The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27

Dig bftian UfeS AZ Wntfn = IN WAS hNNlNN'u w a
a all of two yioinisis and couple oi END
men from the Fifteenth Beginners. After the
W.T., Bob lIarl put Dcvcre on the stage regularly,
country. plaNiug generally ~ yHietV theatres.
At present he is viii Col. SIM ~ the now / TX
Thcatrc, BROOKLYN. lie wf'tts All III own hEs'
prAductnr unr or two new ones every week.
Frank Converse. now at tue batle hestte;
BiIy I arter Win ~" san iancisco Miustrcis;
travclhpr win the llryaut- JAKE Wall &C.. test
known un inc paciGc slope j. X. G. mpbcil. a
III nj. lrtt,,t and III d. W nNold, NAV Ds emu
mprated as among the hest icit rtners ~ the
present uay Ut those who wear burnt cork.
ruE BEST IN TnE WORLD.
nm, the genuine l. far ahead Of the imitation
80 far a. haniJ PLAYING Is concerned. As the
minstrcls themselves unanimnu ly concede, the
AIMED Horace esion, who performs nightly In
. saloon on SIKH avenue, near Twenty eighth
str ct He i large. lat fellow. the darkest
Kind OF a brunette. who his been slave in his
youth. and has never had any musical training
Whatever, but his manipulation Of the banjo
wunde iu He produces IN NY songs of nis
own, Sims them IN rich bass voice Of great
TOW or. and nrlangos their choruses 50 rs to pro-
duce the widest iuVst unique and CHARMING,
vet utterly barbaric harmonies. Next to him,
and sun away above The burnt cork level, ranks
another black man named Dohea. Collender's
Georgia Minstreis who are all cnlOfed men,
have also a iuplc OF excellent banj,ists. I'm
doubtediv although the Instrument seems to he
AN easy one 20 learn up to certain point, 1t IL
ncult one to master beyond that u To the
per cction achieved by the black men named
lhey have literally devoted their lives t. It..
Weston PLAYS from ten to sixteen hours day.
and IA : done so Tor wears Ae pln,s not only
for business. but flr his own Amusement. wnilr
he talks. drink, and even IN his sleep some say.
NJ wonder hc plays well. Before Diminishing
the banjo. 'uc mention should Ice made OF ne
| DOb-un boys. They nave not achieved any com
| siderable reputation a. neg y MINISTRIES, baving
worn the burnt coth during Tut small part ~
| their profession career, hui they ARE very
/ celent bauJ' uaycrs. anu have made some VAT
udulc lmpruFcmC upon tn Instrument which
! receive the general appreciation ot players.
nt-Vi.rsQUI STUMP SPEAKERS.
who the FIRST minstrel who introduced
burlesquc AZ mp sucechtsf PROBABLY that hon
/ % should Ice accorded to W. ". Ncwcomue,
who in eighteen nunurcd and iorV-somctn,ng.
or-oiher recited. wi consider Dle eject, hur-
| 20 "a We ocen written for MN W man named
! Woods. But the speech was Infinitely mbre
| taking a improyed upan and delivered b., the
venerable Eph Horn. "Gncle EpA" WAS then nc
! his test. and along about lcll he cOnvuised the
! country vi b laughter bN us preseutment Of the
claims Of the genter sex. Then Billy Thomas
! urgin ted "A comic speech, atterwaid popular
| ized beyond ms ability by jim Unsworth, who
| Gied m England about a year agO, and. by tue
way, should have been mentioned among the
banjo players as one Of the best aud most oiigi
| nai Of uis uay. the rtiraln OF tnat 81 eecn or
any other man." passed into popular use as "A
cant phrase. aud is frequently used even to tHis
da,, by Thousands VINO have forgotten, or never
Inc two hes speech IN kers on the minstrel
Stage II present are senator Boz Hart and
| Governor" Ad Rytnan. representatives efe
| adopting their present profession, Of the Clergy
! ana the law. Boo, VINO Il an exceedingly yerSI-
/ tile iclloN. was formerly Methodist preacher,
| "A pro- cssion wnIch lie found muca easier and
safer than his previous trade-t at ol railway
engin. er-but less consenial to his tastes than
! that ~ Whlch ne nov noutisnes. when he urst
became a minstrel he was song and dance
man, out lac lost his voics. or got the govt or
| let tnat In calling and election were more sure
! In another direction, and so happily chose
speecntt'ing. sud now ms genial NOR. bur
le-que ~ turcdi EFFORT Original Latin. sna retuy
vii. nave made nun a general idvOrite IN thIs
peeialty
Al k,man was practising lawyer IN Indian,
IA Il
i.r ltE.tinu 30 his ytc4uits too, but some uow
cont practice dii not seem 10 give Ia. rec
scope !or MS decla uatory powers Tor wuich be
Ntarurd. fAvt-. aud TIE relative interests Of
il+iuth aud d'lcndaut trsmmellcd his free
splii. So TO speak, aud hc broke loose ON the
minr.rc stage IN Cincinnati IA tn year nen-
u'ucl HIS spet mes conan amid all their
hroAl lu.. aud uIiscase many cl'd "a u nm.
