Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-05-03

seats were occupied by devotees aud
friends of the athletic cause to see what
had been provided for their entertain
ment and instruction. The seating
capacity of the auditorium being eight
hundred, the mathematical and COM
mercial mind can better understand
the value of the enterprise, when it is
stated that the performers cate red to a
70 per cent. house. If each auditor
had paid 25c, the gross receipts would
have amounted to $50, but children
paid only 15c admission, and naturally
there must have been a few compliment
tary tickets issued. 1t is quite prob
able that the gross receipts did not ex-
coed S125. 90; and the net sum available
for the association about 500. This is
far from being a negligible quantity,
however, aud will be acceptable to the
promoters of this pleasing entertain
ment, which was begun by a picture
film operator, with a beautiful series
depicting life, manners and u oms of
the people inhabiting our Hawaiian
possessions. These proved both inter-
esting and instructive from a geograph-
zeal and industrial stand point. Ow-
ing to the illness of Carolyn Webb, the
piano solo scheduled as the second
number on the program, was not rem
dered. The third number, and the
event of the evening was the physical
training drill, under the direc ion of
Elsie Fisher, the High School physical
instructor. Twelve of her pupils, raug-
ing from fourteen to sixteen years of
age, were selected for the exhibition.
From start to finish, the drill was a
continuous snappy animated perform
ance, and the sensations produced not
unlike those awakened when we watch
an elaborate military drill. There vas
a seeming endless variety of movements
and evolutions, and one almost fancied
being on a field of battle and watching
trained soldiers, marching with "all
pride, pomp and circumstance of war!'
| Verify, after witnessing this matches
performance, may it be exclaimed
"Peace hath her victories no less re-
nowned than war;"
The girls wore white blouses and
white canvas shoes, black boomers and
back hose. Their blouses were secured
by black silk ties. The tasteful ar
rangement of the costumes tended 10
heighten the eff cts of the various
maueuvers-giving them a military
aspect. These are the names of the
participants in the drirl:
Ruth johnson, Ruth Goslin, Ruth
Townsend, Ethel Maxwell, Marion
Lloyd, Esther Thomas, Linda Holmes,
Estelle Inglee, Elizabeth Eldredge,
Emma Bright, Eleanor Nye, Pearl
Scblichtirg.
The perfection of the drill reflects un
bounded credit on the untiring patience
and devotion to the work of the in
structor. Thelfeeble attempt by some
thoughtless male scholars, to discon-
cert or embarrass the girls in their
demonstration, fell fiat.
After the drill, Principal tanning
Myers, attired in evening dress, ad-
vanced to the front of the stage to de-
liver his address on the value and inn
portanc e of athletic exercises. A law
passed in 1916 makes physical training
compulsory in the State of New Jersey.
But aside from the legal aspects of the
case Professor Myers, with a Spartan
split, adduced scientific and philoao-
phic reasons, sufficient to convince the
worst skeptic. demonstrating most
clearly and concisely the value Of ath-
letic exercises in promoting health,
strength and moral courage. The bene-
fits to be derived from a systematic
course of physical exercise and train
ing, cannot he overestimated. Herbert
Spencer's little classic on "Education''
is an eye-opener; and George Henry
Lewes' dissertation on the physical
basis of mind is another inv aluable
treatise, as showing what a vital factor
in the cause OF universal education and
happiness, is that branch of instruction
known as physical culture or athletics.
Should this entertainment lie repeated,
it is to be hoped that a packed house
will greet the artists.
Fred Alberts, heralded as a Keith
vaudeville headliner, YVES the next en-
tertainer on the list. Lifting in to the
arena with a smirk and a smile things
looked favorable for the exhibition of a
nice comedy act by this eccentric little
man, whose makeup was ludicrous and
his power of mimicry good. Add to
this a baritone voice aud you would
seem to have almost an ideal comedian.
But Mr.. Alberts did not make good
How much of the matter of his mono