Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1916 — MYSTERY OF SINGER SOLVED [ARTICLE]

MYSTERY OF SINGER SOLVED

■ /; J | Village Crier, Arrayed in Sailor Rig, la Termed “Sing-Bad, the Sailor" at Concert. Ordinary concerts had grown rather stale in Middleton, where everybody sings, or thinks he can. So a novelty was arranged, in which each performer was to appear in a fancy dress and sing a suitable song. The first items went off very well, although when Miss Antike came on in a simple, girlish gown and sang “For Ever and For Elver’' the audience got nervous, and thought she meant to do so. Then the village crier appeared in a sailor rig and declaimed "Asleep in the Deep" in a voice high pitched and cracked. “Who is he?” “What character does he represent?” were the questions the listeners asked each other wildly. Then came the usual voice from the rear of the hall, saying; “Why, ’e’s Sing-Bad the Sailor!” — New York Mail.