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Show Katzenjammer, Continued. ly enough to convince all that there wasn't a wooden head In the bunch. Tho "Sailor's Hornpipe," done by eight girls in costume, was a very attractive at-tractive littlo specially and the girls were made to come back and do It over ov-er again. Twelve young men essayed an "Egyptian Dance" and in point of costume, graceful movement and concert con-cert of action, this was unquestionably unquestion-ably the best thing of tho evening, I The )oung men In their Egyptian I costuming mlgit well have been taken I for hour Is Just out of the Sultan's harem. The rlTect under colored lights was supcrllno and th6 ait called out very hearty appreciation. Frocks and Frills was a sprightly effort and "My Pretty Little Klcka-poo," Klcka-poo," an Indian specialty by Ruby Gcddcs was excellent. Miss Gcddcs has a very sweet voice, certain dramatic dra-matic ability and invariably makes a pleasant impression. Something "Cute." ' The daintiest, cutest featuro of tho I whole show was the appearance of I little four-year-old Helen Montrose In I "My Littlo Hong Kong Baby." This I pretty little tot, all unabashed by the I footlights' glare, walked unconcernedly up and down tho stage, bowed and scraped like a professional and la a very sweet childish treble sang her little song In tunc and good tlmo with tho orchestra Ileis was indeed a pleasing presentation and she had to rcrjoat It a tlmo or two, Geneva Smith, as the "Yankee Doodle Doo-dle Girl," surprised even her friends. She was arrayed in tho national colors and "tore ol" this bright and popular song In such a catchy way that It brought her a recall. "A Gypsy Scene," with Miss Josephine Jose-phine Thatcher as the central figure, sho wed to marked advantage, her song and the dance of tho young ladles In the background giving genuine pleasure. pleas-ure. The Maypole dance by a half hundred hun-dred or so young ladles and gentlemen was about one and one-half hours too long, and coming at the end of a program pro-gram that seemed somewhat long it was not as thoroughly appreciated as its beauty merited. Unfortunately lor tho Y. L. Q '.. associations and the B. Y. C. ex-rhequor, ex-rhequor, the opera houss was not forced to build an addition to take caro of tho crowd. In the evening an audience Just a little better than "fair" greeted tho production. |