Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
The "American Jubilee"

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entertainment given the evening OF July
4th and 9Th ut the pavilion and in the
opera house, under the auspices of the
Womans Relief Corps, and witnessed by
the immense audience, who attested to
it's success by enduring the heat and be-
ing squeezed until the iell OF PRECIPITATION
oozed from every pore. 1t was pronoun-
ced by ali a grand and fitting closing for
the celebration of our glorious Fourth OF
July.
The flag drill accompanied by song
by the children and autoharp by a sister
of st. Otto's School, was very appropri-
ate and so we'll rendered it was fully APP
preciated by the audience. The choir,
consisting of Messrs. Eyre, Ross and
Smith, Mesdames Ross, Clay and Alley
and Miss Elena Peabody, with Miss Mae
Dickinson as pianist, rendered two fine
selections in "A style highly creditabie TO
themselves and the occasion.
The introduction TO the american
Jubilee" by Miss Eva Warner as Column
bia, with her jaunty cap and costume OF
stars and stripes, vas nicely given, after
which Uncle Sam and the Goddess OF
Liberty, followed by the representatives
OF all nations marching in procesSion-
but how can we describe them. We cLal-
lenge the whole United States to produce
a better Uncle Sam Tran Mr.. Thompson
or q more perfect Goddess than Mrs.
Albert Smith, while Mr.McCoy as Sambo,
w. L. Mack as Chinaman, Abbott as
Johnny Bull, Arthur as Crank, Whine
roth as Cowboy from Mexico, Peters Il
Brazilian gentleman, took their parts
~splendidly: but who would have sup
posed L. w. Taylor had ever done the
tramp act before-he surely must have
practiced some time; but we have not
space to enumerate and describe all, so
will say that l.. q. Ochsenreiter AZ Dutch
man and Mrs. Norton as Dutchwoman
were killing, it made ones sides sore Just
to look at them, to say nothing about
the way they clattered around in their
wooden shoes and danced "A jig together,
and did their counting right there; and
then then to think of Biddy, who was no
other than Mrs. Kramer, with Tom Me-
Kenneth with his shillelah and black eye,
as a partner, makes M go off again into
commissions of laughter.
The bonnie Scotch lassie, who was
dubbed such n daisy by the boys, was
little Mrs. Spriestersbacb, and the Gypsy
maid, Miss Bertha Derrick, seemed 80
lifelike one had "a little nervous apprehen-
sion lest she really could divine ones
future.
Could any of Rome's proud beauties
have seen Mrs. Alfred Hash in her grace
full Grecian dress OF white bordered with
gold, they would gladly have bowed in
humble acknowledgements OF her queenly
charms, while Mrs. Will Haish was every
thing IA beautiful Jewess could ever be,
and Charlie Siglinger Us Jew was perfec-
ton in the double role OF u jew peddler
and the bediamoned Rothschild. Miss
Grace Huntington as n Spanish maiden
sent floating thoughts OF moonlit Condo
las and sweet guitars through the minds
OF certain gondoliers present, and Rnth
Abbott's picturesque costume and Ian
guild eyes reflected Italian skies, and Miss
Ruth Turner in Alpine costume and staff
spoke more plainly than words OF
Switzerland's rocky passes; nor could We
fail to mention Mrs. Ratlbun as the
lovely representative OF France, while
Mrs. Peabody made the dearest little
Japanese lady imaginable, aud il Scandal
can produce u sweeter picture than Miss
Sorensen in her embroidered bodice and
dainty skirt and cap we should like to
see il.
What n stunning couple Lyle Harris as
Miss Butterfly and Harold Kramer as
Dude did make, while Mrs Goodwin as
Russia, Mesdames Norris, Haincs and
Ray suitably presented the Church Soci-