Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-13

A high class big time vaudeville
show end a monster field day are two
Of the big events to be staged this week
for tle Camp Hancock War Fund
drive to raise $4,000 by the soldiers.
B1th Of these affairs will be gala
events. The vaudeville show at which
Er0adwaE headliners win appear will
be teat thar AUgustans and soldiers
OF tina camp viii long remember. The
talent unit overed at Camp Hancock
numbers professional actors who we're
billed as stars. The show will he
great hit and will rival any vaudeville
performance ever produced in Au-
gusta.
The title Of the show itself promises
big things. Ii is called The Machine
Gun Click Revue The famous Emma
Gee click and pep and snap will be
there, There will be plenty of spice
and dash for the performers are out
to do their bit" for the great war
drive campaign Machine gunners
have the punch and q show by these
wizards Of speed is sure to be as the
circus people say: The Graetest Show
on Earth
Straight from Broadway.
Here is The secret underlying the
great success of this performance.
Straight from New York where their
names twinkled in bright electric lights
on gay Broadway come these favorites
Of the sage. If a booking agent want
ed To bin shoy he could not select a
more varied, more interesting or more
entertaining galaxy Of stars than this
banner production hosts of,
And it is all fir Augusta and for the
big war drive for the boys over there"
The show win be produced exclusively
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Each Of the boys in Khaki have a rep
utation for fun provoking that has
earned item an enviable reputation in
the vaudeville world.
Just to mention the names Of these
stellar performers is enough. All of
them are missed on the vaudeville
stage where formerly they drew round
and round of applause. And here they
are ready to cavort upon the stage in
Augusta, 1t is a rare privilege to be
able to present them
Bill Bailey and Other Stars.
Everyone has heard of "Bill' Bailey
of the famous team of Bailey and Co
wan known from coast to coast as the
banjo king He can do more things
with a banjo than a monkey with his
tail And funny! Well Bailey is in
class by himself and the PUNK PUNK,
PUNK of his musical banjo has made
him a headliner for many a bill. Yes.
bill will be there with his banjo and
smile.
All that is necessary is to mention
Al Raymond. He knows so many Of
those comedy songs that he generally
keeps his audience laughing from the
minute he steps on to the stage until he
has to leave to let the show go on.
Did you ever hear him sing-well. you
ought to haer it, that's all
Then there is the Liberty Four That
quartet is the pride Of the camp Talk
about harmony There is Casey and
Bolger and handman and Bailey, and
they sure can MARBLE. When sou
hear them via will know that music
has its charms.
Frank "Jazz" Welsh on Bill.
The K. P. and the Vampire is the
title Of delightful skit which Eli
Siegal and Frank Welsh are to APP
pear, K. ?. isn't funny but it takes
this team 10 find the sunny side even
with such a serious army matter as
drilling pots and pans Nm, nm, she
is some vampire, believe me!
Do you know anthing about magic7
Sergeant Anderson with his mistifying
tricks and fancy stunts will sure keep
you guessing. He can do a whole lot
Of things with a pack of cards, besides
playing poker
Sergeant Frank Smith is the cele- |
brated Brazilian Nut. He doesn't know
what the war is about and doesn't |
care, just as long as he can do bunk |
fatigue. So he is happy and nutty and |
has string OF army yarns that will !
keep the crowd roaring.
The camp also boasts of a McCor- |
mack and a Caruso Jim Buckley Is |
the Irish tenor and Corporal Alberini |
is the Italian songbird. You said il. |
DO; they can sing.