The Washington herald., 1915-12-21
WRITERS PLEASE
in MINSTRELSY
Press Club. Members Dance,
Sing and joke at -
Polls Theater.
ACTON-HAY SONGS HEARD
Tiller Tells Narrowing Tale of Havoc
Among Battalion Steeds at Sight
of OIaughlin's Medals.

1 Members Of the National Press Club
blacked their faces last night and sang.
danced and joked through varied pro-
gram of African minstrelsy AT Polls
Theater, incidentally bringing into being
the National Press Banjo Club, the Ma
tional Press Conference.-The and num-
her of other features likely again to be
! heard from before the winter is gone.
| Negro melodies were int.rspersed with
timely Tuips on the political situation
Stepping out OF his best-known character
OF political writer. Theodore Tiller.
inewly-"lected president OF the club. gal
! lOpcd onto the stag" and told Il harrow
: ing tale of the havoc created among tho
newspaper battalion Of cavalry. now
! training at Fort Myrr. when John Callan
OIaughln, u Washington correspondent
and former Assistant Secretary OF State
appeared before til" embryo soldiers and
frightened their mounts by the display nf
foreign orders pinned ACROSS his breast.
Howard Acton WAS musical director
ana led numerous chorus Of hlackfaCcd
reporters in songs which h" and James
Hay. jr.. had written. When Avery Marks
sank since. Edisuu'S Gone to Work for
Uncle sam or" OF III" A"t"u-Iiay pro-
ducti"ns. it was understood that Thomas
\. Edison. the electrician wizard. was on
I'll" other end Of .lon- distance tclc-
phone wire. listening to tn" concert.
Frank Lord. retiring president Of tn"
club. was the intrrlorut"r: Ruius +
Andres. G. = y. .Go.lwin. Carl Eutman
and I.ab"It 81. Clair WEI" tamh"s. and
Morton NJ Milford. George r. Od"n
Leonard OrmcrOd and +. l. Johns were
bones
Frank Lord aud TheuduI'. Tillvr did Il
sketch entitled "Th" Two Pr">idcuts.'
Austin cunningham presented "lnclc
Joseph jefferson Jacks"n.' Dudley lIar-
mon and Il. \ Mattm=ly. tn former
nearly scvem feet TIL and the latter
about five feet. appeared as Bin aud
Stin: while Robert u. iIemI RAYMOND
Il. Morgan. Frank l.. Fisher David Law
rem" and Thornton l. Smith constituted
tn" hanj" and mandolin club Tho duub.r
quartet. of which NJ. H. McIutyr,. Avery
Marks. Grafton =. Wilcox. Eu,.l NJ Tin
ker. Monte J. Sohm. Edwin allow. Frank
6. lleatnn and Marshall Morgan were
Tcmhcrs appeared in cuStuurS typical
Of m"Gr" l"atgr~ and snnE plantation
songs Of thu revival charart,r.
Georg" T. r'ielI and Harry Andrews
wer" stag" directors. Ralph \ Gr4N,S.
business manager. and Ian"s l. Pres
ton. master Of Properties.
Members Of the tompnn,
The company included Howard l..
Acton. Rufus T. Andres. 4 L Ander-
s"m. Robert T. Barry. j. ". Bryan. Ar
thur Ea"r. H'arl futuHn. Spencer Bliss
Jack Connolly. Edwin GalIow. Jess.
: 'ottrcll. Austin Cunningham. John
9, IiGan. Jr: W. i CorIrru f. Conn.
X 'mp,r +. GOWNS. ! !. C'oSjiyun. ". ]
Donaldson. Thqnas Todd pOram An=us
y. Erly. :. r Early. John = I:y"rsran.
Frank /. Fisher. DR.. .'nhn Foujr. e. :
Goodwin. Isaac Gregg. {. j. Gurkele;.
Frank q. IIeaton. g. {. Hart. Elishr
Hanson. Robert T. Hcinl. Dudley Iar.
mon. r. II. Johns. Jefferson Jones.
Fr NIX ". Kirk patid I.awr.ur.. Frank
l.. Lord. VI. II. M"Intvr". + N MarI. en-
nan. Il. VI. Mlrtyu. T.. \ NIttmgly.
Morton VI. Milf. I'd. Guy Mason. charles
NJ. Mansfield. Avery Marks. RAYMOND
R. Mor-au. Marshall MorrHu. r r.
Maxwell. Leonard Orm~rod. cr,r.., =
Od"r. James l.. Preston Louis = NJ
Re'i. Sttul"y VI. Reynolds. William
R"~,. LlherI -. clair William \
Srh!ohohu. =. SmnlwooI. Thornton
l.. Smith. Monte ! Srhn. W. I.ccto
Thompson. Theod"r" ~ Till.r Mercer
Vernon. Grafton, : Wilcox. Robert
Watson, R"yaI NJ. Tinker. W. f. Vel
vcrtor and Robert y. Zachary