Show SHA SHAWN WN SLAPS AT AUDIENCE Male Dancer Calls Ohio Patrons Patrons' Patrons Patrons' Pa- Pa III-Bred III and III- III Mannered KENT zENT Ohio April 19 Kent UP-Kent were gasping today under a tongue lashing handed out by Ted Shawn famous apostle of the natural dance who stepped from his accustomed tamed tomed role to give a large college audience a verbal trouncing for its it bad Sh Shawns Shawn's wn's enlistment in the ranks of oC Eva Le Lc Ethel Barrymore and other scolders of audiences came like Jike a bolt out of a clear sky after n a performance which had been goner sener applauded The audience W was l. l a well dressed assemblage as as- of oC college students and professors pro pro- rc ors from Kent State college and other minded civic souls willing to take lake a chance on seven sevc male eccentric dancers To be sure there were some snickers snick snick- ers when the dancers first appeared ro o attired as to make the Mahatma l Gandhi look overdressed and nd a few lew guffaws greeted erected Shawns Shawn's tion of oC the life liCe or of John Brown But on the whole the audience was appreciative c and Shawn interrupted thunderous applause when at the of 0 the thc final number he her r raised a hand for silence stepped forward and said Ive played to audiences In i and New York to the hillbillies of the Carolinas and the cowboys of Texas but you ou are arc the thc most bred md and mannered ill audience to which I have ever been subjected The audience sat in stunned silence then natured good applause e broke out again and the spectators went home smiling I |