Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-20
Ham TREE HERE
SATURDAY NIGHT
NOW THIS WONDERFUL TREE
SHEDS THEM BOTH oMLETTEo
AND SCRAMBLED FOR PAIR
oF4coMEplANs.

Coming Saturday night at the Au.
ditorium Mcintyre & Heath present
"The Ham Tree with a company OF
over 60 pretty dancing chorus girls,
promise to present the funniest com
edy seen on the boards in a long
time. We have hunted around and
learned the history of the ham tree
and the egg tree. 1t is some history.
About t%hirty-fve years ago Heath
lured Mcintyre away from his livery
stable job to Join his Georgia Min.
strels. The minstrels at that time con-
sisted of Mister, Heath, Mister .McIn.
tyre and the moon, which is another
name for the bass drum. There was
a sheriff with the troupe, but he was
always behind. He followed them
from one town to the next. Thanks ia
their obedient pedals-feet-the sher
if never got close enough to become
acquainted.
So the Ham Tree Was Born.
The third night they played to
standing room IN a tank town down
South. They were in the Open-no
seats-hence the standing room. After
McIntyre's second spasm with his
lungs and the drum Mister Heath cir
culated himself among the audience to
lure away some loose change. The
audience thought q change of scenery
would be the best kind of change for
these two men, so they unleashed
their b~lo0dhounds. and with fiendish
delight chased the poor minstrels,
drum and al, something less than five
miles, The company sought refuge in
a tree. ..,.
The audience not caring to be seat
ed In sucn high altitude remained at
tile foot Of the tree. and while the
dogs barkeds at the moon 1.-THE DRUM
they proceeded to call the perspiring
MINISTRIES by the undigniffed name of
"hams." It was polite in those days to
call any. actor. a ham.
After they had chordsed that "ham
stuff" SO long that Mister Mcintyre
and Mister. Heath started to get
hungry, it suddenly occurred to
Mae" that If they V e got into the
business in a legitimate way, mean
ing where they would at least ride on
a train from one town to another
without being chased, they might pro-
duce q show and call It "The Ham
Tree"
Breakfast Now ls Easy.
Heath thoroughly agreed with the
suggestion, but emphatically stated
that no actor would have a ham tree
unless he had an egg tree.
''at's certainly berry right, Mister
Heath" said Mac" so the very next
evening, when somebody in the audi.
ence, instead of throwing a brick at
them. threw an egg plant, MAC" grab
Ded it,
Thirty years later" said "Mac,'
that egg plant blcssomed into an egg
tree. 1t blooms the whole year round
Every morning Mister Heath and my
self shake off an omelet for breakfas|
or, if we feel strong and shake toe
hard, we eat en- scramu~ed. Now, cal
you blams US in this day Wien eggs
are like diamonds, to have a guart
outside our theatre?'
mot by a jugful," we chirruped, ant
we left, after accepting MACS" in
vite to breakfast for the next twt
weeks. See "The Ham Tree" at tn,
Auditorium Saturday night. SHOW
opens. at S:15.
REPORT OFF THE .PREsc.
The fourth annual report Of tn
North Dakota Stallion Registration
Board is just from the press. TIL
total number of pure breds for 1871
was 1869; for 1912, 1863 1911. 1862
and for 1910, 1905. The number 0
grade and scrub stations was 1923 II
1872 1914 in 1912; 1886 in 1911 an,
1889 in 1910. Statistics are given 81
the number and percentages of dis
qualifying unsoundnesses for eacl
breed. The report contains a list 0
all stations licensed and the followinI
articles: Suggestions on Purchasin1
a Stallion" "Dourine' by DR.. l.. Va.
LIS and Abortion by Mr.. l.. Van rs
After January 1916 mongrel or scru'
stations not be registered. Tn
report can be had from the Secretar
Of the Stallion Registration Board a
the Agricultural College, N. D.
Many q chap catches on who doel
at know how to let 60.