Judge — March 15, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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“THE GIRL” as a pivot for the chorus girls, each of whom holds the end of a long piece of colored chiffon and circles around her. There is a song called “1908” in which the four male principals sway back and forth close to the footlights singing, . women all wore wrapp d there weren't any flappers in good old nineteen eight,” and verses of a kidney. The heroine is a poor Italian girl of the lower East Side in the HE LATEST of the “The ~ Girl” musical comedies is first act and a world famous and expensively dressed opera d “The Chiffon Girl.” It is like nine-tenths of the — favorite in the second. ‘The curtain of the second act goes Girl” musical comedies. re ingénue — up on the chorus dre as maids. The song they sing is kicks out her right foot every time she sits down and ad- called “Dust Chasers.” They accompany the lyrics with dresses her father as popsy. ‘The juvenile, in the uniform of — appropriate motions with feather dusters. ‘The love songs a naval lieutenant, wishingtobe by George Jean Nathan sung by the hero- = - -- ine and the hero takingly precise i iT | 7 are entitled, “We his pronune \ = LESS a are Swecthearts,” by way of pleasing “NEES ¥ Sie “Till the End of the critics, negoti SUNDAY uy Time” and “Bring ates such speci ao C Back Your Heart mens as “I refuse — | Ly = to Me.” Another to answer on a ; song, sung by the The stagehands WILL POSITIVEL juvenile, is named slowly fade the red |iP}e MT eed WII “Cuddle Me Up,” gelatine slides into while still another purple as the senti- is “The Raindrop mental songs ge' . it | and the Rose.” Need I go fur- ther? — The echo answers: when he tries to Monsieur. >» American periodi- cally, in his confu- sion, drops the monocle out of his The head of Prohibition or- Girl” musica edy. The only thing that distin- ‘ : guishesoneof these ganization is, afte fil} \ COA f iB) | “The —— Girl” much eye-win , and hollow cough- ing, persuaded to shows from. an- other is the word LE: ) = that the producer take a drink,which i 3 | (ees thinks up to fill in he obviously en- ia) \ hal \Seon ‘ the dash. After joys for ail his m the producer has thought up this elaborate pretense to. the contrary. descriptive word, When the two | his work is done. young lovers are i Now embracing — each other in song on the sofa, the chor- and again, | true enough, some | particularly enter- nr a i - prising producer us tiptoes in and Former Theatergoer—I see they have the same old sign up here. ingeniously thinks surprises them in “Yeh. And it means just as much here as it does down below.” up a plan to lend timeforthechorus. a novel touch to While the star sings a song called “Just One Rose,” she — the proceedings by coating the dresses and backdrop in the periodically smells at a rose, and at the chorus the girls come “Sweet Little Glow-worm” number with radium paint, but on with large roses sewed on their skirts. For the curtain — generally the mere change of the word denoting what kind of to one of the acts—the song is entitled “The Chiffon Girl”— girl it is, is considered sufficient to fetch the boobs. In the the star stands on a chair in the center of the stage and acts (Continued on page 30) comicbooks.com