Word: hoopes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...single act. No Tannhäuser was its central protagonist, but mad King Ludwig of Bavaria (Wagner's patron), who reared and reeled in the costume of Lohengrin. Before him, like something sired by George White out of Krafft-Ebing, pranced a bleached Venus (Nini Theilade), a hoop-pantalooned Lola Montez (Ludwig's grandfather's mistress) with a belt of false teeth, Mr. and Mrs. Sacher Masoch in riding breeches, and enough assorted subconscious erotica to strain the limbo of an experienced psychopath. Meanwhile, at one side of the stage, a moribund, vine-sprouting faun...
Unfortunately, Betty Grable has to wear a few clothes; in fact, during the French court scenes, she has to wear a hoop skirt. Such superfluous drapery is the worst sort of nuisance to this particular bundle of joy, for gentlemen, those pictures you've seen don't lie. She provides the visual stimulus, while Ethel Merman tickles the erotic funnybone. Ethel could put over a song to a deaf mute and teach the facts of life to a Trappist monk by gestures alone. And also, there's Bert Lahr, who seems to have brought the Lahr leer...
Dudley has Bill Healey and Joe Koufman, standbys from last year, while Leverett is depending on Harry Burgess, another of the all-House boys from last year. Eliot, headed by hoop-rolling Ed Reed, has not yet turned out a full team at any one practice, but 15 men have signed up to play...
...Head of the University Police revealed that his men had confiscated the "props" when the girls were discovered clambering over the University Hall statue in the rosy hour before dawn. The girls had been released, but the cap, gown, hoop, a Wellesley banner, and a large violet "W" were held...
Several of the fair culprits had invaded the Yard and were busily engaged in decorating the statue in front of University Hall with a wig, cap and gown, and strangely enough, a hoop...