The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-05
TURN CLOCK BACK
TO TIME OF WAR.
Tulsa Overseas League
Stages Attractive Play
for Legion
FAITHFUL IN DETAIL
Routine of Army Canteen
Furnishes Amusing Recol-
lections to Doughboys

The clock of time was turned
backward ia its flight TO war times
across the oceans expanse. for spec.
tators OF Elsewhere In France"
wednesday night at the municipal
auditorium. The realism OF the
playlet In setting, incidents, charac.
ters and dialogue was attested by
the keen interest and responsiveness
OF "ex -doughboys."
Typical OF its kind was the "Y'
hut represented. with its canteen, its
table. benches, chairs and piano
rather the worse for wear. and It's
signs. Nous avons des Doughnuts, "
Write Home" "Ici on vend des
Js6lmas," Don't Swear. The Y
sHretary is Trying not to-" Eng
llsh Spoken. American Understood"
and poster announcing a division
horse show. Typical OF war were
the masculine khaki, gas masks,
tin derbies.' mess kits. decorations,
and the neat feminine uniforms
with their various insignia OF "Y,"
Red Cross and Y. NJ. entertainers.
Lines also were in keeping and had
meaning all their own for overseas
veterans. The action took a slice
out Of an average days happenings
In "Y" hut--soldiers kidding the
war reading and writing letters
home, playing the army games.
carrying their troubles to the Amer
ican girls, going away to mess; "Y"
girls and nurses variously putting
poppies in shell vases, intending
trench coats, singing and playing
and dancing with the Sammies; at
the last SHOW" by Elsie Janis
the A. Il. F.'s best beloved actress.
Humor Predominant.
II would be difficult to say wheth-
er w. NJ. Murphy as the cheerful
s6dier, or l.. w. Witt as n Crouch
made the larger humorous contribu-
fion to the skit. They e crosse
verbal swords throughout, at the
very beginning when Murphy sug-
gested that one and all sing the ten
der little ditty, when the Eanks
Capture Limburger, l Hope They
Come Through Cologne" and Witt
stopped the singing with criticism
that You fellows make an air raid
sound like an old fashioned lula
by" Murphy. with the aid of q
"I'rench-while-y wait" dictionary
made love in the usual clustering
Yank way to a French maiden
acted coquettishly by Sissy Canin
who left the old world behind her
scarce tnree months hEo,
George a. Seaman and II. u. Lab
lee kept the conversational ball
rolling quickly and comicly,' while
Charles A. Dickson got across" a
post hit and f.. l.. Allison distin-
guished himself at crapshooting and
generally ,confounding prudish secL
retaries. a. NJ. Atkinson was ever
ready at the Emusic box" and rem
dered feelingly the lieutenant's song
boast, And when ] get back To the
States, I'm going to make bunch
Of dates. I'm going to flash those
bars. those spurs. those boots. n
everything!" g. Dollsi imperson-
atod faithfully one kind-of "Y"Ssec-
retary.
Real Cantctn Workers.
Mynn Cogswell was a pretty pic
ture IN her blue "Y" outfit and was
typical of the sure-enough Ameri-
can girl whose presence and help
fulness made so much for the mo-
rale of the troops. Her lines were
not many but her violin talked
soothingly I'm one scene. Margaret
Hannah presided with the knowing.
ness OF real experience back of the