The sun., 1897-06-06
HIGH JINKS IN DES MONIES.
AN IMITATION SEELEY DINNEB
sTIRS UP THE PREACHERS.

Seven OF Them to Talk About It To-Day-The
Beeley Hmitators Interfered with show
That tho Cherry Sisters Were Giving the
Riverside-Discord Among tho Cherries.
DEs MONIES. Ia., juno 5.-Prospects for a live
ly Sunday unusually bright hero. No less
than seven ministers of various denominations
have announced their intention of preaching
sermons tomorrow on the subject OF "Immor-
ality in Our CITY," and it is said that every ono
OF their congregations will include members
unless many prominent churchgoers stay out of
their pews-who will feel that they are tho ones
at whom the preaching is directed. All this
comes Of pious Des Moines attempting to initiate
tho naughty ways of wild New York.
About sixty young men, some Of them not 50
young either and all Of them socially prominent
here, decided that imitation OF the Seeley
dinner Of metropolitan fame would be enliv-
entng sport. As they know of no restaurant
suitable for such q performance, they hired a
barge and tug to tow 1t up the river last night.
They also hired three young persons; gender,
feminine; genus. real lady; species, soubrette.
and took them along. The barge was we'll
stocked with champagne; SO were the soubrettes.
BY special request they had brought costumes
with them, and by particularly special request
those. costumes were such that it would have
been Just about tho same II they had been left All
home. Supposedly they were modelled after the
/ costumes worn by those who entertained the
oeeiey party, OUT as the notions or those cos
TUNES had been derived from pictures in the
new journalism sheets, It is probable that the
| limitations outdid the originals
When the barge had gone two miles up the
river the performers disrobed, put on the cos
| tunes, and gave vivid q series of dances that
| everybody got drunk. Probably nothing would
have come out but for the fact that the famous
Cherry Sisters were giving summer garden
show at Croker Park on the bank OF the river.
| The jewellers had their barge towed in near
shore and proceeded to lombard the show with
b0ttleS chiefly empty. The audience ran oun
! upon the moonlit shore and responded with
| stones and articles originally designed for con-
| tribution to the Cherry Sisters, but quickly
| ceased hostilities upon the appearance Of Wis
beams and nothing else visible from shore
| The vision pointed her toe at the declining
| moon, and 1t Is alleged that there was lunar
| earthquake. Then she did q dance character
lied largely by cheerful abandon. Presently
to close shop and several Of their audience tried
| to swim out to the barge. but were rudely re-
! pulsed: Next day there were rumors enough
around town to start European war. The
on the subject. and there Is at present a boom in
the sackcloth trade and rising tendency IN the
| local ash market.
| Whether this unfortunate occurrence Is in any
! way connected with trouble in the Cherry fam
lily, OF footlght fame cannot be learned but 1t In
known that Jessie Cherry has been incontinently
bounced. Her sisters say that she has no true
artistic instinct, which would seem to be con-
| troverted by their stating further that she de-
| manded too large a share OF the gate receipts.
Is said, will be sent back TO the family farm in
| Cedar Rapids. This foreshadows the breaking
up OF the most famous theatrical combination
ever seen in this State.