Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-08-09
THE WORLDS ALL RIGHT"
AT CHAUTAUQUA AUDITORIUM

Monday and Tuesday nights. Aug.
13 and IA, the American Legion
band will stage "The Worlds All
Right" with cast of $50 local
people, at Chautauqua auditorium.
The scene is in radio broadcasting
station The radio announcer, jim
my Waddell, is played by DR.. Myron
King; his sweetheart and secretary,
Jane Rodgers, Mrs. Edna Betz.
These two are trying to keep a
radio station from going broke.
Bill collectors haunt them and tai
they are determined to put over a
big program in order to sell some
advertising to Mr.. Dinkell George
McGonagle is Mr.. Dinkell; Bob Nay
lor, the bill collector. The comedy
lead, Joe, the office boy, is portray
ed by Dale Perkins. Mrs. Ruth
White plays opposite Joe, as Ger
tie Green, the vamp of New Orleans,
and sings the number which is the
high spot on the radio program.
The show is unique because the
audience is given a backstage view
of what goes on as programs are
put over the air.
The opening number is the chill
dren's story hour, with Dorothy
Cosgrave as Tell-Me-a-Story-Lady.
She is assisted by two groups of
small children Also in this scene
are Mr.. and Mrs. Longley as Moth
er and Father of Nursery Land.
The first big chorus of the show
is girls glee club; they open with
that smash hit "Smile, Smile, the
Worlds All Right" and two dane
ing choruses appear in special cos
tunes, whistle and Blow Your
Blues Away" and You're In Style
When You're Wearing Smile"
There are 21 girls in the group.
The famous studio quartet COM
posed of the American Legion state
quartet gives a special arrangement
of quartet songs, and their number
will be popular.
No radio broadcast would be COM
plete without the Hill Billies in old
time songs and ballads. ST Simp-
kins the hill billy who cut down
the old pine tree, is played by How
ard Carroll; Hiram Zilch by r. r.
Bell. A real old time square dance
with a fiddle and guitar is also in
this scene. Those in the dance are
Kenneth Longley, Curtis Shilling,
Frank Howard, Offord Richardson,
Howard Hooper, Everett Ethel,
Pearl Savage, Doris Geddes. The
high spot of the Hill Billy number
is the pantomiming of an old time
melodrama, frankie and Johnnie, :"
or He Was Her Man But Done Her
Wrong" Rufus Brown is frankie !;
Rabe White, Johnnie: Emmett
Abel, the vamp Nellie Blys, and DR..
King, Smoky Joe.
One of the unique and pleasing
numbers from the standpoint of
group singing, promises to be Vest
ed Choir number. This group will
sing a number of anthems and 9TH
er famous sacred songs, Rev. Paul
/. Wachs will be a special reader
for this number.
Old Fashioned Garden Number
A special scene called "Memor-
les" featuring Mrs. Mabel Scott as
soprano soloist will open the num-
ber. with group Of famous love
songs, and Juanita Hooper, Fran
ces Conner, Esther Sherman and
Marjorie Mckinney will be colonial
men and women who do a minuet.
Mayor Mercer will give a one
minute talk on ''Why the Worlds
All Right" and this speech is clev-
er and full of wit and humor.
Frank Gray will appear as Skipper
Erickson and give a dramatic read
ing and song "Im Waiting for
Ships That Never Come In He
will be assisted by eight girls in
sailor costumes.
A colorful revue is the last num-
ber that brings the show to a whirl-
wind finish, and makes one realize
from these sons who built the ma
tion, that the title Of the show is
well chosen-"The Worlds All
Right" The leads in this number
are Mr.. Benjamin, hero Of the
north; Mr.. Coulson, hero of the
south; Mrs. Drake, mother of the
blue and the gray. Yankee Doodle,
Irven Travis.
Soldiers of A. E. F.; Mary Wood
ward, Red Cross nurse: Mrs. Ruth
Nash, Miss Columbia, and Mr.. Dur
bin, Uncle Sam. With such a cast,
and best talent for group and Choir
us numbers, we feel that it is true
"You will cheer up when you see
The Worlds All Right"
Tickets for the performance are
on reserve sale at Danford's drug
store Saturday, Aug. II.
Rev. and Mrs. JOS. Kane of Nan
ticoke, Pa, and Miss Hettie Ross of
East View, N. Y, came Sunday for
a visit at the John Ross home near
Malta, and with other relatives.