Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-30
By WALTER ID. HICKMAN.


went to a party Last night
The -eats" were great and tho enter.
tainmen. was grand.
Ask me now II you want to know what
the flood" was.
WIN tell you.
The program announced Midnight
Lunch" just as the town clock or some
body's clock struck twelve midnight last
night at Loew's State, flock Of people
dressed as cooks swooped down the ais1es
and began passing delicious doughnuts
to the costumers assembled at Sahara
Grotto's Fun Fest or Midnight Show.
So liberal were the cooks In their dis.
tribution Of the pastry fruit that / feared
the supply would be exhaused before a
mere dramatic reporter was reached.
On removing oiled paper from the
doughnut handed me, ! discovered that
there is new style In doughnuts. Now
I am telling you that my doughnut was a
modern doughnut. It didn't have hole.
I was SO disappointed because It didn't
have hole because wanted to use it for
q watch charm Just to be original, you
know.
On biting into the doughnut, decided
That was Lar lUU SuOu W USE dS q NatCu
charm on dollar watch. So / became a
magician and Presto changed, the dough-
nut turned into a human being. Chat
was far too clever not to use.)
Midnight parties are sure to be grand
and glorious successes If doughnuts ere
passed at the magic hour Of midnight.
/ have done about everything else in the
world, but eat doughnuts at midnight
and since passing through that experience
/ no RICH. to wish for more.
Tell us about the show.
Sure.
That enterprising Sahara Grotto crowd
decided some days ago that a midnight
Fun Fest staged at Loews State
Theater on the night before the races
would feel long felt need In the city
on such night. And their judgment
was right. Never In my life have seen
SO many doughtnut eaters assembled un-
der one roof.
The show got started at a little after
II p. m last night.
A comic orchestra leader sailed down
the aisle and instructed his gang" to
tune up. He showed 'em how by playing
on q fiddle made out OF a box How
Dry I Am" Then he ordered the Grand
Overture II was a sad" rendering of
Hearts and Flowers" The leader then
fed from the pit as he Is not collector
of vegetables.
REAL ORCHESTRA
STARTS THE SHOW.
The curtain went up and wedewcn's
Irresistible Five, Jazz orchestra, played
some jazz pieces as they should be
played. That started of the show to q
good beginning.
After the music came a Sahara Grotto
made movie showing the many stunts
and activities Of the order during the
last month or two. The movie includes
actual happenings at the famous Sahara
Grotto party last March, when the stars
Of the Follfes were the guests Also
scenes from the Grotto ball game few
days ago we're shown.
A touch Of the Orient was given by
Bobbte Stevens in dance called 'India
Slave Dance" It might have been called
.tThe Dagger Dance" Bert Lindsey sang
a number Of songs.
This show moved Just lie a big-time
vaudeville show. 1t sure had speed
cordians to shimmy out some great jazz
melody.
Reginald Devalle's singing orchestra
added touch Of novelty to the midnight
hour. One OF the men is q winner while
dancinz.~
MASTER DAVENPORT
CARRIED OFF THE FLOWERS.
When Master Richard Davenport, a
youthful singer, completed two song
numbers several large bouquet OF flowers
went over the footlights In his honor
The bouquets were nearly as large as
he was.
Al Hoffmeisner and S3mmie Henderson
applied the burnt cork and appeared be-
fore those assembled at the midnight
frolic. They sang bit and talked wee
bit more.