Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-18

would have done credit to pro-
fessionals. Little Miss Giles
pie was one of the hits of the
evening. Many baskets of
flowers presented to this wee
dancer made this indubitable.
Ethel Castanien of CaleXico and
Warren Washburn, in a musical and
talking skit. "Interruptions,' fur
nished variety and local cracks as
Washhurn interrupted the singer
from his seat in the audience.
Original Features
One Of the original features ar
ranged by versatile Director Nebel
Thau was the Kantaloupe Kid
Kapers, in which II dancing dam
sells appeared. Large cantaloupe
shields hid the performers from the
audience as the curtain rose. and
only disclosed their owners as
George Snuffin rs the farmer,
picked another cantaloupe. A
good stunt for advertising valley
"loupes' in the east, that one.
Furnishing the contrast which
makes the dramatic touch in any
performance, Good Night mus
zeal number given in costume of
Civil War days, won much applause
for its singers, Miss Ethel Williams
and Delbert Finley.
Al the Dinner Party was u
popular offering, Il farce in which
Miss Pauline Hartman. Marion
Richmond. Mrs. Winifred NcIvor,
Mark Washburn. Doug Deeble.
Norman Deaton, l. A. Thomas, f.
y. .. Hatch, Jack Strobel. Al Mel
son and Others took part.
Clever Characterization
With Miss Grayce Mckinney lead
ing the chorus in the presentation
Of - She Was just a Sailor s Sweet
heart bit of exceedingly clever
Characterization was given, Miss
Mckinney handling a difficult com
cdy role. She was well supported by
chorns girls in sailor costume.
Jimmy Greene. garbed as comic
strip golfer. and Russ Kleigle put
much punch into their musical
number Pardon Me Laugh pro-
roking local cracks furnished one
of The main hits of the evening.
Miss Julia Foncannon and Char
les Barry took solo parts in the
"lor"s number Let Il Rain in
which costumes and the sound Of
Ealing raindrops added 10 the real
.stir effect.
Opening second part Of the show,
was the big number, "Collegiate, =
in which an ensemble of peppv boys
and girls brought much applause.
Charleston solo numbers were par
tieuiariy well given. Fred Nebel-
Than made his only official appear
ance as the leading college boy in
this number, his singing being a
special feature.
bed room farce, one of the
most mirth provoking stunts. fea-
tured Miss Pauline Hartman, Russ
k!elgle, Norman DeatOn, /. \.
Thomas and the ''author,' Jimmy
Greene. The last named went par
tioa'a.ly strong, and finally had 10
be ''>hot to pat an end To the
performance.
Present Novel ACT
Jimmy sharp and z. Linckin fur
msLs.t variety in a novel acr. "Oh
Tor the life Of q Fireman Sharp
singing the lead. Arraved in one of
the zippiest Of foll.es costumes seen
!nring the evening, the chorus ably
assisted the "stars.
Appearing as Prof. Tafmah, orien-
tal magician, and disguised SO that
ms own parents would have passed
INN by, Jimmy Greene demonstrated
ms supernatural powers in disap-
Fcaring stunt which baffled the
audlcAce. Carrying one Of the heav-
les parts in the entire production
b. appearing in It number Of acrs.
Jimmy more than justified his exist
cncc for mother year, yesterday
being JimmF S birthday.
Norman Doaton took the princi-
pal role ali pal Of Ny Cradle
lays. : an Effective musical num-
- m Tired of Everything But
,oa WAS lead by Margaret Line
Kan, assisted by the chorus lassies,
Ta9se performances throughout the
-"eaine We're consistently clever.
Barbara Worth Number
Lettuce and grapefruit headdrcss-
IS were worn by the chorus in "The
Land Of Barbara WORTH Hazel
Purdy, lead, and Marion Richmond
appearing as Barbara Worth. dane
cd. Particularly favorable com
Eent on this number was made by
the audience.
CndeAiably the hit of the evening
and drawing repeated encOres was
the number presented by "The Rus
sian Dancers, = Harriet Stafford,
Edna Stiltz and Annabelle Stiltz
Of the Wooda Blesy Studio. Dane
ing 10 an adaptation Of the "Volga
Roat Song and dostumed most
artistically, these three youthful
performers showed technique, grace
ana skill Of a high order.
The spirit Of Christmas was spok-
en- Of by Judge NJ. W. Conkling,.
who told briefly of the charity work
carried on by the Elks lodge Of
this city, which last year spent over
$4,000 on charitable activities.
Many baskets and bouquets of
beautiful blossoms were presented to
various girls taking leading roles
Immediately preceding the grand
ensemble number, "Elks and Bears,
which closed the revue.
Dances On Toes
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