Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1919 — “JIM’S” SHOW GOES OVER GREAT IN PARIS. [ARTICLE]

“JIM’S” SHOW GOES OVER GREAT IN PARIS.

The All-American 82nd Division Players gave their opening performance last night in Paris at the Theatre des Champs-Elsees, before a crowded house. The boxes were filled with members of the American Peace Commission and the general officers of the 82nd Division. The show went with a snap that is common only to professional shows. The opening was a dancing scene of peasant and peasant girls in France, and the finale was the rejoicing of this Division on its journey home. Practically all the music of this three-act musical comedy was written by Color-Sergeant James F. Hajjley, of the 320th Artillery. His songs: “Falling Down a Mountain of Love,” and “Where Are You Going, Mademoiselle?” promise to be hits when "the show is staged in New York. Sergeant Kaiser, as a negro ; Private Lakerman, in Jewish character; Private Grant, as an M. P., and Private Beckform the comedians of the plot, and on every appearance brought down the house by their punchy jokes. Sergeant Lee Tanten was a hit of the evening with his icedancing. The nine beautiful chorus girls wre gowned by Corporal de Wolf, formerly of the Lucille establishment of New York. A bacon tin, a tent pin, a stick of woqd and a buzzer wire make the instrument known as a trench-fiddle, which was played with remarkable fidelity by Private Allen. The words and music of “Toot Sweet” were written by Sergeant Hanley, and the show, staged under he direction of Captain Edgar p. Dunlap, Hadquarters Commandant, jespeaks long preparation and an attentjwn to detail that is remarkable in a soldier play. There is not a dull moment in the show; two hours of continuous laughter, and a feeling of a well-spent evening on leaving. The show will be given at the same theatre this evening an dtormorrow evening at 8:15 p. m., under the auspices of the Y. M. C.. A. No admission will be charged.