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Show 4 Woodrow Wilson Has Last Seat in Vaudeville .A. . i By ROBERT TALLi:V. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 When Woodrow Wilson goes to the theatre VM.UU3 vine FIIOVV He doesn't occupy a box. He sits with the crowd in the last row bacK, and on the extreme left aisle. Mrs. Wilson, lier mother, her sister, ) his secretary (Mrs. Wilson's brother. John Randolph Boiling) and a secret se-cret service man accompany him. His auto stops In the alley alongside along-side the theatre, two attendants as-I as-I sist him through a side door to his seat which Is only a few feet away. I be audience stands, faces him and applauds as lie comes in. hobbling heavily on his cane; be smiles and bow s in acknowledgment. At Keith's vaudeville theatre tho other night, I sat less than three feet from the cx-president and watched i him enjoy the show. He w.is as I happy as a kid at his first circus A female impersonator fooled him until he snatched off his wig at the end of his act. With amused Interest and frequent soft chuckles, he followed the songs nnd stories of a dapper young comedian. come-dian. j Like Jazz" Seems to be crazy about If. Tatted bis foot softly in keeping time with a jazz band that was part of i musical revue. I The grotesque doll dance of Ado-. lalde and Hughes, old-time VdUdO-I VdUdO-I ville favorites Seemed to win his particular par-ticular admiration He watched their pnlhs through opera glasses, handej to him by Mrs. Wilson. I But what do you suppose tickled bim most? One of those animated cartoons In jthe movies, wherein a cat with high-b high-b flexible eyebrows and a long, ner-jvous ner-jvous tall twitches his whiskers and stretches his neck like It was made of rubber. 'Ho, ho. ho"' ramo Wilson's soft deep-throated chuckles ns the feline got chased by polar bears and was threatened with sudden and torrlblo extinction In a doren different ways This pp by Johnny Burke, soldler- comedlan got a good laugh from the man whom historians w class with W.isiiincton and I Incoln! "I was diggln' a trench," related Johnny, "when along comes a captain cap-tain and says 'Whadda vou throwln' all that dht out hero on the ground torV . 'Cause I ain't got no where else to throw It,' J says back to him Than he says to me 'Then go dlj mother hole an' throw the flirt In that.' " As a special feature. Manager Rob- ! Mom presented some ' news" movies of several years bach showing views of President Wilson. The crowd broke Into loud applause ap-plause when his picture flashed on the screen. One man even so far fi rgot the dress-sult and evenlng-gOWU evenlng-gOWU surroundings as to give vent to a wild yell llson accepted the tribute ri-lently. ri-lently. 'The ex-presldent Is a vaudeville fan and attnids every' Saturday night.'' confided Manager Bobbins 'There Is nothing he likes better than comedy. Even Ihe slap-stick variety amuses him." Very often, as Wilson Is being as sist,l from Ills riuto in the alley, lie will say to Robblns: "Got plentv of fun in the bill this week? Ah, that's good." |