The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-13
THROW DIGNITY TO
WINDS AND STA|D
MEN MAKE MERRY
K NV a nj s Pep Squad
Starts Ball Rolling at
Whitlock's Factory.
JOY is UNCONFINED.
Business Men Pack Their
Troubles in Old Xii
Bag and S m i | e in
Happy, Joyful Mood.
10Y IS UNCONFINED.

sta4d business and professional men
OF Richmond forgot for the time beng
that they we're supposed to be disnl-
fed and laying aside The cares ana
worry of office and mart. romped ana
kicked up their heels like kids at last
nights weekly gathering OF the
kiwanjs club.
Incidentally. The party lit is
hardly fair 10 cali il Il meeting, as
everyone steadfastly RETAINED from
amy and everything savoring of bust
ness and formality~-was far and
way tfe-hest The organization has
yet held, not excepting the recent
ladies night Al the Jefferson hotel
which up 10 that time held The palm.
Last nights publication, which was
pulled off AZ the Whitiock branch OF
the T. Loriliard company Was about
as democratic an affair as any one
could wish.
1t remained for tho kiwanis pep"
squad. La pal the finishing touches 70
the warming M process. AT signal
( from Secretary Maxine Ducharme.
! the squad. headed by Mike Dap
prich, and mum herring twenty five or
thirty kiwanians, bounded up the
steps from the basement. where they
had put@tflroils t1@thrif@ final
PAGES by Maxine. and, heralded by
| several short shrill lndianlke
whoolts, began clreling the dance
/ floor TO the singing OF Pack Up
Your Troubles Ia Your Old Kit Bag"
+ and Hail. Hail: the Gangs All Here"
/ In the twinkling of an eye, others
caught the spirit OF the occasion and
I Joined what had resolved itself into
/ a college cane rush writing and
and out
/ Saunders Gets Gay
! Colonel John Il. Saunders, whom il
/ is superfiuous 10 Introduce as attorney
general for the state: Daniel C.
lO'Flaherty, Charles T. Norman. and
Horace Halves were unable to resist
{the rhythm of the music or the spell
/ of the marchers, and soon they were
a part of the squrming wriggiing
mass One by one, then by twos and
three others Joined
Norman r Dart, Lee Carneal. Lee
Ferguson, Len shepherd. Jim Deit-
rich Ralph Harrison, "U l."
Reynolds. Lee loci. DR.. Durham, OF
diet fame, Will Irish. Bob" Schaefer.
'tRoh" Triton, Charles F.. DIETRICH,
Luke brewery. John l.. Ratclire and
Others soon found themselves in the
line
Nor were The participants confined
to the sterner sex. \ number of the
fair sex were literally dragged from
! their seats by their male COMPANIONS
and compelled TO join the march.
Others, catching the spirit of the
thing. needed no persuasion.
After a march which carried the
line several times around the room.
! The participants by couples, began
! To formation of human arch, which
grew by twos until the end OF the
line had been reached. then the entire
double line dissolved into single for
nation and passed through the
subway" thus formed
This was hut one OF several
| stunts" and features pulled during
| the evening otners being selections by
the pep squad. square dance n
la dnadrille the Virginia reel, the
nlnuet and modern dsncin--one
and two steps. the fox trot and
waltz
JAR and Music
Miss Eleanor Donohue, playing her
OWN accompa nimert at the piano,
sang ballad which took her hearers
! BY storm. Music for dancing and the
was furnished by Curtis Jordan's
"fazz' band of colored musicia na.
two members of which, the cornetist
! and tromhonist. rendered The Long.
| Long Trail"
Norman Dart was the host OF the
evening. and right merry host wa.
| ne, He was voted the thanks OF fell
| low kiwanians for the magnificent way
! in which he planned the evenings
entertainment. II there was any
! thing. from soups to nuts that he
overlooked, no one was aware of il
AS late as eleven-thirty O'clock last
night He literally turned the entire
plant over to the klwanians and told
them 10 go as far as they liked
| First h. -etaf45Hetetl-tiferr- through
the cheroot rolling department OF the
esta hlishmenf, where operators were
kept on duty to show visitors iust how
/ old Virginia cheroots are made. He
t.then ordered the soda fountain and
confectionery counter thrown omen to
the visitors. and told them that every
!, thing was free, buffet luncheon.
consisting of Brunswick stew. ham.
i potato salad. cornhread pones. beaten
| biscuits, olives. pickles, coffee and ice
cream put the finishing touch to the
evenings festivities
Fl. II. Hughes, manager Of the cigar
department of c. W. Antrim & Sons
company, and himself a Kiwanian,
presided over table which literally
Eroaned under the weight Of cigars.
cheroots and cigarettes which he
dealt out lavishlv.
The get-together was pronounced
by everyone as the best yet held by
the club
CHURCH DAY AT 7TH
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