Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-12-01
good Thanksgiving dinner at so lit
tie trouble and expense.
Restaurants and Hotels Generous

noon and again in the evening. Each
of these establishments, in keeping
with the generous fashion of the day
gave its guests a bountiful dinner
Judging from the elaborate menus
and the reasonable charges the pro
prietors of these establishments re
ceived most of their profits in the
satisfied smiles of their patrons and
the advertising their generosity will
bring to them 1t is certain that the
pecunlary profits cannot have been
large.
Well Dressed Crowds
In the afternoon tremendous
crowd attired in its Sunday clothes
made its way to Amusement park to
witness the football game between
the Hawhs and the Normal Univer-
sity. Others took advantage of the
beautiful day by making long automo-
bile and carriage drives into the
country. The livery men did an i'm
mense business, practically all of
their equippages being in service. 'rhe
crowds at the game, at church and on
the streets were handsomely dressed
and made an attractive sight.
During the afternoon Alburtus, the
psychic wonder, gave demonstration
OF his ability A committee o,
three men was given nail
and hammer. The nail, was driver
in a post in front of the Center Block
pharmacy, corner of Lincoln and
Grand avenues. The nail was then
extracted and hidden in the cash re
gister of the o. L. Gregory cigar
store. The hammer was secreted in
the Bismark restaurant. Then the
committee called for Alburtus, who
had been waiting blindfolded near the
postoffce. Climbing into a buggy
with the committee Alburtus drove
RAPIDLY to the Gregory store and Sc.
cured the nail. Then he went to the
Bismark and got the hammer after
which he drove back to the pole in
which the nail had been driven. Still
blindfolded he placed the nail in th
hole from which 1t had been extract
ed. Then the blindfold was remov,
ed. A large number of people wit
messed this spectacular stunt.
Dance and Theaters in Evening
In the evening the moving picture
theaters were thronged with people
At the Photoplay an exceptionally
good program was given. The prin
cipal feature was "The Thumb
Print" a film which depicted the use
of thumb print in acquitting wo-
man of a murder of which she was
falsely charged. The pictures were
accompanied by excellent music. The
new opera chairs, which recently
were installed in the theater, were
occupied for the first time by many of
the patrons, who expressed their
pleasure at the new improvement. At
the Imp theatre the new motion pic
| ture play house, the Tuxedo Duo, a
clever vaudeville pair, entertained
large crowds. The act was composed
of high class instrumental and vocal
music with plenty of comedy and an
Italian street singing burlesque which
the people are still talking about. One
of the stunts was clever female I'M
personation which made hit with
the audience The vaudeville will be
continued tonight and tomorrow
night with complete change of pro-
gram each evening.
The Randolph Hypnotic company
enjoyed large patronage at the Dun
can opera house. Alburtus gave some
clever exemplifications of his marvel
Gus power, escaping from locks and
handouts and doing some interesting
stunts in the cabinet. Several demon
strations of hypnotic power were Civ
en- the subjects being put through
amusing PAGES for the entertainment
OF the crowd, which showed apprecia
ton by prolonged applause. This
company will continue to give per
formances tonight and tomorrow
night
At the armory several hundred peo
pie enjoyed the dance given by the
Catholic ladies. The floor was ii
magnificent condition and the music
was excellent. The dance was TIM
most enjoyable terpsichorean event o.
the autumn season.
Skating on the Lake
4 Many of representatives Of tht
younger generation enjoyed the pleas
ures of skating during the mornin:
and Afternoon Green's lake, which Ii
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