The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-24
From Fridays Daily.)
WAS A GREAT SHOW.
THE MINSTREL PERFORMANCE OF
THURSDAY EVENING.
WAS MET WITH A FULL HOUSE.
Society Lost All It's Exclusiveness and
Turned Out En- Masse-The
Local Hits All Bright
and Good.

to witness the one great performance,
the one event of events of this winter,
the minstrel show of the Athletic club.
1t was manifest from the start that So
ciety would be interested and when it
was found fulFday before the show
was to appear that standing room
would be at premium, it was more
than certain that the success of the af-
fair would be an event greatertha any
ever known in this city.
At o'clock when the doors we're
opened to admit the performers people
began to crowd in to secure such posi-
tions of vantage as could be obtained
in the gallery. People who had Sc
cured seats did not get to the house
until about s o'clock when the car
riages began to crowd about the en-
trance and empty their fair contents of
femininity and beautiful costumes.
The audience was prompt in getting
there and the minstrel boys we're as
prompt in getting into place. The
curtain raised on a sea of black faces
neatly arranged in a semi circle with
Memo Waite and Fred Madison,
dressed in black satin coats, red satin
vests and white satin trousers on the
extremes, thanked by w. w. Strong
and w. B. VanGasbeck in gaudily
trimmed black dress suits, huge red
neckties and monster chrysanthemums.
Next came William f. Fisher and w.
S. McDermOtt in white linen dress
coats and equally conspicuous para
phernalia The bones were handled
by Messrs. Waite, Strong and Fisher.
The tamborines were in the hands Of
Messrs. Madison, VanGasbeck and Nc,
Dermott. O. M. Petit acted as inter
locutor and filled the place with dig
nifty and honor to himself and the en-
tire company.
The fun sprang off fast and furiously
and cut in every direction. Very few
people in town of well-knoWn eccen-
tricities or peculiarities but what were
"laid out" so to speak, to the intense
amusement of the audience. All the
songs in part one were encored and in
Guided all the following:
1 Don't Want to Play in Your Yard. ............
VIM. S. McDermott
Order of Night Owls. =. Harry M Baldwin
Little Bunch of Whiskers on His Chin .,,4
Hat Past Nine. ....4s. :. Fred lStemm
Ae Gru Dem mss SELLS W f. V Gna Ssek
Dear Old Songs. ..................~. Fred Engel
Memo Waite, The swell.
Levee Quartette-G. R.: Mcdowell, w. B.
Clooh K21fQnhaHh
The olio followed the part one after
short intermission. In this the first
number was cornet solo by Louis
Yeoman. 1t was very fine and was
heartily encored. In the next number
Lucien Lance as aistump speaker told
the audience how he disappeared before
it to stop the chickering's on the Park
avenue sewer. Slackey," as silt
wire walker, made very creditable
performance. The next was tramp
act by G.. w. Johnston, in which he
sang He Amt In IT.
The Irish specialties of Fred Madison
were eXtremely'funny and he was called
back three or four times. As an in
Simultaneous crayon artist f. E. Alger
won hearty applause from the audience.
He is a quick Sworlkman and surprised
the people with his work.
The flexible wonder, Eddie Dell,
was all that could have been claimed
for him. He proved himself a verita
bic human aboa constructor.
In " Dutch Marie" however, Fred
Stemm caught the house. His dialect
was perfect and the hits he made on
the daily papers were funny and fetch
ing to an extraordinary degree. This
was followed by Fred Madison's f" Jock
ey Clog" a dance.
The performance was closed with a
pantomime of an experience in tom
serial parlor The characters were:
Louis G. Bohmrich ................ Head Artist
Ed THEIRS. ...............
Victim ........ .LeavenwOrth kerShaW
1t was IL case of the victim being
thoroughly victimized. A tooth of eX-
traordiGary size was extracted, and
then he was shaved. These two acts
killed him, especially as turned hair
of several feet in length had pulled out
of his face. He did not revive until
the tooth had been replaced, when it
was discovered that he had no money
to pay the BARRIERS. After being re-
lieved of about twenty-five handker
chiefs, mufflers, ETC., and turning his
pockets inside out to reassure them
that he was & broke" he succeeded in
getting away, leaving his overcoat be-
hind.
The receipts were Yabout $400, and
expenses were about $3.50 The house
was record breaker in the attendance.
1t was larger than ever before seen at
the Rhode. Altogether it was the
great event of the season.
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