Evening journal., 1914-03-19

tainment for the diners. Among the
entertainers supplied were Mademoi-
selle Fibi, a Partisan danseuse, who
made a hit by her fancy dances;
Ethel lesson, fetching cabaret girl;
Maize Burns, soprano soloist; Ethel
Heart and Minnie Neal, singers and
dancers; Travis Yorke, woman imper-
senator and ventriloquist, and John
Devlin, monologue artist It was
one of the best entertainments Of the
sort ever given here.
The Glad Hand Committee. which
spelled q welcome" to all guests,
was composed of William f. Metten,
general manager OF the Every Even
ing; b. w. Snyder, advertising man
ager Of the Morning News, and Clar-
ence J. Pyle, business manager of
THE EVENING JOURNAL. 1t per-
formed its function with a gracious
ness which made everyone feel at
home.
The Advance Agents of Digestion
were Louis Topkis, David Goldberg
and Ernest Otteni. The members OF
this committee exhausted every
course, gave words of reinsurance to
the other diners and their cries for
more to eat.
Clement 3. Hallam, city editor of
THE EVENING JOURNAL, Stewart
c. Strickland and Samuel Miller
we're the Cheer Leaders. When they
were introduced, It was announced
that their voices to Heaven rise. "
TThey lived up to the introdu Z on.
The Punch Bowl Pathfinders were
Col Edgar L. Haynes, business man-
ager of the Morning News; Charles
Miller and Joseph Wheeler, advertis-
ing manager of the Every Evening.
AS blazers of the way they were a
pronounced success.
AS a precautionary measure, the
Red Cross had representatives pres
ent to care for those who might be
shot, half-shot and otherwise Grip
pied in the encounter with the hospi-
tality of Miller Brothers. Those rep
resentatives were Harrison Cruik-
shank, manager of the Morning
News; Joseph II. Martin, manager OF
the Sunday Star, and George Braun
stein, representing the hosts OF the
evening. or Red Cross nurses the
three men displayed unexampled
bravery. They were on the firing
inv NAA Ah6 thD 'hliAN Nh6dbtAntubi
showing a devotion to duty that
placed them, irfetrievably. in the
Florence Nightingale class.
The delegates representing the
dry" counties in the state were Roy
X. Jones, city editor of the Morning
News. and William G. Higgins, and
A. Kruger. of Miller Brothers. Their
representation were heard with re-
spectful attention, but they were in
formed by the postmaster that they
had arrived too late to apply the
Hazel Anti-Shipping law to the d'n-
ner. 1t was explained to them that
they should have arrived at least a
week before they did. That beine
the case, they fell into the current oi
iollity and drifted along.
A. o. II. Grier, city editor of the Every
Evening; Nathan Miller and J. Harry
Gordon. an able-bodied centenarian in
the employ of A-.ller Brothers, were the
Lord High representatives of the Home
Lovers Circle. For men who were "olI
the reservation they adapted them
selves, with surprising case, to the un-
usual environment in which they found
themselves, and were among the last to
leave.
The Guardians of the Silent Night
were Charles Miller John Kane, Of Mil
Ter Brothers. and Clarence j. Pyle. Up
to the time Of going TO press this after.
noon they still were on duty. and thess
are those who suggest that they think
il is one of those arctic nights that last
six months.