The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-19
ADJUSTMENTS.
HOMEMADE MrNsTRELsr.

Inc long neraldeo amateur minstrel per-
fcrmance for the benefit of the Unitarian
church fund-worked up as only Nat NJ
Brigham knows how to work up an enter
tainment. came of last evening, and it goes
without saying that the house was TANNED
nearly thousand dollars being counted up
a. the box office. The parade in the morn
ing, when ali the gentlemen of the organ
ization marched through the streets "a
advance of a brass band, served to draw
the galleries out and as for the society
portion of the house, that had been sold
out by the ladies long ago.
One usually goes to an amateur enter
tainment prepared 10 look at things with a
charitable eye, more particularly if the
entertainment is for a charitable purpose.
But there was far less occasion for exer-
cising charity last evening than anyone
had expected. The show stood on its own
bottom as a very merry, clever and extreme
~ tunefuI entertainment, and we doubt
not 1t will drawn second good house to-
night purely on its merits. When the cur
tain went up and disclosed about twenty
society bloods dressed in swalloW-tails
BACKED to the roots of their hair, and with
their familiar linerments only recogniz-
able, as 1t were, through a glass darkly,
there was burst of merriment and ap-
plause, and the fun began in earnest with an
overture played by Mr.. krouse and several
men In the orchestra, accompanied by the
bones and trombos on the stage Then
there was the Usual Interchange of cues
tons, witticisms and absurdities passed
between the end N en- and the interlocutor
and the audience simply yelled with delight.
Every thing went everything was encored,
and many of the features got two and
three recalls. To name the various leading
parts of the evenings show in the order
of their merit, we would say that Mr.. Sam
Park was the Dockstader of the organiza-
1r@r1s hat hn a,1
Brigham, and the male chorus contributed
most genuine pleasure-indeed they formed
dainty concert In themselves;
that Mr.. Elmer Ellsworth kept up
ripple of laughter by his
humorous conversational monoIogue all
the time he was On the stage, and that
honors were about even between the end
men, Messrs. Spears, Tousey, Downey,
Parker, Coffin and Maltese. Lew johnson
looked overwhelmingly funny-which was
the best thing he did. MIR. Park has a
natural comedy vein that lifts him up
above the others, and his decided accom-
plishments as ventriloquist-which. if
cultivated, would make him the equal of
Kennedy-made the best act of the even
ing. We suggest that Prof Krcuse play
MARY and John" as the ventriloouist
walks on the stage. MIR. Parks song of
"Pve Ben Sold' was very taking MIR
Spears ease showed that he had ''been
there before;'' his gags were very }aughable.
Mr.. Downeys original song, He Did 1t
So Politely" was capital, and his dane
ing was most graceful; but Mr.
Downey totally wiped out the good
impression he had previously made by sing
ing wretched song about two prominent
Democrats of this city being ''in the mud''
and 1.-The grand old Liberal partyn being
ION top" Its stupidity was only equalIed
by its bad taste, and the several Demo-
cratic friends of the gentlemen named who
were on the stage aiding the concert as
well as the several hundred in the audience
who had paid their dollars in the cause of
charity, could not have been much f1attered
by the untimely illusions. Equally un-
fortunate were the references to the Jews
many OF whom subscribed for tickets be-
cause they thought they were aiding de-
serving charity. ourtesy should have
suggested that no disrespeclful al
lusions be made to any who had
been solicited to support the en-
tertainment Mr. Tousey5s dellneatfou
was quite good. Mr.. Parker's joke on
Colonel Murray's Deep Creek TO d took
immensely. Mr.. Brigham was stormily
encored for his "Only Picture;" no one
can excel him in selecting taking songs
and his manner of rendering them. The
Mastodon Octette reflected his careful
training, and it got double encore Mr.
Goddard sang excellent.y, especially the
Sonny" selection. Mr.. Souires has a fine
bass voice and his song also was eucored
The Juanita Mandolin club got two recalls,
and both its encores were charming the
opening selection not SO sympathetic Mr.
Seyleys xylophone solo was redemanded
MIR. Steadman's dancing might have been
eliminated without loss. The disappoint-
ment of the night was in the omission of
the long advertised and much talked about
AN all night session of the
city council which was dropped
out OF the programme without q word of
explanation, and a rather tame ending
1.-The Darkey's Picnic1 remarkable only
for giving George Downey a ballet dance
and Mir. Brigham side-splitGng makeup
as colored cotton picker) substituted in
its stead. 1t Is said the Council skit was
tried ION the dog'' in the park, and that the
dog resented it, but as all the mastodons
are mum on the subject, we are without
any accurate information On the point
The show goes again to night. and is well
worth seeing. We make these suggestions
Tor this evenings presentation: That cur
talns be dropped in the arch in Part the
singing will be found more effective: that
all the gentlemen wear white gloves: that
Mr.. Squires place his hands behind him in
singing; that Mr.. Stanton-who. by the
way, was very prompt middleman-talk
little louder, and that Sam Park be
allowed TO keep the stage as long as he
wants TO.
1.-THE BoYs'
Gave their second social hop of the win
ter at 1ounger's last night. About thirty
couples were in attendance and, as usual,
the Drusic was good and a most ENJOYABLE
evening was had. The company was not
too large to make dancing a pleasure
which is not often the case in crowded bal.
rooms. The programme consisted of ski
teen pieces and the fun lasted until mid
night
LECTURES on GOVERNMENT.
To the Editor of THE HERALD:
The undersigned, beginning Sunday
evening, will give a course of public lee
lures on topics Of general interest. The
first will be The Origin of Governments
the second, society and Governments
the third, Our Government There will
be good music introduced as prelude. and
there will not be in Salt Lake place to
spend Sunday evening more proftablv
than in the theatre. We begin promptly
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