Show J HE FEV1 R BENEFIT A Grai d Entertainment Well At tendril Last Night The John A Dix Post G A R held forth in the Opera House Wednesday evening according to previous announcement an-nouncement A musical and social entertainment was given for the benefit of tne yellow fever sufferers The pro gramme prepared by the management was carried out as far as could b as cer ained and gave entire aatisfactiou Special mention of any one number would be an injustice to the other for au were lone exceedingly well There was talent displayed that evening that would be a credit to any professional theatrical company Probably the number requiring the most study and musical aptitude was the violin solo by Miss Simms It consisted con-sisted of old Scott sh airs with variations The imitation of the Scottish Daepip e a cruae instrument very common among the Highlanders that count y was an excellent counttrfeit in sound while Coming Thio the Rye a v r > familiar ballad twentyfive years ago was played entirely in the harmonica and showed a thorough Knowledge of the instrument attained only by deep study and long practice As were the others she was liberally encored and rendered that beautiful old song Home Sweet Home Co onel r1 say told a bicod curdling curd-ling story that notwithstanding is title was very amusin And in I scenes and reminiscences oi camp life he had an unlimted stock After talking for some Urn and being about to Urminae his address ad-dress another little anecdote would occur and with renewed vgor he would call out One more Tnis was done so many times that the audience applauded ap-plauded his One more and Just Another more if possible than they did the story that was thus prefaced A column oould e iily be written of the merits of tl e balance of the company com-pany but space forbids The house was comfortably filled nearly every seat being occupied The audience will be anxious ior another I entertainment where they may meet the charming ladies and pleasing gentlemen that compcsed the troup on the occasion of us benefit Tht Ogden Brass Band must not be omitted in this connection with their delightful strains they did much to fill the hall before the entertainment commenced During the evening several sev-eral selections were rendered with pleasinj effect Noticable above the others was the clarionet solo which received re-ceived a vigorous encore They also aided in clearing the hall by making it impossible for the audience to converse con-verse On the stairs many favorable comments were made but none more earnest than the bad toys in lauding one of their number for the gallant manner in which he presented a boquet to ODPof the singers of the opposite sex Everybody was pleased and the cause of the entertainment was anti ey I lost sight of in the keen enjoyment |