Douglas Island news., 1898-12-14
THE CHURCH WORKERS.
The Literary Entertainment and Oyster Supper A Grand Success. Fried Oysters Galore.

The Literary Entertainment and Oyster Supper
 A Grand Success. Fried Oysters Galore.
 On Tuesday evening the sixth inst, the day before our last publication, the ladies of the Congregational church of this city gave an entertainment and oyster supper in Ohman's hall. For several reasons an account of the same did not appear in these columns, one of which is that, being so near our publi- cation day, we could not give it the amount of space if deserved and rather than give it half write up the matter was laid over for this week. The hall was we'll filled with people from Tread we'll and Douglas and from financial view was as successful as the enter tainment was entertaining and satis- factory.
 THE PROGRAM.
 The Rev. MT. Wirt, pastor of the church, acted as master of ceremonies, and first an opeuing 2 chorus of the "Red, White and Blue" by Mesdames Bach and Ross and the Misses Fountain, Shotter, Croft and King. The playing was good and the singing of the very best and the long and continued ap- plause showed the appreciation of good singing in this city. Douglas City has some fine voiced singers and those who sang in this chorus are among the best.
 The recitation, by Oscar Sternberg of Juneau, entitled "Benedict Arnold' was fine. Sternberg is possessed of con siderable dramatic and oratorical abili- ty. He received a full share of ap- plause because it was merited.
 The musical selection OH the mando- lin and guitar by Messrs. Eichelberger and Nation was fine. It was one of the best things of the evening.
 Mir. Hall, of Florida, gave a recita- ton. It was all right. There ain't anything the matter with the Florida man as an elocutionlst.
 The next thing was treat. It was a quartette by Mrs. Ross, Miss Fountain and Messrs. Routledge and Elliot. The audience pounded their hands in ap- plauding until some must have blister ed them.
 ! Of course everybody knows that a song by J. P. Coursen will turn Doug las audience wild. The singer was in costume, which made it that much bet ter. It was one of the really good things of the evening.
 Recitation, "Impediment Joe," by Mir. Hall, was funny and made a good hit.
 The pantomime, by MT. Howell, and the Misses Spears, Mccormack, Nc Kenna, Croft and King could not have been excelled. Howell is whole show in himself and his support was first class. Yes, the pantomime stood "way up' in the program in the estimation of the audience, in fact it was close second to the fried oysters that soon followed.
 This ended the literary and musical part of the entertainment and the ta: bles at once became the objects of m- terest. We had supposed that 1t was to be an oyster supper and nothing more, but my! Oh my! In addition to the fried and stewed oysters there was also fine dinner with cake and salads to throw away. Everybody wanted to know who fried those oysters. 1t was Mrs. W. A. Mackie, and those way up salads were made by Mrs. Anderson Mrs. Bach and Mrs. Hilton were mixed up in the cooking business some way, but we didn't find out just how. The supper could have been no better and we are glad to know that the proceeds were sufisient to justify the work that the ladies did. Bro. Wirt is fortunate in having such good lot of church workers connected with his church.