Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-09-09
With the C|ubwomen
BY Mrs. w. F. Cushing.

. and rates were given on other neces'
| stiles, SO the actual gain to the leagne
( was quite a respectable sum,
The first number on the program
was the old favorite, 20 That We
Two Were Maying," by Smith, sung
by Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Peterson. Mr..
Carson then sang, 80 Haunting Mem
DRY" and "A Spirit Flower" by Bond
and Upton, and responded to an up.
by Lulu CORRESPONDING. r. Fl. Wuerst
the popular baritone, filled the hall
with music when he sang "lnvictus,"
by HUM, and 1.-The Tramp" by Trot-
RE, the latter being especially fine;
he responded to the hearty encoring
with only a bow.
Mrs. V. j. LaRose of Bismarck, ac-
c0mpanied by Mrs. James Haney,
sang, 81 Dreamt," AT Dawning," and
June" and answered the applause
with a beautiful rendition of my
Laddie." The authors of the respect
i've pieces are, Schira, Cadman, Lulu
JOISS"DOWIlHS anu mayer. "
Take Me Back to Baby Land" by
Roney, and "The Song That Reached
My Heart" by JOrdon, as sung by
the popular young tenor, Oscar Rey-
nolds, literally brought down the
house; he responded to the encore
with another rendition of the second
song. Mr.. Reynolds, a junior in high
schoold and only II years old, made
his debut as a vocalist last spring,
when he took part in school pro-
grams and the graduation exercises,
and has since attained very notable
popularity. Mr.. Carson has been
training him u little since coming to
the city and is quite enthusiastic
atout the lads ability.
Mrs. c. r. Sponsel very sweetly
sang, 1.-TWO Roses" and Thoughts
Have Wings" by Gilbert and Leh-
man, and w. w. Fuller closed the
song program with two wonderful
tenor solos, Somewhere a Voice Is
Miss Clara Tho berg most ably Off
ciated as pianist during the evening.
Pictures Well Received.
The first of the Gibson pictures,
entitled, Find the Wife of the Man
Who Is Telling the Story" didn't
take take so very we'll, because no
one knew exactly what to expect, and
Wilen the curtain went up and came
down so quickly about half Of the pic.
ture was missed by most of the spec
tators, although a doleful-looking fig
ure in black in the middle of the cir
Gle of seemingly interested listeners
must have been the wife Of the man
on the end, who seemed more inter
ested in his WI story than anyone
else.
"Big Came" by Alfonso St. Cyr, as
Cupid, and Mrs. s.. B.. Toney was a
perfect picture and elected many
rounds of delighted applause.
1t was rather hard to decide wheth-
err or not "She had a heart" when
the curtain went up on Miss Cecilia
Connolly and W. w. Fuller, for the
latter of whom Cupid, again Alfonso
Cyl, evidently was i%nterceding.
Mrs. William Simpson, with her
lorgnette and sweeping gown, had six
young men very badly frozen" in
the fourth picture.
Louie COnnOlly's pipe dream in
'The Idols of a Bachelor" was the
most beautiful act Of the evening,
most Of the spectators geing undecid-
ed whether to laugh or croy. Pass.
ing in quick succession before his
eye as he pulled away at his
big calabasn were the college girl,
the summer girl, the winter girl, the
yachting girl, the Geisha or Japanese
girl, the riding girl. the auto girl, the
girl, the athletic girl, the So
ciety girl-and the widow. All were
perfect pictures, though, if it is pos.
sible for anything to be more per
it is probable that the winter
girl made the prettiest picture Of the
long procession, in her white coat
and furs, with little splashes of color
and the big black picture hat. But
the widow, mournfully gliding in to
the tune of "Everybody's DOM It,"
made the hit; as she paused before
the heartless bachelor that dreamer
his heartlessness and wiped
his flowing eyes in supreme sympa-
thy with the heartbrOkenness of the
sweet mourner before him. 1t was,
indeed, a touching scene, but it seem
ed to touch the wrong chord in the
hearts of the spectators, for they all
instead of crying in sympa-
thy with the couple. ay 'E
Their presence Of mind" was not
very obvious when the curtain
went up and disclosed a young cou-
Pile at opposite sides Of the room
with hats and hair awry and sheep
ish looks on their faces, while the
lray:nan, with a knowing LOOK on his
ace, deposited their trunk within the
door.
Four absorbed s%ightseers, Seeing
New York." with their heads craned
gut and their mouths gaped open,
made a comic picture.
Miss Lucretia Roger again starred
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