Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-02
LOCAL TALENT vIES WITH PROS
FOR PkkUDITS OF BIG GATHERING
At SECOND NIGHT Y DIpPYDRoME

With larger crowd and a snappier
show, the second night of, the ~ Dip
pydrome" was even more of a success
tnan was the first night, and the man
agement OF this delightful annual af-
1air was moro than pleased with the
way In which It went over. The various
performers with the experience and
confidence engendered by the first sue
cessful night, went through their num-
bers without hitch and in q manner
that brought forth round after round
Of applause
The hall was opened shortly before
Z o'clock and within a short time a
large number OF people were busy TAX
Ing in the side show, which was In
deed clever stunt. At SIS the main
show started off with the great OPEN
Ing parade. all the performers partici-
pating. From then on for the next
two hours, acts Of all sorts followed
one another in rapid succession.
! Every number was excellent ana all
were delighted both at the way in
which the performers went through
their acts and the manner in which
things were kept going smoothly by the
ringmaster, Harry Jones, appropriately
CARRIED for the occasion.
One OF the beautiful scenes staged
during the evening was the group OF
living pictures posed by a group of
young ladies who are students Of Miss
Dorothy Gray. These pictures were
staged upon a raised dias in the Gen.
ter Of the floor, and each one, as the
large black curtain was lifted, seemed
more beautiful than the others, until
the final picture, Liberty" in which
the girls were appropriately clad in
red. white and blue, brought everyone
to their feet as the strains Of 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner were played.
The little Dutch children, pupils OF
Mrs. Adele T. G. Noyes, were especial
ly good, going through the measures of
their dance with grace and ease far
superior to. their years. They wore
Dutch costumes Of blue and white and
hard-soled shoes, and dumped along
in true Dutch style. Miss Frances
Brown, also a pupil Of Mrs. Noyes, in
her dance number made even more of
q hit than she did on. the opening
night.
The clowns, II or IS Of them. were
there with the fun stuff. Under the di-
rection Of Charley Brisette, who. they
say, was once a real clown in real
circus, they put on some hlgh-grade
A No. 1 professional stuff that kept
the crowd roaring. A tall, angular lady.
clad in bewitching gown Of black.
and wearing the most wonderful smile
ever seen in these parts, vamped sew
eral staid married men in a way that
was "disgusting, positively disgusting,
my dear" She went through the audi
ence and picked out several shining
marks, in more senses than one, and
sat in their laps, and even kissed them
in,bt hot I've
crowd, with the exception of the VIC
tim. got good laugh every time she
pulled this stuff.
The entire group Of fun makers
worked hard and took some bad
bumps to furnish amusement for the
audience and their efforts were en-
tirely successful. They showed much
skill in initiating some of the tricks
of the performers and at the same
time doing them in such grotesque
way that they appeared ridiculous.
Lola and DAILY, the visiting artists
certainly were there when it came tc
l.entertaining. Lola caused people tc
gasp as she bent herself double until
1t seemed as il her backbone would
break, stood on her hands for min
utes at a time, and turned backwards
and forwards in al sorts of wierd
centortions.
Daily, her partner, came on with q
ludicrous grin and trick makeup
but the acrobatic dance that he did
was no trick. He shuffied and did all
sorts of crazy tricks, keeping time
to the music the while.
Sergeant Willis a the u. s. army,
stationed in this city, who has ap-
peared here before in a Will Rogers
rope act that pleases all, was at his
best last night, and because of the
fact that he had more room in which
to work. he showed the audience
some brand new ways Of whirling the
big loop.
Limited space will not allow for
mention Of every act, but 1t should
be noted that there was not q weak
act in the bunch. Every one of them
went over big and the feats perform
ed by the various groups and indi-
yiduals ewere a credit to them and
to the mind that conceived this cir
Gus.
The prize Thursday night for the
best animal was awrded to the Wick
cry & Hill group, which staged Bar
ney Google and his Spark Plug: Sec
ond prize went to Honey" the edu-
Gated ostrich, which was the pro-
duct of the Gannett Publishing COM
pany, and third prize to the dinosar
which was staged by the Edwards
Manufacturing company.
At the conclusion of the perform
ance, the floor was cleared and the
remainder of the evening was passed
with dancing, delightful music for
the occasion being furnished by
Douglas Melody Men, who could
hardly be recognized under the
"Rube" makeup with which they
were disguised.
The various booths did a rushing
business all the evening and when
they closed up many of them ap-
peared to be sold out. "Tom" Smith.
general secretary of the Augusta Y.
M. C. A., said at the close of the eve
nings entertainment that the affair
had been a decided success from all
viewpoints and that he and the off,
GERS Of the "Y" were very much
pleased with the way in which all
who had anything to do with the
Dippydrome had carried out their
part of the work.