Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-06

Doc alone again. Then the
janitor was roped in. until his iden-
tity was discovered, he being Rex
in disgust. And the mem
bers Of the club trooped in. a la chain
gang and the curtain went down to
the tune of Hail, Hail.
The Roman Gladiator
Pretty. pert. pompous Fred Perry
missed his calling and maybe it's not
too late now. After his stellar an
pearance in ''The Roman Gladiator
his future is assured. He staggered in,
or rather Roman Senator staggered
in. He was swaddled in white draperies
with green trimmings-and so cley-
erly he handled them. He said his
mouth tasted as if he had been drink
ing jakey. and such a dream! He
saw a green elephant with purple
ears. in his slumbers the night be-
fore! he saw Ed Locke with a clean
coat; Bert Bowditch wearing a new
hat; Harry Jones back from Cape
May and in civilian clothes Harry
having just entered and taken a seat
in the bald-headed ROW.; he saw
'Lojr Haskell refuse a drink. To
the tune of sweet, simple melody
and the ejaculation from the r. S
"She is Gaming" there entered Penny
Ante. And some disguise. The
shades of his own grandmother
wouldn't have recognized ]. B. Shee-
han. Just like the tune he was sim
ply sweet and simple without the
sweet as second course. But now
We'll call him she for She he was
Palest yellow in flowing draperies
formed her costume, her golden (scat-
tering) tresses We're bound with
black velvet and upon her dimpled
(muscular) arms We're many fine
jewels. She carried a vanity case
with a horse shoe for a sinker anG
for luck. The trouble seemed tc
hinge about her husband who was
SO strong and so brave; with a base.
bali bat her brave husband blackene6
the eyes of little Bart Folsom" And
then Archibald, the husband, came
He is Jack Hanson in ordinary, every
day life, but such changed Jack anG
such - fascinating Archibald He
wore red, awful red, and his nose!
His nose was red. only a little BIT
redder. if possible. His legs were
knotty and naughty and then some
if such could be possible. But
Penny Ante loved him. He was {
member of the East Side Sewing
Circle and he could embroider JUS
beautifully so his wife said. She &C.
cused him of being cold and said las
night your feet were like ice" The
Roman Senator commanded that HI
be half shot and this was promptly
done. And when the call for bier.
went out the corpse rose and sale
Me, too" There are biers and beers
and the corpse was carried out on {
short one.
The "White" Trio
Just little feminine sweetness
sifted in between acts. the appear.
ance Of the White sisters. Margaret
Mary and Edith. Their program was
Melody in F. (Rubenstein) with Miss
Margaret at the cello and Indifference
(Roife) by Mary, Edith and Marga.
ret White. The selections were de-
llghtful offerings and enthusiastical.
ly received, these young ladies be.
ing among the coming artists of Au.
susta.
The Minstrel Show
The best OF the show was saved
until the last and next was the min.
stpel show. The overture rolled ur
the curtain and the scene disclosed
was a delight to the eye, an arts
tic Rrotrayal Of what can he done
with a bunch Of good looking mer
(ahem), pretty settings and light
ing. The orchestra. as decided nov
city and a most pleasing feature wa:
placed upon the stage behing 6
screened railing that was just bach
Of the end men, the interlocitor ant
the balladists. Above the orchestra
was the chorus and in the center Of il
all was Charles A. Gaa, director
again, who is certainly n live wirs
when it comes to keeping all the prop
er strings a pulling at the proper
times. He was efficiency personifiec
and certainly had an eve open FOL
everything going cn on the stage
The members of the minstrel show
wore dress suits and red vests
And right off the reel. biffo, les
LAX that, Bill Williamson sang
How you gcin' to keep 'em dowi
on the farm" Billy was right Their.
with his particular brand Of pep
hn
ular ditty in a classy manner. 3,
way of variation his encore choru.
contained original couplets, among
them Frank Dutton was too fat tt
fight. but he took care of the girl.
all right" and "Col. Hume is hacl
here in Maine. We hope he'll take
the house Of Blaine"
Rex Church said he had a CHECKER
farm and owned 500 chickens. He
gathered 499 eggs each day. Wher
asked by Interlocutor Maher why
only 499 eggs. And Rex said the 9th.
err chicken, che is the score keeper
A quartet, in fact 1.-The" quartet OF
the evening and fine. we'll balanced
one at that. composed of Messrs
Partridge. Dyer. Hayes and Lowell
sang. IT'LL we Meet Again."
''Tll Say she Does" was sung by
Doc Thomas. But the man in the
center said that Doc couldn't sing
until he paid that five dollars he
owed Mr.. Maher. He tried to borrow
off from everybody and finally he dis
covered Charles Z. Day OF Richmond
in the audience who marched down
the aisle and handed flyer over tc
Doc. Then Doc asked for a receipt