The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-21
GIRLS IN BLACK FACE.
Topeka Society Viii Appear in a
Minstrel Show
NONE BUT LADIES TO BE IN IT.
TambOs- Bones, Chorus. song, Dance
and OI5O by r minnie Talent.

and OHIO by 4 minnie Talent.
A swish. a swirl. a pretty girl.
VIM ,'i tlst ,l-,1, WI M, merry v7birI
ms beauty naIyely owns
I want to DO minstrel and play to one night
stands.
4 woody Wig upon my head. burnt cork on face
And there before the footnghts you'n nnd that
For Wen com mint for lnsleslde with our
Lady Minstrel Show"
sDost like the picture oh, you scoffers
at woman's rights? You people who are
glad the amendment was defeated. what
have you to say-to this portrayal, which
just now fits any one Of forty or fifty To
peka society girls who are arranging to
give a minstrel show with not a single
horrid man in the cast
'sBut," SAYS some slave of a stupid ira
dition, what about the jokesg Women
have no sense of humOr." Don't they9
" ell you wait and see, and listen to those
jokes, that is, if you can quit laughing at
the nrst one long enough to listen to
those that follow. land what are they
gong TO do anyway" says another skep-
tic IN open mouthed surprise
DO2-Why 20 and see-but no. I'll
tell you. They say they are going to
give a minstrel show just like any other
minstrel show, the only difference being
that the cast is entirely feminine, with
two IN specially. and even that has not
been definitely decided on They Will
black their faces, that is nine or ten, per
haps a dozen Of them will, and it is pos
sible that all Of the fifty ladies taking
part Will do SO, though the present plans
require that part OF the chorus as well
as some Of the solo singers wear full
evening dress, their only disguise being
the makeup, and high powdered Golf
fure.
send men, or (beg pardon) the lend wo-
men, that the chief interest centers, and
curiosity is at once rife as to what they
are to look like, and what do
Well they viii look like rights, of
course; that has been the general YER
diet, but the dear things have consented
to suffer that dire fate for charity's sweet
sake. "And," they argue. ''what differ
ence does it make, since no one viii
know u.s." and it would even be wise
young man, indeed, who would know his
own best girl under the Disguise the
4.bones" and ''tambos," and the middle
man, or (Deg pardon) middle woman, will
assume.
The latter, it IS whispered in favored
circles. Will wear a red skirt, with black
band about it. and red Z on jacket, with
black Tevers. a white skirt waist and
red slippers and hose Will complete her
costume.
The .tarnbos" aud @bones'' will wear
yellow skirts with black bands and their
yellow Elton jackets Will also have black
lappels, the left one of each of which
viii be adorned by mammoth yellow
chrysanthemum. The inierlOcutors
b0utt0nniere Will be an immense sunh0w-
er The end ladies Will wear black
and yellow hose and black slippers.
Somehow I've been wondering" says
the timld young man, IF it was just the
thing for young ladies to black their
faces and sing and dance, and crack
coarse jokes, and Of course I've let my
cogitatiOn on the subject run away with
me-"
As to backing their faces, they were a
from an aesthetic or personal standpoint,
but they think it will wash off as easily
fer them as for their brothers. AS for
singing and dancing and making up
why. they have all done that before in
other amateur performances. AS for
cracking coarse jokes, perish the
thought! The show IS for the best PEG
pie and by the best people, and as such
they are not capable of perpe
trating or listening TO coarse jokes But
the Jokes Will be all right, and so Will
the songs, the welding of bones and
tam bourInes, the chorus, the stump
speech and the sDecialties. This thing
was done last season by the society girls
of every big city in the east, and more
recently our neighboring western cities
minstrel shows for the benefit of some
charity, and in every case it has been
found the best and quickest way to raise
money for such a purpose at the least
expense to those having it in charge.
The show will be given soon after the
holidays for the benefit of Ingleside
The cast is not yet entire it has been
impossible to see all the ladies whom it
is desired to have take part. Each one
will be known on the bills by the name
of some we'll known actress or other pub
lie character. A list of the real names
will also be on the bills. though not so
arranged as to give clue to anyone's
identity.
The services of a manager have been
secured: one VINO has taken an active
part in such performances before The
cast viii all be arranged and other plans
to begin rehearsal, com pleted in the near
future, and it is safe to predict that the
affair will be one of the most remarkable
of Topeka's most successful amateur
performances.
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.
Recent Social Events in Topeka and VicIn-
ity.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bartholomew
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their niece Miss Carry Bartholomew
and SIT. C0rwin Je welt Prescott on Tues
day afternoon December I, at half after
1 O'Clock, IN the First Methodist Episco-
pal church in this city. The at home