Show I 1 I Picture Patter a er eran an and anda a Bit o of f Stage Gossip oJ L t she she she I Mrss NAN 1 1 j t ji i has lias two r relatives in the fuI fu fu- 1 t I I I mops mons Russian Legion of i I t J Death and is self ho a native of I 1 Odessa j I II I I r f t k 4 i v f n 4 r a S' S Sc s 's c s 1 w 9 tc r ti tir iI r i o 4 i lit BY ARTHUR S. S I TX With the thc spotlight of or the public press I focused so prominently on Russia and the valorous alOrO women of ol Russia vaudeville vaude vaude- ville patrons who remember rea reading lnE o of the Russian affiliations of Nan Halperin Hal Hal- perin the delightful impersonator ap- ap appearing ap ap- this week at the Orpheum theatre theatre the the- atre atro and who claims Odessa as her birthplace will not be surprised to learn further that the young oung actress has two relatives es who enlisted in the CI fighting le legion lon of ol death One of these a first cousin was Miss Halperin's childhood playmate while the other an aunt she has never neverseen neverseen seen Historians are arc still sun writing stories about Frances France's Joan of Arc declared Miss Halperin in a recent interview inter but Russia has an nn entire regiment nt of or gallant women each with tho the In Indomitable table spirit of of- the Maid of Orleans ans who are fighting fg her battles Some of ot the papers papers papers' erroneously erron ullo- ullo re reported reported re re- ported that the legion was recruited among the Russian peasantry continued continued con con- Miss 1158 Halperin but this is not nol true as thc they come from the most aristocratic aristocratic aristocratic aris aris- families In the lie country countr and bear benr some of ot Russia's Hussla's oldest names There ma may bo be some peasants Included it is true for tor the legion of ot death is 15 the most democratic of ot organizations and there are no class barriers known In Jt My 1 cousins cousin's name like m my own is almost unpronounceable It has so 50 man many z's and x's In It that you have to both sneeze and tic tie your our tongue In Ina Ina ina a l knot not when you say sar It No o I do o not believe belle I r shall return to Russia to join the legion as some people have imagined I would Russia does docs not nce need fighters even e amon among its women half as much as it needs monc money I am so glad gla for Russia that It has won its freedom an and I am doing all nil in my power powel to raise mone money to help Russia keep it That hal seems to me tobe to tobe tobe be a better hetter way o of helping my 01 dear country than getting getting- into a 30 uniform and anti joining the forces on the thc firing line But whatever Russia accompli accomplishes he heIn In the way of or establishing establishing- a firm foundation for tor its lIbert liberty or in the thc winning vinning of oC this terrible war you may be certain it is due ue quite as much to the dauntless spirit of at its women as to the fighting qu- qu s of its men This is the story o of The Three Bears as a n revised ed by hJ r T lc l McNulty of or tho the Wilkes players Once in his verdant youth Mac journeyed Journeyed Jour jour- into the wilds of or the California mountains mountains- dressed up as a co bo cowboy to seek adventure lie walked and he walked wanted and he walked Later ho ran ran but but at first he only walked Soon he was high up on ona ona ona a mountainside making his hisa a way alonga along n a narrow l ledge ge that bordered a yawning yawn yawn- a wn- wn In ing precipice Presently he heard henrt a n 10 low chorus of or mingled grunts ts and growls Is and almost before beCore he knew it he had walked Into a widening of or the led ledge e and there sat fint three bears discussing i ian I Inn the prospects ot of an nn early carh dinner At least that's what Mac figured they were talking about for Cor he says B their faces lt lighted up UI won wonderfully when the they caught sight of him and with an appalling ap ap- appalling palling unit unity of or action they I leaped in his direction Mac tarried not but hit along that ledge e at miles mUes an hour But the bears ere as hun hungry r u Ut us UtIac Mac was alarmed an and the they followed in a line distressingly close to his heels Presently Mac lac saw a sharp turn In Inthe Inthe inthe the path and mid decided on a desperate measure lie l leaped around the corner whirled raised his trust trusty gun nun and t fired filed Iret The bullet struck the first ir t hear bear and killed him him In hl his tracks The rise second bear was coming so fast ast he bumped into the first bear and broke his neck The third bear tried to turn out and ant fell over o the edge Into the yawning a chasm And our young ounG hero pale but tri tn triumphant triumphant tri tri- returned safely to his leis home homel homelIe if Ie c sj f We c Are Seven Se a farce by In Eleanor Eleanor Elea Elea- nor 1101 Gates is to be lJ produced Friday I Ic and Saturday nights at the Salt Lake theatre by the University of or Utah Dramatic Dramatic Dra Dra- matic club and anti it Is said ald that in wholesomeness whole whole- bre breeziness and nd general entertainment entertainment en eno it Is surpassed by few come comedies The title Wo o 0 Arc Seven cn is I doubtless suggested b by a poem of ot Wordsworth's in imi which m a little girl Insists S tats there are seven In Um her mothers mother's family family- even it if itom some om of ot them have ha dl died d and anit are In heaven The fhe seven en e n which figure Inthis in inthis inthis this Ilia play are children who c exist anI only in III the mind and day dreams reams of Miss lIss Diantha Kerr an attractive young oun woman woman wo wo- man tune of advanced ance Ideas and eugenic ideals Though she ht hasn't t seen a n lover Jo Diantha has decided that her happy married life ICe to come shall be ble blessed j cd with seven se bouncing babies an and tenderly tenderly ten len del derly and carefully she slue plans for tor tho the career and destiny of or each of oC them In Iu her sociological enl researches Diantha Diantha Dian Dlan- tha th takes taken excursions l Into futo all nil the thc nooks and corners o o. o Nerr ew cw York City's s East Side An alarmed d spinster a aunt determines determines determines deter deter- mines that the thc girl Irl must have hu an escort Diantha declares with that thal if It she is to have hn an nn escort he must be he young oun handsome amid also alo deaf dent and dumb Si Search arch Is begun for tor such a candidate can cnn Hearing Bearing of or the search and gelting getting get gel ting n u glimpse t of the girl Peter Ieter Avery A vcr very a u young ung lawyer of rather Irresponsible temperament nt but characteristics characteristics character han tI decides clde ho Imo will be Ilantha's ort and and gets the thin Job Three of or orA A Averys Avery's chums hums pla plan to make life lICo miserable miserable miserable miser miser- able for fo him The complications which follow must mURt he ec to be appreciated |