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Show I DELIGHTFUL EHi I WITH THE EAGLES I QF OH 1 H Tho largo lodge room of the Eagles U--iub on Hudson nvenuo was trans-1 H formed into a theatre Saturday night H stage, scenery, footlights and other H necessary adjuncts and several hun- Hj dred members of Ogden Aerie, No. US, H F. O. E., and their friends enjoyed a H two-hour theatrical performance by lo- H cal and professional talent. Ml of H the local entertainers were members 1 of tho Eagles lodge and their share H of tho entertainment was the pre- 1 sentatlon of "The Last Night in the 1 Old Home." H Fine Locallsts. H This was a minstrel show and H proved equal, if not superior, to any H entertainment of the kind over given H in tho city. Ben A. Critchlow was H the interlocutor and assisted with his H dependable baritono voico in several H ensemble numbers and quartettes, H with Harry Knowlden'Cliarles A. Blair H and Charles L .Fair (tho famous j Eagles' quartette, with Mr. Blair sub- 1 stituting for Bert Syphers). The Hl city's foremost basso, Stewart Arm- H strong; the popular baritone singer of H Company B, N. G. U., LeRoy Jackson 1 and William H. Manning, the well- H known local tenor, were tlie balladists, m and the tenor was assisted in a splcn- Hl did duet by his brother. George H. H Manning, prominent as Weber coun- H ty's best bass-baritone. The work of H theso singers was of a high order and H each number they sung was received Hl "with enthusiastic applause. Hl "Some" Comedians. H Tho end men were Grant Syphers, H Earl Peterson and C. A. Swanson. H bones Alonzo Rogers, E. O. Seiver and HL George Meyers, tambos. This sex- H lette handled their "classic" musical Hl instruments as deftly as professional H "troupers," sang in good old darky style M and read their lines of the dialogue H with the interlocutor in an illustra- 1 tive manner that left none of the audl- H tars in darkness as to the point of fi the Jokes. The jokes were "the last BVp word" in "local" humor and a number i of prominent members of the lodge Hf suffered thereby. A buck and wing Hr dancing specialty was also skilfully H executed by Brothers Petprson, Mey- B ers and Rogers, and "Pete" also made Hf a hit as a blackface soloist. H Well Dressed. Hi The minstrel boys were "gowned" H In highly effective fashion and made H a fine appearance- when sealed for H the opening ensemble. Messrs. "Wil-ft "Wil-ft -v liam and George Manning and tho H Eagles quartette wore the handscmo B 'white uniforms of the degree team, H Messrs. Jackson and Armstrong -were H attlved in conventional full dress and B formed an effective dividing line of H color between the white uniformed en. H tertainers and the blackface come- H dians, who wore highly colored suits & lfeiravagant cut . H Minstrel First Part. H Opening with an ensemble number, H the program was presented as fol- D "Ireland Must Be Heaven" LeRoy H Jackson m "l Want a Little Lovin' Sometime" Alonzo Rogers. H) Buck and Wing specialty Bros. 1 Peterson, Rogers and Meyers. Hu Bass solo, "A Son of the Desert Am ' T' ncore, "When He Played on the' H Big Bass Viol" Stewart Armstrong. ' Hl Novelty song, "Crappy Dan, the i H Gamblin' Man" Earl Peterson. Hj . Quartette, "Beauty's Eyes," and en. Hj core Eagles Quartette H Duet, "The Fisherman," and encore, H "Schubert's Serenade" William H. i H and George Manning. H Tenor solo, "Carissinma" William H H. Manning. ' H Grand finale, "American. We Love H You" Charles L. Farr and company. H Orchestra Capable. H The comedy dialogue was inter- spersel In good measure with the HL musical numbers and specialties and K kept the large audience in gales of l laughter. The work of the Eagles' 1 orchestra was also a noticeibly fine W feature of the minstrel first part, as j well as of the Ilio entertainment that H followed, and the musicians received H High Class Olio. H All of the olio acts, which occupied H nearly an hour, were obtained by the 1 enterprising arrangement committee B from the western (Hippodrome) vau-M vau-M deville circuit. They were four in -- number and were evidence that tho H Western circuit is now putting on m some excellent slock acts. Earl H' Wright, an acrobatic comedian, was , first in the group and, asido from . keeping the crowd in a jolly mood ' with his eccentricities, he performed H some twisting somersaults entirely new H in vaudeville as seen locally. K Then Medley and Moyes came on ' and performed a novelty singing and B dancing turn of a distinctively humor-H humor-H ous flavor. Both boys displayed mu-t mu-t sical voices and thoroughly professionals profession-als al finish as entertainers. They were H' followed by Nan Lewis, a comedienne H? with a soprano voice of startling pow-B pow-B er in its upper register. She sang two j novelty songs and a popular ballad V and each was received with enthusias-H' enthusias-H' tic applause. Hi Beth Challis A Star. '. The biggest treat of the evening v was saved until the last and this B was an act presented by Beth Challis B and Ed. Lambert. Tho entertainment H., this duo has worked out is good H enough for the "big time" circuits, r Miss Challis being as pretty and clev-H clev-H er a singing commedlenne, along ju-B ju-B venile lines as has yet been seen in j Ogden. Sho is a dainty creature and j her song impersonations were as a T' delicious dessert to the fine entertain-V entertain-V menU Lambert is a skilful pianist and H master of several stringed instruments h and , accompanied his charming part-H part-H Ber with a complete understanding of he rinterpretative mannerisms. ,. - Eagles Patriotic. i !" 'An unprogrammed feature of the j evening was a patriotic demonstration ' In full keeping with the front stage H decorations, formed of "The Stars and Hj Stripes," pictures jof President Wood-H Wood-H row Wilson and American Eagles. H ,ThIs followed a request by Interlocu-H. Interlocu-H. .tor -Ben Critchlc1' for a fow remarks H; ,from Judge J. A. Howell, "an old time ; 'local minstrel." The judgo responded, B Imaking a patriotic talk that evoked H a spontaneous and prolonged outburst K 'of applause. - He closed by extending Ht, (an"; Invitation and. request, as a mem-r mem-r oerof the Ogden Preparedness Com- H;i p.-w,.(Cntuiue on Pago 7) DELWFIIL MI WITH IE EAGLES ( Continued from Pago G ) mittee, to the Eagles lodge to participate partici-pate in tho big parade to be staged tonight The invitation was received with cheers and whon tho noise subsided. sub-sided. President C. E. Carlisle, accepted accept-ed it for tho lodge and in his official offi-cial capacity Instructed all members of Ogden Aerie, No US, to meet at tho new Eagles home on Grant avenue ave-nue this ovening in time to enter the parade as a body by 7 o'clock. ' Further Hospitality. When the big entertainment, the, most memorable ever held by the lodge, was concluded, an adjournment was taken to the club billiard room and there tho crowd was treated to a buffet luncheon of generous proportions. |