Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-01-10
THE CORNELIUS CLUB.
Entertain ROvaIly at Presbyterian
Church at Measuring Party A
Noble Organization Of BOYS.

NVOfr INFLAMMATION OF boys.
If you never before knew how tai
you were, those who attended the
Cornelius Club entertainment last
night at the Presbyterian Church
found out, and paid nickle foot
for the Information, with a penny
extra for every additional inch.
This was measuring party,
and the measuring was not done in
your stocking feet, either, nor even
with your hat off. Ladies wearing
feasther-duster ornaments in their
hats from one to three feet in height.
had this extra height included in the
measurement. Style comes thigh"
tand also DEAR sometimes, but we
must have il. Tall clergymen had to
pay for their six feet, more or less,
and they did il gracefully. There
were some present who rejoieed in
the fact that the measurement was
not "all the way round in the mid
dle" as well as straight up and down.
But there were other good things
besides the measuring party
Everybody got the worth of his
money, for an ice cream cone was
thrown in besides gingerbre ad man,
ginger cookies, and real good time,
not to speak of the fortune telling
booth. But what Of the fortune
teller? She was a real beauty, was
Queen Sybilla, gypsy of the rarest
type, and she told fortunes beauti-
fully.
Everybody is going on journey,
is going TO get money, has good
friends (but treacherous ones as
well.) Some are going TO have
things stolen from them and never
get them back. Oh. yes, the bad
was mixed with the good, but il was
worth hearing a bad fortune to gaze
Into the teller's large brown eyes and
to look at her pretty face, not to
mention her engaging manners. She
is dream. The long line Of Cornell
ius Club boys waiting their turn
thought so, and there were others.
There was a variety of entertain
ment, such as spinning the plate,
marching around the Walls OF Jericho
shooting bow and arrow at a tar
get, throwing a bracelet over a dolls
head, and lets of other fun. The
patrons enjoyd every minute Of il,
and there was hearty good cheer es.
pecialIy when the Cornelius Club
boys gave vote of thanks to Adiu-
tant General Macklin for loaning the
handsome United States flag and
Maryland hags for decorations.
Tue Cornelius CluD is a great in.
st,tution in the Presbyterian Church.
1t stands for all that is good and
noble. 1t works on multiples of
three. 1t was organized on the
third OF the month vita three mem
bers, the third month in the year.
Last night the entertai lment was
given on the ninth, multiple of
three, and now there ar twelve
members, another multiple of three.
The c0lors are red and blue-for
strength and purity. Every letter in
Cornelius" stands for something,
for instance; G - courage; 0-order;
r. reliability; N never say die !;
E-ea"nestness; L--loving kindness !;
l-iudependence; U--uesfulness S.
suect So.
The Cornelius Club was organized
and is under the instruction Of ma
val officers wife, who has done much
TO encourage interest in the work,
and whom the boys venerate. Last
year the Cornelius Club gave to sew
erai local charities. They helped a
poor family at Germantown: they
helped some stricken dredgers who
came here stranded and have con-
tlibuted in other ways to good work.
Their entertainment last night was in
svery way a success. Among the
boys present wa, Brice Worthington
Goldsborough, sun of the Governor;
also the son of Adjutant General
Macklin, anu son of CAPTAIN Had
sci, U. 5. A., who has succeeded Ma
jor Alexander and has come here to
live with his charming family. The
president of the Cornelius Club is
William Deninger and the secretary
is Vernon Abbott.