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Show i r . f 1 A . n THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1927 as Tonight Manager Pemberton ha arranged, m addition to th regu lar program many added features at bis special show which opens at eleven-thirtend in which the payou Imagine lew Cody in trons will celebrate and usher In Egg Man." CAN THE Butter end Jealous of a role of thirty pieces will band ecreen A Gilbert W. Ga li.t. by his be- he set upon the stage and each act briel In the New York Sun as the husband try ng to protect to their own "stunt wife from the machination in additionm wfttleetand Lv ellest Jambouree ever oloved and offer something Cody s roles will step bachelor' a gay of distilled from the atmosphere have always been just the other or.ginal of their own. Other acts Broadway, will be next week s deway round hut In Tet for Three, and novelties are to be added. n Mayer picture lightful offering of the W likes the Plater at the Wilkes theatre stort- in which he la ecostarryd with New Year Eve Show aftermatinee with the film Sunday ing Pringle and which Is the'Wednoon. Planned at Pantages till of the Pantages From the sturdy typewriter of offering he is shown as a hardnesday, S. rf working fiusband defeud.ng his An elaborate New Teara eve Kaufman, George such hits as "The Beggar on own home. To make the reversal midnight show will be given at the Horseback" and "Merton of the more complete Owen Moore, us- Vantage theatre. Th etage will JJovlea." comes Th Butter .nd ually th virtuous hero, la seen es be used for the big celebration. gg Man '' The play comes to the gay bachelor. The ushering in of 1S2 will be fca.l Lake direct from a years The picture Is a riot from be- one of the most talked of program run in hew lork at the Longacre ginning to end and along with ever offered patron, according to theatre with Gregory Kelly as the the vaudeville bill la attracting Grant Pemberton, local manager. featured player. The presentation is sain to be capacity house. The inside of stage Ilfs is picThe Transfield Sisters and their one of the best of the year and and c. mus song drain this tured themvoyager, with popular comedy there are few bills that ma. How chows are born to be- dance aboard ship make a high- selves to a celebration adapt of kind the like this one does but In thie come either bits of flops is laid ly pleasing contribution to addition hare es sell as a lot of the hack-ata- program. The Sisters themselves to the present show Mr. Pemberhit with several ton announce an even greater prolife. In fact turning he score a show shop Inside out and upside instrumental and vocal selection gram. Acts will be added and an tn are accompanied by orchestra of which they down for the amusement of playthirty pieces will be Florence orchestra excellent la the what has Kaufman done goers placed on the stage. The actors Reeve, wtth the act, gives snappy who are to take part are all "tuned m "The "Butter and tag Alan A "Butter and Egg Man." U tn dance numbers. and wilt glr everything they -- Beatrice Leon and Sybil Dewn up to make the bill a wow. the modern vernacular w hat forof the have of the comedy much York on was provide known New the The will begin promptly merly a new and orig- at il frolics 9. but n rfiito ss a sucker," a millionaire bill and present ode will attempt audithe that inal keep offering to say just what time all will end, r a man hoping to be one ami Srrady to t rn loose of his bank ence in an uproar of laughter. will be no advance however, there The Rainbow Accoidion qnintet front roil to anyone who offered a regular prices. I de Moscow a in In A Night to fame ant more wealth. as well ss beau- 4 1 The male leading role Is a cer- cidedly d.fferentTheir seTfwitons w,n offering Clock Goes tain Peter Jones ( Ben Erway) a tiful ind their them applause prolonged shy youth from Chillicothe, Ohio, novelty numbers are a feature of 376 Year with a email fortune and a large bilL ambition to make a million or so theThree The Canadian youngster on Broadway. A couple of New Doo Dads of five, seven, and nine Although it started Ufa with but lork producers sell him a part Incaptivate patrons with their on hand ,a clock oil the ancient terest in their shop which looks years, and cornet Selections Russian Castle on trombone th Isle of like a Hop, but be beats them at a Chinese restaurant as a Man, has been going Its daily tlretr own game and for good mea- Taking clevtwo stage setting along wjth rounds for 17 years. sure takes their secretary, Jane er Chinese characters and an Amer- It ehovrsunfalteringly the time by the position Wekton (Miss Gladys George) for ican William Bence and Com- of Re hour girl. the figbetween hand his bride. Others of the Wilkes pany's offering Is also highly enures and its mechanism is so simPlayers will be seeen In dah,ng tertaining. roles In this triumphant atags A ropeologist opens the Mil ple that --inaccuracy is said tor be Ope success. and along with his patter and wise impossible. It is driven by acylinThe