The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-29

lions. She wore a gown of yellow CHI
ma silk. trimmed with black. Miss
zenobla Pagan. .gazelle-like creature
with q s~inguiarly open countenance,
came early. Miss Pagan Is known
among her associates as the Black
Tulip" She wore a black silk gown,
trimmed with point d'esprit lace. pink
underskirt. white stockings and white
slippers The effect produced by the
thin white stockings was like that of
ebony SHINING through a mosquito
netting. Miss Pagan was escorted by
Mr.. Lawson Randolph. sometime wait
er. sometime dancing master. He wore
evening clothes, a red. white and blue
club tie. and a sash OF the same kali
eidoscopic colors. His chin was graced
with a false Van Dyke goatee. which
resembled the n Of a bears tail.
With charming naivete Mr.. Randolph
said to a group Of end
"One o dem low down coons tried
to touch me for my tickle comm in.
but I a IL buried"
Monkey Charlie was conspicuous be-
of he bunch Of lettuce in his
~buttonhole. while Blue Jimmy could
not get in becaus he was shy Is
cents.
At about 10 o'clock a stir was caus-
ed by the entrance of a genuine Top
sy In pure white. She wore a wreath
OF artificial roses around her neck, her
hair stood put in kinky curis over her
head. with rhinestone pendants in her
cans n a Bowery diamond ring on
her wedding finger. She was follow
ed by a cinder blonde in a pink over
skirt, with a white rose In her cor
sage. Her partner, Mr.. Swalliger. was
attired in a frock coat, q sandpapered
head and other things to match. II
x~Aa -. - ---- IA
that he had been drinking. and a wait
er. In a spirit OF genial mischief. pour
ed a glass Of beer down Mr.. Swalli-
gers neck to keep him awake.
With such harmless jest and merry
quip did the evening pass away. Miss
Montague expressed regret at the I'M
avoidable absence of Eddie Mann, the
Brooklyn ~bootblack, who used to sing
in the Bridge street African Zion
Methodist Episcopal church. whose
chief claim to celebrity was that he
had once won a pig at a cakewalk.
Meanwhile Mr.. Swalliger fell out OF
his chair and struck his head against
a tabl leg. He was elected by Mr..
Pulley. who. I'm excusing the implied
~discourtesy. eaid he wasn't goin' to
have no Don around who tries to
break the furniture"
Mr.. Hardship strolled in from the
Douglass club OF his way to his res
idence in Bleecker street. There was
a legend in the hall to the effect that
Mr.. Hardship had an argument with
his wife during which she had thrown
a vial of vitriol at her husband. There
was some evidence of an accident Of
this character, for Mr.. Hardship's chin
was covered with white spots. Mr..
Hardship tucked his thumb in the
armhole of his waistcoat and remark
ed: Dis am a large occasion"
II mn not NATL lA.- fA2- -.tl.t-As
that the regular ceremonies of the
evening began. Ten male and female
performers, who nae been hired for
the occasion, seated themselves on a
platform and did stunts as an ap-
preciative white man remarked. Miss
Alice Love broke the news to mother,
while Jim Anderson sang that touch
ing morceau in + fiat entitled Ham
Is de Meat"
Ham is de meat;
It's always good and sweet.
You kin bake 1t. bile 1t, roast 1t, fry IT.
Gimme de good, sweet ham.
: Mr.. Anderson showed his approval
of his warm reception while his place
as a soloist was taken by Mr.. Wesley
Norris. who is already billed to APP
pear in Boston soon. Mr.. Norris sang
in a rotund baritone voice the heroic
ballad entitled IF They'd Only
Fought With Razors in the War" The
following stanzas viii uggest the
character of the selection:
/ quit my job and went to war
To serve my country right,
But a rifle amt the weapon
/ used when in a fight.
My weapon is a razor,
In the light or in the dark.
For when you strike your enemy
You're bound to leave your mark.
Chorus
II they'd only fought with razors in
I'd surely split a lot of Spanish gore.
/ know a gun shoots fast and loud,
But a razor's the real thing in a
crowd.
At the conclusion of the concert
Manager Pulley announced that every
thing was ready for the cakewalk. Tie
band struck up the two-step "Remus
Takes the Cake and the agony be-
gam. The cakewalk. as heretofore un-
d~erstood, meant a procession of men
and women walking around a room
arm in arm in digniied immopility.
Each one strove to bear himself IN
graceful manner, with firm. elastic
tread. Blu of this time-honored style |
the spectators were surprised with a
combination of South Sea Island hula
hula. South American coombiamba, It
allan ~tarantelle and Irish reel. Each
couple occupied the fioor to the ex-
clusion of the others, who stood by
and watched Mr.. Hill and his mariner |