The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-23
UNDERLEAFY BOUGHS.
Modoc Minstrelsy at Garfield Park
Tonight.
JOURNAL REPORTER AT 4 REHEARSAL

SEINE OF the Funny Things He saw
Tho show to Be Given on the Dane
ing Platform.
Tonight the Modocs will give their
open air concert and Brownie minstrel
show at Garfield park. A JOURNAL re-
! porter saw the rehearsal last night
The dancing platform IN the park will
be utilized for the stage with the actors
facing toward Soldier creek to the north.
/ scaffoIding will be erected for side cur
tains but no front drop curtain will be in
use.
! All the seats scattered over the park
will be arranged in a half circle in front
of the stage and back of those hundreds
! of circus seats will be added so that all
! the guests will be allowed a seat
The green rooms will consist of two
! tents in the rear and each and every act
will prove so enhancing that the audience
will not notice the absence Of stage set
tings, such as mountains, bridges. ter
races, etc,
The company is thirty five strong and
with eight comic end men, three quar-
tettes and the Kazoo band, there will be
nothing lacking to contribute to the
effects sought.
Last night at the rehearsal the entire
programme was enacted.
First the Kszoo band of ten pieces
marches "with solemn step and slow" to
the front
When the audience hears them render
"Of to the War; or the Trials of Com
pany B." applause is sure to be uproAr-
! ious.
The costumes of the minstrels are
striking.
The extreme end men will wear
jaunty jackets Of white linen, fastened
double breasted, with pearl buttons and
old gold trimmings, blowing breezIly
open, over u loose front shirt waist OF
pink and white. And q chappie belt,
white pants, Drowned face and feet to
match and the costume is complete.
The other end men appear in very
cloud" blue and white shirts with boxy
front reefng fastened with four dull
pearl buttons. They, too, appear in belts
and white trousers with linen shoes, silk
stockings and diamonds.
The three quartettes wear their every
day white faces and full dress
The interlocutor is a wild Denny brook
Irishman with fringe of red hair
around shiny pate and general phiz
The programme is composed of cornet
solos, from bone, monologue, shirt dance,
living pictures. etc.
Miss Anna Burroughs is the cornetist,
and, Nantucket Beach and Brighton.
Her alpine Echo" is a charmer.
Professor jackson, of Topeka. renders
a trombo solo.
The monologue of William Wadsworth
is worth going miles to hear, since it de-
lights the sense even before it touches
| the heart
Those who have missed seeing Cecil
| Spooner in the skirt dance may do almost
as we'll to watch the whirling gyrations
and fancy steps of Miss Shreeve.
The banjo specialties of w. G. Swartz
are unique and jolly.
The first end man then sings of his
love for LINDA"
The opposite end man then tries his
voice in 80, That Rain bow in the Sky vi
vi"
Captain A. A Rowley will favor the
audience with a southern plantation ju-
bilee.
The inimitable Charlie Rieske has
winning favorite in Swim Out, o GRADY"
It is probably his best success. One verse
of the song, which is a cheerful air, runs
as follows:
I met whale out walking,
! He was fat and full of fun,
And the Two OF us got taking,
He said he'd never heard em,
So told 1t to him then.
He smiled and said politely.
AS he wenched the other I'm;
| Swim out O'Grady.
You take me for fat,
| ] have a great big swallow
! But ! couIdn t swallow that.
Believe me, Mr.. Jonah was
COnYersing through his hat.
The Misses Wyatt will sing. At the
end of the programme there will be
living pictures.
Rock of Ages" will of course be
represented All we'll regulated shows
have it The subject will wear nile.
green tights. Later on he or she will
appear in "Eve Tempting ADAM" while
the orchestra will play "Hard Trials for
| Them Two"