Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1916 — Wanted, an Elephant. [ARTICLE]

Wanted, an Elephant.

The Hasty Pudding club of Harvard was recently reported to be in some distress because of the lack of two sturdy actors capable of good team work in playing the part of an elephant in the club’s annual spring show. The original selection for the front legs was dismissed from college on account of low marks, and the hind legs became discouraged and resigned. Probably a pecular combination of athletic skill and comic talent is required for the proper representation of a stage elephant, and it may be a thankless task that college amateurs In general are unwilling to tackle. An actor disguised as one-half of an elephant seems to lose much of his individuality. But the fore and aft portion of a quadruped offers a fine chance for an ambitious young actor to start a brilliant career. Henry E. Dixey began his stage life as the hind legs of the heifer In “Evangeline.”— Providence Journal.