Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-15
BULLETS" TO FLY At
"FORTy-N|NE" SHOW
Beg Red Cross Benefit win BE
Staged In Room Recently Vacated
by Golden Rule Store
March ID and 23

Bullets" will fly thick and fast
at the big "Forty-Nine" carnival to
be staged by Evening Star lodge, No.
&c, knights of Pythias, as Red
Cross benefit on the evenings of
March % and % and the afternoon
of the latter date No, not leaden
bullets, but bullets" that will go
just as far toward winning the war,
perhaps, as the missils that fly from
the guns of the valiant "Sammies."
Each bullet will cost 10 cents and
afford a dollars worth of fun, and
every mill of that 10 cents will go to
the treasury of the local branch of
the Red Cross The bullets" will be
small pieces of cardboard, each good
for dance. a drink or a chance
in the den of tigers, If the god of
luck is with you and your stack of
bullets assumes goodly proper
tons, they may be exchanged for
bills vi larger denomination
Something like $4,000 in Red
Cross money will be in circulation,
so there is slim chance of breaking
the bank.
Through the kindness of the own
ers of the building at the corner of
Main and Pine streets, Messrs. Watt
and Kimbrough. the big carnival will
be staged in the room recently yacat-
ed by the Golden Rule store, which
affords more room and greater con-
venience than the X. of p. hall,
where it was originally intended to
stage the affair.
The State College band, under the
leadership of Linn McKinstry, has
volunteered to parade tho streets
Saturday to stir up interest in the
big event. The % college musicians
will appear Saturday afternoon and
will give a concert on the street be-
fore leading the crowd to the scene
of the carnival. Several musicians
have already volunteered to play, in
relays, for the dance, but more can
be used. If you can loot horn.
tickle piano, or otherwise make
dance music, and are willing to give
of your time and talent in the inter
ests of the Red Cross, communicate
that fact to r. NJ. VanDorn. chairman
of the music committee, and he will
find place for you. A beyy of
charming dance hall girls" will be
on hand to inyeigle the timid citi-
zen into spending n bullet for a
dance.
Lee Wenham, chief of the bartend-
ers' brigade, has concocted an array
of drinks that will put the squirrel
whiskey and "Dago red" of pioneer
days to shame.
Swat the kaiser" is the latest
gambling game added to the equip
ment gathered together by the games
~OiAiitISS, Will NUMBER OF other
sensations held in store for last min
ute surprises. Roulette, blackjack,
chuck-a-luck, craps and other gam
bling games will be much in evil
dence.
While the spirit and the conditions
of the days of forty-nfne" will be
re-enacted to a queens taste rowdy-
ism will be taboo and there will be
nothing to offend, with a thousand
things to enjoy.
Charles ONeil, editor of the Wal
la Walla Valley Spectator and a state
grand lodge officer, will come to
pullman to help make the affair a
success, while Grand Chancellor A
K. Metz, Grand Keeper of Records
and Seal II. NJ, Love, Supreme Rep
resentative R. C. McCroskey, Judge
Thomas Neill, a member of the iu-
dietary committee, and other grand
lodge officers will forget the dignity
OF their high offices to assist in the
entertainment which is expected to
add several hundred dollars to the
local Red Cross treasury.