Evening journal., 1921-04-14
mask AND WIG
BOYS FROLIC
Intricate Dances and Color
full Costumes Feature
Somebody's Lion"
STAGE GIRLS" MAKE
REAL ONES ENVIOUS

Before an audience that over
flowed the Playhouse, the merry
makers OF The Mask and Wig Club
of the University OF Pennsylvania
last night entertained the Delaware
alumni and a large additional pub
lie besides with its thirty-third an
nuai production. called Somebody's
Lion" The audience that Allied the
theatre went away with memories OF
one OF the best offerings the college
players ever brought to this city.
and convinced that the Mask and
Wig Club had maintained its best
traditions as funmakers and dancers.
Somebody's Lion" subcaptioned
"A nautical tail in two knots" is the
result Of the collaboration OF T.. M.
Lavino as to book and plot and
Charles Gilpin as 70 music and is
under the direction OF Charles s.
Morgan. Jr. That trio with w. A.
Anderson and B. II. Rogers of the
committee, deserve all the congrat-
ulations they received.
Mr.. Lavino went to the South Sea
Islands for a new josh plot and
found il. Somebody's Lion" con-
Germs the extraordinary doings Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Weak Fish on board
their steam yacht Fish Tails. in the
first knot" and on an uncharted
South Sea Island in the second. Mrs.
Fish's beautiful daughter by her
first marriage, Nanine loves plain
John Smith the wireless operator
aboard the yacht, but her mother
would have her marry Alexis, sup
posedly a Russian Grand Duke
freshly escaped from the clutches OF
Benzine. the revolutionary leader.
but. in reality fresh from a Green
wich Village cabaret with his sister
Iva Koffski. John and Nanine oiope
in a boat TO the uncharted island,
where she finds in the Rev. Andrew
Clees, Gagged and being fattened for
soup, her long lost father. Andrew
is deemed too tough for the canni-
balls 70 eat. and with the aid OF Leo,
a movie" lion. he thwarts the
hungry cannibals and all ends well.
J. II. Hon. a former Wilmington
boy. was the socially ambitious Mrs.
Fish, graceful and splendid I'm femi-
nine finery that made many girls
envious. c. r. Cane, as Nanine. was
another bewitching girl with blonde
curls and "chickeny" attire. and
most capable as dancer L. II.
Ledyard was Mr.. Fish. and excellent
in that part while +. II. Ehmann
was Andy. the missionary who sur
vived the sea and cannibal appetite.
+. b. Hartenstein was clever as
zula, the South Sea Island vamp.
Rex Wray. the star footballer, was
the mate of the Fish yacht.
Dances that would put most mus
ical comedy choruscs 10 shame fea-
tured the production The out
standing dances that merited most
applause were the Russian dance
and the mirror dance. with their
original and intricate steps. Good
songs, too. were put over. Love
VIII Find a Way was the vocal gem
of the show. II. b. McWhinny. who
sang that waltz song having a
splendid tenor voice Guests" and
''Zula" also were meritorious song
numbers.
As usual, the costumes. especially
those OF the "girls' were most elab-
crate and colorful.
W. r. Clark. Jr., caused much
mirth by his antics as Leo, the lion,
who befriended Andy
Following the performance about
$50 persons gathered for a supper
dance in the Hotel dupont ball room.
The Mask and Wig boys did some OF
their stunts between dances. In the
afternoon tea dance was given at
the hotel for the visiting collegians