The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-04

secretary of the club. has been secured
and he promises that for eighteen
months he will give all his time to the
office. For two years or more the
Huron commercial club has been doing
things, and this advance step will en-
able it to accomplish much more.-De
Smet News.
Andrew Johnson, living in the south
west part of the city, met death Fri
day last as the result of a peculiar
accident. He was standing on a chair
when he fell against the back of the
chair in such a way as to cause a kink
or knot to form in the artery of the
left leg, stopping the circulation en-
tirely and death following on the day
mentioned. Mr.. Johnson was seventy
years old, and has been a resident of
this county since the early days, hav-
ing lived on a farm in Esmond vicinity
until about three years ago when he
moved to De Smet.-De Smet hide
pendent.
The w. r. c. ladies were entertained
at the home of Mrs. Swenehart We'd
uesday, February "a. A very enjoy
able time was had by all. About 40
were present. Luncheon was served
after which all departed to their var
iOus homes. Next meeting will be at
Mrs. C. ~Eichberg's Wednesday, March
70. On Saturday, March 6, a commit
tee of the w. r. c. will serve supper
to the comrades of the Post at the G..
A. r. hall at 4:30. All old soldiers and
their wives are cordially invited. Reg
ular Corps meeting in the evening and
initiation and supper.
Our old friend, Will Holbein is sec
rotary of the North Dakota Commits
sion at the San Francisco Exposition,
sends us the following of local inter
est: Harry A.. Williams, son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. H. Williams, former resi-
dents of B~rookings, was a visitor at
tlC 1Noll ~ Duhold uullulllS. Ildlly lS
travelling for a firm on the coast and
says the folks are all we'll and happy.
j. H. Biggar, an old resident of Brook
ings, vas also a caller at the North
Dakota building the other day. He
was much interested in the great ex-
hibit that North Dakota has here and
was only sorry that South Dakota was
not represented on the grounds.
Harold Bell Wright, the most popu-
lar American novelist, has, with the
assistance of Fishery w. Reynolds,
made into a play, his most popular
work of fiction, "The Calling of Dan
Matthews" The play is said to have
proven as popular as the book, which
holds a record of sales that nearly
reach two million copies. The story
is Of vital interest today, and has been
developed into a play that grips and
holds, a play that will linger in the
memory for a long, long time. It's
characters are of the type we know
and understand, real flesh and blood
people who talk and act like human
beings. "The Calling of Dan Mat
thews" will be the attraction 1T the
opera house next Saturday night.
Messrs. Gaskill and MacVitty, the pro-
ducers, have given the play a sumptu-
Gus mounting and an unusually excel
lent cast.
Edmund Vance Cooke appeared in a
rendition of selections from his works
in the college auditorium Monday eve
ing, it being the fourth number of the
Y. M. C. A. Lecture and All Star Aart-
lists Course. Mr.. Cookies writings are
filled with homely philosophy and
the evening was much enjoyed by the
large audience in attendance. The pro-
gram by reason of it's excellent ar
rangement "a interesting throughout,
and perhaps more interesting since
each number related to things of uni
versal or current interest. OF the
more sober numbers, Somebody Calls
it Home" and Heaven" were of great
interest, while there were few present
who were not deeply touched by his
reading of Father" Other character
istic features of his works we're repre-
scented on the program, not least i'm
portant of which were his child's
poems, and humorous verse, all Of
which were presented in a most
artistic manner.