Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-23
GOVERNORS And CREW FEAST.
Annual Dinner Given to Men Who
Represented Mr.. HALEY.
OURs AND JOKES ARE PLENTY
Few Escape Merry Jests and Many
Reminders Are Given of Good
Times At Ak-sar-Ben


Memories Of last summers show az
the Den crowded thick and fast last even
ing at the annual dinner by the board OF
governors at Hotel Rome, 20 the working
initiation crew OF Ak-sar-Ben. For the
quartet led by oscar Leben sang early
in the proceedings, How To Put On a
show" the refrain OF which runs;
First write your ads with a big four
flush,
Tell 'em we guarantee to make 'em all
Say the play was much too tough for
Give EN- a peach Of a salome dance.
Hire forty girls and few cheap boys,
Flash lots OF tights and make big noise
Lots OF glad rags and a few bum gags
When you put on show"
Cast line legato.)
Add again that song about hunting for
pennys worth Of comet with s. S. Ham
ilton in the solo part. All who went to
the Den last summer know the song;
Riding comets 10 my pastime.
million miles en- hour is fast time,
I've chased rainbows till I've lost time,
But when ] asked my pa and ma,
Both said TO stop In Omaha.
Here ends the tale OF Halley's comet
Few sly Foxes.
Your old friend, the merry quip and exc
the airy persiglage we're much in evidence
last night at the Rome. For instance os-
car LAeben and Lloyd Ingraham OF Devil
and dramatic school fame, were doing
their Dutch dialogue which by the way,
makes Weller and Fields seem cheap, and
they spraug the following little wheeEe,
Oscar purporting to be a congressman;
What, don't you know thst?''
mo. 1 don't know that"
And you a congressman
why, congressman don't have TO
know anything Look at Lobeckl"
President G. II. Pickens was called out
of town suddenly yesterday afternoon and
II. J. Penfold read a letter expressing his
regrets and his appreciation Of the work
all summer Of the working crew. This
was the most serious note struck during
the evening. True. william wappich was
in earnest when he proposed a monthly
meeting Of all persons present, a propo-
sition which will be put through.
The Light Fantastic.
But there was nothing sombre about the
dancing Of two little girls, pupils Of the
Chambers academy nothing funeral
| when one OF them sang at Charles Court
! ney, member Of the board of governors
sitting in an exposed position up in front.
All present enjoyed II but the man sung
at.
| The singer was Miss Hazel Fowler. aged
/ 70, Her dancing and particularly the
dancing of Mildred House child OF like
age, aroused the greatest applause OF the
\ evening.
Early in the evening many a line from
| the Den show was delivered and wher
Lloyd Ingraham couldn't remember what
came next, years OF professional experience
stood him in good stead.
whats the next lne?'' he would in.
duire of Oscar Lieben in thunderous tones
and the effect was more funny than tho
! original would have been.
Two pronounced hits OF the evening
were the singing of the Blks quartet
which includes Messrs. Haverstock Gerke
Lewis and Fdgdon. and the Swedish char
acteriEations of I'D Thompson. b. C
Miner and H.. r. Mahaffey s. A. Scarf,
remarked q few remarks, Fred Paffenratl
talked a little and Gus Renze. greatly t.
his chaerin, was forced into the lime
light. The Ak-Sar-Ben quartet sang
little ditty and Charles Black gave othei
speakers a lesson in brevity. realI,
good thing was the "McCullough's Mao
Scene" done by S. S. Hamilton, with tn,
whole house darkened, and the orchestri
l-Dimmick's Of CONTEMPLATING crossing
the-ice music.