The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-01

GhVCIlys DuU UtyOuu oil Ul1c6c III IL
George Wilson. There is probably not
popular a performer on the Minstrel sta
in America to-day. Nature has gifted hi
lavishly, but in addition to a wealth OF fl
and good humor he has a remarkab
sweet and sympathetic voice, of good We
ume and great flexibility. But this-a IA
possession in itself among negro comedian
lis not alone the cause OF his pOpularit
He is a natural wit. His humor is infe
tious. To see him is to laugh. He isfunn
before he opens his mouth. There is MOI
OF that assumed air OF vapidity, so dis,
greeable in Thatcher, o the straining aft.
effect OF Cushman in anything he doe
There is a friendly bid for favor in his smil
He winks, and you are taken at once int
his confidence. The joke is, Of course, fo
the other fellow; and you laugh becaus
someone else is sold. He is like Yorick,
mad wag, but there is much method in hi
madness, though cleverly disguised, tina
none never tire OF his %fooling. Wilson j
not the only comedian in this company
however, Barlow himself and Dougherty
to say nothing of Hall or Billy Griffin, O
Eddie Marks, must claim some praise a
our hands. Hughey Dougherty, especially
should not be passed by in silence. Of tn
individual performers further than this W.
have not time to speak, but say again that
as a whole, the company is not only one O
the best, as a compromise critic put it, bu1
The best we ever remember seeing"
THE Warde company goes hence to Eael.
Rock, where there is an immense advance
sale, thence to Ogden, Salt Lake and Den.
yer.
On Sunday succeeding Decoration Day
the members of the B.. P. o. Elks. who live
within q radius of two hundred miles oil
New York city, with their families went to
the Cemetery of the Evergreens at East
New York to do honor to and decorate the
graves OF their departed brothers buried in
the Elks' Rest. Fully five thousand people
were at the grounds. Seats had been ar.
ranged for three thousand. The exercises
were OF a pleasant 1ednion of the
brotherhood than one of mourning. Wer-
nlg's band discoursed melodiOus music.
Miss Marie Bissell sang "Nearer Ny God to
Thee" The Weber quartet and Nanon
quartet each sang airs arranged for the oc.
casion. The lodge SANG "Auld Lang Syne,"
which was taken up by the people, and the
entire gathering assisted in covering the
Elks Rest plot with a bed of roses. It was
a great day for the Order of Elks. The
theatrical, musical and journalistic pro-
LESSONS were largely represented. Exalted
Ruler A. C.. Moreland OF New York Lodge
No. 1 addressed the vast assemblage.
giving a graphic history of the order. He
then introduced the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, who was listened to with respect
attention. In the eloquent speech that
followed his introduction, Mr.. Beecher said:
II belong to that church that declares
love to our God and love to our neighbor
fn ha tho fplvocf ro1irso0 TAs Al
OF all true religion. And your order recog-
nizes who is your neighbor and accepts the
term In its broad sense. It does not answer
as the lawyer answers, Lord. who is nv
neighbor? That scriptural parsonage
would not have been a lawyer if he had not
ready with an answer. And then the
Master told that story OF the Good Samar-
tan. 1t was no priest, nc great parsonage
that fell by the roadside. The only name
upon the tombstone is "a certain
man. 1t is a good thing" continued Mr..
beecher, speaking refectively and half to
himself, that he was a certain man. for
are uncertain. And so your order
over and pours oil and wine upon
the wayside sufferer. It is unselfsh. and
hat Is what we want. We are all of ms
'eltish. Even ministers with a smile) do
lot quite get over it. / sleep with it. Find
t inside my door and without. If there is
many here that is not selfish LEFT him
up his hand.
Charity, the motto of your order. in the
View Testament means more than love.
lore than love! And love-well, love is
I'LL. a mothers love teaches us to love
lothlng: That is what she loves. A new
,orn baby is nothing. 1t is not born when !
. rs dellVered. 1t is a tiabby mass OF posi- |
'liltles. we are not born until we are p |
ears old. Some OF us are not born then. |
III does me good to see how those who |
lost 90 need succor are binding themselves
for mutual aid and sympathy. It
} especially good in this profession. NV
'iends say that l spoiled a rood actor t =
a poor preacher. It is good and
omely and noble that men shonld hind
themselves together to protect each othe,
nile hvlng and to remember those who
lie. But they never die. The lamp of life
nee lit never goes out. If | step from one
oom OF my house to another I do not die
so 1t Is when we lay the bodies of orr
lends In the ground. I would not trnst
'yself In any court, to any sect, to any
'eed, to any religion, to any faith, for life
,ernai. l would simply trust in the love
God. i"'o
1T is not enough to remember vour
o "Hca Chey nVe. DO not forget
dead. Some have a piteous desire to
e it is good for them to feel hat in vonr
rder they ave a household to dron a
ar above them.
Here, amid these evergreen SURROUNDINGS
mere the very green OF the grass invites
le to rest in the bosom al his motben
nth, where flowers bloom above him. and
e choiring OF birds rings a melody in his
RS, one might almost wish he were at
with those who sleep yonder. Your {
ound Is too small, and yet | hope it ia too 6
rye and will be too large for long. Rnt :
len each one OF you shall be called upon
JON that group OF friends that wait Won {
there be other friends here to watch :
u tenderly and to bid you God speed"
FRED. F. SHRADER, an old-time journal !,
I, ana an excellent one, who forsook the +
pod for theatrical management ba. :
come the sole manager of TootIe's Gnara q
at st. Joseph, Mo. He has devel. =
all the traits essential to SUCCESS in -
business, and his newspaper experience .
$ been no disadvantage to him. ~
= = i g
mystery concerning the sudden SEN Is
OF Harrigan & Hart, whose fame 8
d fortune in the theatrical business has =
n a phenomenon, is dispelled by the hir- a
OF the Park Theater by Harrigan, and ~
announcement that serious melodramas ;,
| henceforth be produced by Linn. An ~
seemed to have come to their great q
with TACTICAL s~emi-variety PLAYS. D
! a new departure was necessary. Har. q
wished to go into melodramas of h.
Z life, retaining the songs and dances as ii
rely minor features. Hart desired to r
Ike the change in the other direction by :,
nrning substantially to variety. But n;
causes of the d~issensions were more r
sonal than this statement of gen. al
policy would imply. The songs have II
n the first been an important factor ar
the Harrigan and Hart successes. 70
words were from the pen oil Harri- n,
and the music by his father-in fal
, Dave Braham. While the verses were a.
gerel and the notes usually tran n
ptinos of old tunes. they both caught p,
ular fancy and were sung throughout fr,
land. According to the partnership en-
the profits were divided equally
veen Harrigan and Hart, while Bra
4 got only a salary as orchestra leader, ,
ugh he shared in the income from the su
llcati0n OF his tunes. Harriean deemed sit