Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-30
SCANDALS OF l9l9"?
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Song g-and-Dance Show Zips Its
Way Into Popularity With
Forrest Audience

The only thing scandalous about
''The Scandals of 1919" the "modern
musical revue" as the program classi-
fies it, which introduces George White,
ertswhile "Follies" dancer, as pro-
ducer to the audiences at the Forrest,
the home of musical shows. is the name
The name proves how little there is in
effective and maybe even funnier, by
contrast. under some strait laced puri-
tanic title.
THE Scandals is one of those
stage offerings in which the name has
nothing to do with the case. And
neither has the plot In fact, there is
no plot on the list, and it surely isn't
missed at all in the cinemat6graphic
and phantasmagoric passage of song,
dance, speciality and ensemble through
the sixteen scenes of the two acts. The
chief assets of the show are youth that
is saucy, joyful and active, and pep
otherwise Zip. There is hardly a
principal who is over the draft age.
and this applies also to the ladies of
the chorus-Yhich has not been the
case in more than one musical show
of recent date. The chorus is no strain
either on the eye or the ear.
"The Scandals" is a song and dance
show that will not scaudalize anybody.
The name may have a tendency to scare
off those persons who are bit timOr- =
Gus of those musical things. y'know.
They can safely check their fears with
their wraps. They will see in Tho
| Scandals" varied and clever dancing
by George White. Ann Pennington, Al.
Sexton, La Sylphe, Lou Holt5 and
others. They will hear Adele Ardsley,
Yvette Rugel and other well trained
travesties. They will enjoy a brief
satire on the parlor, bedroom and bath
farces - broader than it is long -
| followed by n burlcsque courtroom
scene, somewhat after the fashion of
the jurisprudential hilarity in the
"Cohan Revue" but with individual
merriment. thanks to the comedy OF
George Bickle as the judge and Lester
Allen as the attorney for the defense.
and preceded by extravaganzas at the
expense of the prohibition law and the
protiteering in hotel rooms But all this
is only hint of the variety of enter
tainment in the show.
Mr.. Whites metronomic feet and
Miss Pennington's, equally in time and
tune, to say nothing of her perfectly
curvilinear handsprings, of course win
the dancing honors Mr.. Sexton, a
1.-THE and unaffected youth, however.
proves no inefficient disciple of Terpsi
chore and he puts his songs across with
genuine personality. Mr.. Aliens gro
! tesqueries are constant and always diff
ferent. Lou Holtz' S blackface comedy
especially his bantering condolences to
the audience at the expense of his col
leagues, make him a prime favorite
Yvette Rugel brings both keen sense
Of travesty and admirable vocal exc
cution to her parodies of church
, singer, cabaret artistic and grant
opera prima donna in their respective
appropriate version of Little Gray
Home in the West" Adele Ardsley
makes the opening song hit in ""Thc
Land of Hearts Desire" Bickel witt
his funny trumpet
But why catalogue? Every scandal
: monger in The Scandals of 1919" is
] scandalously clever and amusing. AnC
l in the three hours of it, or them, ther,
is only one fourliu stanza that would
= not pass any fair board of censors