Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1917-02-03
THE CARNIVAL
Held at the School Building Friday Evening
Of Last Week, a Success Socially
and Financially.

| Custer is treated to really "honest
iniun" carnival, but such was our good
fortune on Friday of last week.
With blare of trumpets, the footing of
horns and the boom, boom, boom of the
| big base drum the Custer Public School
Carnival Company opened its engage
ment here with a street parade that was
the acme of perfection in all that a street
parade should be. Ii extended dis
| tance OF about five blocks and had in it
all that a modern, up-to-date company
could present from tho Queen in her inn
posing vehicle to Charley Chaplin with
his pranks and the rube with his family
/ in the rear.
| A eight o'clock in the evening in the
| assembly room of the school building an
entertainment was given us in which
the primary grades sang charming
| little ditty Kenneth Strickland poetical-
ly entered public complaint on the
way his tum tum abused him, notwith-
standing the lavish generosity with
which he had used it, his description of
which made the boys mouths water and
the grown up lads wish they could re-
turn to their like youthful appetites and
| the same method of satiation a song by
the High School Girls Chorus was sung
with richness and harmony of voice
| that brought forth a protracted effort to
secure an encore, but the lovely maid
ems remained deaf to our eutreaties
Miss Morse ably rected the story Of tfe
school boy who kissed the girl who
dared him, and initiated to the life his
sorrowful recital to his teacher of the
circumstances which led up to his dis
graceful act Helene Mclaughlin rep
resenting a Dutch sailor boy, and Eva
| Wilson Japanese girl rendered duet
| so beautifully and artistically that they
well earned the storm of applause and
enthusiasm which they received those
budding young mea, Messrs Elmer
Hayes, Merle Willis and Louis Godsey,
tainment of the audience comical little
! play which to date seems to be without
/ name, but the professional skill and
! talent Of the actors was greatly appre-
ciated by their hearers as was evidenced
by the roars of laughter which they
evoked They closed their portion of
the entertainment by singing few
songs which for real rag time music
could not be beat In this connection
| it might be well to mention that in the
! months passed we have wondered to
what purpose We were indebted for the
discords We have heard issuing from and
through their vocal organs as they
! paraded our streets at any time from
| D. m to 4 a. m, but now that we know
they were but practicing to fit them
selves to give US an enjoyable evening
we have forgiven them all. To those
who did not see them and do not know
them we will say that these young men
have a fine stage presence and are ex-
ceptionally handsome, and of course we
know that no man who is not strong,
straight, 1.-The slender wasted and with
the facial frontage of an Adonis and a
perfectly modelled dome of though t
would think of casting reflections on the
points Of beauty or lack of them, Of
their less fortunate friends. However,
they are to be congratulated on their
histrlouic ability aud we trust it may re-
ceiye further cultivation.
Immediately at the close OF the enter
tainment we suddenly heard the medley
Of rancuous noises that always accom-
pany and are a part of a carnival show
come and get EN-; hot dogs, hot
weeneys pink lemonade, homemade
candies four throws for five cents,
throw at the niger baby, one baby one
ci- stick OF candy pictures taken while
you wait parcel post, five cents par
eel see the famous poultry show here
we have the fattest baby only FIVE cents
Madame tells your fortune, your entire
past and future for only five cents
aeroplane, watch 1t fly; the only ground
hog in captivity see the great swim
ming match, wonderful feat of strength
we have in this tent the poorest man,
the bearded lady, the fattest man, the
strong mar, come and see these freaks
of nature.
The tea room which was decorated
and conducted by Misses Margaret
Adair, Bessie George and Emma Hoy
deserves especial mention. 1t was dec
GRATED in Japanese style and the younl
ladies were dressed the same. 1t was
very beautiful and artistic and excited
the admiration of all who saw it. The
young ladies are deserving of especia
credit
The great success Of the entire carni
val is due IN a very large measure to The
energy, ingenuity, originality and indus
try Of Professor Steele and his corps o
teachers and we are glad to congratulate
them on their accomplishment.
= ~
, The Whitewood PIaindealer Ina:
changed hands, Charles iecsendorn'
the owner of the paper disposing of II
to George +. johnson, of Midland The
paper for several months past had beer
conducted and edited by +. NJ. Wheeler
! who had been publishing 1t under
lease.
Besides Mr. Boardman's address a
the mass meeting on sunday evening
| he will deliver three other lectures, ont