The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Lewis, at high
noon, Sunday, October IL.
Miss India Tinsley spent last Friday
and Saturday in the city of Milton.
Misses Nancy and Lima Lewis visited
Milton last Monday. Their visit was
a short one. because home to them,
with its attractive environment, over
shadows the charms of other places.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Kiss and
daughter, Hermina, visited their old
home, Pensacola socially last Mon
day. The family are sojourning here in
order that Mr.. Kiss. by enjoying the
salubrity Of this spot, may regain his
| wanted health. His physical condition
Is already superior to that state which
he was in upon first coming here.
Lyric Society Organizes.
A goodly portion of Muats citizen
ship assembled on last Saturday night
at the public school buiIding-which
contains the only public auditorium
here-and held a very lively and in
teresting session. After a short dis
cussion as to the propriety Of forming
these weekly meetings into a league, It
was unanimously agreed to organize a
club or society Mr.. Sam Hightowe"
being temporary chairman, Messrs.
| Todd and Glendye were appointed to
select a name and bylaws for the
proposed society.
After these gentlemen had retired to
attend to this duty, several of the as
sembly were informally called upon %
furnish something to entertain the au
dience. Young Hiram Hightower sang
an Improvisation of his, containing hui
morous illusions to local personages
Being encOred he responded in a late
popular ballad
Young Walter O'Rouke rendered very
acceptably a revised version Of "Ru
benstein's Playing" Master Allan
Lane recited very modestly but nicely
The One Horse Shay. Little Miss Her
nina Kiss of Pensacola recited comic
ally a dialect piece, whoa Nebudcha-
nezzar." Mrs. Hightower was loudly
applauded upon her humorous presen-
tation of "Jenima's Courtship.'
Misses Minnie Brown, Gladys Lane,
Josie Hightower, India and F1oress
Tinsley and Messrs. Dick Lane, Jack
Herman, Andrew Tinsley sang with
| fervor. THE Holy City"
Upon the return of Messrs. Todd and
GIendye to the hall with their COM
pleted work, the assembly elected viva
Yoce Mr.. Smith Lane, president; Miss
Minnie Brown, secretary; and Mrs.
Sam Hightower, treasurer of the So
ciety.
Then the following resolutions Of
ferad by the committee were adopted
en- masse by q rising vote:
Whereas We the undersigned real
izing that cooperation is potent force
in the accomplishment of any design.
and that concert Of action, on part Of
a community adds to the power to be
tn he P14rf har mr.
terprise,
Therefore Be It Resolved, That we
organize a society to be known as
Mulat Lyric Society, the aims and pur
poses of which shall be primarily the
elevation Of it's members, mentally and
morally; and the promotion and fos-
tering of a closer fellowship among the
citizens Of Mulat, having as our mot
to: In Unity There Is Strength; the
society to be governed by the rules of
conduct embraced in the bylaws here
to appended"
This paper as before stated was I'M
animousIy adopted. After which Col.
Todd and Capt. Glendye responded to
urgent calls. the former singing a song
CoevaI with the war so years ago, the
words of which were changed by him
to suit existing conditions, entitled,
Our Grandfathers' Days." while Capt.
GIendye recited with fine effect, John
Hays's story of the Heroic Pilot.
Dick Lane and Jack Hermann were
appointed leaders to select aids in the
entertainment of the society at it's next
meeting. Mr.. Lane selected Misses
Minnie Brown and F1oress Tinsley and
Hiram Hightower; while Mr.. Lane
chose as his aids Misses Gladys Lane
and Hermina Kiss and Walter
O'Rouke.
After which Mesdames Hightower
and Lane served the assembly with
cake coffee and iced tea with generous
prodigality.
Mrs Brown and Mrs. Glendye were
selected TO furnish refreshments for
the next occasion. After the collation.,
the young people engaged in a few
parlor games for a short period, be-
cause the clock showing 11:15. auto
maticaIly, so to speak. adjourned the
meeting-the audience desiring to
reach home before IL O'Clock should
announce the demise of Saturday and
the birth of Sunday.
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