The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-16
CLUB SMOKER OF
 SATURDAY NIGHT
 IS HUGE SUCCESS

was presented to the members of the Nenana club at their quarters Saturday evening was called, prac- tically every member listed on the books of the organization turned his face to the speaker and settled com- fortably in his chair for an even- ing's amusement. A cleared space in the center of the room had been reserved and, covered with a tightly stretched tarpaulin served as the stage of the evening as we'll as the squared circle within which later along on the program various dis putes were settled to the vast en- joyment of all present. Practically every member of the club had what might be called a ring-side seat. The card and reading rooms were thrown open for the convenience of those present as cloak rooms and for the time being the billiard room was converted into refreshment booth. That everyone present was anticipating a pleasant evening was evident by the hum of conversation and laughter that ceased abruptly as NJ. V. Tyler, vice-president of the club, acting as master of cere- monies, started the program shortly after ten o'clock.
 Music, recitations, speeches. exhi-
 bitions of the manly art and
 monologue followed. MT. Calvin i (Dooleyp again proved his ability as an entertainer when he made a bid for popularity and broke the i ice with humorous discourse about ]. his friends, present and absent. His expansive gold-plated grin helps him immensely in getting his stuff across and he had no trouble whatever
 Saturday night in placing his shafts wherever he pleased. ! After the running start the enter i tanment received it never Jagged
 moment and without exception the members of the club enjoyed
 every minute of the time. They ap-
 peared loath to break up the meet ! ing, even after the events of the evening were concluded and various groups were found at the elubrooms at late hour in the morning. still i deep in discussions.
 ] The haunting rythm of the poetry
 of Robert w. Service was awakened
 again in the minds of those present
 by renderings from his works Frank Cleary recited his The Kill ing of Dan McGrew" in an effective
 dramatic manner that lost nothing
 of the splendid narrative of the poem or it's dramatic situations. For the time being Dangerous Dan Me Grew, the stranger at the barroom
 piano and the lady called Lou lived again their brief tragedy As an
 encore, MT. Cleary responded with some original verse portraying incl
 dents closely connected with certain local celebrities conception of
 proper peace celebration. And this, while it lacked, perhaps, Services
 fervid genius. had in it all of CIeary's
 own originality.
 The featured contribution to the
 evenings entertainment, however.
 was brought on in various set-tos of the local boxers. To hear the whang
 and slap of the, swinging gloves as
 they found their mark and to see the stripped forms as the boys danced in and out brought back to
 many an oldtimer present the heyday of the boxing game before milder
 amusement became more popular In the main event Norman Smith went five clever rounds with Al
 Johnson, and as the boys were near
 heavyweights and both knew the
 heel of the gloves from the .lacings,
 they agreed to step right out and put up splendid exhibition. Their
 brawn and speed made their efforts
 to entertain very popular with the audience. This bout was preceded by by three-round go between Sam