The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-03-04
THE GENIAL BENEDLCTS
They Entertain the Bachelors and the
Ladies at The Commercial Club Rooms.
1T WAS A VERY DECIDED SUCCESS

The Married Men Need no Fans TO
Keep the fiies or OF Themselves
Mayor Fcchtcr's Bright Address
The Poem of ,. VI. Giiber, Dor.
rowed from his Ncighbcr.
The entertainment given by the
married members Of the commercial club
to the bachelor members on Tuesday
evening was not only unique but thorough
ly enjoyable in every particular. The
benedicts showed Concluslvely that in
stead of being back and only
fitted to be relegated to the shelf, that
they had all of the vitality of their
bachelor brethren, were fertile in ideas
and were up and coming with the vigor
of Young bloods. The attendance of the
members and their lady friends was unus
ually large az it was generally understood
that the benedicts were trying to Guido the
bachelors as entertainers, and no chances
are DtlIlS ihhtH ~ FhN NilH't AiiNiI
efforts were appreciated to the fullest ex-
tent and the occasion is one long to be
remembered with pleasure by al! who
were present. There were no indications
OF "hard times" about this party. The
days of retrenchment and rigid economy
had apparently vanished for there were
many new and beautiful gowns and the
ladies', one and all, looked and were
unusually attractive. The supper was
especially elaborate and embraced al
most everything from escolloped oysters
down the line OF good things.
The programem, which was novelty
and looked rs though it mad been care
essly torn out Of newspaper, was as
follows
"Here you may see Benedict, the married man
Welcome OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ......R. X. Nichols
Answered ........,-...... ....-...... 6. :. Vance
A Few Words Observation-Disclosures Edw Whitsor
A Little Wife Waiting at Home ...........
................... Wheeler, Vance, dudley
More Words ........... .............O A. Fechtel
He Was a Prince ...... ........ f. l.. Wheeler
Most Words .............. ..........J. NJ. Gilbcr
What Are the Wild Waves Saying .........
Observation-Disclosures. ..... Wheeler Vanc,
Select Reading ................ .... II. b. Rigs
My Old Kentucky Home. ......... ..........
............. Wheeler, Vance, Dudley
kn hat 1.-Two wit
dining"
"On with the dance, let joy be unconhned."
II m.-Lcnt.
The singing was excellent and Messrs
Wheeler and Vance made ten-strike
in their character rendition OF What
Are the Wild Waves Saying. The ad
dresses of r. X. Nichols aud Edward
Whtson were in a humorous vein and
brought ont the appreciative applause o
all present AZ did also the reading Of one
of Joel Chandler Harris sketches by II.
B. Rigg. The following is the address
OF o. A. Fechter, which was the onl,
one in manuscript and so good that it is
produced in its entirety:
More words-and fewer ideas. An at
torney once addressed a jury at grea
length, with in such cases, the usua
multiplicity of words and paucity of ideas
When he had finally ended his harangue
the immortal Abe Lincoln, who WAS thu
opposing counsel arose and said that hi,
learned brother-you know that all at
torneys are learned, some in iHquity
some in ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain, and few, very few, il
law-reminded him Of little steau
boat that used to puff mp and down th'
Mississippi river, in the days when h'
rated the products OF the then far ives
to tide-water on the bosom OF that ina
jestic stream he said that the boat had I
FIVE foot boiler and seven foot whistle
and every time they blew that whistle
the boat stopped; 80, too, an empt,
wagon makes the most noise when i
rattles over the stones; and when tn,
Salvation Army marches up and dowT
the avenue, the boom Of the bass drum
which is hollow, frequently drosns tn,
noise made by the drunken reveler wht
il full.
My mind, such us it is, is a tirelesi
wanderer; it travels from place to place
and hasn't sufficient stability to remain
at any one OF them very long. OF cours,
| do not accompany it in body on these
journeys. Yakima il my home now anG
heaven will be hereafter; like the busy
bee it fits from flower to flower, and sips
the sweets, and occasionally. a drink Of
bitters to aid the digestion, and in thin
paper | shall let il roam at will and
shal just tell you what it has found
whether it has dipped INTO the blushins
petals Of tine rose and learned a tale Of
love, or into the placid surface of the
water in the rain barrel and grovelled
with the worms, the lowly Of earth con
tanned therein
In this country, y hen the average mat