San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23

Of course j hadn't realized when
/ spoke, where Mabel might sing
but it was too late now TO prefer
Il play. In order to stop her sing
ing a person would have to put
chloroform on her bouquets she
sends herself.
Well anyways, after this I and
Mabel certainly worked. We worked
the printer for the tickets, then we
worked our friends to buy 'em,
worked the political power Of our
Ladies Thursday Club 10 get the
Auditorium free, and worked the
telephone overtime reminding mem
bers Of the Dramatic Club where a
rehearsal had been called for ten
O'Clock and it was now eleven
thirty, would they please hurry
over, and etc.
But when the night Of the affair
come, We certainly had cause TO be
proud. Proud we was still alive,
anyways. OF course the curtain
wouldn't go IN until we had coaxed
it a coupla times, but that was only
natural, and it went up only 81
Of a hour late, which was a big
success, if a person could judge by
the applause when it happened.
The first no. was little Ellie Ep-
som. a sweet child Of ten annums,
who played a piece on the violin.
We hadda have Ellie on account her
mother had advanced some money
for costumes. But we put Ellie first
on the program SOS the audience
wouldn't get up and leave when she
commenced playing.
Mabel Bush had some IMMINENT all
ready for the violin in case il seemed
TO suffer too much but nothing was
provided for the audience. they was
considered to be well able 10 take
care Of themselves or they would
never Of been there in the first place.
The next piece was just too COM
ical for words. That Joe Bush Of
the Hawthorne Club come out dress
ed all IN like a Dago, and recited
dialect poem called I'm Tony So
Toney." and believe you me it was
a perfect scream or would of been
if anybody could Of made out what
Joe was saying.
STUFF EklNG PLANO!
And after that, Ms. GOofnsh IA
vOrcd with a piano selection. just
who she favored or why she selected
a piano 70 pick on, amt able to
say. But in, as the poet says, a
manner which defied even death it.
self, she played Deep River, sway
ing to the watery music with all the
grace Of a young and playful Hippo.
Then Mabel sang. She was all
dressed up like 4 little girl and sung
about the wild flowers. And I'm
here to tell that any flower. would
Of been wild by the time she was
through with it. And after this
came the intermisgiOn.
Well, we made it a good long one,
10 give the audience plenty Of time
70 recover their strength, and then
we give three jerks and up went the
curtain again and we put on what
the French call the piece de resist
ance, meaning you got 10 have plenty
Of resistance to pull through il.
Hot BJZO, il was some number.
being a take-Off on all the FOllips Of
DingleWOOd for the Last year, such
as a skit on the trolley cars, d scene
on the fiye-fifteen, numerous cracks
that hit the audience such as what's
the matter with Joe Bushs cars Ans.
He's installed a new engine. Ans.
Why ] thought he had his engine in,
stalled, before, See, good cracks
like that, something personal on
everybody in the audience, pretty
ncGr beside general ones ON the local
cemetery assoc. the electric light Go.
and the way our lights often give
out when most needed. and etc.
Goofnah was a female imper-
senator in this, and you couldn't
hardly Of told him from a girl only
for bis wife not being able 10 make
him shave off his m0ustache for just
the one night.