The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-14
Italian Pleasure Club Held
High Carnival Last
Evening
EAGLES WERE HOSTS
AT PLEASANT AFFAIR
Spaulding Glee Club Dance
Attended by so
Couples

Inc ltallaH treasure cluU Deiu nlRu
carnival in Clan Gordon hall last even
ing, the occasion being the clubs eighth
annual banquet. There were guests pres
ent from Montpelier, Waterbury, North
field, Keene, N. H., Haverhill, N. H.,
Stony Creek, Conn, and Washington
Moreover there were nearly 100 club
members present with their wives or
sweethearts. All told, there was a COM
pany of $50 people in attendance, not
counting a small brigade of culinary as
sistants who served the big banquet at
the stroke of midnight. Decorations lent
an atmosphere to the affair that was
distinctly patriotic. American flags
aanked the stairway leading to the hall
on either side.
Festoons in the national colors adorned
the ante rooms and within the banquet
hall the stars and stripes were every
where. All about the spacious room, tho
American standard draped the walls and
the colors, red, white and blue, prevailed
in the streamers that came from every
corner of the hall to meet over an IL
Illuminated moon in the center of the cell
ing. Electrical effects of extraordinary
brilliancy added to the gayety of the
scene. The stage was resplendent in
American flags, eoIored lights and |. p. c.
banners. Directly over the loft occu-
pied by the orchestra was suspended a
pendant bearing the highly Illuminated
initials Of the club, u. p. @"
Dancing celebrated the opening of the
ioIlifcation and dancing brought it to a
close. Riley's orchestra of six pieces
furnished music the night-long through
and not until o'clock to-day did the
strains of "Tres Moutard," "Where Did
You Get That Girlf" and peach Bios
SONS" die on the morning air. There
were 100 couples on the floor when the
musicians began to do business at 0
O'Clock. As the fun waxed furious they
were Joined by late-comers and an hour
before the call from recreation to re-
freshment was sounded, saw the floor
almost teetering with the varied antics
of the disciples of Terpsiehore. Under
the competent supervision of the floor
managers, Duncan Mcmillan and Robert
Wright, the dancing program was carried
out to the complete satisfaction of all
One of the unique features of the af
fair was the provisions made for trans
porting elderly guests of the club from
their homes to the banquet hall. Two
cabs were at the constant disposal of
the guests and detail Of four club
members directed the cab drivers. A
number OF guests came in the cabs and
Others were accommodated in return
ing home at the close of the banquet.
Promptly at the arrival of the mid
night watch, the guests were escorted TO
seats at the banquet tables. The gas
tronomie feature was easily the crown
ing event of the evening. Together with
the post -prandial exercises that followed
Immediately afterward, it seemed to cap
the climax to the merrymaking that had
preceded. The banquet menu included
all the seasonable dishes obtainable.
Under the guidance of the caterers, Mrs.
G. Merlo, Mrs. E. Prestini and Mrs. L.
Cassellini, the contingent of white-coat
ed walters attended to the every want of
each guest.
After-dinner exercises formed a fitting
prelude to the second lap of the dane.
ing. President A. H. Fasola occupied
the chair and ushered in the ceremonies
with a happy little address of welcome.
A quartet consisting of William P. Rob
ertson, John Frontini, Mario Reffi and
John Del Monti interspersed the speech
making with such old-time carols as
"The Night Has Thousand Eyes"
[ (Boltwoodl, Il Lombardi" (Verdi), and
son the Banks of the Pilsner" ivan den
Stuckenl. A budget of breezy toasts
elected peals of laughter. Among those
who responded were: Paul Scampini,
History of the Club; Della Merlo,
Principles of North American Pre-Cam-
brian Geology; Alexander Emshe, I'm
pressions of a WouldBe Second Con-
stable; Paul Bianchi, "Laboringn; Les
lie Wright, English Opera; Marco Ref
Il; "Italy,s Place in the Family of Ma
tons; John A. Frontini. "Clean Politics
and the Young Man; DR.. o. f. Barr,
'The Vermiform Appendage in the Low
ar Bipeds"; Daniel Keefe, "A Reasonable
Hope for the Celtic Navy" Musical con-
tributions included selections on the
harp by Madame Gilda Cardini and
,horus numbers by the company George
Troup acting acceptably as the leader.
Among the out-of-town people pres
snt were the following: Mr.. and Mrs.
SWEET of Haverhill, N. H., Thomas Hef-
iron of Keene, n. H., George Gender of
stony Creek, Conn.,, and Paul Rossi of
Waterbury. A number from Montpelier
iso attended.
Much credit is due the general COM
nittee and its assistants for the success
IF the affair. The ingenious electric eff
fects were arranged by Joseph Stumpf
md the banquet arrangements We're car
-ied out under the direction of Leslie
Wright. A special committee had charge
IF the decorations. The general commit
zee consisted of the following club mem
,ers: A. II. Fasola, Duncan Mcmillan.
leslie Wright, Paul Bianchi, John David
,on, Fred Gerbetti, Alex. Emslie. Peter
Nerlo, Della Merlo, DIR. o. E. Barr, Jo-
,eph ComolIi, Paul Scampini, Charles
Zanleoni, Robert Wright and Joseph |
Merlo.