[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hula Hoop"

[Steven Losie]

Here is a citation for "hula hoop" antedating the others by thirty years.
It is from the description of a Vaudeville show. It is vague enough that
it's difficult to determine what exactly is being described:

[begin quote]
Hall and Dexter surely do swim the channel, if complimentary comment heard
in the lobby traffic jam means anything. Straight Julian lines over a
mitfull of gab which Little "Red" catches on the end of her bat for a hot
slanguage return, pleasing alike to HiBrows and LoLamps. Red's sister
"Blackie" gives her hula hoop a royal ride through the rough and also rams
'em with her "winegar woiks" bit. The entire act plus the band portion
following is the finished pay off.
[end quote]

Source: The Vaudeville News and New York Star
Date: 22 January 1927
Location: New York, NY
Page: 18
Column: 3
Database: Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

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