The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-11-02
All For a Girls Slipper

Soldiers In Paris Grasp AZ AIexandra's Twink
ling Feet.
From "A Reporter at Armageddon," by VIII
Irwin (AppIeton): just now an American vau-
deviIle team is giving Paris its first big laugh
of the war; Coleman and Alexandra-the latter
being billed the Good Luck Girl. She is
pretty; she is blond; she Is past mistress OF
American ragtime. In the last part of the turn
she stands singing before black curtain. The
lights go out. moment later you see her
swinging through space above the front row Of
the orchestra in q floral horseshoe.
As matter Of fact, it is an illusion act; the
basket in which she SITS is attached to long
crane, shaped like great wagon tongue and
rendered Invisible by a lighting trick; and an
operator on the stage is making 1t swing or dip
at will She throws out toy balloons as she
swings. The audience scrambles for them; they
mean good luck. But the greatest luck of all, as
the announcer tells you before the act is to get
one Of her little blue strapped slippers.
Officers of All Nations.
The front rows and the stage boxes fill up
after the internisson with officers of all ma
tons, waiting for chance at those slippers
When saw her week ago their performances
was unsystematic. When saw her again, last
night, they had introduced team work
Alexandra, singing and twinkling her little
blue feet saucily, dipped, dipped, dipped toward
a row of British officers at the right OF the or
chestra. Suddenly three Britons rose up an a
bantam among them sprang to their shoulders
a very creditable pyramid. He balanced him
SELF his comrades holding his ankles; he grab
bed; he grazed Aiexandra's toes Just as she
scared up to the ceiling, twinkling her feet and
pretending to shot them with their thumb and
Sforeringer. The bantam lost his balance; the
pyramid tumbled, all together, into the aisle
Alexandra scared over toward the boxes The
French officers who occupied them stood on the
parapet and chung with hand to the curtains
while they grabbed with the other; Alexandra
sparring with her feet eluded them. The horse
shoe swung away; swung back. The Frenchmen
grabbed again; the box curtain gave way and
down they went into the audience, which vented
its delights In shrieks She brushed lightly across
the group of British officers; they formed
pyramid. again; this time the apex man got
hold with one hand, but she pulled away.
Capture The Prize.
She scared to the edge of the balcony and
and American ambulance men crowded the
aisles, making leaps into the air as she brushed
Just over their clutching hands. She trifed again
with the British. This time they had a new
apex man, q little felow-a conyaIescent Of
fcer, take it--in multi He did not content
himself with standing on his comrades should
ers as she swung past he made a well timed
leap and grabbed the slipper with both hands.
1T held for an instant then the strap button
parted-and he rose moment later from the
opera chair into which he had dropped. holding
up the slipper as an outfelder, who has fallen
after making catch, holds up the ball
The audience, standing by now cheered IuadIy
Alexandra blowing a storm Of kisses ST the win
nef, continued to soar to twinkle her other
slipper over the heads below, to tease, tantalize
ca1ole. She made dip; and suddenly an Amer
lean ambulance man who had been living very
low jumped three feet into the air caught held
and off came tEl9 other slipper lie mounted a
sna1E, WsV43ng ms trophy and gave a wild rebel