Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-02
correspondence
kAMPEsKA AND HIGHLAND

iSnnL&tion for a nCW hos nous.
Mr.. Dean and Ronald spent the
middle of the week at Clear Lake, the
guests Of MI. and Mrs. William Bar
fhops. Mr. Fred Best, ST., Of Water
town, accompanied them on the trip
Mr.. Dean was a guest at Prairie
Lawn, as were Mr.. and Mrs. b
Oquist.
chas. Wellington and family and
MI. and Mrs. Bert Lewis spent the
day of thanks and turkey at the Geo,
Croft home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Purcell and Mr..
n Mrs. Joshua Purcell and Lester
spent Thursday evening At the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Oleson.
MI. Fred Brown and Miss Shaffer
we're dinner guests Thanksgiving day
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fahnestock in
the city.
A doctor was called Thursday morn
ing 10 attend the baby daughter at
the T.. D. Hildebrandt home.
Miss Geraldine Walsh spent
Thanksgiving day and until Sunday
at her home in WatertOwn. Miss
Walsh teaches near The VIII Ostran-
der place this year. She makes her
homo with Mr.. and Mrs. C, Murphy.
Speaking of contests in baking
bread, etc, Mr., Dean said ii reminded
him of a contest held in England
while he still lived there in which
his sister won a gold medal offered by
King Edward, and. a well, the honor
OF dining with royalty at Windsor
castle. London. This sister, said Mr..
Dean, is now a doctor and nurse in
the Geld with the army.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Oleson and fam
fly, Mr.. and Mrs. K. G. Green. Mr..
and Mrs. Joshua Purcell. Lester Pur-
cell, Earl Wishard, Miss Gotta Wish
ard. Miss Marie Carnes, Ronald Dean,
Miss Ruby Rand, Fred Brown and
Miss Hortense Shaffer and Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Burk were among those
attending the theater at the Metro
politan during the week.
Ye scribe and wife attended Friday
evening and witnessed The Traffic"
Not a had show. containing a glimpse
of possibilities when Il young and
beautiful girl takes such a step,
whether almost forced to do so by
sheer force Of circumstances, as was
"Agnea,'' or by reason OF inexper.
fence.
What a monstrous, heinous. awful
thing, the traffic! What a fend in
human form the puryeyor or keeper
OF the house: what a low despicable,
loathsome dog the miserable, black
hearted 'aWell" who toys with a
girls life to trap and ruin her! How
hated by O. true, manly man! May
the traffic, the awful traffic, and the
accnrsed liquor business be throttled
10 death together.
Agnes acts well, as did Molly"
Lulu s.saSco," Vic and Tony"
teY3is;e'' and the doctor did not put
enough Me, enough feeling, into their
work. Ma doubt Zulu" acted we'll,
and the past iestside OF the dress)
is not o%yerdrawa, However, me,
thinks the undesirable words could
, be eliminated without seriously Grip.
ping the play. "Iulu's" costuming Is
overdone. We do not think the facts
OF life as shown are overstated.
Quite likely the vaudeville between
HE acts appeals to some, but to our
mind it e~heapens both the house and
the company. Further, 1t sadly de-.
stroys the realness of the play itself.
.The Traffic" was given before a ca
pacity house. The order maintained
was excellent, the ventilation a little,
Neglected.
Dear reader, we have always be-
lievea, and We still do so lin the face
of the custom to let father carve ths
duck''), that the only place, the prop.
er place to carve up the meat Or fowl
is In the kitchen before the meal is
announced. We have been endeayor-
ing to so convince U wife. We
freely admit we are as awkward at the
carving stunt rs a lumber jack in the
best parlor, otherwise we might feel
differently about this, but SO we do
believe that the kitchen table is the
convenient place. Now we are sup
ported fn our idea by a good, capable,
intelligent a a gentleman, too. of
age and experience. Yes, he is no
less a person than Nj. Alex Dawson
whom We are told feels the same way
about this matter. Here's our hand,
Brer. Davison-we have always
thought You were a fellow with con
siderable common sense.
(Amen, Amen! AMENM George r,
d. Kendall and Alexander Dawson are
nntu ranflaTnan and schalars h,,t