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...that a comic-strip cannibal chieftain named Gomquotz spoke out, astonishingly, in a mixture of Russian and Yiddish. So tickled were Jewish readers that Cartoonist Harry Hershfield shrewdly abandoned both Gomquotz and his setting?a strip called "Desperate Desmond"?and created a thoroughly Jewish character, Abie Kabibble. The new strip he named "Abie the Agent." For 18 years Abie appeared every day in the Hearstpapers (syndicated by Hearst's King Feature Syndicate), until last fortnight. On the day he disappeared, something new popped up in Bernarr Macfadden's New York Graphic. It was a strip headlined: HERSHFIELD...
...many of the objectionable traits which Jew-baiters ascribe to Jews?venality, craftiness, stinginess, cowardice?U. S. Jews have more than tolerated him. Reasons:1) he was the "comedian" (not the hero) of the strip, surrounded by un-caricatured Jewish characters; 2) he was preferable to the oldtime stage comic Jew who wore beard and derby, talked with his hands. A colyum in the current issue of The Zionist comments on his change of locale: "Here is where the Graphic gets our daily two cents." Two months ago many a Jewish weekly printed an editorial for the 18th birthday...
There are to be five separate clubs working together and giving joint presentations, the Banjo, Mandolin, Vocal, and 1935 Gold Coast, as well as specialty acts. These specialty acts will consist of various musical presentations of a novel nature, prestidigitations, comic skits, and solos. At present the schedule is somewhat unsettled, but there will be about six appearances, one at the 1935 smoker, at the Freshman Jubilee, and a grand concert at the Commodore Hotel at the end of the season in June. The other intermediate concerts are to be at various boys' and girls' boarding schools...
...duty and perform this vision for your people upon earth." Together they organized an elaborate ritual dance. All the people acted out Black Elk's vision in detail. After the dance everybody, even the horses, felt better. Black Elk lost his fear, taught his people more dances, one comic one with heyokas (clowns) to cheer the people up. Suddenly power came to him to cure the sick...
...March 17 and 18 Pi Eta fraternity will give its annual musical show at the club house. The production being staged this year is "It Won't Be Long Now" by Roland May-cock '33. The show is a musical comedy with special emphasis on the comic opera type. It is a story of college life and polo...