The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-18

Continued From Ease C,ne.
assembly room to tile tauping OF q
nriAfn. Ut was made Mp of 1ilaNars 0f
Inc eNans5aR, those who were te take
pert IN Che pHntomime and Dialogue
on the sftssRe. They Were tiresssEd in
all nianfter OF costumes. u1heEe was a
characterization OF Colonel Page which
was we'll done. S5eeratary &tine was
Gflers IN annrlesQle. So was Judge Bar
nett, ~. Leland Watkins, Harry Beck
wien, u. -. Lewis, Bex. William Bal-
lou, MR., MnCNatau, Mayor Sweet and
Nlhef hneEfitaaEs OF the ~exsentiNe COM
~nasftee, and ptonIinnt members OF the
organization.
Noted as Naissrs.
The procession, headed by the dig
n3tsaftes 81 the commercial club, Town
SiElsrs and the Fargo chas1tsr Of the
Hankars, marched ahGut the tables. In
the line wore characters representing
the y. 10, e.. "A. the corn show, the
the Gtlltdneuts home, which was pOr-
traysh by two young bpys dressed as
girls, the dog show, the Tri-State
~F0sEInastars' convention, the poultry
snow by Nv boys dressed as girls and
labelap Chickens" the Billy SUNDAY
movement and other stnuts. After
the march about the hall, the greatest
@NAAAApEI w b4hE 4tNiTDH 6xss1EkA14du I1lE IDAl
OF walters AMI they did right well, and
made heaps OF fun during The even
Ing an their EDotesaue eostpmss-snd
They did good service.
Some Tesarauns Read.
President Page read talsgrams o1
congratulations from several ~tfiffereni
CITIES. There was pms Groru the Cham
Der Of GQnnerGe OF the limited States
s2cthef ror the Dlluth organization.
also from st. Paul Association OF
Commences, from Gsrand Forks, fronl
Chicago and other places, and eaeh
OF these was ehaared. This wsaS fol
lowed by the serving of the flrsf
course, a %. Madison directing this
great corps Of walters from the hla-
69ny OF the tsnnple by o whistle.
The Auditorium.
Between the second and third
courses WAS 6a8kendad amg
when p curtain on the stage anose
there IVES a forest scene devoid Of
amy buildings, and q plaeard
80. Fargo auditorium, ereetad 10000
g. G. President Pages double was
there and he made q speed i'm Sd
lehos' and waved his hahdS No the
orthodox style OF the president OF thu
GlHo, after which he introduced Bot
LaFoaetta who arose in the person
OF MaiBlh EdlGreth, wave his arms
pounded the air, and Brushed bafay
sas aaaf. This evoked q great deal OF
aaetfatnent, and was anucb enjoyed
The Neon Day Lvnph.
FOLLOWING tue next course, the cur.
tain rose on the private Ginning room
OF the commercial club. about which
the executive committee of the c4uf
@eet almost every day and transae,
BUSINESS After Nh. Page" had
slfe1easo his legs and assumed tbs
usual pose for his cigar, he asker
Slime" what WAS up and was informe5
th&& g Were many people waRtins
money AND the FIRST one to be al.
mlttso was a tail individual, who wa,
supposed TO be the head of the ass0
clated Charities, and Mr.. Ball0u'
asked first Tor $4,000, and Appeared h
ne misunderstood, and Increased tn,
amount 70 Sa9y00Q, but admitted that h,
would be willing to take $40 cash
lie was frequently interrupted by ~
l. watkins" who wanted to explain
Row such things were done in al,
business college. and by III. y. Beck.
with who told what had been don,
IN such circumstances by the x, "a. q
a. and the choir, committees of wbtel
ne Yves chairman. Then some.
D suggested tfa& Mayor Billy
Sweet Eaiglt be Induced to donate Tia,
SAVS90y AaYe&Spd pa&t ne claimed *
have dug up, and this provoked laugh.
ter. Mr.. TSoTaten' asked for a large
SUM o the sangeFfesL and he made
. great speech in the Norwegian dia.
tect This was all done 10 show the de-
tnandS that were constantly beins
made on the treasury Of the CONNER
cta3 club.
Caused Explosion.
After some discussion among the
members of the ~buElesque COMMITTEES
President Page" suggested that Sec
Rotary Slime" go to the safe and see
o the finances OF the club were run
ming On the stage was a mammoth
box made TO represent q safe and
across the face were the words, com
hperctal club safe" The bogus Sec
rotary walked to the door and turned
the combination and there were sounds
emitted like those made ia the oIden
days with a poHceman's rattle and
after hard work the door came per,
but the next minute a sign flashed up
on which was printed, deficit" There
WA the sound of a Loud explosion, and
the safe fell apart, the table went over
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