Smyrna times., 1912-12-04
LADIES' MINSTREL SHOW
FEATURE OF THANKSGIVING
OPERA HOUSE CROWDED TO SEE
CLUB WOMEN IN MINSTRELSY
Clever Jokes, Songs and SpeciaIties
Make up an Enjoyable Evening.
Thanksgiving Otherwise Quiet

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Thanksgiving in Smyrna was de-
lightful day. The one chief event
was the Minstrel and play, given at
the Opera House in the evening by
the women of the Twentieth Century
Club of Smyrna. The appearance of
our prominent club women in burnt
cork elected great applause. The
curtain arose at p. M, the 'circle'
occupying the front of the stage and
the chorus on tiers against a back
ground of flags. The opening chorus
was "That BabOon Baby Dance, "
and 'When l get you alone tonight. -
The circle was ably assisted by Mr.. |
Harvey w. FAIRIES and Mr.. John c. |
Mannering as end men, and Mr.. |
George w. Cunning as interlOcutor.
The appearance of Messrs. FAIRIES and
Mannering meant much to a Smyrna
audience and they were roundly ap-
plauded when they appeared in red
satin suits and gold slippers. Their
jokes were greatly appreciated and
were followed by solo, "When you
and were young Maggie, " by Miss
Eba Cloak Wilds, assisted by quar-
tette and chorus, composed of Miss
Mary Roberts, Mrs. Alice Read, Mrs.
Harvey w. FAIRIES. This was beauti~
fully rendered and their voices were
distinctly heard in all parts of the
house. Mrs. Cummins E. Speakman
and Mrs. Charles H. LeFevre, as
"Miss Olive Oil" and "Miss Violet
Soap delighted all with a song and
dance, Waiting for the Robert E.
Lee" F" and were most generous when
enchored. Moonlight Bay was
sweetly sung, and with the dim lights
one could quite imagine the stiffness
of some river on a moonlight night
with the quartet in a boat. Miss
Mary Roberts was the soloist.
Messrs. FAIRIES and Mannering were
at their best with song and dance by
each. Mr.. Mannering gave a great
number of his ''eight hundred verses"
which compose his speciality, "Down
wher the Watermelon Grows" and
Mr.. FAIRIES made a great hit with
"You're my Baby The encores
brought each of these before the foot
lights number of times and they
were compelled to refuse to appear
again because of exhaustion. The
minstrel concluded with a march and
chorus "Down in Dixie. :" Follow
ing the minstrel a monologue on
"Woman Suffrage" was given by
Mrs. Thomas Coverdale. This was
followed by another interesting num-
ber, the Rowing Song''. Seated in
an improvised canoe, Mr.. Raymond
Cummins and Miss Flo Gootee, sang
"Row, Row, Row, ably assisted by
a chorus of boys and girls. To con-
clude the evening a few of the ladies
of the Club presented little playlet,
"How the Story Crew." This little
playlet made hit because it drew a
story true to life. The cast in this
play was composed of Mrs. Postles,
Mrs. Cloak, Mrs. Speakman, Mrs
Malcom, Miss Julia Griffith, Mrs.
Read. Mrs. McCausland, Mrs. j. P.
Goldsborough.
Thanksgiving Quiet, But Wintry Day
Thanksgiving was a quiet day in
Smyrna. There was the home COM
ing of former Smyrnaians, probably
not so large as usual, but happy one
nevertheless. To the surprise of
many the ground was covered with
snow in the morning, the first snow
of the season. 1t was accompanied
by high winds and a temperature just
above freezing. 1t was a soft snow
and the trees and shrubbery were
covered with heavy coating. Re-
ports from the lower part of the State
say that the snowfall there was 8 to
10 inches deep, and the sleighing was
fine. The storm was also heavy all
through the Southern Atlantic States.
Football Game Thanksgiving Afternoon
Thanksgiving afternoon, despite
the snow, an interesting and exciti ne
football game was played on the
Smyrna High School Athletic Field.
The Smyrna Collegiates held the
strong Highland Academy team OF
Wilmington, to standstill, the score
being 90. In the first quarter,
Highland rushed Smyrna off it's feet,
to its five yard line, but here the
Smyrna line strengthened consider.
, ably and made Highland lose the ball
on downs. When Smyrna took pos.
session of the ball. Grieves incident.
+ ally kicked out of danger. Taking
the game in whole, there were many
exciting moments. Humphreys played
a steady consistent game for Smyrna
while Naylor and White gained con