Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 68

OAKLAND TRIBUNE, SNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1935 Look at some of the present-day. performers as PICTURE AUDIENCES GASPED -AT- 'CAN-CAN' DANCERS IN MOW of LIF shown on these pages and then remember that it was daring -for girls to wear, bobs 20 years ago 1890-ARE BORED BY RACIER SHOWS TODAY Two full pages each Sunday devoted to pictures that portray changes in conventional standards and customs calculated to regulate our conduct lSfcr The Tribune.) Emancipation of Woman as Exemplified in Spo7b CTiHCAVCXDC 1-A X1 KJ1JVJL STAKE tIStVSI the Chorus, Hairdress and Attitude Towards Life THUS INDIANS TOE CAPTIVES AT WHAT WOULD "CANCAN" CRITICS HAVE SAID OF THESE GIR'LS? NIGHT LIFE THAT YOU MIGHT MISS IN PARIS Itv It AA 7 -rrA mum- WW- i AiiWfr, Lfmi wfcmU Op liilliiP MllliipiM i mS-A I 11 ii ii I J-4 Should you ever find yourself in this dance hall, or one like it, in Paris, it would be well for you to watch your step, The boys and girls know how to do their stuff over there1, where most of the dancing re-sorta much as similar places are in some cities of this country, Patrons there do their dancing w'ith an intense earnestness. U. I dll JAPANESE GIRLS AND BOYS ALSO ATTEND DANCE HALLS NOW WOMEN WBESTLERS APPLAUDED BY PARIS FANS i I 7 i I piHWiKA fiiiiil liiiiif Ipiiiiiill mmtmmmmmmmmm iww-l liiiiii 1 liiiiiiiiii wm wmm I '-Ii-- .1 1 mmmmmm ill i I Mj ti. iivJii Above, the "cancan" dance, an exhibition that was considered le height of feminine audacity in American burlesque shows and honky-tonks beginning before the close of the last century.

The dance originated in Paris, and produced a sensation in even mat center of sophistication. Compare the volum. nous garments of the dancers with the attire of tlv Broadway dancers alongside. "0- 1 LOIS WILSON'S LOCKS Lois Wilson, motion' picture actress, at left, in the hairdress that site wore in a 1921 production? She was photographed during the morning task of comb-mg the It is interesting to compare the style with those of the picture stars today. Miss Wilson now plays mother roles in the movies." Witling matches between women-are now one of the popular forms of entertainment in Paris.

This one was photographed in a Paris cafe while two of the feminine grunters and groaners were seeking advantageous, positions in their endeavors to win a fall. The picture shows other contestants on the And some of the women wrestlers of Paris are said to sho unusual skill. INCA INDIAN GIRL EXECUTING HER WAR DANCE Those who favored adherence to the conventions found fault with the "dancan" dance as it was presented in this country beginning about 1888, and complained that it was too revealing. It might prove en tertaining)! if they were living today, to hear their opinions of the typical Broadwajf dancers illustrated above. Yet modern, audicjices have been known to yawn when girlies like these do their acts.

ORIGINAL FLORA DORA SEXTET SENSATION ABOUT YEAR 1900 1 4 TYPICAL MODERN SHOW-GIRLS OF BROADWAY-AND ELSEWHERE fi.il1' a hfc MoSirs 5 "iT a Ml, TIkt highly libl' i rfZlTl" He WOMEN'S TENNIS COSTUME THIRTY YEARS AGO a1: it 7 HI i IJWllilKII; i 3 Sv.fc,i i inrinnr rvma One of the. latest sensations in Paris is an Inca Indian dancing girl from Peru named Helba Huara. She is seen here as photographed while going through the paces of her war dance, which is exceedingly popular with Parisians. This South American girl puts' on a wild and weird exhibition, but she is said to be an interesting per ormlrty, light-skinned for art Indian and intelligent. Mac Sutton of California was the first sill Id ula i 4 a i vr i -jn fe I.

ZL 4 mmm, mm efsi mi a i consHcred the most beautiful women on VKe i mar 4 1,1 possible tliat Ald and Pa, on their honeymoon, saw the on-ina! Uora Sextet, the most, famous chorus girls of all' modern time. Insir coquettish charm set a whole nation to singing "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden, Are There Any More at Home Like You?" They were very daring Soon after their debut, each of these girl, married a mil. l.ona,re-and then success had" the same experience over a pedod of several years. JT The modern chorus girl jnay be dumb, but she must be yourg, beautiful and able to dance w.ell. (Naturally there are chorus girls who are very bright for whom the chorus is just a stepping stone to stage or screen careers.) The Broadway chorus girl of today doesn't always marry a rich man, as did her predecessors perhaps it's because she prefers to see how far she can get in her stage or screen wort..