The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-29

tics TO the Refreshments served, after which
they repaired 10 the hall whore dancing wa
continued way into the wee smnli hours.
II was . ball that tha KinsIy lodge
has reason TO b. proud u. md con
effort was q decided SUCCESS both
financially and socially. Tbs hall has 10.
Gently been furnished with 4 new organ,
and the members took this means Of rais-
ing funds to pay for II, ~ we'll NJ to furnish
: pleasant svening's entertainment for
r nrsssnt w.r ena M sesir p'ssna csar nmo1 Fo snSso
w. w. johnson, Williamson. Tents, Riggs,
Myers. johnson, Downcy, Drummond, 10
gan, Palmer. Wright and Lidolph; Misses
Powers, Williams, Eddy, Gordon, Lawter,
DAILY, Wright, Robinson. Hunsaker, APP
plsby. Mercy 4 Nsmitz. Dolsn ana King;
sl.via.. stingley, Morey. Sullivan, Good
ROB-. Foley, Lidolph, bowman, Wallace,
Smith, Poole, johnson, Ross. Absrcrombie,
Riggs, Judd, Myers. Morsy, Hanson, Hayes,
McGill, st. Clair, Mccartney, Child,
Downey, Drury, Riggs, Williamson, Palmer,
Burns. starr, sandel. Manlove.
The banquet and reception given by the
Board OF Trade on Wednesday evening was
a most successful affair. The lobby and
rooms wore filled to overlooking with a
genial throng Of ladies and gentlemen all
bent ON having q good time. A table
Trade room to the other, At which about
eighty guests could be seated at Z time. A
wooden plate, paper napkin and beor mug
was placed in front of each person and dis
tributed the whole length of tho table Was
an array of golden hued pumpkin pies,
plates Of tempting d%oughnuts, pans Of pop
passed back and forth with pitchers of
cider. from old New England, filling the
mugs with thut beverage which Francis
Murphy forgot to prohibit the drinking OF
in his pledge. Many times each place at
the table WAS Allied. but still there remained
after each person had eaten and drunk all
they wanted enough to feed a good sized
family y month. The toasts wero responded
to in a most entertaining by Rey.
II. ID. Kelsey. A.. y. Craven, Judge Eddy,
Judge Mcdonnell and Il. W. knight. The
music furnished by the Elite orchestra was
exceedingly good. So large was the crowd
that dancing was q most difficult task and
WAS productive Of many sore corns. Though
many attempted tho feat after one or two
turns about the room most of them gave
it up.
The Peak Sisters entertainment at the
ST. Paul's M. Il. church on Thanksgiving
evening WAS . novel one and the cause of
much merriment III the part of the audi
ence. What the name '"The Peak Sisters"
implied was a mystery to all until nineteen
maidens clad in black gowns and wearing
tall peaked hats and white aprons cut to d
point in front appeared, when the name
Peak" was declared by all to be most
apropos. The programme WAS made up of
recitations, instrumental and vocal solos.
and quartettes, all of which were admirably
carried out. Part second of thu programme
consisted of the reciting of various poems
and rhymes familiae to all since childhood,
such as "a Boy Stood on the Burning
Deck, . '''Old Mother Hubbard;;'' Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star" and many other of
those. flights of the poets fancy that so de-
lighted us when we were young. There
were songs, which used to sound
sweeter to US than the music of a
whole brass band, sung. among them being
thu one about "Old Aunt Rhoda n Her
Old Gray Goose.'' The entire programme
was rendered in such 2 unique style that it
was heartily enjoyed from beginning to
end.