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Jitney Players Make
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which kept the production from being
crude burlesque and yet. brought out
every laugh that was in the script.
The sweet impassiveness of the moth-

er of thé wronged and murdered girl,
as she/sat knitting over the writhing
body /of the villain, tortured and_be-
set ‘by remorse and, ghosts in his
death cell; the gentle cluck with
which she answered his most passion.
ate outbursts; and, above all, her
“William, William,” devoid of any ex-
pression or meaning—these will re-
main in our mind the supreme exam-
ple of comic underplaying. The actors
must not be deprived of the credit
that is due them, for even as excel-
lent a director as the Jitney Players
must ‘have: is powerless without a
sympathetic and co-operative cast.
These people are talented actors, sub-
tle and mellow in technique, with yet
an enthusiasm about them that shows
in every individual perférmance as
well as in the courage of the whole
venture. Not only do they-give ex-
cellent and thoughtful individual per-
formances, but they play exceedingly
well together. Their voices are beat-

 

Mr. Douglas Rowland and Miss Alice | ence. The second was a tenor solo

Keating Cheney, the leading man and
lady. Thcy move well—the Mary
Wigman movements of the gypsy,
the marvelously comic strides of the
villain and whosoever he was accom-
panying at the moment, and the jerky
and bumpy gait of the rustic comedian
are examples enough of this. In a
word, it was a finished performance
that the Jitney Players showed, infi-
nitely more subtle than one might
have expected whon the curtain went
up on the crude-front of the first
scene, and probably much more care-
fully thought out than one realized
even after the curtain had: fallen on
the last.

Some mention must be made of the
entre-act. songs, which, as we have
hinted, were the greatest success of
the evening. The first, “Man the
Lifeboats,”’ was rendered by the en-
tire male ensemble of the company
and was so excruciatingly funny that
the last few verses could hardly be

 

 

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by the comic lead, a lugubrious bal-

lad entitled, “The Fatai Wedding,’
and, here, as in the first, the audi-
ence was so convulsed at the gestures
and facial expressions that accom-
panied the song that much of the
actual subject matter escaped them.
The last offering, by the Royal Ly-
eyeum Mixcd Quartette, “consisting
of male and female voices only,’ was
tHe most successful. Wecan only say
that here the words and the music
were so simple that it was quite un-
necessary to make the slightest ‘at-
tempt to follow them, and one could
give way. to one’s desire to’ scream
with laughter at every new move on

‘the part of the charming four. It

would be impossible to do justice to
the humor of this section of the eve.
ning’s entertainment, or to the recep-
tion it received. It is enough to say
that both will go down in history—
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tifully trained—particularly those of | heard above the laughter of the audi- | ever wiitten.” The Jitney Players are |

a real group of troupers in the oldest
sense of the word. They travel far
beyond what most. Broadway actors |
would consider the farthest stretches |

of the’“road.”” They have all the tra-
ditions of the old troupers, and like
them they have all technique that is |
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Vocational Conference ~ .

Miss Georgina Pope Yeat-
man will speak on Architec-
ture and Landscape Gardening
in the Common Room in Good-
hart Hall on Thursday, March
the ninth, at quarter past five.
Everyone who is interested is
urged to come. Tea. will be
served at five o’clock.

 

 

sponse from the stoniest heart in the
farthest rural audience. That they
have more than that is due to the
courage and vigor with which they
maintain their tradition of “experi-
mental theatre” in a professional at-
mosphere. Besides our applause which
they have won -for.themselves, they
merit also our admiration and en-
couragement.

 

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STUDENTS’ CHARGE ACCOUNTS

 

 

 

 

Look at this remarkable lady... with three lovely and
perfect heads... all attached to a normal body. She
appears to sit on the stage, with the lower part of her
body concealed by flowers. She can wink, smile, and

nod. She can talk, laugh, and sing—all at the same:.«

time. Thousands of people have seen this feat of magic
and pronounced it a wonderful sight!

EXPLANATION :

Audiences used to pay an extra fee to go behind the
scenes to see how this trick was worked. They dis-
covered that the three-headed woman was merely a
reféttion in a mirror. The glass showed the heads of
three girls but the body of only one. The other two
were cleverly hidden so that only their heads showed
in the mirror.

Source: “Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions’”’
by Albert A. Hopkins...Munn & Co., New York

 
  

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t's fun to be fooled —
...its more tun to KNOW

- This “three-headed woman’”’ trick goes

’way back to the early days of magic.

Also old is the suggestion that pro-
tection for your throat and freedom from
coughing can be achieved through some
magic trick.

THE EXPLANATION: The easiest ciga-
rette on your throat is the cigarette that
is made from the choicest, ripe tobaccos.

Cheap, raw tobaccos are, as you

would naturally expect, harsh to the

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throat. Ripe, costly tobaccos are mild,
mellow — gentle. The question is whether
a cigarette is made from cheap tobacco
or the more expensive grades.
= It is a fact, well known by
leaf tobacco experts, that
Camels are made from finer, MORE

EXPENSIVE tobaccos than any other
popular brand.

American men and women have smoked
more billions of Camels than any other
brand because of the appeal of more ex-
pensive tobaccos and matchless blending.

Won’t you stack up your own experience
with a cigarette made from milder, cost-
lier tobaccos...against magic claims about
“cigarettes and your throat”?

Try fresh Camels—in the air-tight,
welded Humidor Pack that seals the
freshness and coolness, the mildness and
flavor of Camels...inside.

WO TRICKS

.. JUST COSTLIER
TOBACCOS -

In & MATCHLESS BLEND

 

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