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Since the Soviet Government lists jazz music as "vulgar," "demoralizing," few good Communists have heard jazz orchestras. But tourists in Moscow may hear jazz at the tourist hotels. One of the best is at the Grand Hotel where Leader Alexander ("Sasha") Tsfasman, "Russia's Paul Whiteman," postures, stamps and waves his baton. His "Moscow Boys" blare out an acceptable version of jazz. Few Communists go to hear...
...scene of the play is laid in Poland during 1914 and 1915, when the Russian armies were retreating across the country. It deals with the rivalry of Tadeusz Bolski, an American of Polish descent, and Sasha Polivanof, a Russian recruiting officer, for the hand of Vanda, a beautiful Polish girl. It shows the destruction wrought by the retreating armies, and the aid rendered the people by the American Relief Committee, for which Tadeusz is the agent...
...Maleski, Vanda's father; E. P. Goodnow '20, the American; and T. M. Hodgens '20, the Russian officer. Miss Helenka Adamowska plays the part of Vanda. The complete cast follows: Pan Maleski, proprietor of an estate in Poland, E. H. Morse '20 Tadeusz Bolski, E. P. Goodnow '20 Sasha Polivanof, a Russian officer, T. M. Hodgens '20 Sebastian, Maleski's servant, J. L. T. Tildsley '19 Bartosz, H. B. Griffiths '18 Yuzef, Yan and Stach, peasant men, D.S.Critz ucC., W. E. Fuller '19 and P. Means '17, respectively. Vanda, daughter of Maleski, Miss Helenka Adamowska Aanna, Vanda's nurse, Miss...