The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-06-08

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night games in USO.
| WEDNESDAY, June IA, 7:30 D..
m.-Movies in USO lounge: 9.15 p.
m.-First street dance of season in
front of USO. .s.
/ DANCING IN THE STREETS
4 When the late Alexander Woollcott
was a dramatic critic he had a
pet phrase he would use in his
review of an occasional rare play
he regarded as outstandingly fine.
He would urge everyone who loved
the theatre to see that play, and
predicted that they all would be
so thrilled and excited by it that
after the performance they would
be dancing in the streets!
Today we predict Though claim
ing to be neither psychic nor a
dramatic critic that on Wednes-
day night, June IA, there will be
dancing in the streets of Juneau
--or, at least. on one of them,
the one directly in front of the
USO. The occasion will be the
Clubs first outdoor dance of the
season. All servicemen are invited,
of course. In addition, it will be
open house c'open street. we sup
pose, if you're stickler for ac-
curacy) for the townspeople gen.
orally. In other words, EVERY
BODY IS INVITED.
Originally scheduled for the next
night, the party is being moved
up in view of the fact that Thurs
day will mark the premier of the
new War Loan Drive. Everything
else, naturally, must be subordin-
ated to that.
If you've never danced on street
surface you will be pleasantly sur
prised to discover how smooth and
comfortable it can become with
some so pounds of cornmeal sprink-
led over it. Enthusiastic testimony
to that effect is obtainable from
anyone in last years big hide
pendence Day crowd attending our
very successful initial street dance.
Candor compels us to state, how
ever, that your surprise may be
slightly less pleasant when you dis
cover what dancing on even so
smooth surface can do to shoe
leather. For a long time we've
heard tell that "all Gods chillun
got shoes Last July, however,
quite a few of Gods GI and ESQ
ichillun claimed that they'd worn
out complete pairs of shoes in the
enjoyment Of our dance. They adj
ded. unanimously: 1t was worth it!
So, folks, let's make it date
for next Wednesday night, weather
permitting. Darn it = has that
trite expression found its way once
again into our column? Why bring
THAT upD
Paraphrasing the vernacular Of
the race-track, if we are in a po-
sition to post an announcement
Wednesday afternoon, WEATHER
CLEAR STREET FAST, we'll be
expecting you to be with us that
night from 9:15 to midnight.
p. S. There will be jitterbug
contest. What the prizes will be,
We don't know yet: maybe some
thing else-maybe couple of new
pairs of shoes.
CAPT. TED AND MRS. DYCK
This item Just mustn't be allow
ed to sound IKE an obituary. Both
of the subjects are entirely too
vitality alive to make that kind of
eulogy anything but very inappro-
pirate. Furthermore we wish to
avoid m barra sing these good
friends of ours.
But we cannot permit Captain
and Mrs. 4. j. Dyck of the Saliva
ton Army to leave Juneau with
out expressing at least a brief word
of appreciation of what their help
fitness has meant to the USO.
| We could cite you many scores
of instances where Ted or his wife
have done some particularly con-
siderate and kindly act for the
benefit of our servicemen or the
members of the Club staff Neces-
sarily this would be repetitious in
the extreme.
So We will mention specifically
only one kind of helpfulness: that