South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-26
PRESS FOLKS IN
BIC TIME FROLIC
Bio Crowd Attends Annual
Affair of Newspaper People
Good Entertainment.

Was the Press club banquet and
cabaret Tuesday night a success?
Everybody there says it was. and
that means that 2s7 persons enjoyed
themselves from $50 O'Clock. when
the banquet began. until the dane
ing. which followed the other enter
tainment. closed at midnight
Those who have attended other
annual affairs of the newspaper peo-
PIE say that the show Tuesday night
compared favorably with events Of
other years
There was a diversity OF entertain
ment. the evening show opening with
Walter O'Keefe, the well known NO
ire Dame entertainer His Irish and
scotch songs and characterizations,
and his monoIogue making a decid-
ed hit
The Instrument City Saxophone
quartette OF Elkhsrt also pleased. as
did Miss Eleanor Waterman. known
IS "Elkhart's dancing fairy"
Real scene.
The guests were treated to a real
istfc newspaper scene. one end of
the Rotary room at the oliver hotel,
where the entertainment was held.
was fitted of into a stage, and just
as the guests were in an interpreting
mood somebody killed a waiter, and
then and there an extra was gotten
r.rr IL M N
newspaper men and women. The
finished product. THE Press Club
splinters" was in the hands of its
readers before the blood IN the veins
OF the waiter was cold.
John DeHaven and Bill Armstrong
showed themselves to be actors, that
~ Bill showed himself TO me an act
Tess He took the part of a prime
ess." DeHaven's name on the pro-
gram was Prof L.. Stayhere. and
Armstrong. DeHaven called Princess
OlgahOme. They gave an exhibition
Of Hungarian mysticism, the prime
ess" reading the professors mind. or
something like that. And they did
not spare Mayor Carson, even tell
ing how the mayor has a key TO the
bull pen at the city hall on his key
ring
Duke Entcrtains.
Duke Staples showed that he has
lost none OF his old time ability to
entertain. His song. Room 2O2."
making a decided hit. Duke would
have sung some more of the song
but there wasn't any more.
Cunningham and Richards pro-
grained as Correspondence School
Actors" entertained with songs and
dialogue. They. like the other en-
tertainers were encOred.
The singing of Miss Elsie Draper.
as Mile. Marshmellow" pleased. and
she was called back several times
Guy Wiser showed himself TO be a
clever comedy cartoonist. aiding his
work with clever monologue.
\ flicker drama entitled 20 SIy
the Tent Mover" closed the pro-
gram "O-My. the Tent Mover" was
billed as the latest novelty i'm Kimo-
LO-cOlor pictures without screen.
camara and actors. although the last
is not quite true. for here we find
john DeHaven again. and this time
assisted by Miss Madge Grant Miss
Helen Schermann and Sol Hershnau.
The comedy slide announcements
made the plot perfectly clear.
Names of Courses
The menu satisfied everybody.
First the guests were served with
Scoop" relishes. followed with
Makeup soup Then came "Ex-
changed -for-S subscription" turkey
with Circulation sauce With il
came also pied" potatoes Bone
head Police" salad with society
dressing added zest 10 the meal as
did also Bulldog Edition" pie. As
Segment rolls and Night Editor
coffee made up the repast.
The decorations were I'm brown
and yellow with real autumn leaves.
At each plate was placed a favor.
Everybody got a present. Samuel T.
Schwartz acted as editor-in-chief for
the occasion. Music was furnished
throughout the evening by the Har-
r.et MessiCk- Weinke orchestra.
The entertainment was i'm charge
OF w W. Dunkle president OF the
Press club who is even responsible
Tor Leslie Moorehouse's washerwom-
an trying TO spoil Leslie's evening 10y
walking right into the banquet hall
and demanding that the young re-
porter pay a three months over due
laundry bill Of S1.15.