Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-01-31
pIr,s,xr ENTERTAINMENT

PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT
More than one hua,lreG ladies' and cen
ll,mcn assembled IN the luon, o. /; lie
Haven Lodge, knights of Honor, last
nisht to listen to an entertainment
which had been well planned and which
was admirably executed. The commits
tee of arrangements-Capt. j. V. Davis
and Messrs. Alfred Thomson. j c.
creighton, J. G.. Graham and Rev. w.
II. McAllister-made each member of
the audience feel perfectly at home as
soon as he or she had entered the room,
and all felt at ease and in a humor 10
enio\ the programme which had been
prepared. Capt. Davis, as chairman Of
Inc committee, called the assemblagc
to order and introduced Mr.. Alfred
Thomson, who in his graphic and easy
manner. spoke for about fifteen minutes.
He gave a synopsis of the history of the
Knights of Honor from their inception,
and briefly described the noble work it
i doing in the world Though not
quite u wears old, they embrace mem
bership Of 1906, and during the few
wears Belle Haven Lodge has been in
existence in this city it has paid out
over $4,000 in the way of benefits. AT
the conclusion of Mr.. Thomsons re-
marks, which were well received, mem
bers of the Mandolin Club (Messrs. Ed
gar Warfield, P. Downey, J. R. Mans
field. c. Walker, c. Picken, c. F. De
Mol, II. Tebbs, A. Paul, Lyle ellis, c.
Wright, C. Lynch and H. w. Select
man discoursed some delightful
music, which was justly applaud
ed. 4 solo was rendered by Miss
annie Tyler, was the next feature OF
the programme, and it was decided
success, eliciting considerable applause.
Cpon its subsistence Mr.. J. f. Birrell
rendered some of his apt dialect recita-
tons. which were much relished. The
Mandolin Club again discoursed some
choice selections, at the conclusion OF
which Miss May Javins RECALLED the
audience with solo in which she
proved to all present that she was pos
lessed of fine vocal powers. Rev. Mr..
McAllister, chaplain of ,hc lodge, fol
lowed in an address, pregnant with
humorous and apt Illustrations, IN
which he showed the utility OF such an
order as the Knights of Honor and Its
noble aims \ violin solo by Prof. i.
u. Gambrll Mrs. Ganhull presiding
nj the orginjWas brilliant feature OF
the programme and brought forth
much applause. Mr. Birrcll again
en!iyencd the occasion With recitaLions.
The first. which was of a humorous ma
ture. and the second on the order OF
the pathetic, were Justly appreciated.
The Mandolin Club again entranced
nll hands with more of their superb
,nuSic. after which Mr. CIV. Ali!leu was
called ON for speech. That gentleman
though uoi a member of the Knights
OF Honor, said many true and com
mondatory things OF it, among others
that during its twenty years history in
this country ii had paid out III benefits
the enormous sum of 100000. He
signitied his intention Of becoming q
member forthwith. Loud calls were
made for Captain Davis, it being init
mated that the entertainment would be
the play of Hamlet without Hamlet"
if he failed TO add feature OF some sort
TO the entertainment He goodhumor-
eddy responded in an original poem on
the late prize fight in which Corbett
was termed 'Pompadore Jim. The last
line in each stanza terminates with the
words mitchell wasn't in it, Each
verse brought forth much applause.
Upon responding to the encore he re-
cited poem on more sober subject,
which was heartily applauded. 1t was
now after ten O'Clock, and when the
entertainers and the audience had re-
ceived the thanks of the committee, the
former for their aid and the latter for
their presence, the company departed
for their homes highly pleased at the
delightful manner in which the evening
had been spent.