Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
COMEDY MAKES HIT
Georgetown University Aggre-
cation Gives Entertainment.
ARRAY OF POPULAR STUNTS
Songs and Blackface Eccentricities,
With Other Features. at
Belasco Theater.

Pretty songs. we'll sung, blackface &C.
ccntricities, dancing and the comedy of
minstrelsy made UP the program of the
Georgetown University Ministries and
Comedy Club. which gave a performance
at the Belasco Theater last evening for
the benefit OF the Poushkeepsie crew
FUND
The opening number was chorus by
the Georgetown University Glee Club Of
nifty voices. which proved to hold among
ITS numbers some talented singers Af,er
medley OF popular songs introducing
Guinness and Dahill in soft shoe dancing.
Kennedy Meeks sang Make Yourself at
Home Jack Alicote Mr.. johnson,
Goodnight J. c. Merkling That's Plen-
ty.'' and Waldo Pearce Come After
Breakfast
Popular Features.
Sentimental ballads were sung by
Thomas Smith, The Ideal of Ny
Dreams" and Charles a. Bright, Il
Dream in the Cleaning of You" In the
finale to the first part of the program
Daniel F. Mccain won a storm Of APP
plause and a large bouquet of flowers
with ANY Old Place in Yankeeland Is
Good Enough for Me-. George O'Connor.
with his dialect and coniical songs.
scored a hit
The performance concluded with q
sketch, Battle of Crazy Creek which
served to develop much humor and
talent of the comedy order. During its
progress musical numbers were also in
troduced. The locale of the sketch was
over There and the time. Never"
was the University Alumni Mandolin.
Banjo and Guitar Club, which rendered
Hoshna's Three Twins ''Valse Bril-
liant LAbD and the Flag Lily March,
by Holt.
The performance. under the manage
ment OF the Pouehkeepsie crew, was
staged and produced by ". r. Pearce.
+. Q. Carr served as treasurer and Hugh
w. Barr as press representative. The
reception committee was composed of
John Murray. Vincent Daley. Francis
J. Rogers. Albert e. McCarty, w. A.
Woodruff and James n. Moser
Some Of the Participants.
Others who took part in the perform
ance were as follows:
". r. Pearce, !. c. Merkling. Charles
Denheart, Charles Bright. Jack Allocate,
Ken Meek. Joseph McNulty, Thos. Smith,
D. F. Mccain, c. de S. Pallen. A. l..
r. p. Callahan. J. III. Bittenbender. \.
NJ. Kenan, f. Hearst, s. w. Carroll. G.
B. Spence. E. NJ. Camp. V. b. Smith,
r. Dawson. Ed NJ. Dahill, Norris Cohen:
~ " w elItStelIl, y. L. MOfldTciI. FIcu
Gibbs, A. II. De Reimes. &. L. Jacobson.
J. Selinger. r. Tompkins, H. Carton. Fl.
Lamey. L.. Brosseau. NJ. Guinness. d.
brewster. l.. Kelly. i. fe!zman. l.. Gla-
ser, A. Baker, ]. w. Bannon, c. l.. Haley,
The following sold programs: Miss Isa-
bel Crosby, Miss Lally Anderson. Miss
Catherine O'Brien. Miss Marta Calvo,
Miss Ethel Hickey, Miss Josephine Taber
johnson, Miss Marie Ray. Miss Marie
BurnIm, Miss May Bryne. Miss Marie
Higgins. Miss Helen Duvain. Miss Chris
tine Fox, Miss Laurie Smith. Miss Agnes
Fealey and Miss Frances Smith.
List of Patronesses.
The patronesses were: Mrs. Thomas H.
Carter, Mrs. Horace II. LUrton, Mrs.
Timothy Ansberry, Mrs. Harry NJ. Cla-
baugh, Mrs William \. Cogan, Mrs.
James A. Cannon, Mrs. Daniel W. Baker,
Mrs. NJ. J. Colbert Mrs. Guidet Duryee,
Mrs Ashley NJ. Gould, Mrs George B.
Hamilton, Mrs. Daniel w. O'Donoghue,
Mrs. George w. Ray, Mrs. John James
Walsh and Mrs. Daniel Thew Wright.
The Delta Chi, Phi Delta and Sigma Chi
fraternities and Mrs. Carter and a party