South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-17
BLUE JACKETS
HERE TOMORROW
South Bend to Get an Inside
Line on Salt Yarns and
Sea Songs.

HI, there, rookie, shake a Les
Make It snappy."
You'll like it"
These and q score of other weird
expressions win greet residents OF
south Beno tomorrow when 100
Lively 'gobs" from the Great Lakes
Naval Training station breeze into
town for two-day stay at the Oil
vcr with their delightful musical
comedy, The Great Lakes Revue.
This is the big event of the the
atrical year-the one South Bend
has been looking forward TO eagerly
for the sailor show has been preceJ-
cd by the most enthusiastic reports
South Bend gets the jolly maritime
irolic just as Il was presented at the
Auditorium, Chicago, where 10000
persons jammed the theater during
the run oc the piece and went away
a'grinning and ahummins and just
full Of enthusiasm for the show and
Uncle sans navy boys.
Local Boy IN Caste.
South Rend is particularly inter
Csted IN the bluejackets show, be-
cause one OF her own popular boys
will be treading the boards at the
oliver in one CT the leading roles in
the person Of Ernest ("Duke"D sta
pies, Of 1923 Woodward av Al
though the only non professional
among the principals. Duke" lends
to his work in the sailor show the
same refreshing personality that en-
deared MIN 10 south Bend when ne
played around in amateur theatre
Gals here. before going into the serv-
ice.
Dukes" former co-workers at
the standard Oil CO. where he was
employed before he accepted Uncle
sam as a boss, will be on hard in a
body at the opening performance.
Wednesday evening. to greet him.
They have reserved a large block Of
seats. The Kiwanis club, of which
Duke" is q member, have reserved
a considerable number of seats for
Thursday night and will give a
.send-on 10 ther sailor Kiwanian.
The Great Lakes Revue is said to
be as refreshing as a breeze full of
the tang of the salt sea. according
to those who have seen it. It's
genuinely different and crammed
full of fun and frolic. The music is
said 70 be exceedingly catchy and
the songs already have attained
great popularity. Norah Baycs. the
well known coincidence. was so
well struck with the song hit of the
sailor show. Goodbye, America, %
that she's singing il. and with ire
mendoUs success, in her new prOduc-
ton. ladies First" now playing in
New York
VIII Delight Music Lovers.
Music lovers of South Bend viii be
Jehshted with the sailor orchestra
which will occupy the pit" at the
Oliver. Forty pieces there are and
the musicians are the cream of the
musical talent at Great Lakes.
Then there's the chorus of Sixty
Salty Sailors" lusty-vOiced. "full-o-
pep" youngsters. chosen for their
vocal ability. They put into their
singing the same vigor and fresh
ness that the Great lakes band,
heard on South Bend streets, puts
into its playing.
The sailor-actors have spared
their audiences the stale comicality
of the masculine struggle with
women's clothes. only one Jackie
shakes his blueiacket duds 10
disport himself Ia Julian EItingo
land that is straight burlesque and
as funny DIT as you've ever seen.
/ The sailors for the most part wear
the garb which Uncle sam gave
them and this lends a military as