Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-17
ROUNDS OF FUN
Vermont Wheel Clubs 10th Ami.
versary Celebrated Friday
Music, Mlrth and Feastlng-Vaudevlfie
Which Included orinds Upon Well
Known Club Members.


Known Club Members.
Mlrth, music and refreshments were
characteristics which marked the Yer
mont Wheel clubs entertainment Friday
evening as one Of the enjoyable social
events I'm the clubs history. The oc-
casion was the goth anniversary OF the
organization and the celebration was at
tended by nearly the total membership.
The program. prepared by Harry II.
Lawrence, James =. Ferriter and Robert
G. Bacon, was unique in character and
was the result of thoughtful and pains
taking effort. The Brooks House served a
banquet in lower Grange hall, and at its
close the members assembled in the upper
han to enjoy the special diversions pro-
vided by the committee. An inklng OF
what might be expected was afforded by
numerous placards posted in the club
rooms, which were In the nature OF grinds
on club members and which were particu-
larry pertinent In many instances.
At the beginning Of the program an
announcer stepped forward and said:
I'VE had hoped to have our president
Charles II. PratO address you upon the
clubs present condition and how to dis
pose OF our growing surplus, but owing
to his well known modesty we had to be
content with getting him into the back
room of the bank and having him talk
into the photograph" Then the "phono-
graph" consisting OF n megaphone and
box, with Alison Dugan Inside to furnish
the vocal limitations, was wheeled upon
the stage and the presidents speech
was unreeled 1t thanked the members
for my unanimous election at the last
annual meeting and assured them that
the speaker would be n candidate again
With this for n formal opening OF the
meeting the next feature OF the program
was proceeded with, a series of stere-
NrfaN sls,,r
well known virtues and foibles OF club
members. Some OF the views were made by
combining familiar advertisements with
Photographic likenesses OF members and
photographing the combination, using the
negatives for slides. Under the words He
won't be happy till he gets it, T. w.
Gibson was represented as reaching from
bath tub for cake Of soap labeled
ANY old Office" Fred G. Gale was rep
resented as child saying to George
Durham and other children: You
can't play in my yard"
At one point the announcer said: we
Will now show you one OF the symptoms
of automobile fever, and the view
showed l.. ID. Taylor as "A victim OF night
mare. working under his bed as though
II was touring car. II. +. Brooks was
shown leading the orchestra at the clam
bake in Vernon. After referring to the
unusual amount OF illness In Brattleboro
~ CNNObNts HiOI WHICH WnlSkeN was the
principal medicine prescribed the an
nouncer said: "One OF our llverymen
with love for dumb animals, found IL
necessary to prescribe some for a sick
horse A picture OF Jack" Stockwell
was shown. "Of course you would all
like TO see the sick horse" said the an.
nouncer and Stockwelrs picture was
thrown on again. Many other equally
interesting pictures were shown.
special feature was c. r. Crosby's
personally conducted automobile tour
Seeing Algiers by night" In this both
the stereopticon and the phonograph
were utilized. Mr. Crosby as chauffeur
was shown as conducting large auto
mobile party and pointing out the places
OF interest. such as the American House,
George Anderson's hospital. n vacant lot
where our fair ground used to be before
George Purse put It into pamphlet form
and distributed II as n campaign docu-
ment, brown blotch on the landscape
known as the burnt district, once the site
OF the celebrated shack owned by the
Cooley, Allen, Williamson Realty COM
pany' also the watering trough at which
point Mr.. Crosby said: We never stop
here" Various scenes in "Algiers" also
were shown.
In addition to these features five vaude-
vile artists from Boston gave skirt dances.
songs and monologues at intervals during
the evening and letters and kilograms
were received. the contents of which
added to the merriment of the occasion.