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3 0 THE WADSWORTH GAS ATTACK a n d RIO GRANDE RATTLER S O L D I E R S ! T E E T H / Any old thing in the way of a dentifrice will not do for a soldier. He needs the best because he needs good teeth. Albodon Albodon Dental Cream is considered by dentists and the public the best tooth cleanser and polisher on the market. Ask your own dentist about it. Easier to use than pastes; more convenient and more economical than powders. The ideal Dental Cream for a soldier’s kit. Never hardens in the Kit. PRICE 25c A TUBE. FOR SALE A T Ligon’s Drug Store and K-W-N Pharmacy, 152 W , M ain St., Spartanburg. Ask Your Post Exchange. N O W O P E N 1911 M i l l SKAT GOOD M U S I C NEW PRINCESS RINK f One Block West of Cleveland Hotel Busses Stop at Door I AMBULANCE CO. 106 STAGE NOVEL EN TERTAINMENT IN HONOR OF BOBBY BURNS. If one had any m isgivings as to w h e ther Bobby B u rns’ anniversary was fittingly ob served, he would have felt th a t this was not justified, had he attended the all-star per form ance staged in the grill room of Am bulance Co. 106th, on Friday evening, Jan u ary 25. To Rev. Drysdale, of R o chester, goes the credit of originating the idea and it was through his untiring efforts and the co operation of Sergeant Stew a rt Brown th a t the evening proved a success. Sergeant Brown, who has a reputation for m u s tering talent of this sort, proved him self m o st capable in enlisting only those w ith a record of success behind them . Ser geant Evans proved a w o rthy assistant in the role of stage m anager. The result was a well balanced bill. N o thing was lacking in the form of whole some music. An orchestra composed of Bugler Melville, at the piano; P rivate Dunn, violin; Bugler Bentley, cornet; P rivate W e iser and Sergeant Fowle, traps and drum s, furnished it w ith appropriate selec tions. Sergeant Fowle was enthusiastically received and applauded for his m a s terful rendition of T o sti’s “Good-bye” on the bass drum. . A fter a short speech of welcome by L ieutenant Cassebeer, to the form e r mem bers of Troops H and M, who inadvertently w andered into our m idst in search of their lost horses and yellow h a t cords, the m u sical num b e rs w e re staged in order. To set the audience in good hum o r “M ac” MacGowan garbed in uniform of the York shire Scotch H ighlanders, rendered some clever im p e rsonations of H a rry Lauder. Every one voted his act a real hit. Close on the heels of MacGowan, Sergeant Brown ap peared in his “Im p ressions of H a rry L a u der’s Im p e rsonator,” and cleverly handled the role. For those who had never been afforded the treat, as well as those who had, Private Fred Banker, form e rly of the San Carlos Grand Opera Company, made him self “solid” the m o m ent he sang the first note of “Forgotten,” w h ich seem ed to be pecu liarly adapted to his sw e et tenor voice. For his encore he offered “B e c a u se” and “M other M achree.” Bugler Rockwell, who is alw ays greeted w ith a w arm welcome, proved a distinct treat w ith his offerings on the H a w a iian guitar. A fter the last plaintive note had subsided Mr. Schutt, of the Y. M. C. A. gave a pleasing talk on “Fellowship.” If th e a ter patrons of New York could have been present they would have been surprised to see P rivate M arshall Holton, a form er m em b er of the M a n h a ttan Players, and well known as an im p e rsonator. P rivate Holton held his auditors spellbound during the m any scenes through w hich he took them in his im p e rsonation of “Pedro.” H e was forced to acknowledge m any encores and proved him self the clever actor he is reputed to be. Those who were fam iliar w ith the Re m ount station during its infancy, will re mem b er “Indiana” Allen, a form er range rider, who, attired in his w e a ther-beaten som b rero and woolen chaps, capably ac quitted him self w hen he recited “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” In answ e r to his w ell-deserved encores he mystified the audience with some of his favorite “F e a ts of Magic.” The audience was brought from its seri ous mood into gales of laughter when it caught sight of “Jack ” Layden who “ju s t blew in.” “Jack,” as he is fam iliarly known by m em b ers of the command, was, before his enlistm e n t, one of the chief dispensers of m irth w ith the Ringling Bros, circus. His clever m ake-up was enough to stam p him a favorite the m inute he stepped before the footlights, but this was augm e n ted by his clever antics w h ich showed him to be a past m a s ter in the art of pantom im e. To say th a t “Jack ” registered “big” is putting it mildly. A fter the m e rrim e n t had subsided Rev. Paul Moore Strayer, of Rochester, was call ed upon for a few rem a rks. D espite th e crowd’s expectations for rem a rks of a seri ous nature, Dr. Strayer entertained them and dem o n strated the fact th a t the clergy are not as serious as they are depicted, but on the contrary usually have som e thing in reserve of an entertaining nature. Bugler Melville (the m e a n e st m an in the company at 6:30 a. m.), firmly established him self for a while in the h e a rts of his com rades w hen he played some of his own compositions on the piano. If the parishioners of Mt. H o r P resby ter ian church, R o chester, N. Y., could have witnessed this affair they would have been convinced . th a t Dr. D rysdale is equally as capable as a T h e spian as he is a clergy man. Mr. Bareham , of the Y. M. €. A. staff, for m erly of Palm y ra, N. Y., and later a di rector of music a t M e rcersburg Academy, cleverly sang some songs which w ere w arm ly received. In response to the con stant applause, he and P rivate B a n k er did them selves credit w h en they sang “The Sunshine of Your Smile.” A fter two clever boxing bouts by Privates C a sarette and Crapsey, Camardo and T u r ner, a wholesome lunch was served under th e skillful supervision of Mess S e rgeant Flannery, and prepared by Cook Knowlton, the chief delicacy being K n o w lton’s fam o us pies. A distinctive novelty was the fact th a t enough pies w e re provided in order th a t everyone m ight partake of a second helping. C. F. C. J. T. H.