Butter and Egg Man" will cracks pleases with a aeries of coiled around a huge wooden be presented every night next week fancy and "stunt" ropelng proving der wtth a stone drawing down at the other end of the rope Detroit with matinees Sunday, Monday, ha is a master with rope end News. Thursday and Saturday. Sbe never whll h wa with to my hunting got fully accustomed was away aits and when 1 trip, would anxiously wait for signs of than one I my return, and more have returned to And her displayand emotion evidencing ing real unusual Joy at seeing me. It i a notable thing about the African women that they do not seem to her th earn regard for their children that father have, it la unusual to see the women giving much attention to the children, while It ia the common thing to see th men playing with them and evidencing marked fatherly Interest, although the mother doe take good care of them. All the Kj kuyu tribq.r ardent dancers. In this they are like th civilizaflapper of a more modern r weird and tion but their dance different. In our studies of nativ manners we often arranged tribal daneza, In which hundred of men and women eould participate. They would the tribal musigather around would beat their sonwho cians. orous drums In e strange rhythm At first they would merely hop and more their bodies in unison to the music, if such it can be called. Marriages Are Frequent. Then they would jump and g i through zuld distortions, keepii.t, this up for hours after thev had once started. During the develop-meof the dance they would great v excited and it Wns after these dances that tha nearest approach to flirtations would be Pantages Bill Has Numerous Features Butter and Egg Man At Wilkes Next Week y , X Metro-Goldw- y -- nt I Marriages seem to be mere freof dancing. quent after a period mas: lags The preparations for lasted for about four da's, and the most visible outward asgiven pect was the extra greasing e durto the body of the ing this four davs of preparations. to grees Despite the- addiction bride-to-b- - on w-i- y Start the New Year Right ALL NEXT WEEK - Starting With the Matinee Sunday Afternoon. m lmry meek desired hy njtha tribe. (I) Krs. Xartl! The maid arable is easily seised hi the wUderneee. (J) America! swap is et Ltunbwa natives in their gretesqae attire. (4) Rathe enjoy first aid methods. JekBsea sarrouded hr pn) test, funniest thing In Africa. Thev ticulariy desirous of keeping Aan are always good natured. Their such display of feelings away ft m larghler la spontaneous and possible onlookers. I never hw and while they ere woefully a "necking party in any camp in dumb in being abl to understand Africa. whit things are all about, still they After tribal dances they will ere not without many good point in pairs, but with no which more civilized people could' drift away signs of affection well emulate. Marriage here is not as it Is Period of FlapPerbood. known among white races. One Atnco. It wa from th Kykuyn Born Girls Are lives The of their happiest time period when we were near the fvyKUyU (rlb) T ,nhrt,d many mem- I between the ges of 12 to IS border we met a caravan ber of our safari for our four year 12 Flappers; Hair Is Short stay are until about they in Africa, recording the lives year. Vp going south. The girl In this caraare to made sorts do all of they Permanvan Natural had never eeen a motor car With and habits of the native wild ani work for theta parents They fetch I before. One of our safari boys almala load are and ent Wave. and general tnctNl tha attention of a girl in Their native language is called deck carry hands. caravan and announced to ue Swahili, which mean the language At 12 they start on a period oJ the of the slave, and which is generally flapperbood, which lasts until they that he wa going to- marry her He asked If she could ride o; spoken by the African tribe BT MRS. MARTIN JOHNSON. are about If. when they are usually on onethen of the motor trucks which which much i known. Dur-- n this of married. four years we were using. We told him that (This is the second of a series of Th boy of the Kj kuyu tribe are freedom they are untrammeled by articles which have been written es- loyal, good naturvd and hard work- any conventions or any demands. she could no, as the truck wa already heavily overloadedf and that They live the life they want to - she would pecially for this paper by Mrs. Mar- er! when they are properly handled havs to walk Just as They are born flappers even to tin Johnaon who recently returned They are expert in the life of the member of the safari did from a four year trip through wild- mountains, desert and Jungles, and their hair, Jhleh i by nature sho- -t othr Th next morning he returned to can make their way through almo- -l and which has a native permanent u est Africa.) with a disconsolate look on his impenetrable place with incredible wave Kykojru, pronounced that the marIt is amazing how they seem to face and announced Is the tribal name of one o speed and accuracy in direction. not to take place. The girl