Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-29
FIVE ARTS CLUB
AT CAMP MEADE
Give Program Of Entertainment
For Soldiers.
PLAY WELL PRESENTED.
In ! he Dark AL Cats Are Grey
SONGS and Other Music.

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las. night the Five Arts Club Of An
napolis gave an entertainment for the
soldiers Of one Of the regiments at
Camp Meade at their u NJ. c. A. hall.'
This IS the first response to the ap-
peal OF Mr. Fred johnson, of the Ma
tonai Commission on Training Camp
Activities. to the Club at It's Noyem
Der meeting The entertainment met
an enthusiastic reception. clearly in
dicatng the great need for further ef-
forts in The same line.
The men congregated even full
hour ahead OF The scheduled time and
the hall wes packed TO the limit
The program opened at tbs r. NJ. by
ongs by Prof sbenton, accompanied
hy Mrs. shenton which all appreci-
ated highly
The play Of the evening was entitl-
ga "In the Dark All Cats are Grey.
II was written by Roberl Garland,
First Lieutenant in The Maryland Ar
llers Corps who waived his royalty
COR the performance for the benefit OF
his fellow soldiers The play by the
way s being presented on the west
ern circuit at present
rha parts were taken by Mr.. Gif-
Ford. Of TIE Naval Academy; Mrs W
Hall; Prof Handy Of ST. Johns
College. and Mr. Galloway Mr. Gross
stage manager arranged very
eieverlv she little stage on which this
elgy wa che frst production The
rerformers were very suitably cast,
md acted their parts cleverly All
received great applause and the very
clever dialogue OF the play got
over in great style.
or great Importance TOO, was the
fact that the voices all carried and
the Play ran at the correct tempo TO
make it clear to all. despite the fact
that every character IS camouflaged
ana diacloses his real personality only
IN the last few minutes Of the play
Fprther details had better be omitted
8t present as the cast has been ask
ed to perform in Annapolis on the
aning Of Thursday, January Ord, at
he ermory for tho benefit OF the sol
3iara and sailors at THIS station.
After the play the ugalele Club, Of
Annapolis, led by Mr. Clark, played
hree selections There we're ten
musicians who had been drilled 10
perfect unison Violins, mandolius.
hanios etc, made a stringed orches-
IRA OF very high class
Mr. Metour, Of the Department OF
q - ha NnQul
Academy. spoke for fifteen minutes
On the subiec Of "The French Foreign
legion" Mr. Metour as a boy, son Of
4 French Government Engineer. lived
m Northern Africa, where a part Of
the Legion was stationed, and later,
turing his own military service In the
French Artillery served with them.
he gave many curious anecdotes OF
this unique force OF international adj
eenturers, which at the time Of his
familiarity with It, was twenty thou
and strong. He Iilened them to
regiments Of Forty-niners, or ISon-
dikers. A. present the character OF
be Legion Is quite altered by the in
nux Of about twenty thousand Ameri-
tttflh5 Whb Hhba HhiiaNNu iDl tAig 'et-<
Of the democratic ideal and who are
essentially of the Same tyne as our
present National troops.
SONGS were rendered by quartetts
Mesgrg Handy. Clifford. shenton and
Webert. followed by solos by Mr.
Wehert. accompanied by Mrs W r.
Hall
The evening closed by the Ukalele
Club rendering over There" IN
spirited style, al hands Of the Club
nd Of the audience joining in the
chorus.