Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-26
Fun, FROLIC AND BEEFSTEAK
Omaha Ad Club Gives Second Annual
Dinner at Rome.
BRIGHT DorEGs AND SAYINGS
v~audevile stunts, Jokes ana Gayety
Enough 90 Hold sessions over
Untn Next. Similar
stunt.


The Omaha ID club added fun and frolic.
gayety and mirth. hilarity and joyousness in
one grand total addition Monday night. 1t
was the second annual beefsteak dinner
and vaudeville show Of the ad writer's and
their friendB, who gathered at the Rome
hotel $50 strong to have a taste Of good
fellowship.
It is the motto OF the ad men to do
things" One Of the principal features Of
the entertainment was to poke fun at the
other fellow" and this was done in that
= p playful. Joking manner that leaves nothing
but pleasant memories.
From the time the m-errymakers sat down
to the tables at $3.50 O'clock until late at
night, when the curtain went down on the
last oct, there was a continual vaudeville
performance. with specialties between every
laugh. In fact 1t was an evening OF hearty,
bubbling mlrth and good cheer-a western
l%gridiron dinner.
All the stellar lights Of the club were
there. There were clever comedians, sing
lers and dancers. cowboys and minstrels,
monoIogists, artists, musicians and all
those brands Of entertainers that make all
the world a stage.
But, first of all. there was beefsteak-
great, thick. juicy sirloins and porterhouses
and all the side eats" To add humor to
the situation the ad men had the following
notice attached to the menu cards:
Up. S.-The Ad club is making money on
this dinner, so don't hold anything against
Rome Miller"
&c from Magnatea.
The fun started as soon as the merry
makers were seated. Every few moments
a belIboy would enter the banquet hall,
waving a telegram addressed to the club.
There was a message from John d. Rookie,
Teller, stating that hts digestive apparatus
would not permit him TO grapple with sir
Iloin: there was a message from Carrie Ma
ton, who sounded a warning against strong
drink. one from Colonel Tanning from the
Rock Of Gibraltar; one from James ]. JET
fries, Secretary Richard A. B~allinger and
many others. All contained phrases of the
Iside-splitting variety and occasioned much
laughter. lrI
on the improvised stage at the north end
of the hall vaudeville stars reigned SUI
.preme. Musical numbers were furnished
by the celebrated Magyr orchestra, re-
tcrrited from the steerage.
Tho big show opened with the Ad club
pminstrels, with Sidney Mandelberg and
ALester Heyn as lend men," These inimita,
BILE darby entertainers were as follows:
EInterlocutor ..,...,... Walter A. Mandelberg
EBones.s.......s...s.;.. Sidney Mandelberg
,Tambo. !.......s..,... Lester George HeyIl
an .-f."'"''''''''' yeLVme deyn
Ballad singer. ......."......Cha Beaten
Punster. ......s. Goetz
Some Famous stars.
} Dave o'Brien. peerless monologist, pre-
y scented Amateur Aviation" his own idea,
as no one; else would claim It. Dave is
known to the Ad club as the Candy Kid.
Another monologist was Ed. Thompson,
l''The Chesterfield of Comedy" who pre-
scented his own chef-d'oeuvre entitled THE
Insurgents
More az the coon show entertainment was
provided BY Richard d. skankey and Mel
Uni, IT,, who gave an excellent exhibition of
1.-THE Street Cleaners" Their parties,
knocks and roasts were especially COM
mendable and evoked much applause. Not
kOnly was their dialogue excellent but their
warbling OF the latest song successes was
also laudable.
Some real music was given by Charlie
Vance, s%oloist, and Edgar A Higgins, the
impersonator Of females, presented his own
life-like portrayal OF Carrie Nations First
Kick with ,hatchet and tax on woman's
rights thrown into the bargain.
ono Of the most clever specialties was In
troduced by THE Bloodhound Family OF
Solicitors" a siap-stick bellow-drama. This
~ sketch, written by Robert Maniey, was
designed to show the troubles of the ad-
vertislng manager Us played by Frank
Harwood. Other members of the cast
were Fred Baker. the stenographeri Fred
Russell, the solicitor of THE Daily Flea
Robert Manley, the solicitor for the Daily
Pork Barrel and Harry Kelly, the solio-
itor for the Evening Blues" This sketch
-. laHon,ad 49,, the rapAaflou ~ aava~
original songs composed by the solicitor for
The Daily Pork Barrel"
Mayor and HTS Lartat.
A piece de resistance was presented in
person by Mayor Dahlman and his edu-
Gated lariat. In order n show his skill
with the rope, Mayor Jim called upon
representatives OF the three papers. Messrs
c. C. Rosewater. J. W., Metcalfe and Mel
Uni. IT,, to occupy the stage where he had
them. as he said. for the first time, under
ais power. The mayor demonstrated his
proficiency with the lariat by coillnk his
moose about the neck of one Of the spec
tasors in tho audience, throwing the larIat
, fairly and squarely over the head Of his
prey. .r.
Another screaming farce was that pre-
scented by Prof. Lee c.. Kratz and his
quartet in IA Cyclone OF Musical Merri-
ment" They presented "Sal-Omy-Ha," 6
drammer Of the year 1920. The characters
were Ralph A. Newell. as the mayor; Prof
Kratz, as the chief OF police; 1. A. Med
lar, as the aviator. and S. p, Conover, az
Zeke.
Colcael William Kennedy and his as.
sociate players. James c.. Lindsey and
Harry wallace, presented one of the most
popular acts OF the evening, All were at
tired in the typical costume OF the Scotch
highlands The songs Of bonnie Scotland
as sung by Colonel Kennedy, and the in.
strumeptaI selectiOns by Messrs Lindsey
and Wallace called for repeated enoores.
Last, Hut Not Least.
"A Pair OF Drawers" the last number on
the program. was given by Homer Conant
and oswald Siford. These men are the
oartoonists OF the Ad club. Their original
Drawings made before the audience spoke
alone for their skin as wielders OF this
pen and brush. One OF their most difficult
stunts was companion drawing In which
Mr.. siford used his left hand and Mr.
Conant his right In making a single sketch
Adolph Storz, the moving picture man