The Washington herald., 1910-05-08
Georgetown Club Entertains
Friends at BelaScO.
SING, DANCE, %ND PLAY WELL
Minstrel show Puts Audience In "A
Good HumOr-MhndOIin, Banjo, and
Guitar Club Does Itself Proud.
Young Players Present "The Bat
tie of Crazy Creek"

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before a large\ audience. composed prln-
cipaEIy or college men and their friends
The applause with which the latter
punctuated the performance testified to
nearly every soloist or dancer was forced
20 repeat his speciality because Of the
! insistcnt applause.
! The theater and the stage had been
decorated with the Georgetown colors
and Blue and Gray pennants and flags
drapcd the boxes and the upper part OF
the scenery, lending quite a college at
mOsphere to the performance
] The entertainment was divided into
three parts. \ minstrel first part, a few
selections by the University Alumni Man
dolin. Banjo. and Guitar club and the
! final. a short one-aCt skit, entitled The
Battle Of Crazy Creek"
Probably the part that received the
most applause was the minstrel show.
for there there was large amount Of
personal or individual work. and each Of
the favorites came IN for his share 81
the praise. This section OF the pro-
gramme opened with the singing OF
number Of popular songs by the club
as a whole. and "a clever dancing spe-
cialty by Mcssrs. Guinness and DahiU.
two members OF the preparatory depart
ment Of the college. Their work was
well thought out and clevcrly executed.
their team work being especially good.
Kennedy Meeks and Jack Alicote were
the first pair OF end men % make their
appearance, and they got of several
jokes at the expense OF a number Of local
| Institutions-as we'll as at that Of the
professors Of the university. The for
mer's solo was Make Yourself at
Home" while tho latter rendered Mr..
Johnson. Good Night"
Songs Bring Applause.
Thomas Smith and Charles 4. Bright
were next on the programme with two
more sentimental songs. entitled "The
Ideal Of Ny Dreams and when I
Dream in the Cleaning Of You" Mr..
smith Is the possessor Of a splendid tenor
voice. and he showed IL TO good advan-
tage in his song.
The entrance Of J. G. Merkling and
Waldo r. Pearce-the latter OF whom
was responsible for the staging and gem
eral run Of the piece-was greeted By
large applause. After the usual run Of
end-man and interlocutor jokes. they
contributed That's Plenty" and Come
After Breakfast" &C
The first act after the intermisslon
was the rendition OF several songs by
the University Musical Club. The guitar
and mandolin duet and the final Flag
Lily March" were the two which seemed
10 please the most.
An interpolated number was that Of the
well-known George O'Connor whose rem
dition OF My Cousin Caruso" and "Abra-
ham Lincoln Jones" were the most popu-
lar numbers on the programme Mr.
OConnor's voice was just as good as ever.
and his mannerisms and facial express
Sons during each Of his songs pleased the
audience so much that they euCored him
insistently and forced him TO come out
several times and bow his thanks. but he
refused an encore.
Crazy Creek Takes Well
The final number was The Battle OF
Crazy Creek" a one-act piece with the
time. Never and the place, over There
II had no plot and had no pretensions 10
any-it was merely meant to amuse The
singing of HAS Anyone Here Seen
Kelly?" and ANY Old Place in Yankee
Land" were the two numbers which de-
lighted the audience most The perform
ance as a whole was very creditable. and
the club should be congratulated on hav-
ing such a number Of excellent voices-to
say nothing OF comedians and dancers-in
it's ranks
THE CAST:
W. Y. Pcarce J. G. Mcrkling Charles Dcnhear
Charles Bright. Jack Allocate Ken Meek. Joseph
McNulty. Thomas smith d. r. Mccain. G. DE :
Palln. \. L. Lansdale John Mcnamara. l.. L.
Brown. +. T. Callahan. II. Rittenbender. T. NJ
Kenan +. Hearst S. W. Carroll. G.. b. spence
r W Camp Vincent h. Smith r. Davidson
Ed NJ Dahil, Morris Cohen. y. u. Weinsten.
J. L. Monarch. Fred Gibbs A. II. De Reimes.
b. h. jacobson. J. Senger II. Tompkns n
Carton II. Lamey. l. Brosseau. NJ GUINNESS d.
Brewster. L. Kelly, ]. Pelzman. J.. Gascr, A.
Baker. J. W. Bannon. and C. l. Haley.
End men. syncopated coon shoutcrs. In order OF
their aITeannce- Kennedy Meeks Ja-k Allocate
J. g. Merk!iug and Waldo Il. Pearce
Ballad soloists-Tcnor, Thomas Smith: baritone.
Charles A. Bright
RATTLE or CRAZY CREEK"
Timc-Ne,er Place-Orer there
Scene drop with picture indicating a lake in
the killcats Mountains Two main tents loaned by
lol Ranch One campfire presented by Walter
Camp. IN which Is concealed an electric light
placed there by the property man. Firearms pre-
scuted by Smithsonian Institution Uniforms by
II. 4. r.
Cast Of charctcrs-Gcn. Disaster w r Pearce
Sergt. ShO0t'em. Charles Dcnheart: Corp Don't
shootem. J. &. Merkling; Private Way David
Brewster Private Property. L. Brown: Private
Land. A. lansdale; Private Business. Leo Kelly. !
Indians-Chief Kick Hole in Skie. J. Monarch
Brave Afraid Of Everything J. Senger. Brave
Shoohy r. Tompkins Brave Little Bov. l. GIaser.
Brave Tanglefoot. ]. w. Bannon; Brave Chicken
Heart y. McKemsn
The following sold programmes:
Miss Isabel Crosby. Miss LaIly Anderson Ntiss |
Catherine O'Bren, Miss Marta Calyo. Mis- Fsbal
Hickey. Miss josephine Taber Johnson Miss Marie
Ray Miss Marie Buuim Miss May Bvn,e NIiss
Marie Higgins Miss Helen Duvain Miss Christine !
Fox. Miss Laurie Smith. Miss Frances smith. and
Miss Agnes Feaey.
Patronesses:
Mrs. Thomas II. Carte. Mrs Horace n. Iur,or
Mrs Timothy Ansberry Mrs. Harry NJ Clabapcb |
Mrs. William y. Cogan. Mrs. James A Canno,, |
Mrs. Daniel W Baker. Mrs NJ J. Colbert ~ |
+. Hamilton Mrs Daniel w. ODonogbDc Mr.
George W. Ray. Mrs. John James Walsh and Mrs /
Daniel Thew Wright.
The boxholders were:
Delta Chi Fraternity, Sigma chi Fraternity pbi 1
Delta Fraternity. Mrs. Thomas H. Garter ara
Trinity College
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