The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-02
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BY PAUL HARRISON

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 New york.-If you have ever wondered what nudists do besides run around without any clothes on. here is a note about activities at the the out-of-Door club near Highland, N. Y. The members there have gone in for amateur theatricals. Not amateur musi- stripping the most daring acts in little plays such as any summer colony might give, and in full costume. They've been getting up a different one each week, and inviting in the neighbors round about for Q thoroughly cultural evening.
 Nudists, however-or ct least these particular nudists--have 0 sense of humor. So for the grand finale of the season they intend to do play called "Bareiy Proper" It was written by Tom Cushing, and 1t deals with the plight of Q conventoinally minded oxford chap who meets and falls in love with a German girl while spending . holiday in Scotland. Of course he must 90 to her home and be presented to her parents. But what she neglects to tell him until the last moment ts that all her family, from professorial father to archly dignified aunt, are ardent nudists, and that they will expect to receive him in tke--ah--aito- gether. Well, you can imagine the rest. or else you might try to get the book from your public H. brary. H.f.
 Anyway, the out.of. Door club, meticulously faithful in matters of dramatic detail, intends to do Barely Proper in prescribed cos- tune, which in this case consists mostly of 0 iorgnette worn by the l maiden aunt (played by Miss Jan Gay. tho club directory, and q swain rather desperately attempts to hide For the latter role, Miss Gay tried to annex from one of tho nearby summer theaters an actor with . passabie oxford ac- cent. Failing in this, because each one of them swore up and down that he'd be awfuily busy that evening, she has assigned tho part to Q Harvard man who ig also q nudist. The audience will be most ly members of the club, together with Q few invited guests; prob. ably 200 in all At first 1t was planned to require everyone to at- tend in formal undress, but tho odict was reseinded when 1t was pointed out that most of them would have to sit on bank of priekly hay in tho biz barn which has beconie the nudist theater.
 All this just goes to show how times change. When Cushing wrote "Bareiy Proper" only . few years ago, he labeled 1t, "A play that will never be staged" And here it is already, making an unblushing advent in the shadow of the somber and dignified Cat. skills.
 old World Aatmosphere
 There's . breath of the Old World still to be had on Sec. Siders' seeming determination to turn the street into . Ghetto Broadway. The Hungarian, Rus. sian and Rumanian eating places remain, In themselves, like noth- ing to be found uptown. Stirring chants of Yiddish ballad singers. twinkllng luliabies of the Russian balalailsa orchestras, sprightly folk songs of Hungarian bands these arc far away Tom modern night club and restaurant atmos. phere. So are the steaming coffee in glasses, the borsch, the pan. cakes and caviar and sour cream, tho strange puddinRs that arc set before you in flames Tourists are rather overrunning the Rus sian Bear, but the music remains the best. Trotzky always ate there during his last visit to New York. Accidentally, Trotzky's brother runs q kosher restaurant on West Thlrty-fifth street) ... The Royal Cafe (Hungarian) has tables on tho sidewalk. Fannie Hurst, Ed die Cantor. George Jessel, Will Durante and their crowds some- times come down hero The Moskowitz (Rumanian) is a fa- vorite place for ne!ghborhood wedding parties. At these, malc guests keep their hats on. and four of them carry q little canopy of poles to shelter tho bride and groom. ~,