The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-05-02
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BY "LEN' ANDREWS

Cneerlo ChappleS! Just THINK,
only two more months until "June"
then will come the really and truly
gay times that one has looked for
ward to all winter, land what a
winterD 1t Just makes you glad
all over" to anticipate the coming
moonlights, picnics, swimming par
ties, and everything else that the
good old summer time Is sure to
bring.
The carnival dance given at the
'Elks Rest last Friday evening. by
the Gamma Lambda chapter of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, was in
deed great success so far as sheer
carefree, and frolicing good times
are concerned. The hall was deco
rated with an air that suggested
unmitigated revelry far into the
night.
The Costumes were amusing as
well as ingenious. Frinstance, DR..
McClendon was dressed as an 1900
Romeo, grey derby, cutaway frock
coat and all. Claude Cooper wore
some nondescript raiments consist
ing of tails, stiff shirt, large tie,
and tan and white sport" shoes. On
his lapel he wore a big shining tin
badge which pronounced him Jun
ior chief Of police of some village
township or suburb!... Winifred
Beck was a perfect Robin Hood,
she even had her bow" with her
| Of you get what I meanD -.
| Mignon Walker was very "hard''
and fluff" looking in her "Sadie
Thompson" attire. .Eulalia Gaines
| (of the stage) wore a full Gypsy
| custome and even told fortunes. -.
Vivian Bass portrayed very
swanky "Yacht clubber" in her
cute sailor hat, white ducks and
sweater -. Mrs. Constable won 1st
prize among the ladies with some
understandable regalia Of red stock
ings (striped sweater, short skirt,
and a fur neck piece. She was a
wow. DIR. Constable garnered
the mems prize in an outfit con-
sisting of Black and white shoes,
| white trousers, black coat, tux
shirt, a long black "handlebar'
mustache, and a black and white
checked cap about 2 IT. wide! 49,.
Among the remainder Of the happy
throng were, Louise Taylor, Edora
Morton, Marion Rawlings, Winifred
Welker, Ann Palmer, Ruth Routt,
Lottie Donald, Dorothy Foster,
lila Craven, Marion Carter, Mar
celia Tandy, DR.. and Mrs. William
Postles, Larry Bleach, DR.. Coffey,
who is visiting Marion Rawlings of
Pennsylvania ave-, Leroy Taliafer-
70, Parker Penick, Colonel Smith,
Jim Dunbar, John Carney, Waldo
Beck Robert Love, Wilbur Brewer,
Jimmy Brown, Dan Gillespie, and
| hosts of others to numerous to
mention!
l know you are all agog to get
the "how's about it" of Flight,
the play adapted to the stage by
Elsie Roxborough, and presented
at the Art Museum last Saturday
night by the Roxane Players.
Flight" in general was very well
| presented to the audience and the
audience, in return, was very ap-
preciative. The resemblences of
Mimi Daquin as a child "Laurie
Mumford) to Mimi Daquin grown
up (Odalie Harmony, and Hilda
Adams as a child (Marianne Gle
ments) to Hilda Adams grown up
(Toni Baquet Webster) were really
remarkable. Nimrod Carney as
Jean Daquin (Mimi's father) gave
very good account of himself,
never once slipping out of char
acter. .Odalie Harmon was very
good as Minis Dequin grown up;
although, there were times when
| she could have used a little more
expression and feeling in her
speeches. Ruth Webb was really
the best actress on the stage. Her
} portrayal of Eulalia Crosby in the
last act was perfect! 49,. Bernard
Fletcher was we'll picked for his
part Games II. Farrester). His ac-
cent and bearing was very we'll
portrayed. 80. Ben Webster, as Tom
carefree and worthless lad who
showed his true colors when his
lover (Odalie Harmony told him she
was going to have a child, played
his part very we'll, using just
enough indifference to conventions
in his bearing. Toni Baquet
Webster was superb in her part
(Hilda Adams, grown up). In fact
she could almost act naturally SO
! well was the part cast. -. Others
whom I think deserve special men,
ton were-Constance Miller as
Mary Daquin. Leon Smith as Mr.,
Robertson, and again, as the
chain gang singer. .. George Hig-
gins as a mob leader. -. Virgie
Roxborough as Mrs. Teasdale. -.
and Eileen Bryant Motley as Mrs.
Sophronisba King, and specially as
Sylvia Smith the Hebrew seam
stress.
aPOST SCRIPTS
notice that vivacious Louise
Stron is sporting a very elegant
"solitare" on her left hand. The
bells will be rung merrily on
June 1st. The husband to be is Jas
per Bruce. E. Bill Thomas is still
"ka-razy" about Vivian Fox Of
Ann Arbor. The Theatre Asso-
ciates are "on Production" again
For 4bair oODoip0 aooooaooaut of