The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-17
BALL AND CONCERT
DELIGHTED POLICE
Handsome Sum Melted For Treasury Of paWuckst Relief Asso
claion-High School Celebrates Winning Of Fifth Con-
secutive Football Championship

The members OF the Pawtucket police
department arc wearing a most satisfied
smile today. ond IL is all because OF the
SPLENDID success which met their efforts
g. arranging for and carrying out the de-
tails OF the annual police concert and ball.
This Is the ninth year uhat the police
have held these entertainments. The pro-
ceeds are placed In the treasury OF the
Police Relief association. and consequent
~ about everyone In the city has a feel
ing that they would like TO do their little
part for so worthy an object Then In ad-
dition TO that the entertainment provided
s. always forth much more than the price
of admission. so that there Is no feeling
OF charity. because those who attend are
given a most delightful evenings enter
tainment
This annual concert and ball Sas given
last evening I'm Music hall. Following out
a custom which was adopted on the occa-
sion OF the first one. the concert was
given by the American band. II does not
matter very much that the band now
bears the name OF It's new leader. Mr. Fay,
Instead OF that OF the man who was the
first TO organize IL and who during his
early life was such a favorite here The
band gave a fine concert program last
evening and the great audience. which
filled every seat I'm the hall and whose
numbers were estimated at about 1909
were well pleased. II there was any crit
iclsm TO make II should have been OF the
audience and not OF the band For some
reason IL was cold audience There
Was considerable applause given to the
soloisis, who never played better than last
night
Because OF the fact that there was an
entertainment in the, hall in the early
part OF the evening the audience was
not admitted Till O'Clock. and at that
hour there had gathered I'm front Of the
doors fully 1000 persons waiting TO gain adj
mitiance. There was plenty of room for
all OF them and there were very few who
did not get seats.
At the conclusion OF the concert pro-
gram there was dancing In the assembly
rooms on the top floor of the building and
here another large crowd gathered In
fact the crowd was altogether too large
for the comfort OF tho dancers There
was scarcely any room for them. but
later I'm the evening this crowd began to
thin out and those who remained TIN af-
ter the intermisslon and there was quite
"a good many OF these. enjoyed an excel
lent dancing program with music furnish
ed by Fays American band orchestra
There were quito good many guests
from out OF town. Representative OF tho
several police departments from the diff
fercnt cities and towns I'm the state we're
present and special efforts were made by
the committee In charge to give these a
most hospitiablo entertainment
The concert program was as follows:
Overture, Tampa" Herold selection
Woodland Luders, cornet solo. select
ed. Bowen II. Church. festival waltz
"Chinese Lanterns" Jaxone. tone picture
of the North and South. Bendix: from
bone solo. selected, Claude w Spary; (al
"Deiecia,' flower song, Frantzen: (b)
Love and Kisses" Harris; duet. Mis-
erere," ii Trovatore, Verdi. Church and
Spary; finale. "William Tell" Rossni
The dancing floor was In charge oi
George w. Porritt. who was assisted by
William T. Adams. William Gregory and
Timothy Flynn and the following aids.
Bernard Mclaughlin. Peter Lee, James
Callahan, James Mcconnell, John Muir
ply. Alexander Black. Frank Jeffers. &.
j.. Raymond. James Hand. James Me-
Dun. August Nemltz. James H. Smith.
William Rockford Joseph McGlone. Fred
White. Joseph NJ Smith. Francis Lennon.
q. b. Slocum ~ n. sherman. @. A. Bou-
fem. Charles r Bassett. William Moss.
William Hampton. James Quinn. William
Campbell. w Wadsworth. Charles Dun
can. Bernard Hughes. Joseph Moreau. Ed
ward smith, Patrick Daniels. Henry Mas
eey
officer Charles f. Hill was chairman OF
the committee OF arrangements and he
was assisted by Charles H. Cooper sec
retary treasurer. James Sword, George w