The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-20
MILWAUKEE MAY
CAPTUREPRIzE
AT RED REvEL
Daring Costumes Plan
ned for Masquerade

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Groups representng. Soviet Russia
and the international unity of the
working class won fHst place at the
masked ball of the socialist party in
Milwaukee last week, Another CAPS
ture by the COMMUNISTS But per-
haps the judges couldn't help it. Or
again perhaps the judges were plant
ed" by Gus Shklar, local secretary of
the Workers Party. Z
The Milwaukee Invasion
Perhaps Shklar and mis- merry COM
rades are coming tosthe Red Revel to
contest for that 5000 prize. If so
our Chicago masquefaders had better
look out 1t would not surprise us to
learn that the Milvaukeeans are
coming to get few pointers on how
to run Red Revels. But an ounce of
prevention is worth many pounds Of
cure. f
However the chairman of the ar
rangements committee in an exclus
i've interview to the publicity agent
for the Red Revel, announced that
Steve Rubicki in the field for the first
prize with a group that will make the
judges jump down off the stage with
sheer enthusiasm. "Comrade Rubic-
XII is a man of few words" declared
the chairman, but he means what he
says. l understand that he has col
lected group composed of represen-
tatives of several nationalities and of
the Italian Federation. If it will stick
together am of the opinion that
Steve will come in first"
A Daring Design.
But Steve will have competition,
Moritz Loeb, business manager of the
DAILY WORKER, has designed a
costume which for sheer daring would
make Isadore Duncan blush to her
eyebrows. Jack Johnstone, who
claims credit for bringing the good
news of Sam Gompers demise to the
American proletariat thru the col
umns of the DAILY WORKER, has a
plan up his sleeve, but the details
have not yet leaked out. 1t is rum
ored around the T. u E. L. office that
he saw something in Mexico City that
would open the eyes of natives of the
Windy City. What Il is, we cannot
say, but it is not PulQue.
Thurber Lewis, fresh from Herrin,
is expected to essay the role of
Grand Goblin. Natalie Gomez has is
sued a challenge to all and sundry
to bring on their darned costumes
The judges are to be envici end pit.
led. How can they be impartial?
Then there is the midnight sur
prise. Besides the tabIeau which
Hans Peterson of the Scandinavian
Federation is working on. company
of three girls directed by Emma
Blechsmidt are cavorting like elfs in
rehearsal for the midnight surprise.
Those who have seer the rehearsal
admit that one eyeful is. worth every
nickel of fifty cents.
Hundreds of Costumes.
Costumes! Costumesl Costumes!
1t is premature to figure on the at
tendance but if reports are reliable.
the affair will look like gypsy con
vention or an Oriental bazaar Ar
menians, Turks. Greeks and Bulgar
ians. Irish, English, Scotch and
Welsh. Swedes, Firms, Danes and
Norwegians. Germans, Austrians, Bo-
hemians and Dutch French, Spanish
Italians and Belgians. Let's, Lifts,
Esthonians and Poles. Rumanians,
Hungarians, Jugo-Slavians and Alban.
ans. Mexicans, Canadians and the
rest of the world. 1t is no exaggera.
ton to say that the whole world will
be represented
AS usual Soviet Russia will be rep
resented by the Red Army. This is
the time to get your tickets. They
are selling like hot dogs at a skating
rink. They can be secured either at
the local office of the Workers Party,
1866 West Washington street, Room
307 or at the office of the DAILY