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Although the films will constitute an important part of the entertainment, another most interesting feature of the program will be a short musical skit by Mr. J. H. Densmore '04 and Mr. J. S. Seabury, the composer and author of "Veritas". Bort Lowe's first-string orchestra will furnish incidental music, and the usual refreshments of soft drinks and cigarettes will be provided...
...augurs well for a good year of the magazine. Several pages, it is true, are obviously filled with stuffing--with the tatulent buffoonery which comes of labored writing. Almost invariably the editorials are of this quality; some of the jokes, too, are hammered out on solid, lifeless anvils. The skit entitled "The Freshman and the Two Gentlemen" and the first of a series of "Prominent Harvard Graduates" do not commend the Lampoon's flowing bowl. And the text of the first page is scarcely better...
...balance of the issue, though often remote from the strict Lampian style, is in the main amusing and clever. "Fuzzywuzzy" offers a not inconsiderable gem whereof the appropriateness, translated into other social spheres, may meet the discerning eye, while the small skit about the birdies is delectable nonsense of the most approved Carrollian variety. "The Picnic Blues", in verse that moves easily, fills that need for gentle self-expression which tortured souls have felt since the days of the First Picnic in Eden; and the mail-order edition of Webster's exclusive and only masterpiece contains some rare specimens...
...whose act the public never tires. On the other hand, a distinctly ultra-modern tendency in dancing and dress is displayed by Mr. Bryan and Miss Braderick in "Bill Board Steps". A clever "rehearsal", with humour ranging from satire to slap-stick, is Vistor Moore and Emma Littlefield's skit "Change Your Act or Go Back to the Woods". Greenlee and Drayton offer some bright polylinguistic dancing. Due to the length of the many acts, there is no playlet this week...
...there with really interesting acts, is the offering this week at Keith's. There is the usual assemblage of jazz bands and "syncopation", neither better nor worse than usual; a trained dog which performs his act with simplicity and sincerity--rather unusual in a dog; and a race track skit of more than average amusiveness. There is also a rather elaborate musical comedy in one act, featuring Winnie Lightner and Company, which contains some comical patter, two or three excellent songs, and a brief but unusually artistic dance by Ramona...