Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-02


French art students before the war.
There was not dull moment, nor
a quiet one, from the time the Rotar-
ians filed into the rathskelier, donned
screailingly-colored, varlous-shaped
carnival hats, armed themselves with
squawkcrs, Whistles, paddles and
divers other merry-making instru-
ments, until they toddled out of the
hotel, stuffed with food and weak
from laughter.
Cabaret and Then Some.
Had a Sherlock Holmes looked in
on the festivities he would have de.
Quoted that the Epicurean bedlam was
free-for-all cabaret show partici-
pated in and viewed by representa-
tiyes Of all the nations Of the earth,
Mars and East Douglas street.
Kaisers sat next to Johnny Bulls,
Chinese manderins snapped yarns
with Japanese mikados, Charley
Chaplins kidd ID quaker deacons, and
SO on down the line. Every Rotarian
wore some XII of a carnival hat,
some OF them fitted and some OF them
didn't. No one cared whether they
did or not.
After the guests had gorged them
selves and wer' unable to remon-
strate, Ringmaster o. S. Goodrich
and President Harley Moorhead man
aged to make themselves Heard long
enough to announce the star acts and
contests.
First came a hallohoo contest be-
tween four erstwhile staid business
men, but the while, short-skirted, kit
tenish, dancing girls"
Earl Ward, r. NJ. Dozicr, Frank
Norton, w. N. Updikc and c. w.
Adams disported themselves before
the expectant Rotarians, the contest
being married only by the falling off
OF Mr. Adams skirt and the accusing
Of Mr. Ward of trying to flirt with
the dingmaster. BY applause the
crowd finally designated Mr.. Ward
as the winner, and he was awarded
the prize, a silyer-buckled leather belt.
Ringmaster Goodrich next led on
for approval Frank Haskell Al Scott,
DIR. {. B. Atzen and Howard Day,
who, attired in baby bonnets and
waists drank milk from bottles for a
prize Two OF the contestants we're
disqualified for tearing the nipples off
and drinking from the necks of the
bottles. Mr.. Scott won a silver
handled pocket knife for his proves
as a milk drinker.
Sextet of chaplins.
A sextet of Charley Chaplins, con-
sisting OF DR.. J. B. Fickes, AL Bloom,
Paul Wehrner, John Gleason, Howard
Goulding and DR.. w. X. Foote, pro
vided thirty minutes OF hilarity, dash
ing around in true film" style in a
fashion that would have made many
canned drama comedian turn em-
erald with envy.
With plant canes, tiny moustaches
and gunboat shoes the Rotarian Chap
lnites tipped over chairs, kicked up
their heels and otherwise shocked
their patient brother club members.
The applause for the Chaplin act
was so deafening that the hotel clerk
came down and said a Des Moines
travelling man occupying quarters on
the top floor OF the Hotel Fontenelle
had telephoned that the noise was
disturbing his rest. At least, that was
rumor around the banquet room.
Mr. Wehrner finally managed to
perspire out some Chaplin steps that
the other Rotarians couldn't execute
and he was presented with a pair OF
gold cuff links. He averred after
wards that he wouldn't work that hard
again for a hundred shares in a
radium mine.
The big hit of the evening was a
smashing minstrel show by the
"Rotatin club of three-John Nc.
Cague, jr; Harry Koch and Harry
Cox They acquitted themselves like
veteran minstrel men, singing paro.
dies on popular songs, cracking Jokes
at the expense Of other Rotarians and
thumhing their baujos and guitars IN
a classy manner.
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and The show went on when the per.
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