The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-16

JOKES Are Applied to Local Citizens
Which Cause No End of
Merriment.

What is the difference between an
old man, young man and a worm?
There is no difference, a chicken"
gets them all!
! This is just a sample of one of the
jokes sprung at the Elks minstrel
Tuesday evening by one of the colored
comedians who is q married man, and
| certainly ought to know
When it comes to complementing
local talent, it will certainly have to
| be handed 70 the members of the Elks
minstrel, who took part in the show
given at the Turner opera house last
tevening, for it was the kind of a treat
! that only comes occasionally, and
| those missing the one treat in life
| time have missed something worth
| while
/ The fun started at the rise of the
curtain, for the stage setting repre-
sented ship and the members of the
chorus were costumed in sailor suits,
with the interlocutor, DR.. Ralph Kay
sen, as captain They Immediately in
troduced the six end men who came
abroad the ship in sailor fashion, with
an appropriate song Sailing, Sailing"
From that time to the close of the
show, everybody was happy
Then to keep a good thing going,
Heisman followed with song
Can't Yo' Hear Me CALM" which
brought down the house with ap-
plause, as did the song ga Little Bit
Of hu nd
Schempf
Down in the y Seventeen" sung
| by Jake w. Sproesser and George W.
Weber, with the entire company join
ing in the second chorus, was a treat
that was highly appreciated by the
audience. Although these gentlemen
had already done their share of en-
tertaining they did more-they danced
While the company sang the last
chorus, Sproesser and Weber, re-
treated to the rear of the stage, and
when the chorus was completed they
put their feet in motion and stepped
Of the Sailors HGrn Pipe" with. such
grace that if they were not so we'll
known, and were properly costumed,
they could easily have passed for pro-
fessional ballet dancers
Two singers who could have easily
passed for grand opera stars, were
Edward G. Wolfram who sang ASLEEP
in the Deep" and Gordon E. Bacon
who rendered "At the Fountain of
Youth" These songs alone were well
worth the price Of admission.
The song Garry Me Back to Old
Virginia." by William Sproesser, and
''You Are the Rose of My Heart" by
Roman NJ. Hahn, were exceptionally
fine and failed to please none.
Officer 666," a sketch of the day in
one act was a big hit
The scene opens with Captain Max
Fl. Baumann at the telephone, when
an officer of the force stepped into the
room, and was questioned by the
captain as to his honesty rapid
succession Of questions are asked and
answered which caused no end of mer-
riment, and the officer is finally fired
because Of his refusal to graft ac-
cording to the captains wishes. Just
at that time fruit vender, Jake
Sproesser, who had been previously
ordered off the street by the captain,
entered the room with a revolver in
his hand and ordered the captain to
| throw up his hands. The captain
then tells the officer to do his duty,
but since he had been discharged he
merely turns his back to the trouble
and tells the captain in a few plain
spoken words what he can do. How
| ever after some time he arises and
| relieves the Yender of the revolver,
| telling him that he is the one who
ought to shoot the captain. Shortly
after this happy ending is reached
and both lived happy ever after
"a Carnival of Tone. and Melody" :"
rendered on the piano by Simon w.
| Casey, showed that he possessed won
| derful talent along this line.
! The Elks quartette, consisting of
Edward L. Schempf, William Sproes-
ser, Lewis w Parks, and Max Rohr,
that were THE vocal selections of the
evening, and which received endless
applause.
| The grand finale came all too soon
for the appreciative audience when
| the entire company Joined in singing
| "Auld Lang Syne," followed by
America and a huge American flag
was unfoIded to view.
| The time between the songs of the
evening was occupied by the end men
who had line of jokes and jibes pre-
pared that kept the audience roaring
with laughter from start to finish.
Memorial Day at Jefferson.