The New York herald., 1921-02-09
BEA UTIES IN TUG OF WAR
FEATURE NEW ZIEGFELD 'FROLIC'I
Nine O'Clock Novelty Is Full
of Action, Color and
Melody.

ing to be splendid encouragement for
the football games next season. AT last
the big college elevens have something
for which they can thank Florenz Zieg-
field. Jr.. besides a happy evening. For
among the innumerable surprises whica
that producer presented last night waH a
tug-of-war between teams OF very pretty
girls dressed In the college colors or the
Big -Four. which Is going TO make un-
dergraduates flock to the New Amster-
dam roof on their holidays, and. like the
highly tickled throng last night, cheer
their colors on and rap enthusiastically
on the tables or the heads of those near
est to them.
It's a real tug Of war. and the girls
representing Harvard, Yale, Princeton
and Cornell, while Oscar Shaw acted
us umpire. pulled with the ardor or the
old fashioned taffy puller. Evidently
Mr. Ziegfeld. in advocating the discard
ing of cosmetics by his beauties, intends
they shall work UP complexion win
the rope, One observer. at least. was
glad to notice that Cornell pulled Prince
ton over. The Tiger may be superior
on the gridiron, but the Maroon and
White reigns supreme on the Ziegfeld
roof-which Is cons ,derable.
The novelties on the whole in the new
offering are quite athletic, for Mr.. Zieg-
field, besides scenting that the public Is
seeking strangle holds on all the latest
dance steps--there was dancing as usual
from o'clock until the frolic began and
during ntermission-seems to have de-
cided Americans are going in for mighty
biceps and hot towel compilations. And
the constant flow of stunning girls in
stunning gowns, with an always ingra-
tiating blend of colors in charming
groupings and evolutions adroitly staged
I by Edward Royce, did not merely pose
when exemplifying sports. but actually
put their shoulders into it as though
the roof was high class Y. NJ. c. A.
Another Session with Rope.
They had another session with the
rope when Miss Kathlene Martyr, the
fetching bit OF old England. sang I'm
Gonna Do IT If l Like IT. a number
by Irving Berlin and Harry Akst. that
had truly swinging rhythm. To prove
that 1t was swinging the girls swung
ropes and skipped with unfaltering uni
son In way to make one think they
still had to hop past sixteen, as. indeed.
many Of them looked.
Perhaps the greatest treat Of all the
unique advertisements was the finale.
when Herbert Hoey warbled icy Swift
ing the towering Alps offered evidence
that Joseph Urban is at home even in
the snow. Them as the greatest stunt
of an immensely stimulating evening,
girls plunged down toboggans out upon
the dance enclosure and almost into the
arms of an excited audience-allowing
hubby TO do q little act of philanthropy
in catching them, with the complete ap-
proval of his wife. The Ziegfeld roof
n ha
tourist trade with this counter-attrac-
ton to st. Moritz
Contact With the Audience.
This was one of the methods by which
the girls established an even more inti-
mate contact than ever before with the
patrons---a contact that might be called
electric. In the Little Red Book" num-
Der, for instance, they handed tiny ad-
dress books to the men. Again, as the
"Ziegfeld Paper Dolles." the young
women. headed by Miss Annette Bade,
appeared In newspaper clothes--THE
New YORK HERALD, as usual, setting the
fashion--and evoked gales of laughter
by getting the men to cut out paper dolls
in n sudden reversion to childhood.
OF course, Ben Ali Haggin was repre-
sented by two sumptuous tableaux. his
"Quattrocentlsteria." representing the
passing of Simonetta," and his PAS
tel' for the Love Nests in France"
representing Du Barry. Ninon de
rEnclos and others who had perched
In them. Besides n pleasing number
Two Quack Quakers," done by Miss
Anna Wheaton and Oscar Shaw. Urban
showed In the lustrous exotic setting for
Painted Butterfly" that he was as
much at home In warm climes as cold.
Princess White Deer's control of The
complicated rhythm of her dances proved
in itself her Indian blood. Jack Hanley
was amusing as ever in his juggling
the Fairbanks Twins, Miss Eleanor
Griffith and Miss Lillian Mackenzie
were others of note. and in short the
third of the series is ''the best ever
as every one expected.
Paul Helleu. who at preceding re,
hearsals made numerous sketches of
some of the prettiest girls in the new
Frolic. watched his subjects in more
formal action. With him were Messrs.
Whitney Warren and Peter Cooper
Hewitt.
Mrs. Vincent Astor Joined at one of
the first row tables a party that in
cluded Miss Harriette A. Post. Capt
Crankshaw, British army. and Mr.. VIII
liam Rhinelander Stewart. Jr. The
party with Mr. and Mrs Jules Glaezner
were Mr.. and Mrs James A. Moffett, Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Kiser and Mr.. Ty-
Ter Morse. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitewright
Watson and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Goveneur
wellrnan were with group at another
table.
others who watched the performance
were Mr.. Reginald c. Vanderbilt, whose
party included Mr. and Mrs Ben All
Haggin. Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Clokey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Georges Brette Glaenzer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Olcott, Mr.. and
Mrs George Allon Fuller. Mr.. and Mrs.
Amory s. Carhart, Sir. and Mrs. Philip