The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-29

They wired to Moore To joiu them aud ne
canIe over in 80 as Ia HbOurine man. Inc
troupe then consisted o. nine performers
Moore became one OF the partners, met with
Mr.. Burgess, got him 70 fight the cnancery
suit which occurred IN the struggle 70
wrest the tile Of "Christy's' from the
troupe which had split off from the parent
band, then bougnt It the other partners
aud TOOK IN Mr.. Bu-Ze s
Nv hat is your most 1pGlar 50 e so Tar
as you can remember" l asked.
The more popular am ing the sentlme1-
tai songs, he ans " ered, without a moments
hesitation, was On. would were a Bird
sung by Robinson. The greatest comic hit
was the 'Mulhgan Guards and 'Ia1ioca-'
/ sang 1t for over ten years. The next ap..
proach to this is The Whistling Coon
y hich my son-in-law, Eugene Strauton, IS
now singing nightly. It is only an old
mel-dy Of mine worked up into the
whistle"
You have always managed to outdis-
lance rivalsl"
Yes, we have had the largest bands in
the world with as many as 100 perform
ers. / have had many troupes try to
fight me but most Of them have gone
br ka.n
The banjo is getting rather popular in
this country is l'tI =
ut is becoming a very popular iustru
ment. The Prince Of Wales plays it aud l
hear his daughters are learning 1t. You sse
whereas it was originally nothing but a
pumpkin head stuck through. it has no :
become quite a scientific ms rument and
you will find Que III almost every good house
now
What is the secret of your successw
"All my mn are artists in themselves.
never allow one Of them to be dummy.
Ac for "a h 81 bar oil f,Ya
caJhe iral choristers b pick from and
have turnel out at least fifty Of my boys
thorough good De.forners. l had rather
discover a voice at any time than a singer.
Give me the voice and I'll soon make the
singer"
sd es minstrelsy grow or wane in popu-
lar.tv?n
"Well, my theater holds over 1000 people
a I'd is always crow lei AT the same ii .
the new ia gled smoking concerts iayerfere
with us as with all other classes OF enter
tainments."
You have no trouble in getting fresh
talentm
IN, I discover it for myself My bass
sin .er could not sing a note when took
him on. | get 100 letters in the course of a
week some lines from candidates, chiefly
fro II a nateur troupes. So lie of them ars
queer chaps, too, whD can't do anything at
al We cannot resist a lark Win SucQ at
such times, making them dress up and black
AMI sending tlem off SO. One We bucketsd
with water in order that ne should sing
the bay o. Biscay more realistically and
then left him to grope his way out in the
dark"
Ii further conversation Mr.. Moore pointed
out that an E iglishman can never person.
ate with much success the genuine charac-
teristics of the southern darky. The Lon
dol com sdlans always drop their his too
much and that's letter the Niger always
uses. NJ Jore himself doesn't know note
of music but he has composed over 100
melodies. He picks them out on his banjo
or with one finger on the piano and gets his
musical directors to do the rest. One can
rarely drop into the Moore house
without finding some pet of the
public, some famous entertainer,
out on the Fourth of July all the
talent of tle protest. IN assem- Oles to dance
and revel and see the fire works display,
for things hum on that day from early
morning till the succeeding one.
DAVID WECHsLER.