are the plumpest, fat- - spring up from the most unexpected riageNo was th largest tribe of British East motor car no marride, places, and I have never seen our eathrt hoys stopfor eny length of riage. was th verdict of the ga-ltime in any place w.thout seeing a and so the romance died a quick crowd of Kykuyu girls spring up death. Interested In Rouge. from nowhere at all, to laugh and shout and wave and otherwise atIt was alwavs interesting to me to watch the reactions of the natract attention. Their favorite color la red. and tive women to civilized aide to love an for inordinate have they beauty. They were particularly Inshining metal, which they wear a terested in my rouge, and when I were used it they would pass erfusivs Jewelry. When th railroads ? rst built in British East Africa, compliments because it was red. this desire for metal played havoc, Face powder was another matwith the lines of communication, ter, and It wa amusing to see the dowi for the natives would cut them after I had playfully daubed telegraph wires and make them In- their face with a powder puff to to colls to wear around their necks give them a white appearance or ankles. It is good for the girls that they do have the period of freedom beLike Shining Metal. 12 and the time at which tween One can easily imagine their love for our motor cars, with the shining they marry, for after marriage metal part. They would gather they become the beast of burden around my automobile, calling for their husbands. This condition i likely to be negale roemsab," er "Greetings Misses, and look at the nickel and ameliorated before long, for they catch glimpse of themselves mil are learning that the white worn- rored In the metal. They liked to an does not carry loads, and there been a bill introduced by the pose in front of the car, although has we had a diflcult time governmental authorities making Britl-- h them understand what we wanted which wilt limit (b l0d that any woman were may be called upon to taking them to do when we carry to 10 pounds. picture. One of the most Interesting It Is the custom for the KykuA limited number of f l.OOreTerved seats now sellyu women to grease themselves things about Africa is the speed which with which new of the white man and other greases, with fat is colored with red clay. Another and hi law travels. Although the ing only at the Consolidated Music Store, 121 South i the native women seem to be amazform of personal decoration Main Street. Wasatch 462. use of plugs in the lobes of their ingly slow to comprehend things, to such news goes like wildfire and is lobe the distend which, ear, grotesque shapes, and there dis- quickly picked up by them. a indication are taken tended lobes My personal girl while I waa tn o ? physical beauty. Africa waa named Gooyatoo. 6he Their clothing consists of a waa married and when I went on e affair and a skirt made hunting expeditions without my of akin. These skirt are about the husband she always accompanied Boxoffice at Tabernacle Grounds open all day New size of a double pillowcase and me and slept beside my bed. are draped back from the waist Years Day, January 2. Girls Escape Slayers. with no skirt in front It is a Her story waa Interesting She women manage these not will how marvel be broadcast. The Messiah Wa of the Bonn tribe, and when to drape their skirt In such a ah wa quit a young girl went manner that they give the to a government near point of be'ng completely the Abysinnian border. Some came natives into the camp At the age of 12, when they looking for young girls to take upon their four year of free- away with them as slaves They belt to the a dom, they add fringe her mother regarding of the skirt The skirts are never questioned whereabouts of the two the changed. ters. and the" mother said that she No Signs of Affection. In what we would call their fllr- did nottheknow. The Abysinnlans mother, but the girls got tatlons. the native girb as well aJ1H the boy never show any signs f !fwa7 n?lather. Hefinally got back subsequent! sold her to in old man of the Boran tribe wben she wa 12 years old. The marriage meant nothing to her for she was a child in many way, p laving with the children of the tribe and Ihughing and fooling In the way of the Boran girla. H- -r husband felt that she wa too much of her attentioncentering Dairif TMlflt on a NEW YEARS EVE yonng bov of the tribe, and o to her be burned her punish back latll viciously with a hot iron. Cferatvsl fMtanfl To retaliate In the way of ehe took hie spears and killed hi two choice calves. These ehe skinned and when he came back, sbe threw the skin at him with th exclamation. See what I have done. She fully expected that he would kitl her, hut her brothers had taken the matter ;f her branding np with the government official. She was told by them that eh need not live with the husband who had so brutally treated her. and so she left him. In she married on of th SPECIAL DANCE MONDAY Later Ladle bey of our safari. ll i JUN11L 1 A. M-Gooyatoo wa a devoted servant Huntress