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MANY NENANAITES
ENJOY PHOTOPLAY
A very large audience assembled
at the Coliseum last night to witness
the famous photodrama entitled
“Joan the Woman” and everyone
thoroughly enjoyed the picture,
which is said to be much better than
“The Birth of a Nation” or “Intol
erance.”
During the course of the photo
play and at the opportune time,
Mrs. Leon Kellum delighted the
audience with a finished rendering
of the song “Joan of Arc”, which
was thoroughly enjoyed and loudly
applauded. Mrs. Kellum showed
that she is the possessor of a splen
didly modulated voice of powerful
range- Her articulation was very
distinct.
“Joan the Woman” will be re
peated on Saturday night, January
4th, and those w'ho failed to see
it on New Year’s night will have an
opportunity to see it Saturday night.
JAPS ARE MOVING
TO SOUTH AMERICA
HONOLULU.—Japanese liners
touching here on the run to South
American ports are carrying large
numbers of emigrants to the south
ern republics.
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The masquerade ball held at the
Union hall on New Year's eve was
largely attended by the people of
Nenana and was a great success in
every way.
Immediately after the picture
show, the time for the commence
ment of which was considerably ad
vanced, so that more time could
be devoted to the terpischorean art,
the crowd wended its way to the
big hall, while a great many others
made hurried trips to their respect
ive homes to don the various cos
tumes each one of them had chosen.
When the Coliseum orchestra,
which supplied the music for the
dance, arrived and were getting in
readiness to play the first dance,
the hall was comfortably crowded
with dancers, most of whom were in
costume, grotesque and otherwise.
Jolly masqueraders continued to ar
rive and the hall was soon crowded
with a merry throng who were soon
whirling in the mazes of the diff
erent dances.
Shortly after dancing commenced
a troop of about twenty masquer
aders made a noisy entrance to the
hall and, to the accompaniment of
the music being played at the time,
circled the hall in single file with
merry whoops. The men of the
party wore the costumes of the
Bedouins of the desert, while the
ladies were stunningly garbed as the
ladies of a Turkish harem, the
diaphanous drapings hanging in
graceful folds about them, floating
lightly as they discontinued the
march and broke into the dance
with their Bedouin escorts.
A little Infor
nntlmr rtu rfy
made a similar entrance; all of
these being fixed up like negroes
with faces blackened. Their get-up
was very good and although they
were not masked, were not readily
recognizable.
The bright vari-colored costumes
added to the decorations of the hall
produced a very vivacious and
pleasing effect, and dancing was
kept up with vigor until midnight,
the time for the unmasking.
Shortly before the grand march
prior to the unmasxing was formed,
a long blast of the Commission
whistle heralded the birth of the
new year, and for a time pande
monium broke loose, as the mas
queraders and others accorded noisey
and hearty welcome to 1919. Sev
eral rounds were fired from re
volvers in salutation, and much
handshaking was done and new year
greetings exchanged among the
happy throng.
The grand march then took place
with all the masqueraders in line,
passing in review before the judges
elected to determine who were en
titled to the prizes offered for the
best sustained characters?
Judging from the many beautiful
and striking costumes worn by the
dancers, the judges had no easy
task before them, and the march
past in review continued for quite
| a while until the selections were
i finally made.
The first prize was won by Miss
Betty Foster, who was very be
comingly costumed as a Geisha girl,
and it was freely conceded that she
won fairly. The prize for men
was awarded to Kenneth Diven, who
was becomingly, albeit rather scantily
attired in green, as a summer girl
at the seaside. He also carried a
beautiful green parasol to match,;
which constituted the biggest part;
of his makeup. Dr. R. R Myers, i
who was costumed as a Bedouin
of the desert, was given the boobv j
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prize.
After a brief lull, during which
time the prizes were awarded the
winners, dancing was resumed and
was kept up until nearly the time.
people generally go to work in the 1
morning. \
The New Year's eve masquerade,
ball was a great success from every
point of view, and the merrymakers:
dispersed to their respective homes!
tired out, after having enjoyed1
themselves very thoroughly. 1
Nenana, Alaska'* Interior me! Sopot
On the last mail Arild Slippern,
writing from Camp Dodge, Iowa,
says that although their discharges
from the army are expected momen
tarily, there have been several
changes in the personnel and trans
fer of units among the troops from
Alaska.
The promotions which were con
fered on the Nenana boys were as
follows: to be sergeants. Private
John A. Denny, and Corporal Glenn
H. Dickinson.
To be corporals: Privates Oscat
G. Olson, Nick Larson, John Turk,
and Arild C. Slippern.
The “flu” seems to have been
got under at Camp Dodge, and al
though there are a few more cases
convelescing in the camp hospital,
no fresh cases have occurred re
cently. All of the Alaska boys
expect to come North as soon after
they have been discharged as pos
sible.
HOUSE PARTIES
GREET NEW YEAR
Several house parties formed for
the purpose of seeing the old year
out and the new year in were giver
by prominent Nenanaites and a
great time was enjoyed by the par
ticipants. During the course of the
night and for a goodly part of the
time, the mask ball was patronized
at the conclusion of which the par
ties returned to the houses of the
hosts, where a light lunch was par
taken of.
Henry B. Pierce, an Knglish ship
owner, who started life in humble
circumstances as a laborer in th>
harbor works at Messina and after
wards became one of the leading
shipowners in Italy, has just died
; at his home near Naples, leaving h
fortune of $20,000,000, At the
jgreat Messina earthquake nine years
ago, all the other members of his
family were killed.
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In spite of the fact that a license,
I was issued for the marriage of a
I well known Nenanaite, and that a
i rumor was curent in town to the
effect that a wedding was to have
taken place either on New Year’s
eve., “immediately after the show”, j
, or on New Year’s day, immediately
j before the show, no wedding has,
taken place as yet.
The latest rumor out regarding
the matter is to the effect that the
i wedding was called off at the last
moment.
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FOR SALE—One room frame cabin,
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lot; cabin 12x15, partly furnished. I
Back of Rust House; $135. Ap
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Morris.
AIR CLUB LATEST
LONDON.—A royal Air Force
club is shortly to be established and
; Lord Cowdray has given $500,000
’ to endow it. He hopes that it will
be housed in a building which will
, be worthy of the service and a
i memorial of its work in the war.
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
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Skoi House
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COLISEUM
STRONG EQUITABLE FEATURE FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT
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THE SCREEN’S ROYAL ROMANCER CARLYLE BLACKWELL
SUPPORTED BY AN EXCELLENT CAST. IN
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From the Powerful Fiction Story, by Samuel Hopkins Adams
IN THREE ACTS FILLED WITH THRILLS AND ROMANCE
A PICTURE SURE TO PLEASE
ADMISSION 25c RESERVh'D SEATS 50c
THE SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK