Evening star., 1915-05-23

| end men of the minstrel show, Otto
Woerner and Joe Gross, made up in
| blackface and wearing suits Of pur-
| pie velvet. One was playing a bass
| drum and the other was hard at work
on snare drum. They marched into
the pavilion and took their seats on
the stage. After springing number
of jokes in true minstrel style they
presented singing and dancing act
that made great hit
| |. S. Goldsmith gave an interesting
monologue in Italian dialect, and Hamil-
| ton Smith played a cornet solo, Every
one thought it was a real solo until he
| had nearly completed it, when it was dis
covered that the sound was not coming
| from the cornet which Mr.. Smith held
| to his mouth. but from one being played
| by member of the band, who was hidden
| behind him.
| Several selections were given by the
Board of Trade Glee Club, which made
| its first public appearance yesterday
Charles r. Bartlett is it's director Will
| liam A. Rogers is librarian. The accom-
PIANIST was Harry Wheaton Howard The
Glee Club consists of the following First
| tenors. Clarence Sorrell, Walter Sorrell,
David NJ. Lea, William A Rogers and
Fred J. White; second tenors. Horace
Ward, Edgar R. S. Embrey. Odell Smith
and Paul F. Grove: first bassos. Harry
| Kinks. Charles J. Waters, Odell Whipple
| and Earl Carbaugh: second bassos, E. F.
Colladay. William Clahaugh, William H.
Waters and Edwin Callow.
Announces More Eats"
At the conclusion of the show Chair
| man Ed Brooks of the arrangements
committee announced that buffet
luncheon was in readiness on the
boardwalk for those who had their
dinner at noon and wanted some sup
per before starting home. AT o'clock
the picnickers boarded the train and
started back to Washington, arriving
at the District line about an hour
later.
On the return trip another hundred
members of the board and their guests
were made members of the Improved
were conducted until the train drew
into the Chesapeake Beach junction
depot.
On the return trip Chairman Edwin
r. Brooks and the other members of
the committee on arrangements were
the recipients of many congratulations
on the success of the outing. One
change in the usual program which
made big hit with every one was the
serving of the first dinner at noon and
thereby allowing plenty of time for the
preparations for the second dinner. At
previous outings of the board the first
dinner was not served until about 30
o'clock Another change which was
! a
minstrel show for the athletic events
held in previous years.
Chairman Brooks Aids.
Those who served on the committee
on arrangements with Chairman
Brooks were the following: Odell s.
Smith, vice chairman: Richard l.. Con-
ner secretary. Clarence r. Ahalt. Harry
Almond, H. Clifford Bangs, Charles r.
Bartlett. Stacy n. Briant, William E
| Burns, Edwin Callow. Charles F. Crane
j. Harry Cunningham, H. Clarence Duff
| fey, Walter K. Evans. William T. CALI
her. Frank E. Gibson. c. ]. Cock eler
Paul F. Grove, B. l.. Hackenberger
George p. Hales, Harry l.. Jenkins
Theodore NJ Judd. Walter H. klopfer
Albert <. Landvoigt Malcolm A. Mac
| donald, George II. Markward. Edward
]. Murphy. Duncan D. Ransdell, Will
| liam A. Rogers. f. Dwight Ryerson
George G. Shafer, w. Hamilton Smith,
| Edwin X. Staley, Otney w. Stratton,
Charles J. Waters, Fred J. White Louis
c. Wilson and Bert V. Wolfe.
All of the members of the committee
were kept hard at work during the
entire day attending to the thousand
and one little things which helped to
make the outing a great success. They
| distributed souvenirs, assisted in the
serving of the dinner and made them
selves useful in scores of other ways.