The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
ELkS In BLACKJACK
PRONG-HORNS WILL GIVE THEIR
ANNUAL SHOW MARCH
} AND
SOME NEW IDEAS PROMISED
committee In Charge Promises a
Bill That VIII Maintain the
Standard of Excellence Hereto
fore Acquired by st. Paul Lodge
o9--hinstreI OliO With Cake
walks and the Like

The annual display of wit and wis
com OF the St. Paul Ellls is scheduled
TO occur at the Metropolitan opera
mouse on the evenings of March and
l. For the twelve months last past
the brightest men in the ranks of this
organiza ton, and they represent
large proportion of that element in the
local world. have been racking thei:
brains fer new ideas and new effects
future
1t is the proud boast of the roamers
Ell The ST. Paul forest that they, like
a more or less celebrated Englishman.
never reEeat. The people VINO patronize
the PERFORMANCES that they give have
learned to depend upon it that last
years jokes will not be palmed off upen
them. simply because they took at that
time. Songs worn with age and FRAY
ed at the edges from being handled by
the variety people will not ind a place.
They have never done so in the past
and the latest effort will be no excep-
ton t. the rule
1t will nor be a small show. IncIud-
ed in the company viii be fifty of the
leading members Of the local talent.
The very best within the confines of
the city viii shine and do their utmost
TO outshine all previous efforts. Be-
SIDES the regular participants there
VIII he a cake of great pretensions. This
Will be display of that grace of move
ment that II Is now conceded it is Dos
slble 10 inject into this dance 1t has
been well said that the cake walk is the
negro conception Of the Virginia reel.
me cake walk will be put on towards
the END OF the show, and will prove a
most acceptable antidote to those who
nave suffered particularly from the eff
fAnrS n~ h.a =h0-. s1,ar- "a -.
5erore the curtain rolls UP the full
company Will render kiss Ne Honey.
Do \ little later A G. Flournoy and
w. j. Tompkins will attempt to explain
by act and word, why they should even
assume to act as end men for an aggre
Sauor OF such merit and such num-
bers. The past records of the men
should be sufficient to warrant the he
lief that they will do this in a manner
tEdt VIII amuse. A few minutes later
tIoUrnoy viii again tread the boards.
1t is not absolutely necessary that he
do a great amount of walking. for he
Will be there solely for the purpose of
joking Everybody who claims to
De anybody has at one time or another
listened TO FIournOy's jokes, and like
all great men with a real ambition to
succeed, desires that each succeeding
effort shall eclipse those in the past.
W. J. Tompkins desires to give an
Inlerpl citation OF that melody, I'll
Have TO Telegraph My Baby" He has
his own ideas about how this should be
sung and was never known to follow
the lead Of others IN his line. A short
time eiaDses and Tompkins again
emerges, and this time he will give his
attention to Jokes" Of course, some
or the utterances of F'lournoy will be
annthilated, but as this does not neces-
sarIly mean that human blood will flow
the audience will be able to hilariousIy
enjoy this battle of the wits.
Myron Bros. & Mccartney, a business
firm only in the one sense, will give
an idea Of Scotch singing; Harry
George will sing tenor P. B. Churchill.
bass solo; Master James Burns, sopra-
no; the company will interpret Dark
Town is Out Tonight" and the cur
tain viii come down. After the inter-
mission the athletic club will give an
exhibition; Miss Pottgeieser will sing
Tenney, Snyder and Dellafield will give
an eccentric musical turn, Mrs. Frank
Smith viii give a reading, Al F'lournoy
and w. J. TOmpkins will again push
themselves to the front: there will be
dancing of all kinds, and that cake
walk aforesaid.
]. T. Schusler, John E. King. F. H
Tenney, w. J. Tompkins and A. G.
FlOurnoy compose the committee in
charge. This in itself is a guarantee.