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Show JUNIORS ENTERTAIN LARGE CROWD AT RICH SCHOOL The Ogden high school juniors entertained en-tertained nearly four hundred students and patrons of the school last night with a vaudeville performance, consisting con-sisting of eight numbers. The actors were coached by Messrs. Olsen and H. E. O'Byrnc, the dancers by Miss Thurman and the singers by Murllla Hunter and their work was well done. Preceding the performance. Miss Mny Parmley and Mr. Cecil Wright rendered several violin and piano selections se-lections which were enjoyed by all present and Miss McGaw favored the audience with a number of piano solos so-los between the acts. A number of seniors had come to tho hall, well heeled with lemons, eggs and vegetables, with which to show their appreciation of tho efforts of their underclassmates, but their plot became known to some husky members of the class of '15 and they were divested of moat of the missiles mis-siles before they could do any dam age. Thoy managed, however, to get two or three lemons over the footlights foot-lights at propitious moments and made up for the loss of them with suildry noises, intended to .rattle tho performers. per-formers. Tho first act was presented by"Ncv-crnock" by"Ncv-crnock" Blaisdel and "Tiny" Sturgeon. Stur-geon. The latter was carried on the stage In a steamer trunk and on emerging therefrom was greeted with a gale of laughter. The two went through with their akotch gamely, In spite of the gibes thrown at them and sang a parody on "Under tho Anheu- her Bush," each verse of which had something "on" one of the faculty members, that drew continued laughter. laugh-ter. Tho next act was one of the biggest big-gest hits of the evening. It was. a song and dance sketch put on b Mary and Roma Williams, two little tots of kindergarten age. Their song was plainly sung and during the singing sing-ing of the chorus they added some dancing steps that were clovorly executed. exe-cuted. They were encored and danced a protty hesitation waltz that "brought down the house" again. Tho many stops were correctly executed and the work of the two was highly praised. Elmor Stromberg, a local amateur magician, and ventriloquist, nppejircd in a short sketch and made a big hit, especially with the younger people. His work, for an amateur, was very good. A bit of real art was seen in the Greek dancing act. presented by the Misses Bessie Peterson, Olive Wooloy, Vera Leavitt. Noll Randall. Gertrude Wadsworth, Lillian Parry, Norma Taylor Tay-lor and Virginia Petterson, eight charming Junior girls. They wore gowned In the loose white costumes of tho Grecian era and gave a highly pleasing version of the terpsichorean art as It was danced when grace and beauty were held in high repute In old Athens. A comedy sketch entitled "Cordial Relations" was presented by Cleone Wealthy (Rich) and July (June) ScowcrofL The scenario roprosontcd a young man trying to make love to a young lady and she entertained (?) him by reading-some letters from hor other beaux's family. Both young ladles kept their poise well, though tho comment of their friends in the audience made It somowhat difficult for them to do so. The act created a lot of amusement. The "scream" of the evening wa the appearance of tho Oxford quartet quar-tet with "Ogden the only stopover between New York and San Francisco." Francis-co." The famous organization was composed of Ed. Menzies, first tenor; William Glasmann, jr., second tenor; "Babe" Greenwcll, second bass, and George Adams, first bass. They appeared ap-peared in character makeups that did not deceive their classmates for a minute, and thoy "got over" three songs, under trying circumstances. The work created the noisiest demonstration dem-onstration of the evening, but out of respect for the "muse of song" let It be said that It was for tho comedv features of the act. An act of unusual merit and one that was greatly enjoyed by all was presented by Mile. Gaby Deslys (Anna (An-na Watson) and Billiard Hibbs. Each wore heard in vocal solos and both possess good voices. The former sang a dainty summer girl gong and the latter a clever parody. For good measure in his solo numbor, "Billiards" "Billi-ards" did some clever stop dancing. They closed their act with a graceful grace-ful exhibition of parlor dancing, which won the unrestraine'd applause of the audience. The evening was closed with the presentation of a "screamingly" funny fun-ny farce, which the following cast: Phil Lester, football captain "Wink" Ncvorhastens Dan Moulton, Phil's friend "Boozer" (Smith) Doollttle Miss Janet, Dan's aunt... Joe Wallace Bernice Moulton, Dan's sistor Willina Sandstrom Bertha Melvin, Bcrnice's friend Gametic Wheelwright Doc Decker, M. D., Provo Insane asylum "Scotty" Lockjaw Fido. captured at the South Pole in a bird cage. The entertainment netted the Juniors Juni-ors a neat sum of money. |