New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-09
,lueuryG Ar AMATEUR MINISTRIES.
. FINE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BARrHoiDi
PEDESTAL FUND.

!. TINE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BARTHoLDi
PEDESTAL FUND.
The Bartholdi Pedestal Fund was mauc
,oh, nv some thousands OF dollars and haii % S
,,.ople laughed themselves tired last his" aomv
amateur minstrel entertainment given ~ ,ances are
q, Mnsie AS general thing amateur PEI aIoritable
=. -, ,o,.ra,ed on the score Of their usuHiJ ,h,,s
W oo ., man enjoyed but HsV "'S
$50 s a striking exception -, .a,,-
-. ., ,,,ne the curtain rose on INC t,
,,o With the regulation interl"c"o w To-, oon
circle WIN ,ambourine until It fell on the last man
49,. ~ the Charleston Blues there was NV W
""' . 10000 nv the audience and the performers
oe y, enjoy themselves at least at much "helnee
" dn 10 the simple rubhing Of little lamp-oiaeK
=, their faces or from some more remote cause certain
:. a. ,baf the young men who tried to follow
a. the Footsteps OF Professors Birch and Thatcher du so
with an ease and assurance beyond their years
Foowing the usual course Of regular entertainments
~ this tature the performance began with "hrst
mart in which samuel Edwards was the h'eriocu.o
and Messrs Fullerton, Wilson, Phillips ana swift VII
bones,- and Oudin, Joyce, Brdmha and husSeH 'n0
81 tamborines" After an opening chorus enecti'oi' e
py the company. Mr. Fullerton made some
remarks which were listened to with deep attention.
~. o,a;n W.. hled a comic song ana F. b. Wilson's
a. c,sual Observations laughed at by the lrreVe-
ont audience silver-toned tenor W. Dennison' theh
sang Good Night" but the audience ala hot '"No
him at his word, but stayed TO laugh NJ WI
Jovce's Put on de Golden shoe, dhu W. -
ybillins's humorous linguistic interlnde" baritone
solo by c. j. Bushnell conversational digressons Dy T.
A. Branhall and comic song with chorus ny
Harry Swift and the company, G. h. Hawleys oasso
solo and chorus by members OF the 7th Regiment
led mn to the finale an uproarousy funny bnresque OF
circns under Mr. Edwards ringfnaster ne slsh vi
sable beauty udustriously jumping through hOOp from
Tie back of which save Tor It's ears anu ." &
siti1lary and of a beauie serpsn'-charnler char
In wisely AZ not well reused the audience 10 enthusiasm
After pause which the audience rsc,ISreu .ui h
breath and wiped away the tears the " oo peH'9 WIN
MIR WILSON'S clever performance on the Da9o,
foowed nv The . Mokeville Choir, VINO
sang songs and chOruses IN an
admirable manner aided by the kalei0oscOpc eIeoV VI
their ATTIRE Professor shaw's huresque lecture on
astronomy gained frequent applause for It's t"ical AZ
insons whiIe a banjo duet by Messrs Horne and Jol n
son MAS loudly encored Tie hit f the evening was en
made by the Charleston Blues" under captain ilus
don Their Intricate evOIutiOns were peiIoilued WIN
clurkwurk regularity, and thrlr reappcarahce was
vociIeronsly demanded, when they we're presenter
fhrongh their captain with skeD o0iOrs handed from te
audiIce Alter second interval the curtain rose on
fne frat legged comic section OF The Poor Romance OF
V,"ny Man Through the course which the varlons
members of Tie did their best to extract hOr Ic
the burlesque situations and lines IL was not uhti
late hour that the performance was over - ~
Among those present were HERMAN ~ 10 iiut!'
Hilblr,e Roosevelt, Robert Sturgls, j. II. Woin-
wright A. Il. Mason. +. j. Werdell j. NBoyhtoh
j. b. Ludlow Mr.. and Mrs D. : Appleton, M F; an
Mrs G. III Berryman Mr.. W. T. Bodgett. MIS- Mlinam
Allen Butler jr, Mrs j. Lee Carroll Miss Eurnss MT
and Mrs. Pdrke Goodwin. Mr.. and Mrs r. H. C0uoeir
Mr. and Mrs. ii. H. Catln, Mrs. Valentine o. Hal NlSS
Schuyler Mrs. Robert b. Minturn. Mr. and Mrs LOWS
Cass Ledyard and Mrs. K. p. Huntington,