The Somerset reporter., 1903-01-22
A Successful Fair.
The Maccabee Band Boys Entertain. Fair
Closes Tonight with q Grand Ball.


The Maccabee Band Boys Entertain. Fair
Closes Tonight with Grand Ball.
The three days fair for the benefit
and under the auspices Of The Maccabee
band opened In Coburn hall, last Tues
day night. The entertainment provided
was the second appearance of the Mac
cabee MINISTRIES. The audience was
good sized and enthusiastic one. Nearly
all the seats down stairs were occupied
and the balcony was fairly well filled.
When the curtain rose few minutes
past 8, it disclosed the traditional first
part arranged in two circles. In the
| first circle were the end men, the inter
locutor, Z. C. Taylor, and the vocalists,
while in the second circle was a chorus
OF l6 young ladies. The costumes were
very tasty. The ends were In red and
black, the vocalists wore white duck
suits, and the chorus wore red skirts,
white waists and caps. This, with the
four little girls In red-not blue-form-
ed pleasing group to look upon.
On the ends were Ford, Roderick and
Reyes, who ratified the bones, and the
tsmbos were kept busy by Lambert,
Vigue and Nye. With one or two ex-
ceptions their jokes were fresh and up
to date, the dry humor of Mr.. Ford In
particular, winning several hearty
laughs. Mr.. Lambert also made good
with his song, being obliged to respond
to four encores
The following were the vocal efforts;
Overture, "Our Band Boys company;
THAT Curtain Party" Ned Lambert;
81 Dream't My Mother was a Queen"
Guy Consnt; Remember You Are Talk
ing to Lady, Webb Reyes; "a Little
Boy In Blue" Phil Wood; MY Girl
from Tennessee Floyd Nye; "Stay In
Your Own Back Yard" Charles Griffin;
SIN Sunny Africa" Joe Roderick. Miss
Mamie Billedeau repeated the hit she
made at the Catholic Ministries, last
week, by singing May" Miss Billie
deau has a very sweet and powerful
voice and knows how to use it effective
ly. The first part closed with the tab
leau, 1.-THE Statue of Liberty"
In the chorus, besides those already
mentioned, were the Misses Maud Scott,
Nellie Ashby, Goldie Parkman, Emma
Reulard, Grace Rowell, Maude Belonga,
Mabel Bussey, Eugenia Sawyer, Ada
Miller, Nellie Hilton, Lille Cleveland,
Lottie Bernard, Fannie Shaw, Bertha
Emerson, Emma Stetson, Nellie league,
George Butin and Flora Vigue, and
Messrs. Charles Williams, Irving Rice,
Charles Washburne, Walter Ward, VIM.
Groder, Max Clarke and w. T. Fitzpatrick.
The olio introduced W. T. Gilpatrc In
clever club swinging act and Juggling
act Nye and Wood sang "Mr. Grundy"
acceptably; Mr.. Pooler gave his familiar
contortion act, and plantation scene
filed with specialties sent the audience
to the exits well satisfied with the even
ing's entertainment.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Last night, the second of the Maccabee
band fair, occurred the vaudeville bill.
At 8 O'Clock, the Maceabee orchestra
of 10 pieces, under the skillful baton of
Its director, Mr.. Clarence A. Rogers,
discoursed the following we'll arranged
and finely executed program: March,
I'd Regt. P. M; overture, "Gilderoy;"
buck dance, "a Pensacola Peach !"
dance caprice, "The Swan Dance;"
Characteristic, Whispering Smith,"
After fifteen.mlnute intermission
came the military drill by the sixteen
young ladies whose names are fret men,
toned In the chorus above. This drill
was under the direction Of l.. II.
Oaughraty and compared favorably with
the several similar drills seen here in
years past. Owing to illness, Miss
Eldena Smith was unable to sing and
her place on the program was filed by
Tommy Vigue, buck and wing dance.
Frank Ernest Holden followed In VIC.
lin solo, 1.-THE Hobgoblin Dance" Mr..
Holden Ia part master Of the violin and
his playing was delightful. SO we'll did
his selections please that he was obliged
to respond to three encores. Miss Lewis
accompanied him on the piano. The en-
tertainment concluded with Max Clark's
exhibition on the slack wire. Mr.. Clark
does not claim TO be a professional but
his turn was as clever rs some who have
appeared here with travelling companies
In years gone by.
Tonight ends the fair A concert will
be given by the band, followed by the
grand ball.
The committee of arrangements who
have worked hard to make the fair the
success it has proven, is composed of G.
A. Rogers, chairman; Walter N. Ward,
Joseph Roderick, A. E. Jewett and B. S.
Flagg.