South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-29

wing Donald MacGreg0r's Highland
fling bob" Swintz's songs and
monologue, "Milt" Freudenstein's
stunts. Lyle Humbles singing and
Henry Christman's silent inteTpre-
tation Of "Old Black Joe al scored
hits. II would be as impossible TO
say which member OF the Rotary
club was hardest hit in the jokes and
puns as il would be 20 name which
one was omitted. The aforesaid
members of the chorus were easily
recognized but the perpetrators of
the other equally clever stunts
would not perhaps be known were
they not later identified as Charles
Zigler. A. y. Russell. Clarence
smoke. Frank Stephenson, John r.
Haughton. j. A. Jude, Horace
Kaufman and DR.. +. ]. Lent.
Pet Bachelor Dragged Out.
The climax of the show was
reached when Gail Davis, the pet
bachelor Of the club. was dragged
on the stage and set before the fire.
place with a cigar in his mouth
while the minstrels sang Good BY,
Dear old Bachelor Days" The anti
climax came when the beautiful
Woolworth cut-glass dinner set
which had been presented to former
Pres't .. NJ. Knoblock by Fred
L. Dennis with a horid presentation
speech by Dennis, was dropped by
the carrier. Guy Staples, just as Mr..
Knoblock, with many bows and
bushes, was reaching to recover it.
Following the minstrel show the
Eukelele club. composed Of Misses
Frances Salinger. Geraldine Robert
son, Agatha Clark and Messrs.
Ralph Dumpke. Edmund O'Donnell
and George Miller, entertained with
several well rendered vocal and in
strumental selections. This, and the
delightful harp solo rendered by
Miss Jane Smith, brought the frol-
les 20 close While the guests
were fling out Of the Rotary room
Dock" Roe Of the Harvey orches-
ira of Chicago sang several vocal
solos.
Fortunes Told.
On their way from the assem- bly,
room TO the lobby of the mazzanine
floor which while the minstrel show
was in progress, had been trans
formed with magic-like rapidity into
dining room, the guests passed
through the Turkish room. where
they had their fortunes told by the
gypsy maids, Miss Beatrice Wolfe
and Miss Eva 3. HOtzenpiller.
on their arrival in the improvised
dining room, the party found each
table lastly decorated with red and
white flowers and colored center
pieces, while at each plate were
Ounce caps and horns.
And then the Hurdy Gurdy.
Perhaps the best as well as the
most surprising part OF the enter
tainment arrived when suddenly in
the midst Of the five course dinner.
the guests heard the sound of a
hurdy gurdy in the lower lobby of
the hotel and discovered i'm the din
ing room soon after two little Italian
children, who passed among the
guests asking for contributions for
the music. When a sufficient amount
had been raised the Italian woman
who played the hurdy gurdy was
persuaded to come up TO the mazza
nine floor much TO the chagrin of
the entertainments committee and
Chairman K. Louis Kuhns. who pro-
tested vigorously against such a
proceeding. IL was only after several
serenades that all Of the guests fin
ally discovered that the Italian
Lady" was none other than Fred A
Bryan.
During the dinner the music was
furnished by the Ukelele club and
the Harvey orchestra. Dock" Roe
led the members of the club in a
number of rotary songs. Beautiful
silver and C.l glass souvenirs of the
party We're distributed TO the ladies
by Santa Claus Staples. Rev. G. A.
LiqpinCOtt read from a parchment
scroll. the proclamation of welcome
to the guests of the club. The re-
Hazen White, whose apologies
were accepted by Rev. Lippincott
Dance Closes Program.
After the dinner the party repair
ed TO the assembly hall where, pr
ceding the dance. which closed the
evenings entertainment. Miss Helen
Booth presented some classic dane
es. More than a hundred couples en-
joyed dancing 10 the music render
ed by the Harvey banjo and saxa.
phone orchestra.
The committee in charge OF the
frolic and 10 whom its success i.
principally due, was composed of f
Louis Kuhns. chairman: Donald