The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-06
song took well with everyone, and
following is the chorus:

following is the chorus:
"City Fathers, City Fathers,
Please, may we have a broom.
We will sweep and clean your streets
And make all your town to bloom.
iCity Fathers, City Fathers,
Our only purpose is
To make Roswell renowned
All the country around
For its beauty, health and biz
Then came the regular program of
the first part, as follows:
I'D Rather Two-step than Waltz,
Bill" song and dance by Mrs. Evans.
This number brought down the house.
but no elcores were allowed.
Glide Along, Silver Moon" char
acter song by Mrs. Bohannon and
four pickaninnies. Elizabeth Pruit
Lillian Garner, John Ogle and Arthur
Farnsworth, was alone worth the
price of admission. The pickaninnies
had everything their way.
Mr.. Bullfrog and the Coon" sung
D.
songs of the evening, and was heavi-
ly applauded.
The ballad, "Some Day When
Dreams Come True was a beautiful
song as given by Mrs. Sidney Prayer,
and this made the best chorus number
of the evening.
Mrs. Hunt sang "Tilda from Old
Savannah doing the negro imitation
stunt admirably and drawing a round
of applause.
so Long, Mary" by Mrs. Rhea was
a catchy number, given in character,
the end men assisting. This made the
climax for part one and upon the rise
of the curtain the program was con-
tinued.
The conversational duet by Miss
Hinson and Mrs. Ritter proved an en-
tertaining number. showing up two
good voices and considerable ability
at negro dialect.
mo Wedding Bells for Me-" by
Mrs. Kilgour was one of the hits
of the evening. It was a local talle-off
full of local reference, and was fire.
quently interrupted by applause.
A short reading, Xmas Night in the
Quarters, by Mrs. Jewett was fine
and certainly appropriate. By the time
the piece was ended everybody was
keeping time with their feet.
"Flirty Eyes, by Mrs. Evans in cos
tune was a good take-off on the aver
age soubrette stunt and resulted in
clever surprise when Mr.. E. G. Rogers
responded from the audience on the
last chorus.
One of the best numbers of the ev-
ening was the BLACK Patti" act of
Mrs. We'll. She kept the house in a
roar all the time she was on the stage,
"Tilda Won't You Stop that Fool
in was a capital number by Mrs.
Ritter and her Jig at the conclusion of
the song made one of the hits of the
evening.
The last number on the program
was an Indian Novelty act by Mrs.
Hunt, in costume. Everyone declared
it to be one of the very best songs of
the evening. The grand finale conclud-
ed the program.
Mrs Kilgour was the musical direc-
tor of the evening and to her unti-
ing energy and slillful direction is
largely due the success of the program
The instrumental music was furnished
by the Norven orchestra, under the
direction of Mrs. Norvell
To the prologue committee, compos-
ed of Mesdames w. A. Johnson, c. E.
Mason and Percy Evans, is due the
credit of writing most of the original
matter of the program, including
some of the songs, the poetry, and
jokes and local hits, which according
to minstrel custom, were scattered
through the first half of the program.
And to the end men is due the credit
for their clever Interpretation.
The decoration committee was COM