The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-24
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b RUSSELL KAY


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! nevr have been much Of =
staF zaser. Nagbe en- a clear
u4ht ! miaAf lseafe the North
ssm and tte 81 Dipper. Bot even
then : weuldn't vnnt 70 swear
tea
Bat laas seek ! - . star that
Was se unesoni and brilliant that
Iusi = So = ~ 81 ; thing. bit boy
10 a sinesl It's got Venus
I've t9en Ra-gn ever since It's
iaekIn' lie 3 dim bulb and IL il
dsat sei the world on fire miss
~ guess.
TIE ssnr I'm falkin' about IS
There's Am napuis. dinainutive
da4xhler 81 Mr.. and Mrs. Uric l.
nupuis Of BFooksville. A little
bun4le of nnz3s. dimples. curls
ed pRrsenaliiY that would soft
- the heart 81 an Egyptian mnm-
~.
Nee = iot 81 kids possess these
stlTibxtes. buf TIE difference IN
this ease il that little Therese
lacks them ~ with an amazing va
TietY 81 ta'eHts and q stage pres
enee lhaf Is remarkable, in spite
- she fact thai she has had very
little professional training and il
onIE seven years old.
When the Federal Theater OPEN
I'd IL most ambitious production
a tie Centre Asturiano in Tam
=. ne mnsical extravaganza, 20
saT Can You sings", the public
Maa uTEsd IN advance to look for
est ontstardin features Is Sonia
kelomonoffs ~Dance Of the Hur-
ritane.7 Nelia Martinez and Sera-
"a Rodriguez in the novelty "Bull
Fixht Ballet" the appearance OF
taEmen Ramirez. former star Of
he Madrid Opera, and Numerous
ether headliners-but not . word
was aid about the tiny little
tfoeper uho vas destined to taxa
lhe shnw ike Dewey took Manila.
Attending the second nighf per-
fufmanee. IN company with
eauple q country editors who
had come 70 town 70 see sin-or
eumethin'-Fd settled back in my
ae3t antieipatsn' nothin' mere than
tie usual 'ham ard legs. Some
- the ham was better than usual
nnd the legs-or at least several
pair Of 'em-were all that Mr..
zleEfeld eoald have asked fer, even
4 The script and so-cnIled plot Of
she show itself we're lousy.
Apparently Il was ''iust anoth-
e show" until Her Ladyship
1hsrese Ann Dupuis put IN an APP
re4rance. Dancing in un-an-
nopnced. she put on as clever an
exhibition Of tappin' and truekin'
- anybody could ask for. But
she didn't stop there. A little
laier.on she re-appears singin' one
q the hit numbers Of the show
and put 20 much pep and person
ality into Il that they had 20 keep
the curtain goin' up and down
Hks an elevator e the close of
hef act . take care Of the cur
tain calls.
The display q further accom-
rli4hmenss was unneeeszary for
~ this time Therese had the aud
ience IN the palm Of her tiny
hsnd. but Just fer good measure
she returned a little later 70 give
~ an exhibition 81 her ability as
. trap drummer. Seated on an
elevated piatform with q complete
SCI of drummer's traps, she went
20 town with drums. eymbals,
bells and shat have you until the
applause Of the crowd drowned
oat her perfect rhythm.
Well. Il has been a long time
since I've played the role of stage
deer Johnnie, but when I sat and
watched that combination Of Shir-
ieY Temps. Martha Raye. Ginger
Rogers and Carlo all done up IN
enc package Of golden eurls and
ronguish brown eyss. I Just nat
uraliy fel like . barometer IA Me
path of . hurricane. e
Offstage I found the little lady
even sweeter and more charming
than she appeared before the foot
iights-iaEt a normal child that
bad been remarkably wen trained