Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-02


sons oyster stand and to drink In inspiration
with his juice. A popular song writer in this
cls- caught an inspiration from Brer Rich
ardsC1 when he heard him utter the words:
-Whatcher 'gwine to do when de great days
a-comin'f
a colored barber in Cleveland, O., Is
another source Of delight and fresh thought
to the minstrel No sensible, fictitious black
man ever passes through Cleveland without
calling on this barber. His stronghold is
politics He has a theory Of his own with
regard to the unifcation of political creeds.
BE denounces both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties in vigorous and ungrammati-
cal language, and says: 'De 'Publicans is
tryin' to rob de niggah, and de Jimmocrats
is tryin' fer to steal his vote" Thisbarber
wears an enormous yellow necktie and a
large brass watch chain. The minstrel stump
speaker interviews the barber as soon as he
reaches Cleveland, and then initiates him at
night upon the stage. As local hits are al
ways relished by the audience, and as the
barber is a well known character in the city,
hundreds Of people 60 nightly to hear the
stump speech alone
Thus are the uneducated negroes made use
of by the minstrels- The diamond, which
undressed and unpolished reflects no light, is
placed in proper setting and CLEANS with
radiance in the glare of the footlights
One OF the most unique examples Of the
''fakirs'" art which writers are won't to
utilize, is the ingenuity with which current
phrases, situations and ideas are woven into
some specific subject. These are rendered
by the performer or songster in lieu Of other
and more trite acts. One OF these is plati-
tudinal enigma which brings in the title OF
almost every modern play. These quota
tions when ingeniously welded together not
infrequently present very probable tale.
Here is an example which has heretofore
never been printed or used on the stage:
.After Dark" one night, "Alone in Lon
don, 1.-TWO Orphans betook themselves to
'sThe Old Homestead with "A Great Pink
Pearl" which they had stolen from "Our
Boarding House" and with it Skipped by
the Light of the Noon ''Over the Garden
Wall" 1t was "a Celebrated Case,n and the
"Two of Kind" had been LED Astray" by
"The Romance of q Poor Young Man, who
was known as "Our Cousin German"-"A
Member o, Congress" One was "a Daughter
of the Regiment" the other "A Deacon'a
Daughtern-one the wife of Josiah Whit
comb" the other the spouse Of "Rip Van
Winkle-n During their "Revelsn they met
"a Chance Acquaintance" who was "Lost In
Great City" They told him of their Ozark
Secret, " and he agreed to take them "Around
the World in Eighty Days" and they sailed
from "Muggs Landing Travelling "1n a
Pullman Palace Car" as the Tourists, y
they took "a Trip to Africa and reached
siberia" With "a Bunch Of Keys" they
opened the vaults of 'The Silver King" and
as "We, Us & Co" took in "Michael
Strogoff" ard "Paul Kauvar," and after
spending "Teu Nights in Bar Room" re-
turned TO "Tte Streets of New York" There
they were met by dot, The Little Detect
ive," and had "a Trial by Jury" After
much Confusion" they were Sentenced for
Life" but through PLUCK" and Deacon
Brodie" they Escaped from Sing Sing" and
were eventually Forgiven"
ERNEST JARRoLD.