "leg action. Be
ing 1.-THE, sinuous young woman in
stead, one doubtless should confne com
ment to her costume, voice, and blithe
spirit.
"Dorothy," the coy. and firtatious
heroine of the cast, was sweet and girl
ish in blonde wig and fluffy gown, and
as one gazed into her wide open, inno-
cent blue eyes, one wondered how she
would look as Charles A. Rawlings
when she had returned to masculine at
tire and perhaps had briar pipe be-
tween her red lips and braeed against
her pearly teeth.
The boys had two-act production
with plot that scared into the heights
Of wild improbabilities. The hero was
a botanist, young and handsome, who
secluded himself in Jamaica to study
plants. His father desired his mar
riage to almost anyone but especially
to Dorothy, his ward. An adventurer
accepted an offer Of 100000 to bring
about the wedding, and with the help
of a masquerading troupe of Hares-
footians, accompanied by Dorothy and
the father, travelled to Jamaica and by
ruse and plot the union of the two was
accomplished.
The most finished bit of the whole
performance is the Spanish solo dance
by FL. B. Cornish with mixed ballet
Of dozen well costumed "subs.n The
young man danced with sinuous grace
that might easily have deceived an au-
dience into believing him to be the
senorita he appeared to be.
The aggregation brought their own
orchestra with them, filing not only
the orchestra pit but one box complete
ly and encroaching upon another for
space for drums and drummer.
The performance ended with com
pany of khaki clad soldiers, marching
on to the stage to military music. Then
THE Star Spangled Banner" was
played to the audience which was on
its feet at the first strain of the fam
liar air, and the biennial appearance
of the Haresfoot Club in Kenosha was
of the things that were