Birmingham age-herald., 1895-10-01
THINGS DRAMATIC.

Jolly Joe Cawthorn, the celebrated
 German dialect comedian, with strong
 company, afforded a large audience at
 O'Bfien's last night two and half hours
 of pleasant enjoyment in the delightful
 comedy, "A Fool for Luck" Joe Caw-
 thorn is happily remembered as the
 principal support of the lamented,
 though not forgotten, Patti Rosa. whose
 pleasant smile and brilliant acting in the
 whilom days made moments glad for
 those who invariably witnessed her per
 formances whenever the opportunity af-
 forded.
 Last night MT. Cawthorn was in the
 best of humor. His dialect was excell mt,
 his concertina specialties superb and his acting first-class
 In Miss Annie Buckley MT. Cawthorn
 finds an able leading lady, trough of
 course she is not quite the equal of Bir-
 mingham's favorite. Beautiful, viva cious and of pleasing address Miss Buck
 ley fills the role for which she has been selected very capably and deserved all the honors accorded her.
 MT. Frank McNish of minstrel fame was indisposed in the early part of the fore the performance concluded that 1t was necessary to call in a physician to attend him. The others in the company were far above the average and in fact excelled many of the present day stars. MT. c. H. Burroughs caught the house with his exquisite whistling, which won for him three encores.
 Al G. Field and his great minstrel ag gregation will be at O'Brien's tonight. The Memphis Scimiter says:
 Al Field always comes near giving the public the best there is on the road in his line, and this year he has prepared a programme which excels all previous ef- forts. The company of black face artists and comedians includes some of the most noted performers in this country, and the entire entertainment is a model of high class minstrelsy. The audience at the Grand opera house last night was large one-in fact, the spacious play house was filled to overf1owing with rep resentative people-people, who are usually noticeably absent from a min strel show. Applause and screams of laughter greeted the entire programme, there not being a dull moment from the rise to the fall of the curtain. The first part. "The Court of Momus," god of mirth. is gorgeously staged and decided ly picturesque. Modern minstrelsy is rep resented to perfection. while ye olden time is recalled by the appearance of Uncle Dan Emmet, the oldest living min strel, who, in addition to this title bears the prouder one of having been the au- thor of Dixie" MT. Emmet was recog- niZed by the audience and was greeted with storm of applause when he took his position in the center of the stage to lead the singers in the rendition of Dixie" The second part of the pro- gramme includes special features, which are good without exception. The aero bati4 work of the Patterson brothers borders on the sensational. William Rowe, the dancer, knows no superior. His Steps are marvels of grace and the pedestal turn is simply wonderful. Bogert and O'Brien do clever musical speciality, introducing much that is ludicrous as side play. Much applause was evoked by the watermelon festival introducing the buck dancers. The com pany carries much talent in this line and the sketch made a. hit The performance is brought to most successful close by the presentation of Utopia" burles- que, recalling vivid recollections of the Country Circus" It Is very funny throughout. with nothing flat to deaden the delightful absurdity of the act. Throughout the entire performance there is not a feature that Is not positively new, with the exception of Fields and Donnelly's act. Grover and Ben. Even that comes in handy just about now as the comedians throw in a number of third term gags.