Evening journal., 1919-11-12

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Harlan Hudson. with her attendants.
Wonderfully and sinuously beautiful
solo dances were given by Miss Mar
gerry Odell and Miss Goldie Schwartz.
There followed an Oriental episode.
with peacock fans. John Montgomery
as the prince, and Mrs. Harrison W.
Howell as the charming princess. The
/ Oriental dancers were finely trained by
/ Miss Julia Townsend. Miss Margaret
| /. Whitaker gave superb Oriental
dance. Miss Jane Marvel gave a snake
dance that was a marvel Of deXterous
grace. Little Doris Schwartz gave a
dainty dance, kiss Me Again"
! The Chinese episode was the cOnclud-
ing phase OF the first act. with beau
tiful fan dance arranged by Miss Esther
Butler.
ANDREW C.. Gray" a Poland China
pig, occupied the attention OF the audi
ence while the black-and-white striped
curtain was down between acts. ANDY"
looked 0ttentvely at Josiah Marvel.
/ while that expert auctiOneer praised
/ his pedigreed pink and whlieness. tell
/ ing Governor Townsend that SelbyVille
would be proud Of such pig. II. r.
| NJ. Carpenter secured his pigship on
his bid Of $50.
The second act opened with a Scotch
dance, which charmed everyone. The
feature was the solo dance. by Miss
I Marion McEwan, who put great deal
OF enthusiasm into IL. All the lads and
lassieS proved great fayorites. An
other added feature was the playing Of
the real piper. Robert Fern.
Entering in a cart, drawn by large,
beautiful horse. came the Irish lads
and cOlleens, who made a very pretty
picture in their quaint frOcks. A spe-
cial song number was the Irish song,
molly shannon" by John ]. Hayes, Jr.,
who carried on an interesting Irritation
with the pretty Irish lassie, Miss Mar
garet F. Pierce, who looked lOYeliness
itself
The last dance in this act is a swing
dance, by the younger boys and girls.
The young women proved graceful and
charming The dance ends in a very
picturesque effect by the young women
swinging I'm rose covered swings. For
this dance Mrs Ruth Erickson Dickey
sang swing High, swing Low in a
very charming manner, and made the
effect more realistic.
Cabaret Scene Charms.
4 realistic cabaret scene was dis
closed in the third act, with merry
makers at small tables, and Hawaiian
dancers and jazz orchestra grouped in
the rear. "The Original Six" who form
ed the Merry Whirl' cabaret. were up
to-the-minute with lively fox-trois that
made the audience hold 20 their chair
arms TO keep from joining in with the
cabaret frequenters. The cabaret fans
were having a good time, throwing
paper spirals that shot out over the
audience, and getting up for little
dances Of their own.
A melOdious Hawaiian song, "Luana
Lu." by Marion Minker, was accompan-
led by a zippy Hawaiian dance, assem- /
bled by Miss ZippOrah TOpkis. Pennell |
Stetser and Dudley Gray, figuring as
man and maid in a "KOO-Koo Club Fox
Trot" won laughter as well as ap-
plausc There was "a Zestful cabaret
dance by Miss Elizabeth Thomas and
Florence Martin. and a pretty song,
Take Me 60 the Land OF Jazz - by Miss
ElinOr Nandegrifl Mrs. Frank l.. de-
Almond and H. Rodney Sharp pleased
with a particularly good exhibition
waliz while Miss Margaret Whitaker
gave a clever specially dance
4 pretty Incident was the song, I'm
Forever Blowing Bubbles daintily |
sung by Miss Esther Bancroft. while |
girls in hallOon-deccked gowns blew
bubbles.
Mattresses and cigarette girls waited !
upon the restauranteurs. The evening /
ended in one jolly burst of fun. with /
the cabaret ensemble doing a whirlwind .
fox trot
There have been many whirls and
many kirmesses here, but nothing quite
like the one that IS now being con
Quoted Besides The wonderful features
there are various ways OF making
money for the hospital by the stunts"
that are being held in the lobby OF
Hotel dupont and the lobby Of The
Among the stunts" are the real
live duck" pond with real ducks
swimming. This pond, which is In
charge OF Mrs. Alfred Gawthrop, proved
a center Of attraction last night.
There is also cigar stand and a
cravat counter. both Of which were
popular last evening Mrs Frank Ii
De Almond was in charge Of the cigar
stand and. Mrs. Macmillan Hopes, who
is at the head of the cravat counter,
displayed many Of the latest showings
Of neckwear and had many willing
buyers
The main idea in the cigar stand is 20
give the men an opportunity Of buying
something they want During the
evening ten young men carried cigars
and cigarettes and sold them from
large trays. They did a very good
business. Mrs. John p. Nields was I'm
charge Of this stunt" last evening and
the following women Will serve the
remainder Of the week: Mrs. II. Fletch-
er Brown. tonight; Mrs. Harlan Scott.
on Thursday night; Mrs. Harry c.
Haskell, on Friday night. Saturday
nights chairman will be announced
later.
The Chinese Laundry" with Mrs.
John f. Neary in charge, was very
popular and many wonderful packages
were purchased.
In the lobby Of the Playhouse are
two pretiily decorated stands, where
flowers and candy may be bought.
From the large yellow and white
chrysanthemums down 10 the little
sweet pea, all varieties and all colors
Of flowers may. be had. The candies