sarcastic hunor aud ms delivery u inimita le.
lac l. the au nor Il the burvsque "Juhu. the
shoo1.r' nov Ue'ug played - the sAu Fran.
B, Arinston also make, funny speeches,
out las too much ut d.s, Osi ion IL ue personal,
IN .. 'd-au or Out stll often annoying way,
when he recognizes acqu1int4nces IA ir1nt. H..
na' been rsther more cautious ABOUT IN 1t, how
ever since some of his Vtct,Is IN Jhi ,o turned
tht he on him bS pres. ntiAg hiin pualicb.
during one ot ais slcrclcs, with a Vonphn. nj.
~ wrcatn-fuu. feet ia III mcter--of ca lltliow
efs' heets, ahd other Nesv tables.
hu-htl Dru-uOrtt, now with CarnctOss 4
Dixies ttlstrcls IN PM .deiphin, Is auo.her
Ner goOG burit sqde speech MAKER.
PLEASING FEATURE.
One of the hes. features about this class Of
performers II that they, Like the olu-s chool sNls
ol uaniu ~ ycrs aim 10 uri.ueAte ne TO caartc-
ter. they mimic tne daKy's love for pol,syl
lduio woru-, his solemn p1mp aud grotesqIe
e irnestness, his eccenlric gestures, his amusing
fluctuations III voice, ana as Tar IS possible even
his hAoits Of thousnt and the res at Is, as might
Oe expected, irieristiOly funny. IL - To be re-
gIctted tnat SUCH close Ch.lraC er studies not
more frequent ON he minstrel stage, that they
are prac really confined To the Older minstrs s,
like bIrch, and Manning, and NanUoid, and
W ute, and BaCkus, ttnt even they repeat them
selves too much, and that the newer members
OF the rofessiun, who in n few years hence will
take Their places, seem generally content with
limitations of taclr seniors or the evolving Of
preposterous and quite Improbable darky in
dividualltes from their own in ernal conscious
ness Thanks 10 tue march OI events. aud the
ClNii Rights OIL especially, opportunities ior the
study OF tue genuine OLD time nvrr ana plauta-
uon negro are growing more aud more sc.rce,
and II ~Ould really De MY 10 lose han alto
gether.
How admirably poor Billy Mannine-now al
most dead with cons dmptlOn out IN Chicago
used 10 present that character! HIS 8 eclAlty
was the Old river dgrky, u curDus but perfectly
natural compound OF simplicity, cunning, Aifec-
tlon' dishonesty, earnestness, laIiness and cow
product Of hard experience and SAD ncce-si
tnat one could not help feeling Of sympathy
ahu HAins ior we worn out shunl'ng d,
"Dlody" Rice was the great flther OF thi.
school OF character. Then Siu Sanford aud
Eph Horn were excellent suceessOis 70 han.
FRANK brewer, ana ". " Newcpnoo. and Cl.ik
natl four years agu-and Marsh Al ,ins, and
Charles Howard, ami Johnny BOOke. with
the moore burgess party la LJndOn-and j. {.
Campbell, were all good chardcc r performers,
aud there are quite number more, who need
not be recapit ulatod here. still upon the stage.
Doubtless good cOnserv tive Influence might
he exercised upon the minstrel stage Of to day
oy the production, by some good, competent
company, VI "a few Of the very ENJOYABLE OLD
lieces, o.eratic and dramatic, which were held
In suoh favor twenty years or more ago. aud IN
winch mnintenance OF character was All essen
ua "Nlrginia Mummy" Billy Bi Gu 10 quite
funny Ia as ever Daddy Rice was, aud mat
would he a good one TO Try public taste upon.
then Jumbo Jum," III ne SQUASH" and
- clio" might follow, ana even, with ID. s.
NamOOlds twenty-eight years Of experience.
hue voice, and musical knowledge, tho very
charming opera "Ohl Hushl" might DO given
with good results All these are no old as TO
have become new again, anu the present gen
Grafton OF anusement-goers, hearing them,
would be generally astonisned to dis over how
mucn dramatic interest, indivlduAlized charac-
ter, aud exquisite music they con.ain.
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