The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-04-03
A BIG SMOKE SOCIAL
And Feast at Armory on April IL to
9 Stir Up Enthusiasm in the
Great National Game.
e. Z. Mcmillan Will be Toastmaster
and "Heinie" Plaas Offer Up
the Opening Prayer.

the, time. The armory is the place.
The annual smoke social of the Prince
ton baseball team is the big event. It
will be q double header this year to
make up for the one we missed last
year. These annual events had be-
come exceedingly popular with the
baseball fans of this community and
were growing more so from year to
year. Last year, however, it was
necessary to cut it out as the Prince
ton team was scattered all the way
from China to France and the fans
were all too busy with Red Cross and
other kindred war work to give base
ball even the once over.
The committee in charge has mapped
out real entertainment this year and,
if we can get this by the censor, we
will give you slight inkling of what
is in store for you that night. The
fans, players, ex-managers and direc-
tors will gather at che armory at 8
p. M, and will be entertained with
cards and other games on the main
floor until about 10 p. m. Then they
will adjourn to the dining hall below,
where buffet lunch will be served.
This lunch promises to be real treat
as well as a surprise. Captain Nor
ton, formerly in overseas service with
the 125th F. A., is chairman of the
lunch committee, and he has taken
this important matter under his i'm
mediate supervision. He intimates
that some Of the swell French dishes
and wonderful pastries that will be
served by his army cooks that even
ing will be revelation to the natives
and will make Dad Hill, that past
master of culinary achievements,
turn green with envy. The captain
will be aided and abetted by some of
the other boys who grew fat on the
army grub and French cooking, so if
you suddenly discover that evening
that YOU have eaten about a peck of
beams and thought all the time you
were eating French rarebit you don't
want to be unduly surprised. Army
cooks, trained in France, can work
wonders along these lines.
After lunch is served ATTORNEY E.
L. Mcmillan will take charge of the
festivities as POSTMASTER and will
proceed to put through their PAGES
some of our singing, storytelling,
clog dancing home talent. So far Mr..
Toastmaster has guarded his secrets
well, but on close tip from the inside
we are able to inform the public that
in all probability "Heinie" Plaas will
be called on for the opening prayer,
and if he can get his baseball vanacu-
lar untangled from his Sunday-go-to-
meeting talk long enough to get
straight, fast one down the groove, the
result will be well worth the price of
admission alone. Lieutenant Hoff-
lander will probably be called upon for
scientific talk on the wonderful
sewage systems of France. Don
Evans may be called upon to relate all
the close shaves he had in the last war.
Billy Doane may have to disclose his
secret for raising an army and a.
family at the same time. Some of the
directors may have to make confess
sion of why they gave away the ,..'com-
pany funds" to the Red Cross last
year. His Homer, Mayor Vandevanter,
might be called upon to redeliver his
inaugural address to the village coun-
Gil, history making episode in and of
itself. In fact the field of possible
entries is so large and the POSTMASTER
SO resourceful that it is hard to tell
where this part of the entertainment
will end up. Suffice it to say that if
you miss it you will have nobody to
blame but yourself.
During the festivities cigarettes and
cigars will be freely passed around
among the guests by the colored help
These Smokes" were imported es-
pecially for this occasion and were Sc
cured at great expense from pri-
vate dealer in Cuba. This gentleman
was an army pal of Captain Johnson's,
who himself is connoisseur Of tobac-
co, and the various brands of cigars
and cigarettes to be used were person.,
ally selected by the captain from his
friends private stock.
After this flood Of oratory, speech |
and story telling the guests
will again be invited back to the main
hall, where Mons Kruschke will enter
tain them with several reels Of appro-
pirate film, after which they will be
at liberty to continue their card games