El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-02
USE PET NAMES
FOR R0TARIAN5
Evening of Fun Is Enjoyed
by the Members Of
Popular Club.

KOpuldI OluD.
brought out to the delight Of the
Col. SiekeI Absent.
Mr.. Krakauer said that Col Horatio
I q. Sickel. district commander, was IN
able to accept the dinner invitation
I because Of illness. but that he was
; represented by his aids and number
! of other army officers. MAJ j. A.
] Wagner was introduced as the repre-
I sentative Of Col Sickel and he eX-
/ pressed the regrets Of the command
Overstreet Talks On Rotary.
I r. r. Seeds took charge Of the en-
I tertainment features Of the dinner at
: the conclusion OF Maj. Wagner's talk
land introduced Rev. Charles l. over
/ street who made an interesting talk
on the fundamentals OF Rotary Tie
] spoke Of Rotary having fostered the
Z Boy Scout movement and OF stanalf e
I sponsor for the scouts Of Fl Paso-
'ROtariaus are bringing light, liberty
and enlargement Of better ideas TO its
members" the speaker said The
meetings that your husbands attend
are not excused for the simple reason
that they are feed-fests. he explained
that many of the wives probably
thought their husbands attended the
luncheons TO get something to eat,
but declared that any Of the members
would rather eat at home than at q
hotel
stands For Service.
Rotary stands for service and not
self" the speaker said Many per
sons have Joined the club thinking
they would derive a great benefit
But while they have derived a great
benefit they have been disappointed
in profitiuE by selfish motives.
Mr.. and Mrs J. II. Evans followed
with musical monolog that brought
hearty applause.
sings the GLOW Worm
Miss Martha Guleke, sang The
Glow Worm TO the accompaniment
OF Mr.. Evans The lights were
dImmed and flash lights thrown over
the diners. who Joined in singing the
chorus
Chas. Walker made a short but in
teresting talk, after which W. X .
Winch, Of the entertainment commit /
tee. preferred charges against T. a :
Martin. He said a talking machine I
man was complaining that Mr. Martin T
vas a human talking machine and /
that he talked so much that there had +
been O decided slump in the sale Of
monOlogue records.
Tries TO be n fsCarusO.@
Mr.. Martin was charged with taking .
singing lessons from Prof. Evans who I
in turn had promised him that his
voice would resemble a second Caruso
Winch didn't know whether
Caruso. III. Winch said that soon M
Martin would cease being content
with singing solos and would attempt I
10 sing Quartets and seXtets and as a
result would put many Of the opera
singers on the bum
Additional charges were pre-
ferred against Mr. Martin by Mr.
Winch, who alleged that while his
wife was spending her summer vaca
tion out Of the city Mr.. Martin at
game It was charged that ne
was taking dancing lessons and
that the women were Of the opinion .
that he was q picture.
Asks Support For Redpath.
After pleading his own case Mr.
Martin announced the coming features
of the Redpath Lyceum program
The Redpath course is being staged
under the auspices OF the FL PaSO ]
Eotarians and Mr. Martin urged all
members to attend, not simply be
cause the club had contracted for the
course, but also because OF the en-
tertaining and instructive features OF
the program
He said he was sorry he could not
be as patriotic as Mr.. Winch and con
tribute a cent 10 the government on
every admission to his show-for
" hich each person admitted was re-
quired TO pay five cents-and alleged
that Willie came 10 FL PasO broke
willie was at the train in Kansas
City anxious to come TO FL Paso." he 3.
said, but he didn't have the money.
Somebody said There. While. Is a
Pullman car and a tourist car Be
tween the two OF them, While got
there
He said Willie went home one night
recently and thought there were
burglars IN the house. Ringing Up the
police Mr.. Martin said Winch said
There's a thief in my house" The
police sergeant answered: We know
Mr.. Martin said before Willie came
to FL Pas0 he was a menaEerie keeper
In Kansas City and often had the
greatest collection Of pink elephants,
blue lizards and green mon -eys in the
Torld-until he began drinking softer
things.
Edgar ". Kayser then moved that
Nj. Martin be fined $500 worth Of ad-
yertsing space. The fine was as
sessed. Mrs. Martin voting no.
Sguelch Adams With "JaEz."
Mr. Krakauer, with much elOQuence,
introduced Claiborne Adams. who. he
said, would speak on the subject OF
The conservation OF food. As Nr.
Adams started 10 deliver his instruc-
lions to the housewives Of Fl Paso
II administrator Hoover by saving.
he Tri-State Motor band paraded be
tween the tables playing and Mr..
Adams was stalled" After the band
lad subsided Adams resumed his talk,
1nly TO again be interrupted by the
playing Of more "Jazz," much 20 the
amusement Of the party.
Dancing was then participated IN,
liter which Mr.. and Mrs. Evans sang
/ Rotary song.
Capt z. J. Ely, district adjutant.
made a patriotic talk. He said the
var was the most important topic Of
he day
The Dinner Guests.
Among those present were: Messrs
md Mesdames A l. Fraser. r. T.
iibson, J. N. Howard. a J. Strayer
:. A Martin. J. L Driscol. W. q. Roe.
'laiborne Adams, Leo C. Hartford.
s. T. Schultz. George r Le-
Baron. r. J. Tighe, T. B. Good
sin, E. F. Sills, T. A Thurston. z. r
,arpenter. c. n Order. E. H Hale.
Eugene d'Allemand, A. r Scott. Wal
er Kohlberg. Ralph Converse. ".
.orton, c L Overstreet. ". c. Haden,
ID Sanders, DeKyle Smith. H L.
tevens, L D. Dick, J. NJ Evans, F.
Iiven, c H Finley, ". s Crombie. J.
v LOrenrZeu. r III. Davis Fred Hem