El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-30
NOTABLEsAND FUN
At BEAVER. SMOKER
Col. Hay and Madero, Sr.,
Given Ovations and En-
JOY the Sport.

The Beavers entertained over 500 of
their friends and members at their in
itial smoker since their organization
at their club rooms in The Herald
building, Monday night The Beavers
had prepared an excellent program
and had plenty of good things to eat
smoke and drink.
a number of distinguished visitors
were present, among them Francisco l.
Madero. ST.: Lieut. Col. Eduardo F.
Hay. Col. Jose De La Luz Blanco. Maj
Rogue Gonzalez Cara, Alfred Henry
Lewis Braulio Hernandez, mayor c. E.
Kelly and the city officials Besides
there were hundreds of the lesser
lights of the city who distinguished
themselves during the evening
q r. LOOMS. the president, opened
the program with speech of welcome
and then the fun began
The Beaver trio got away with a
bunch Of songs and then leader Davis
sang Poses"
Teddy Meloch. alias Teddy Beaver,
took the floor and began telling NIL
waukee Jokes. He had the crowd with
him all through his efforts.
Irwin and Brown won applause by
their acrobatic work
Cheers for Senior MaderO.
The program was interrupted Tor
few minutes when Francisco l. Madero,
sr entered and the hall rang with
applause and ''vivas" for the noted
Mexican.
VIII MARI was announced as the
next performer, but he wouldn't get
IN. so Walter Howe, the Beaver
chaplain, took the floor and held 1t so
long he had to be notified OF the
fact.
Alfred Henry Lewis entertained with
the shortest speech of the evening
Gerald Brandon was presented TO
those present and started to make
speech. but did not get very far He
sid he would be more at home in a
wrestling match, but the crowd cried;
Here's kelly" and Brandon left the
Messrs. Davis and Arnold rendered a
song'V-sWhen First Met You"
Ovation for Hay.
Lieut.. Col Eduardo F. Hay entered
about this time and from then on he
was the lion of the evening. He was
forced to make a speech. During thu
intermission which followed his speech.
the 500 men present filed past the col
onel and shook hands with him
Alfred Henry Lewis came back" in
the second half of the program and
started things going with story.
Walter Howe not to be outdo4e. was
the next up with one of Lewis's
stories
c. H Armstrong entertained with a
musical selection after which several
members Of the insurrecto army were
introduced.
!. Col. Blanco made a short speech IN
Spanish aid was given hearty ap-
plause Mai Gonzalez Cara also spoke,
his speech being translated into Eng
lish by Gerald Brandon.
Boxing Match Pulled Off.
DR.. J. W. Yard spoke word of well
come TO the Mexican friends present
after which q three round boxing
match was pulled off. Messrs. Degross
and Brown were the ''pugs" and the
match was called a draw.
Harry Neal was the real enterta>1er
of the evening and he did it by statt-
ing to look for a barber. His mono
= loeues and songs were the roar Of the
night.
The Airdome girls were the next per-
formers. They sang Shake Me Like
Grizzly Bear" The crowd liked it 50
well that they refused to perform any
more.
A speech from senior Madero was
called for but Gerald Brandon, apollo
giving for senior Madero, said that
emotion choked him SO. he 'couldn'i
speak.
The affair was closed by a speech
by George Estes.