Barton County democrat., 1914-11-27
HAD A FINE TINE.
Elks Lodge Gave Big Entertain
ment to Friends Last Friday
Evening.

talnmentS ever given in the city
was the one put on by the enter
tainment committee of the Ellis
lodge for the members and their
friends at the Elks Home last Fri.
day evening, and which was at
tended by about one hundred and
fifty of the members and invited
guests.
The principal entertainment Of
The evening was the bur1eSque
show put on under the direction
of Show Manager Ed L. Chapman.
and in which a great deal Of hid
den talent was brought to light.
None of those on the program
knew Of the honor which was to
be bestowed upon them until the
lime they were called 10 the plat
form, but all responded in a way
which left no doubt as TO their
capabilities in the line of public
entertainers, or of their ability
to make good in the select group
which Manager Chapman was re-
hearSing to take on the road.
The first number on the pro-
gram was a piano selection by
Paul Pritchard, which received q
most hearty encore. Dc. Luse
was next introduced as a man
who enjoyed worldwide .repu-
tation as a viOlinist, but this
: honor Mr.. Luse diSclaimed and
stated to the audience that his re-
putation was simply that Of a
| fiddler, and his rendition of "Tur-
key In The Straw" and other Of
J The old time dance airs sustained
his announcement in the matter.
/ Fred Kienzle, Frank Sleadman,
) George Vancil and "Ted" TedlOck,
who were introduced as Fred Kien
zle "and others" rendered a cOu-
/ pie of fine vocal selections, and
= Webb BeardSley and = Charles
E Gleadall then murdered a few
r tunes on the, guitar and mandolin
!, respectively. DR.. Lewis, in keep
2 ing with his birth in the land Of
5 the cotton, picked a few plantation
= melodies on The banjo, and Thom-
1 as Ely brought down the house
, with his music on the tambourine.
5 Indeed, his performance was so
l realistic that many SuSpicioned
| that he had at one time served an
5 apprenticeship in the Salvation
: Army.
| "Waxy" Wood was down on the
2 bills to perform on the bones.
} but he disclaimed all credit. for
= ability along that line, and'it was
: the verdict of the master of cere-
: monies that to compensate for
; this inability he and Mr.. Ely
t should sing a song, and while
E Tom did the singing Waxy LINED"
e in on the chorus, at times. Char
S ley Townsley rendered a couple
i, of pleasing vocal selections, and
: then Tom Dennis and John Bales
gave an example of their ability
along The auctioneering line by
selling a Plymouth Rock Berk-
: shire Jersey cow, after which the
! grand agony Of the evening was
! produced by all Of the would-be
, musicians joining together in one
awful medley.
!, Following the burlesque part
| of the program nice lunch was
' served, the members of the
"Rummy Senate Lodge" acting in
the capacity of walters, and a fine
social lime was enjoyed by all.
Following the lunch a most ex-
, ,, cellent and appropriate address
: was made by f. r. Moses, Sr., and
{ Rev. Father Reidy also gave a
, short address and told some good
. stories in his inimitabIe Irish way.
The entertainment is The first
. of series of such which the Elks
> will give this winter and was a
most thorough success in every
4 way and thoroughly enjoyed by
: every person in attendance.
:. S. A. Newcombe filled. the posi-
s tiOn of POSTMASTER in his usual
happy manner and kept things go
e ing from start to finish. During
t the program bulletins were
d brought in by the committee FROM
o Henry Allen, Victor Murdoch.
: Senator Shouse and others, as fol-
lows: '1f this show is not rotten
e enough to suit you, get on the pro-
le gram yourself" There may b
% one good number on the program
It see if you can pick it out" etc.
e. 1t was an occasion which will.be
rs most pleasantly remembered by