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MAN Cape seniorked rushed from the theatre with their

ANY sheltered New Yorkers at the première of in "Cape Smoke," but it is underscood that they will begin, soon, an investigation of the foul-sounding remarks made hands over their ears when the ferocious looking individual throughout the piece in Se-suto, the Basutoland dialect of limned above appeared on the stage. They were, it is as- the Bantu language. The Lambs Club is also reported to sumed, under the impression that it was District Attorney be formulating a protest. Banton with a copy of the New York World in his hand, It is our suggestion to the Citizens' Jury that, since ready to hurl it at the first actor who said "Goddam!” heroes are apparently inevitable, they have an amendment Those who remained in their seats discovered that it was to the Federal Constitution enacted compelling all play- only a Kaffir witch doctor with a thunderbolt. wrights and producers so to arrange and time their heroes' As there is not a Goddam in the play, it looked as if entrances and exits that Mr. Rennie will be able to play the Citizens' Jury would have nothing to interfere with all of them.-R. B. Digitized by