The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-05-11

~'SeS l" oIouSnt yell OF delight out
|of the fellow.
The end men, Messrs. Dewey and
Gore, deserve high tribute. Dewey
must have come from a plantation,
somewhere back in his ancestry, or
else Darwin is all out in his scientific
deductions, and as for Gore, he surely
missed his calling when he came to
dig holes in these old mountains for
he would have received the laurel
crown as the inim,table darky or the
obstrepe~ous 1rishman anywhere, and
he fairly won our hearts because he
made our ribs ache with laughter.
MIR. Stiles as interlocutor, was lit
tie better IN his part than anything
we have seen. This part in a minstrel
show is what might be termed the
equilibrium Of dignity, and Mr.. Stiles
has somewhat over six feet of it, and
OF an altogether genial and plea SAINT
kind. Mr.. Stiles has a very powerful
voice, capable of fill ing a much larger
Nall and in rendering that beautiful
ballad, "Genevive." he not only de-
Lighted his audience, which was evi-
denced by a very enthusiastic encore,
but it made many wish to hear it re-
peated where he might have better
scope for his voice.
'N1y Sunny Southern Home" BY
Mr.. ". E. Remington, fairly carried
his audience far away from these eter-
nal SHOWS to "where the orange bios
SONS grow,' and birds never tire of
singing in the sun. We have heard
this voice and this song before, of a
summers evening in our camp and it
then left very delightful memory,
and we recognized it in spite of the
" burnt cork" We understand that
to Mr.. RS. hard work and practical
knowledge, is also due much of the
success Of the entertainment.
Following this came Mr.. S. R.
Allby, who yet fondly fingers, in a
white collar and a boiled shirt, upon
our streets, emblems of the life he SO
recently left behind him, with "That
Yellow Gal, dressed in blue" which
was rendered with hi. peculiar vivac-
ity.
Mr.. Henry Pntz kept the spirit of
his audience to the high water mark,
by his dutch character recitation upon
Woman" He is natural actor
and has the happy faculty of not over
acting, where over-acting is so very
easy. We missed our townsman, Joe
Block, who should have supplemented
this episode of the evening.
The evenings performance was con-
cluded with the farce "Obliging a
friend The play itself was good
selection, and we had revealed to us
the genius that has so long lain dor
mant among the ladies of our camp.
Mrs. Louis Coffin was perfect IN the
character ofthe strong minded woman,
and had we not personal knowledge
Of the genial and estimabIe qualities
of this lady, we should have felt
sense of pity and apprehension for Il e
matrimonial condition of our fellow
townsman of the firm of Cullom &
Co. Mrs. Colbern's palt could not
have possibly fallen into worthier
hands, and we congratulate the lady
upon her success, and although the part
allotted to Mrs. Malcolm was not one
which afforded an opportunity for the
display of histrienjc qualities, we con-
fine ourselves strictly within the limit
of merited praise, when we say that it
was an extremely neat bit of acting,
and we hope this lady will favor us
at some future time with an opportu-
nifty Of seeing her in a more extended
role.
Mr.. Ed. Field, in the "Country
Tailor" was good, and he only needs
the opportunity to beconea favorlte Of
our community before the foot lights.
Mr.. Dewey's solo upon the guitar
was really a beautiful thing, the audi
ence did their best to have him repeat
it, but he remained callous to their
most vehement tokens o. appreciation.
Mr.. E. F. Colborn gave US the only
literary treat Of the evening, in the