The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-22

Great Fire OF 64 AID. put an Gnu
to Nero's days as a producer Of Ro-
man orgies.
Stripped of superlatives, it looks
tc an impartial observer Ike a
comeback of the old strip-teas9 that
New York outlawed last year with
pohp and publicity.
There is no way Of arrjving ct an
official estimate since Worlds Fair
officials do not discuss the matter
at all, but a PERSONAL survey Of the
frolic area shows more than 500
girls in various stages Of imdress.
These stages rance from compare
lively modest skin-tight bathing
suits to that ultimate badge q 81 .i,-
tease, the "G-string7
Trouble Already
Although the amusement zcne
has been in full swing calY a few
weeks, nudity has run afcul Of Of
fetal forces twice. 58y y wler
chairman OF the anusen mt con
troll committee, stin IS Wagng an
undercover war to PCT tha giris COW
cred up and 10 eliminate sli cul-
garity from the midway. FIVE con-
cessionaires h 2y admitted toning
down or changing their shcws FL
lowing warnings frcn the commit
tee.
The law also stepped into the
picture wher Ousens County Sheriff
Maurice "A. FITZGERALD arrested four
girls during a contest at the Cuban
Village to select tlls MIS- Nude Of
1897 Two Of the girls were re-
leased. Two were boelled On chang
es of indecent exposure. Arresting
officers said closer inspection re-
vealed the two girls released had en-
gossamer brassieres.
These diaphanous bras" and C.
strings" are almost the official COS
tune of the midway nudities. There
are nine shows in the Loop as the
entertainment zoore has become
known. where girls either wear both
or 'G-stringsn alene
Nudity has even come tic the rodeo.
John Ringing North's "Calvacade
of the Cenataurs" closes with a
pageant of 16 "GcdiVas," whose
equestrian garb consists Of little
more than their own tresses.
Many Variations
Largest Of the nude or semi-nude
shows is the revue and fnudist
camp produced BY Nils T. Gran
lund. The former is 1.-THE Congress
of Beauty" highlighted by Della
CAROLS Rose Dance" Faith Ba-
cons "Aftensoon Of The Faun.
and Yvette Dare's Dawn Dance of
Bali all variations of the old bur-
1esque strip-tease. In Miss Dare's
dance, the stripping is done BY a
trained parrot These. with other
specialties. are sandw'ched between
big numbers with so or so costumed
dancers and showgjrls. The Az
tee Sun Worshippers, an outdoor
show. has about as many girls in
ecanties playing games CT lollirg
about a handicapped park.
This same technique is used in
show called The Amazoas in No
Mans Land" except that the Gus
toners are separated from the girls
by panes of glass.
Similar to 1.-THE C ON gre s of
Beauty in spectacle is the Crystal
Palacae, where the history of sex
appeal in the worlds fairs is brought
down to date with Wilma Jcsie's
bubble dance iland Rosita Royce's
Dance of the Doves
Something Different
UniqueRess in presentation Of I'M
dressed la les is thn keynose Of
Crystal Lsssies and the Arctic Girls
Temple of Ice The former, designed
by noted designer Norman Eel
Geddes, is an intricate bail a 60
mirrors. in which a single unclad
lassie dances briefly creating a poly
sccpic ballet In the Temple Of Ice
shcv, maidens wearing the simple
brassiere ana "G-strhng" are sealed
in cakes Of ics-a scientific effort
to prove that al isn't cold that Gilt
tiers.
Tcrrid dance numbers are put On
at the Savoy ballroom and Cuban
village CONCESSIONS.
Beside all these, BiA5 roses
girls in bathing sul.s and STRIPS of
chiffon may seem tame. 3ut Rose.
relying principally on the speotac-
ular in his 10000 seat Aquaoade
auditorium, nes. not neglected the
body beautiful. The bathing suits
really are skin eight ana the big
choruses ana bglets arc far from
over-dressed
It's fair question to csE: Where.
- the matter Of nudity, does the