The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-16

Excellent Entertainment at Lee camp
Sail Lat Night.

Excellent Entertainment at Lee camp
Sail Lat Night.
shockoe Council so. 500. Roy" Ar
oanum. gave one Of those unique ana
ENJOYABLE public entertainments for "ni'H
n +. noted at Lee Camp Hall .ast nisnt
mo nam was filled with au audience t-".
,on,prls.d much OF The city s yol-h ana
beauty. and representative clll@e-'' "-''
ali honorable PROBES ions ana Nola-'o'''
Admission was by tickets. Wni-A hAl
been distributed Us the members OF '"'
Council 10 their friends, and tnts1 DeA,.'
in themselves bore evidence or tAe e"'t.
prise of the Council. being printed III cog
ors and nicely designed ana execute
PRINTED programme were IOrHl-NtA 1.'
audience. as was also uoJAlri7 Ewing '"-
ni.tory of the Arcanum Council ami OF
shOckoe Council, the roster OF l"' 'o-.'
cu the immense amount or money rt'd
out 10 widows and orphans ana olN,i '1's
interesting Information.
The exercises were opened 10y Master
Of Cercmonies vs. VI. Bickers, who corr
daily welcomed the audience, and then
introduced Regent IS. a. ellis. who made
. lrf.f and foreihle address on the prln-
ciple- of Arcanum.sm. Mr. Oils was
loudly annlaudcd Then followed tne e@-
ecution of the following excellent pro-
rramme. which was divided into Two
parts. and every number Of which was
well rendered and received hearty ape
plause:
Welcome by Past Regent W. VI. Bickefs; ,
address ty Regent ". \. 1llis, vocal
solo. Mr.. G.. Crawford VI0fes-or Rafferty,
accompanisu. humorous recitation Ml3a
Iuna Rickors. character Representations
.l.rrr b.
Little pug Dog Wlbblcd Close Behind.
an actual pug being on the staeel. 'Po-
uceman Cv' and Doctor Cuack.' OF
which brought down the house, humorous
songs bv Mr.. !. b. p0indexter Prlfess or
Reese. accompau. sD. cncorcd several
times. recitation by Miss Jeane Loyen-
stein. vocal solos. Miss Ella Haurand,
Freeman and Wilson in their rapid tran
Sit hit. The C0.0rol Tourists and other
specialtics. which captured the large au-
dience. All the Elephants dii hand
sOmely. and the audience was much
pleased and manii ted it 10y liberal ap-
pnusc. The master M ceremonies thanked
the audience for ueir attention and APP
plause. and expressed regret that some
numbers on the progra NINE had 90 be
omitted on account NJ the absence Of the
parties.
Al the fnIlENIrINI ''A At-' frtN flNINI ftN.lN
exercises an those who had taken part in
the entertainment. including the Com
mittoe Of Arrangements. were invited into
an adjoining room. where was found a
table laden with .mpting yianis which
had been prepared under the excellent
direction Of Mr. a.. \. Amen and Miss
Annie Newman.
There was ice cream Of several different
nayors. choice cake. hot chocolate. tropi-
cal fruits i'm variety and abundance. The
company was waited upon i'm very
handsome manner and the occasion was
one OF real enjoyment
Miss Bickers hai promised 10 recite an
original humorous poem. but on account
OF hoarsenoss could not do so. but 10 an
the number on the programme recited a
short humorous piece In excellent manner.
and won hearty applause. Miss Jcane
Loyenstein's recitations were oxcollenty
rendered and heartily applaudod. she re-
spending to an encore. Miss Maud r..
Kemp played Mr Kemp's accompani-
menfs In superb style.
All regretted Master OF Ceremonies J.
W. Booker's enforced absence.