The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-01-25
BRILLIANT
RECEPTION
Given Last Night By the
Robert Davis Associa-
tion at St Peters
Hall.
MANY IN ATTENDANCE
Pretty Costumes Worn By
Democratic Ladies"
Make a Charming
Scene.
MANY IN ATTENDANCE

The annual entertainment and reeep-
ton of the Robert Davis Association
was held last night in st. Peters Hall
and proved to be brilliant success.
The hall was jammed and the scene was
pretty to gaze upon. Democratic ladies
were out in force, and the men made
every effort to see that the ladies enjoyed
the affair to the fullest extent. And
they did enjoy it. The only criticism that
could be proffered was that the hail. one.
Of the largest and finest in the city, could
not comfortably accommodate the
throng. The women all wore pretty cos
TUNES and the scene as viewed from the
stage was one that delighted the eye
both when the immense audience was
seated and during the dance which fol-
lowed magnificent vaudeville entertain
1nenf, when the floor was filed with
dancing couples gliding through the
mazes of the waltz or figuring in the
lanciers and other dances that made up
an enjoyable dancing programme.
The vaudeville opened with an over
ture by Prof. j. x. Holden's orchestra
and was followed by rafting sketch en-
titled the joy of Coontown' by Mont
gomery and White. The great Roltare
then mysti6ed and delighted the audience
with number of fine magical feats.
Talbot and Rodgers. character singing
comedians. and were followed by Russell
and Buckley. comedy rnusfcssas ecrasssisals,
who not only kept the audience roaring
with laughter but gave it fine musical
treat. The Toreador Trio appeared in
neat and well acted sketch entitled "A
Slave to Opium. Frank O'Brien, an ex-
ceedingly clever comedian made big hit
as THE Dissipated Gentleman and Stin-
son and Weston provoked enough laugh
ter to last one for month. John Dris-
coll sang number of illustrated songs
and the splendid vaudeville programme
was brought to a brilliant close with
moving pictures. The programme was
under the personal direction of E. ]. and
D. A. sheehan.
The committee in charge of the entire
affair consisted Of George H. Donaldson.
chairman; John E. Moody secretary;
William j. Davis. Peter G. Coffey, John
J. Lenahan, Matthew A. Rooney. James
Carlin, Jr., Joseph Perlmutter, Michael
J. Garry, William B Whelan, Thomas
D. Lynch, Harvey D. Meyers, Harry
Mauchett, Joseph Duane and Thomas
w. Hopkins.
Refreshments were served after the en-
tertainmemt in the lower hall.
In the throng were noticed Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Davis, County Superintend-
ent and Mrs. George Donaldson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John J. Heavey, fomer Freebooter
James Kelly Sheriff and Mrs. John Eel
Ter, former Sheriff and Mrs. Carl Ruem-
pier, President of the Street and Water
Board and Mrs. Ferdinand Heintze,
Street and Water Commissioners James
Nolan and Anthony Hauck, President
[ Thomas Rooney Of the Robert Davis AS
sociation, Chairman James Hennessey of
the Democratic County Committee, Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ. Henry, Judge Sullivan
of Harrison, Freeholder and Mrs. Alex
ander Clements, Coroner and Mrs.
George Brackner, Deputy Surrogate and
Mrs. John Moody, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
A. Quirk, Recorder Lazarus Of Bayonne,
former Mayor Egbert Seymour Of Bay
onne, former County Clerk and Mrs.
Maurice Stack, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles =.
Somers, former FreehoIder james Bill
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph PERL
mutter, County Supervisof Otto
Wittpenn, Assemblyman James
Hamill, former Freeholder and Mrs. Will
liam ]. Moran, former Freeholder and
Mrs }. Kenny, John o'Donnell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Wedin, John Sweeney, Fred
eriek Kissam. Eugene Kinkead. John
Mckee, County Collector and Mrs, Ste
| phen N. Egan, Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Noonan, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Duane,
Freeholder Dempsey of Bayonne, Misses
| Minute and Lizzie Coyle. Miss Minnie