Show THE TEEN SET Ballerinas on Blades Skate To Teen Agers' Agers Success By BETTY BETZ Why Vh Ive I've never had skating lessons I learned on the pond in Central park laughed pretty haired dark-haired year old Marie Crimmins who's a member of the lavish Ice Follies staged at New Yorks York's Madison Square Garden Many kids dream of becoming ballerinas on blades and now thanks to the famous skating producers Oscar Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son and Roy that dream may possibly come true for many of you as it did for Marie When the Ice Follies goes goeson on tour Mr arranges tryouts for young skaters in each of the 18 cities from coast- coast to-coast to and it is at that time that the stars are chosen for forthe forthe forthe the next years year's show It might interest all aU of you kids with cheese cutters to know that most of the members of the ice show are teen-agers teen But they're kids who'd rather skate than date because the show takes lots of time for rehearsals costume fittings publicity pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures ballet lessons and just getting a regular 10 hours sleep But its it's so much fun travelIng traveling traveling travel- travel Ing meeting famous people and being able to skate In such beautiful costumes exclaimed Marie as she tugged at a huge green cellophane skirt which she wears in the exotic Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi nese number Then a a. handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some year old fella feUa named Phil Skillings came over to tell Marie Maric she was on so Phil took over the male slant of skating I asked how he landed in the Ice Follies Fames I won all of the local championship championship championship cham cham- meets in my home town to Minneapolis explained Dick Then Mr Ship stead watched me skate and asked me meto meto meto to join the show Many of the other kids who are continuing their studies en route manage to beat the books bookson on their own chartered train to pass correspondence s school c h o 0 o 0 l I exams But believe me with the miles mUes of traveling these young people are certainly going to get plus A-plus in geography geography geography geog geog- raphy |