The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-01
SHOW WAS A Big SUCCESS
COLUMBIA CLUBS NEW YEARS EN-
PERMANENT PLEASED.
Enthus iasm of Older Members Reused
Who Congratulated Right and
Left-The Bill.

When the "Suwanee River" quartet closed
the vaudeville entertainment given at the
Columbia Club last night with well-ren-
dered coon song the members of the
club that were present were satisfied that
they had seen the best vaudeville show
ever given by the club, and a show that,
were it given a place in any theater, would
prove to be a drawing card. The conclu-
sion of the show was marked by hearty
applause for the quartet, which sang in
well-blended Southern voices several catchy
songs.
Immediately after the curtain was low
cred for the last time ex-President John
B. Cockrum, seconded by President Sam
B. Sweet. of the Columbia Club, moved
that a vote of thanks be extended TO the en-
tertainment committee for the splendid en-
tertainment which had been provided. The
vote was given with a hurrah, and the
members of the committee, DR.. George 4.
Hunt, chairman. DR.. Harry Kahlo. DIR.
Norris Rashig, Ernest Burford and Arthur
c. White were voted a success as vaude-
Vile managers. The superintendent of the
club. Mr.. F. c. Hurley, by his splendid
management of the details of the entertain
ment. and his excellent supervision of the
,, stage. was praised by the members in no
ambiguous terms.
The feature of the vaudeville show given
last night was the spontaneous applause
with which the entertainers were greeted
when they tried to quit after doing their
turns. All of the attractions were secured
by the entertainment committee through
the courtesy of Manager Fred Dickson,
Of the Park Theater, and Shafer Ziegler,
manager of the Grand Opera House.
MAGIC WITH CARDS.
TON Arnold will never play cards with
I'm Cd III,
Mr.. Thomas Arnold, member of the club,
| had concluded his voluntary exhibition of
| sleight-of-hand with deck of cards. Mr..
Arnold filled the place on the programme
Of w. A. Hough, of Greenfield. who was to
| give reading. Mr.. Arnold, by a few SIM
pie tricks with cards calculated to awaken
the intere of the spectators, earned their
| respect for him as a conjurer, and then by
| pack, with surprising results, their wonder
that he was not professional card
| sharper.
| OBrien and Buckley, musical artists.
who, with the cello and other instruments,
| gave a programme of good music on their
| many instruments, opened the vaudeville
with dashing turn. This team from the
| Grand served as a curtain raiser and was
| followed by AT. Holt, mimic, who was
much applauded. Hollis limitations of all
| conceivable things were excellent. When
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| ton of what dog fight between little ter
riers. huge mastiffs and other vicious
brutes should be, he filled the room with
| such a discord of canine sounds that his
| auditors easily imagined that they had got
| into kennel.
Another attraction from the Grand which
added marvelously. to the entertainment
was the violin playing of Miss Esther Fee
| Unlike the majority Of violinists who ap-
| pear in vaudeville. Miss Fee is an artist In
distinctly her own fashion she played
two selections and an encore. Schumann's
| Traumerei,' rendered by Miss Fee, was
well received, perhaps better than the Hun
| garian dance, from Brahms the more diff
| cult music which she played.
MASTER HAMILTON'S HIT.
| Master Morris Hamilton aged five years
and cornetist, was in reality the head
liner" of the show. Master Hamilton, from
his performance last night, bids fair to be
the cornetist of the country before MANY
years have passed. With peculiarly strong
tones from the instrument, he showed abil-
ity and cultivation in his music and execu-
| ton. Master Hamilton, unlike the major
| ity of infant prodigies, is a real cornetist.
His entertainment was especially well re-
| ceived, first as being excellent from a mu-
| steal standpoint, and second I'm that II
| came from a little boy. not more than three
| and half feet high, dressed in a white
| suit of clothes, who looked wonderingly al
| his audience between numbers
Miss Katherine Bloodgood from the
| Grand, and Miss Stella Mayhem, of the
"Suwanee River" company, playing at the
Park Theater, in their specialties pleased
| the audience. Miss Bloodgood sang for her
| first number the little German selection
| Beckers Spring Song and as her encore
| her song, "Genevieve," which has proved
most popular Of her accomplishments Miss
| Bloodgood was applauded and bowed re-
| peatedly to her audience, but closed her
| contribution to the entertainment with
| "Genevieve." Hers was a number that
| was received with extreme pleasure.
Miss Stella Mayhem, in her wonderful
polonnaise and finished makeup of the
| Southern darkey of the nanny type
| proved TO be hit. When she sang ssWher
l Get Back TO Memphis, Tennessee" she
| captured her audience, and when she left
| woman cake walk, she was only allowed tC
stay until she returned to sing .'I Want 3
| Ping Pong Man" With this song she was
! assisted in the chorus by the quartet in the
| wings. and. to show it's appreciation, the
| audience joined in, only audibly at first
| but finally. after working up enough en-.
| thusiasm, with will. Miss Mayhew also
| sang another coon" song which proved 3
hit in its philosophy THAT you can't live
| on love.
The vaudeville entertainment last nigh,
| was dubbed hit by the audience for sew.
| eral reasons. One reason was that il had
been selected with the utmost care and or
the theory that the club should have ar
entertainment equal II not excellng any
theatrical vaudeville bill.
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Will Ratify Reciprocity Treaty.