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...Ernest Wolff,* 27-year-old Chicagoan, has been an opera buff ever since he was twelve, and made puppets to accompany his opera records. Once he got a job as waiter, then as chef, in a restaurant near the Met, so that he could spend his spare time there. Back in Chicago, he labored over his puppets, in 1938 gave a public show which was a critical success but a financial flop. In 1939 he was signed up by Gas Exhibits, Inc. at the New York World's Fair, performed his repertory-Carmen, Faust, Rigoletto, Pagliacci...
Puppeteer Wolff now has over 200 13-inch troupers, with wooden heads made from stock male & female models: only a wig and a beard differentiate Mephistopheles from the clown in Pagliacci. The puppets are worked not by strings from above but by rods from below stage. There a crew of five (headed by Mr. Wolff's plump, Czech-born mother), seated on rolling stools, scuttle about like water bugs. In the triumphal scene in Aïda they have 75 puppets to handle. Mrs. Wolff designed the costumes, sometimes copying the Met's. Settings, too, are modeled after...
...Wolff's $25,000 worth of puppets, sets, furniture and props fill 27 trunks. His fee for a week's engagement: $1,500. So far the puppet opera has cleared enough to pay Mrs. Wolff's debts and mortgage...
Captain Don Marvin had one of the best days of his career and whipped Wolff of Williams, 15-4, 15-3, 17-16. Decker Orr at number five whaled Hemphill into submission, 15-12, 15-9, 15-5. Sandy Parker ran through Schmidt, 15-7, 15-10, 15-7. Dave DeKruif was pressed a bit more but also won in three games...
Peyson R. Wolff '42 was chosen president of the Debating Council yesterday afternoon. William C. Murphy '42 was elected vice-president. Thomas J. O'Toole '42 secretary, and Arthur R. Northrup '42 treasurer...