Evening star., 1921-07-24

was enjoyed until the arrival of the
Washington train" In a musical and
literary entertainment" by the students
of Linthicum Institute. assisted by emf
nent local talent, for the benefit Of the
elocution class" April 6, 1893. besides the
always there" Lin hiculn names, IL
liam Graves played the piano, Lille A.
Stewart sang, +. r. Fox sang. VIII!
Ccnley rrcited The Discov Of
America Charlie West sang a funny
song and Ed Hay did his musical mono
logue called The Watkins Evening
Party
HUNTING up names of our beloved
amateurs of the olden time. many
of whom have become respectable citi-
zens. the Rambler finds this. which
causes delightful recollections to
dance merrily in his brain-in his
skull-oh. we'll. il you insist. we will
let it go at this: Which causes de-
lightful recollectiors to dance mer-
rily" 1t is an account of a meeting
of the Shakespeare Club. The place
is No. zoos Massachusetts, avenue. The
notice says "at the home of Mrs T. r.
Bangs" The notice miserahly fail'
to mention it. but the Rambler is
willing to bet a silk hat, which he
bought for a special event about
twenty five years ago, and a dress
coat. which the moths seemed to think
was a good fit. for them. against a
nickel cigar that Alice. MerriaW and
Fanny May were there: The Ram
bier confesses to d;sappointme be-
Cause he wanted to see those names in
print so he will put them there HIM
self. OF course. the Bangs girls were
among the finest entertainers there,
even though Amy Leavitt played the
piano (and Amy was an artiste). Will
played the piano. Will Conley imi-
tated Robson and Crane. Ralph JEFF
ferson and Anna Hopperton recited
and, there was an act from Henry ".
Ed Nay playing Falstaf, c. E. Foster
the chief justice. w. H. Conley the
Ed Hay as Falstaff was good show
in itself-in himself
Remember the old Apollo Quartet?
Well here it is. singing "A Business
Enterprise" at the National Hotel
February 2s, 1894, for the benefit of
familiar names: w. D. Mcfarland.
Perry ID. Turpin, Frank P. Reeside and
Bernard A. Ryan. The bill is headed
"Charity's Sweet Work" and this fol-
lows: Grand select musical and liter
ary reception by the lady managers
their building fund. Some of the best
talent in the city has generously
volunteered for the occasion" Clint
Ballinger. Hub Smith. Annie Dunn,
Alice Judson, George d. Scott, John
Tweedale, Miss At Lee. Mr.. Amiss
inh al
A good many old faces come before
the Rambler as he thinks back, with
the aid Of an ancient scrap book
loaned him by a collector of antiqui
ties. to a benefit given by and for the
Mat9na ss4 the hsrs Acsdemy of
Of the features: The quarrel scene
from - Caesar" was put on by Ed
win Ferry. David c. Bangs. Richard
Tappan and Ed Schaffirt A play by
Willard Holcomb. who used to write
pieces for the paper. and no doubt
Eleanor Poole. Hans Roberts. viii
Dougherty and Will Conley Herndon
Morseil sang Star Of My Heart the
Leech sisters played the banjo. or
played two banjoes, and those girls
certainly could play. believe me! The
Mills, Miss Mccullough. Mrs. Hills
Miss Simonds and Miss Stidham, sang;
Lavinia Shannon and Giles Shine gave
n scene from THE Hunchback." Mary
Helen Howe sang and Arthur Mayo
Jessie Wise and Prof. Harry Wheaton
Howard Harry Howard) were the
accompanies. There were good
many others on the bill. but they
have been mentioned elsewhere.
r YING under the light Of the Ram
- blers lamp is a program. at the
bottom Of which is written in pencil.
Yours truly. Leo Wheat" His name
is not printed on the program. but for
some reason he sent 1t to a friend.
Leo Wheat was a man of genius and
Of too good fellowship. whose story
the Rambler hopes to write. The pro-
gram on which he penciled his name
is that Of q sacred concert, Sunday
evening. May 81, 1894. for the benefit
Of Adas Israel burial ground" The
farce, "A Pair of Lunatics." was
played by Len L. Mayer and Florence
Mayer. A.. e. Allen sang. Alma Good
man, gave an exhibition Of club swing
ing to piano accompaniment by her
sister Sadie; Joe Cullen played the
banjo. accompanied on the piano by
George McErnaney: Dave Bangs de-
uyered humorous recitations; Carl Z.