The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-09
THE FIREMEN'S
ENTERTAINMENT
Big Success Was Scored by Local
Talent.
Instrumental and Vocal Music and CIeve
Character Sketches Make Much En-.
ioyed Program-FoIIowed bya
Very Pleasant Dance.

NUMBER OF the young men OF thu
Brownsville Fire Department a
the Opera House last night. TIL,
hall was well filled, and each mum
Der on the program was warmly
applauded.
The Garlic band from Mata
moros furnished the orchestra fol-
the concert, and opened the pro
gram with a fine overture from
"Campanone. )"
| A selection from Mascsgni's IA
nous Cavalleria Rusticapa" on
the piano, violin and violoncello,
by Miss Manuela Fernandez Mo.
rante and Messrs. Frank E. and
Henry E. Schreck, three of Mata'
moros' talented young musicians.
was real musical treat. A hearty
encore resulted III another selec-
ton by the same performers.
The remainder of the musical
program included the following
features: A soprano solo. by Mrs.
Wilkins, whose voice never sound
ed better, than in the song, When
Winter Shows are Over" And
The Last Rose of Summer, "
which was rendered as an encore,
was even more enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
Violin solo, overture. Crown
of Cold" by Prof. Viano, accom-
panied on the piano by Miss Fer
nandez Morante. which was rem
dered with exquisite skill and ex-
preston, and elected loud ap-
plause.
Piano solo by Miss Fernandez
Morante, Valse Chromatique, :"
GODDARD, which was also much ap-
preciated.
Fantasia from Gounod' Faust, !"
piano trio, Miss Fernandez Moran
te, Messrs. Leocadio and Alfonso
Schreck. This piece was finely ex-
ecuted and called forth we'll merit
ed applause.
Piano duet by Miss Fernandez
Morante and Miss Leonore Viano,
after which the talented young
performers were warmly applauded.
Two short sketches, the COM
position of our talented townsman
David L. Spero, made up the re-
mainder of the program.
The Shirk. a sketch, by the
fire boys, was quite appropriate
and made a fine hit. The cast COM
prised the following: NJ. c. Han
son, H. B. Verhelle, N. E. Rem
dali, R. o. Ferguson, D. L. Spero,
E. F. Rorke, L. NORTH. B. L.
Kowalski, c. NJ. Cara, j. J. Cooke,
jr., Geo. McGonigle. and ] Wolff.
This opened with the following
limerick" sung by the entire COM
pany, in which several citizens of
are immortaliZed:
There is great man in our town,
Who ought to get earth-wide renown.
He gave us fifty,
And said, There's lift," he
Is known to you as Jas. A. Browne.
All the girls who like dancin'
Will soon be seen prancin'
At the firemen's ball
With their beaux short and tall,
For the dance was arranged by NJ. Han
son.
There's the man with the saw, plans |!
and hammer,
At fire he'll make a great clamor,
He's fat and he's strong,
But he hustles along
We mean our big chief, A. Goldammer.
In Chicago the girls are quite witty;
New York's are supposed TO be pretty; |
But the best of the bunch,
And that's good bunch,
Are the girls of our own little city.
The fire alarm created consider
able excitement, followed by
of the singers to the rescue.
Only the Shirk" refused to stir,
and when he learned afterwards
that his own house had been on
Ere, and the boys had saved his
own child from death in the flames,
be was truly penitent, a good OBJ
iect lesson for those few citizens
who have failed to come across"
for tie FIRE department fund.
The Employment Agency"
the other sketch, gave Mr.. Spero
abundant opportunity to display
his talent of character impersona-
lion" With lightning rapidity,
be appeared successfully as the
Frenchman, the Irishman, the
chinaman and the Italian, looking
Tor jobs. He won round after round
Of applause by his clever work.
The dance after the conclusion
Of the program was participated in