Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-05-14

the nights rolic. Then came the
two comedy leads, Count Ivy I,a-
dorc, described as Count of no Ac-
count, played by George Eoaenbl'rg.
and Baron Michael O'Brien, Barren
Of Money, portrayed by Bert Spencer.
Throughout the evening these two
men kept up the high standard of
comedy, winning round aftc. round
Of applause.
It developed that the professional
roof-garden entertainers were absent
possibly called into the service.
Thus it developed upon the guests to
furnish amusement. There followed
a series of songs, dances and comedy
acts.
Without question, the impcrsona-
tons of Hubert Kinney and Russell
Dyson, taking the parts of Mdlle.
Combien and Mdlle. Fiji, respectively,
were u decided asset to the produc-
ton. The dancing of Kinney, who
was costumed in rather daring de-
collctc, deserved highest credit of any
talent exhibited at the Trianon Thea
tire during the season.
Other parts were played by Sam
Mitchell, Louis Jacalow and John
Crane, respectively playing MI. How
ltzcr proprietor OF the DArgonnc Ca
baret, Lord Helpus, an English
Noblcman described as Dude, and
"Snowy the Snowhird," Il difficult
character part representing u drug
fiend.
The second act consisted Of vaudc-
vile spccialtics, while the third was
burlesque prison scene the result
Of the nights celebrations.
A feature of last nights perform
ansc was the informal reception held
just after the last act by the visiting
congressman, the Hon. John p.
Smith, Idaho, Henry X. Jackson, Cal
ifornia, Samuel Knight, Ohio, Carl
G. Johnson, Wisconsin, Andrew Judd,
Rhode Island, Thomas A. West,
Michigan and Charles II. Dawson,
Iowa.
During the week | had occasion to
go out to st. Pierre DIES Corps where
the immense salvage. factory, of
which you have heard so much, is
located so took that opportunity to
go through the plant. There has
been so much said about the work Of
this factory in various accounts that
have been published in the papers and
magazines that I'll not go into de-
tail here for Pm sure that you've al
ready read about it. Its function is
to receive salvaged property and re-
pair and clean it. for reissue, or if
incapable of being repaired, turn it
to other uses. 1t thereby caves the
government many thousands of dol
lars every month. The material re-
ceived is largely quartcrmaster prop
erty-clothing, shoes, boots, etc.
since it is not concerned with Ordi-
nance property such as guns, rifles,
ETC., which are sent elsewhere. When
fighting was in progress and for some
time after the signing of the armis-
tice great quantities of material were
picked up on the battlefield and sent
here, but now the receipts are largely
confined to material actually worn
out by the troops. As Il consequence
the plant is gradually being shut
down as the work decreased.
The building which houses this or
ganization was formerly great car
shop of the p. l.. M. railway and is a
long, hioh ceilingcd ard well lighted
structure. At one end the material
is unloadcd from cars and thrown in
great piles, separated into general
classes only, such as shoes, clothing,
etc. I'm making the rounds, didn't
7top to follow just the process that
each piece must go through, but