Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-19

he created the character. 1t is too
bad that Midshipnian Macomb is one
of this years graduates, else the
mantle of Midshipman Meyer. as
president of "The Masquersders. !"
might fall upon him as most wor-
thy successor. The stage setting was
very home-like and most attractive.
During the fifteen minutes inter-
mission the Naval Academy orchestra
under Prof. C. A. Zimmerman, played
beautiful music as it had, the over
ture.
The second part of the program
as characterized in this alliterative
fashion:
Meyers Minstrel Men, In Musi-
cal Melange of Melody and Med
ley-Merely a Merry Mob
of Mirthful Minds"
1t was an up-to-date minstrel show,
with Mr.. Meyer as interlocutor, sup
ported by chorus of thirty voices.
The following were the participants /:
Ends-Field, II; King, IA;
Barnes, ii; melvin, II; Hull, 'l3;
Kates, 'l3. Quartette- Eldridge,
'l2; Ramsey, '12; Wick, '12; Will
bur, IL. Circle-Batten. IL. Sylves-
ter, IL; Brown, ~; Dodd, IL; Law
ender, 'l2;R. L. Martin, '12: Bryant,
IS; Craven'lS; Jenkinson, IA; Ber-
ry, IA; Page, '13; Fem, 'lS; Leigh
ton '13; Stevens, 'l3; Bryant, IA;
Arnold, IA; Page, B., IA; Burgy,
IA; Pelton, id; Corn, IA.
There were fourteen numbers
on the program, which follows
/. Opening Chorus-"Call Me Up
Some Rainy Afternoon" "Chanti-
cleer Rag, F" Dublin Rag"
2. "Sweet Italian Love-" r. D..
Brown.
3. Entrance Field and Melvin--Pad
ding Their Own Canoe.
A "Stop, Stop, Stop," Field
5. yum, Yum Tree" Eldridge
6. Barber Shop Cord" Melvin
7.s-"Wonderful World"( Balkan
Princess'O Bry
8. Come Along My Mandy, king
8. Honey l Will Long For
You, Honolulu Rag"
Eldridge and Wick and Quartette
10. Wooden Shoe Dancing
King and Hull
IL. "Take Me Back to Babyland"
Corn
IL. Recitation-"Death of Por.
thos," (Dumas) V. Meyer
l3. "Meet Me Tonight in Dream
land" Ramsey and Quartette
ID. "Traumerei, Entire Chorus,
A feature OF the evenings per-
formance was the clog dancing of
Midshipman Hull and King. They
did as well as most professionals and
were recalled. Another especially
attractive number was the singing of
the 1912 Glass quartete, in which
are Midshipmen Eldridge, Ramsey,
Wick and Nilbur. All have good
voices and their tones blend harmon
iously. They sang very sweetly sew
eral selections and were induced by
much applause to respond to few
encores.
The end men got off some grinds
that few but the Midshipmen under
stood, or could appreciate, but most of
the jokes were good and eujoyed by
the audience.
The entire performance was high
ly creditable and the Christmas Holi-
day Show of 1910 will 60 down into
the annals of "The Masqueraders as
one of unprecedented success, not
only in the new method of seating
the crowds. but as a performance.
Much of this success, however, is
not only due to President Meyer the
author of the farce comedy, but to
the efforts of Midshipman Glenn F.
Howell, II, whom the Midshipmen
sincerely thank and give credit on
the program for his uncessing labor
at the piano in their behalf With
out his help The Masqueraders' feel
they could accomplish nothing"
The following are the officers of
''The Masqueraders" for 1901 :
Stage manager, Vincent Meyer; as
sistant stage manager, Harold Dodd !;
business manager and stage carpen-
ter, Ellis S. Stone; assistant stage
carpenter, Lewis 7. WATSON; head
usher, Milton H. Anderson.
The next show will be given prob
ably in June Week, and will be more
elaborate and pretentious, but GER
tainly cannot be more successful.