The Washington times., 1906-04-29

evening at Pythian Temple Han. PresI-
dent Henry L. Holden presented an
original and unique entertainment.
Fame in Tabloid Form" 70 an over
flowing house and kept the audience
in commissions of laughter from begin
ming to end.
The opening musical numbers were by
Mrs. II. Pauline Corser. who sang with
splendid effect two soprano solos, ''The
Red. Red Rose, and Looks and Eyes; .
DIR. William G. Kimban sang q Welsh
air. March Of the Men of Horlcch,' . and
''LOch LomOnd,' a scotch air, with
Mrs. Kimball at the piano.
+. G. Palmer. as master OF ceremonies.
introduced Prof. Henri de Pricharde,
from Paris, the discoverer OF the tabloid
fame developer. and hi5 assistant,
Mile. Lottie Lewis The French savant.
costumed to perfection. gave an intro
ductOry scientific lecture, sparkling with
wit, Illustrated with puns, pictures. and
portraits. and Mile. Lottie poetically
apostrophized the marvellous discovery.
The professor then demonstrated the
magic Of its virtues by the following
cast, each one responding by numeral
call. indicating the bent of their
desires, and a bite Of the tablet acting
, instantaneOusly in developirg their re-
I spectiye talents.
Mrs. Kate G.. Ellis was transformed
from a beautiful young woman TO n
venerable darzy preacher Of the olden
time, in character costume. who gave
a perfect rendering Of negro sermon,
Half Way Doin's" T. NJ. Sullivan de-
veloped a remarkable facUlty for short
story telling. and kept The house bulb
bling over with laughter. Mrs Charlotte
Lewis furnished an instantaneous pro-
duction Of a portrait IN oil-cclors Of
/ Baby Mckee on bIanK can Jas.
With G. r. Windie the tabloid resulted
in the immediate performance Of the
payment OF club dues. a most important
duty. while the ban was KEEP. rolling by
the Mt Vernon Sextet. consisting OF L.
T. Heartsill, J. \. England. q. ". Sum
mers, E. II. Thomas, II. .. Sink. ". \.
Mcmillan, with }. +. Robinson as plan
ist. in their topical songs. The Monkey
Said 10 the Chinpanzee," and How
Sweet This Life Would Be"
Little Margaret Eliwood. who looked
like "A fairy from Queen Titania's do
minions. spaugled with dewdrops. ex-
pressed a desire TO sing and dance
which she did with the daintiest ef-
ter Ethel on the piano the YANKEES
/ Doodle Boy" and by the Old Oak
Tree" winning great applause. Miss
Z Louise Mae Farrow, after a bite OF
/ the tabloid, called for a violin, and
Z played a pleasing selection. with Miss
7 Beatrice Johnson at the piano. Miss
katherine Eletcher developed into a
( sweet soprano singer Spring Has
/ Come Again. and Fishing being de-
: lightfully rendered Miss II. Rhea
WoOdman felt the kindling, Of poetic
: fire. and the recital Of her poem. a
/ Word To the Wise" showed the bios
soming of her genius.
The meeting closed with the famous
drum solo. The Battle OF Wiuches-
I ter "Musket- Firing on the Skirmish
Line" and The Long Rolf on the
drum. by Abram +. SpTingsteen. the
/ youngest soldier iu the Union army
during the war OF the rebellion. serv-
inE almost four years before hts ff-
teenth birthday. Fame in Tabloid
Form was voted an entire success
and much credit ig due Henry 2 Hold.
on. or Prof. Henri de PTiCharde. for
his highly humorous and crisply en-
I tertainiug production