The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-15
DOCTORS SMOKER
A MARKED SUCCESS
No More Enjoyable Affair Ever Held
in City Than This Informal
Gathering.

ways what they seem. Sometimes
they are stale, fiat and Improbable"
Then again they cheer the souls of
men and send them on their way re
joicing.
The smoker given Tuesday evening
by the Forrest County Medical Socie-
ty to their guests, the doctors in at
tendance upon the meeting of the !
Southern Medical Association, was !
one of the rejoicing kind. 1t was per-
haps the most successful and delight !
full affair of the kind ever attempted
in this city 1t was recherche in spots,
it was good fellowship all the way
through
The early part of the evening was
given to an interesting discussion of
one of the ills of man and scientific
treatment of the same. DR. Duncan
Eve of Nashville, presiding. Follow
ing that Mr. Hugh Craft, of NcComb
City. delighted the audience with
most beautiful rendition of the "Whip-
| poorwill" song, and i'm answer to
not to be denied encore he sang aX-
quisitely "The Little Boy Blue" NJ
| Craft smilingly declined a second en-
core. as DR.. Crawford had already
risen to remark" and when the hand
clapping had subsidized, DR.. Crawford
pointed the index finger of his right
hand to the door leading to the base
ment and sorter licked his chops and
winked his neither eye. and "the boys
took the hint.
In the basement there were two
long tables. ladened with a bountiful
cold lunch. the plates already filled,
and all one had to do was to line up
to a plate. There was no standing
backward about coming forward to do
that. and soon the feast was on. 1t
was good all right,-the salads, the
pickle. cold meats, etc.,-but it was n
trife dry or peared so, until from the
mysterious somewhere there came
something to wash it down" THEN
broad smile lit up the basement and
10Y was unconfned. But nobody knows
better than a doctor the danger OF
probing too deep into q matter of this
kind. so this feature was not INDUCED
in overly long or overly much au'
>, soon the cigars were passed aroun'
and the party repaired to the assem-
bly, room up stairs, wrere more goo
things awaited them. First came seN
eral selections from the always oblie
ing I.omo Orchestra. beautifully rel
dered as they always are. and the
- DR.. Crawford. who was master of cer'
monies. announced something new
- on the program, and called for Georg
. D. Stockman to deliver himself"
" Mr.. Stockman proceeded to do s.
to the real delight of the audienc
His recitation of Kipling's "Gune
Din" displayed histrionic talent nj
often seen off the professional or sen
professional stage, and held the ra
49, attention of every man present. r
cause "Gunga Din" though hard
read right is fine thing when We
- done and Mr.. Stockman did 1t
ceedingly we'll He was encored
80 course, and followed with Casey
the Bat" and the way the fans {
u plauded him showed that a large 2
- cent Of these grave and reverend Sc
nisrs had been in the game some til
J.. or other. and felt the thrill of ''tt
tir,o" wta~ their Casey was at
bat and Tanned the ambient al
a Not even the delicious miserablen'
:. Of the first throw down a boy g
. from the only girl in the world, clir
:. longer to him than does the memo
!. the pathetic memory, of the dull 81
!. ening pain that came to him st
:. time" when he perhaps was Casey
. the bat" and struck out.
- To second persistent call b;
i Mr. Stockham recited an amusing
tie French story, 1.-THE Wreck of
Julie Plant" by Drummond.
Then came more music; this Il
by Hattiesburg's favorite, Mr.. P.
CASTOR. Mr.. Gaston's first select
was Sweet Miss Mary" and to
encore he gave "My Little Irish Gi
They were simple ballads, but t
were so beautifully rendered that
audience called loudly for more;
Mr.. CASTOR modestly bowed az
from that, and then-what do
think came then?
"reminiscences and Hallucinati
of Mink Days in Dark Town by G.
modore Bell. The Commodore
marks were seized upon and &C
II. IL