Describes Flappers of Jungle inWe-tiou- s, Abvs-inni- - , TABERNACLE NEW YEARS DAY JANUARY 2, 1928 By George S. Kaufman Author of Such Hits as The Begger On Horseback, Other Successes Merlon of the Movies, and 1 Laughter Romance Pathos Adventure Direct From a Years Run on Broadway. Wittiest and Liveliest Jamboree Ever Distilled From the AtGilbert W. Gabriel in the New mosphere of Broadway. .York Sun. !, Special Holiday Matinee Monday, New Get Tickets Now Years Day Every Night at 8:30 Prices 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. Matinees Sunday, Monday (Special Holiday Mati1) Thursday and Saturday at 2:30 Prices 25c, 50c. -- All Seats Reserved INCOMPARABLE Tickets Now Selling at all Music Stores SPECIAL NOTICE belt-lik- cov-'ere- d. Auspices Salt Lake Oratorio Abys-innia- n en-,t- er Society TWO BIG NIGHTS law. OLK THEATRE PLATERS Coming Stella Dallas You Know It Is a Great Play :4t DANCE Old Year Out New Year , 'I X i " y" r their bodies, the Kikuyu women arejVbrr fond of soap. I have given then a cake of bath soap and tiler have immediately started to bathe, lathering tlieir bodies in the greatest profusion and once thev start they rarely the soap ia all ever gone. of bathing process th During they seem to be in th very top ranges of good humor, and laugh and shout and call to each other in gay abandon. What the Invasion of th whito man will do to the native habite snd custom it is hard to determine at the preeent time. It Is apparent, however, that the native women are well aware of the fact that the whit man law protect the women against a drudgerv which is closely akin to slavery Thev will assert their demand for greater freedom after marriage end 'these demands are already making themselve felt, for tne women know' that they can get heip at the government posts. Mhlte Man Encroncbe. And yet. outside of their appreciation of what the white nans taws will do for them, they do nut want him to come. They eeem tc have the feeling that their lands are elowiy but surely being taken away from them, that their haunib will be peopled with strangers a whose coming le not without (ertain bitter ahoy. Their men are becoming the worker of the white men, a, the encroaching farm replace the native conditions This, as yet, affect only the outer edge of th country for inside the men are still the Intrepid wtelders of spears, who drive the lion out of his resting place And hill him a he charge toward 1 tht If You Have Longed for a Peek, Here Is a Chance to Get It .The Show Shop Turned Inside Out and Upside Down For Your ' Amusement Weed We Say You Will Adore It. o sen. ge I THREE SECTION ' " tfcera- - Those whom I have known and whom I hope to know again as we return to Lake Paradise, are at present unpoiled. tn Native humorists, skilled blandishments which are meaningless and are only an expression of thf ir unrestrained spirits daring the four year in which they really live n untrammeled life, they are a study n ebulliency. them I always want to bring spangle, to watch their face light up as they put them on. With perI fectly fepilnlne inconsistency, have caught myself wishing that the railroad companies might be a little more free with their telegraph wire. In order" that the Kykuyu women might have more necklet armlets and wristlets. There it more charm to thee decoration when one knows that they have been tek'n in native fashion, than when they become the bauble of traders. Feminine Inconsistency. With equal feminine inconsistency I laugh at the way these native girls spring up apparently from the roots in the ground wben the safari boy s stop for a rest. They have nothing to fear from our conventional flapper in that regard-- I catch myself pondering over their wisdom when I recall a remark passed to me once which we in direct relation to my own wifely accomplishments. Expressed In native fashion, I wa questioned a to what I wa going to do with all of my money when I died "No children, who will get It all ' Large families ere a part of Kykuyu wifehood. I asked why they thought I would have a lot of money, and the reply wee. Ton work so hard for bwana, meaning my husband. Ton cook for him. you A nle clothes, yon take care of him, you must get big wages. So in tbefr desire for freedom from the heavy loads they have to carry, they had noticed what I had been doing. The Kykuyn flappers and their men. for that matter, have eye like other people. They have a direct nss of observation which Cornea from direct dealing with direct matter They get down to th point quickly, whether it be killing their husbands prize calves, as Gooyatoo did. In the spirit of revenge, or refusing marriage because cannot get a motor car ride Inthey return, as did the girl near the border. They are interesting In way they are fascinating I think that I shall take many extra boxes of rouge back to Lake Paradise with me when Martin and I return. (Another of Mrs. Johnson's article will appear In an earlv Saturday Issue of The Deseret New.) 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