Judge — May 14, 1932 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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T intervals of every ten years I AN “oO around to verify the old Nathan conviction that vaude- ville never changes and that it is quite as epizoétic as it has always been. In accordance with the estab- lished family practise, therefore, I recently hied me, after the due lapse of a decade, to a performance at the Hollywood Theatre and I may re- port to you that nothing has hap- pened in the meantime to make me alter my opinion. The chiecken- crossiny-the-road, the I-sot-a-sister- Lena and the lady-I-seen- n-the street-with j have apparently been abandoned for the time bein, but most of the other old dribble is till on deck. The openiny number of bill at the Hollywood was “Adler and Bradford.” Which was Adler and which was Bradford I couldn't make out, for—as Jim Huneker observed 1 the Adlers these days look like adfords and all the Bradfords like Adlers. The Adler-Bradford act con- sisted of three dances on a dimly lighted sta The woman membe of the team came on and went through various solo wrigylings in a white spotlight whilst an extra in the act, clad in what are known among the Bronx élite as swallow- tails rooned something, which he articu s “Buddy and Soul,” through aphone. his done, the woman exited, came back envel- oped in several layers of red_ silk, and indulged herself in more wrig- gles in a red spotlight. She then threw aside the red silk and revealed herself in a green South Sea Island t, whereupon the male member of the duo appeared and made what were evidently to be taken as a number of very passion- ate passes at her. After this, the woman took off her green South Sea Island skirt, disclosed herself in tights and was tossed into the air eight times by her male colleasrue, aided by a couple of strong-arm ex- tras. No. 2 on jayers of the bill was “Buster JUDGE THEATRE of George Jean Nathan Shaver Shaver sisted by His Little Mr. Buster Shav a past red gentleman, sat down at « piano and proceeded to play chop- sticks. © sooner had he begun, however, than his Little Shavers, two n , came on and entered intoa with him, “Where do you asked Mr. Buster Shaver of the male midget. “In New Jersey,” replied the latter. Ah, then you know the ferry?” inquired Mr. Buster Shaver. No, I'm not that kind of a man,” retorted the male midyet. “I don’t have anything to do with fairies!" After Mr. Buster Shave hearty laughter over the midyet’s witticism had su’ sided, he asked the latter if he : a Republic “No,” responded the midget Then maybe you are a Democrat?,” persisted Mr. Buster Shaver. r nded the midget. -” ejaculated Mr. affecting an air of Hexity + Then what are you?” “I'm a midget,” responded the midget. whereupon Mr. Buster Shaver could hardly contain himself mirth. The male and female midget now did a dance, the female midget wrigyvling her brassiére and naking winks at the audience, after ich the two midgets and Mr. Shaver cackled a seng. ‘o. 3 presented us with the stars f the evening, Mr. Lou Holtz and Mr. Jack Benny. Mr. Holtz pre- tended that he was Mr. Benny, ad- dressing the latter as Lou and Mr. Benny pretended that he was Mr. Holtz, addressing the latter as Jack. This went on for about fifteen min- utes and then a curtain was lifted and revealed, in spot No. 4, “The Sis The Sister: were two rather meaty women in spanyled dresses. Their act consisted in wriggling forty or fifty times in unison before a statue of Buddha. The stage, during their turn, was perfumed with punk sticks. At the conclusion of the number, the sisters bow and were joined by You like my suit?” Mr. Juster deep pe Shaver, 16 Holtz inquired of them. “Y said the sisters. “Yes, it's a fine piece of material and, by the way, (feeling their legs), the! some fine mate- there — toc facetiously served Mr. Holtz. In No. 5 were Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields who, if my memory is correct, were also in Spot No. 5 and doing) much the stuff when I investigated vaudeville ten ye ago. Miss Seeley, a portly packayre. ang something to the effect that her man wasn't doing right by her and Mr, Fields, an equally voluminous packs san something to the ef fect that Sue maybe wasn’t a Greta ; a Mary Pickford but that nevertheless a very hot Various points of the sony were emphasized by Mr. Fields with his straw hat, which he periodically removed from his head and thrust impetuously in the direction of the Mr. Holtz then congrat- ulated the two vocalists upon their wonderful performances and, bowing them off, stepped to the foot hts and told a Yiddish story “by special request, st being at least seven or eivht years old. Thereupon, Mr. Benny appeared and Mr. Holtz and Mr. Benny negotiated a brief sidewalk-conve ion act, Mr. Benny removing his hat at the consumn tion of each bit of reps acing it on his head ayain be This ob- same was audience. proceeding to the next one. constituted Item No, 6. Item No. 7 was “Lucille Page. Miss Page’s act consisted in getting down on her hands and kicking her legs in the air, alternately gettiny down on her lers and waving her arms in the air, The big climax came when she bent her right ley, while down on her hands, over her left ear. Allowing the custome short time to recover from the over Miss Paye’s astonishing coup, Mr. Holtz and Mr. Benny now walked again. Mr. Holtz placed his nd on his h and pranced minc- ingly hither and yon. “How do you (Pag 32, please)