The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-11-21
BETTER THAN EVER
The Ministries Play to an Immense
Audience at The Grand
Opera House.

/ = Ven NAtNH uit not NtScINt ana
receive criticism of some kind aIo. =
/ some line. Bat this performance was
as near perfect as any one of the kind
ever seen. The audience was in the best
of humor and the opera house was liter
/ ally packed, and the boys appreciated
/ the compliment and eXerted themselves
/, to do their best The company, num-
/ berlng thirty five were III position sing
ing pretty chorus when the curtain
/ went up. The orchestra, led by Prof.
/ Alexander was located on an elevated
stage back of the company, eight
! end men, George Foresman, Tom Scion.
+ Harry Clarkson, Bernard Wall, Buck
/ Hare, Tom Furniss, Ralph Pope, and
/ Joseph Nauman, attired in gorgeous
! suits of red and white striped trousers,
with white coats and vests, and i'm
mense neckties Of red, with large white
chrysanthemums for boguets, were
stunning, and the elaborate COS
tunes were especially effective when
cOntrasted with the full evening
dress Of the balance of the company
The songs were new and pretty, sever
al of them direct from the publishers,
and the chOruses were rendered to suit
the taste of the most critical. The solo
parts were taken by Chas. Rogers,
when the Bloom Is on the Clover"
Use in Town" by Buck Hare; Sweet
hearts Again." H. W. Austin; "The
Blow Almost Killed Father, Tom Fur
nsss; beautiful Irish Maid" Ernie
Hcimbaugh; Your the Apple of My
Eye" George Foresman; "Plckaninny' 5
Lullaby" Dan Mahoney, and Little
Mauthv Snow" by Tom Solon
Most of the ''funnyundrums" were
very clever, one on Mr.. Towne, of Du-
luth, who will be remembered rs run
ming on the Populist instead of the Re
publican ticket for Congress. "Do YOU
know, Mr.. Taylor" said George Fores-
man to interiocutor Frank Taylor that
since election there has been consider
able talk in Duluth ofthat 'Towne' being
annexed TO SUPERIOR" "Why is that
so, ;" said Mr.. Taylor, that would be
quite q scheme" Yes, but do YOU
know" said FOresman, 81 think Kansas
has the first call on that "Towne"
Another good one was hy Buck
Hare: Mr.. Taylor, do YOU know
that Adam Has good deal of a sport?"
Why, no, how do you make that
out?'' Wasn't he the starter of the
human race" These, with many local
hits, kept the audience laughing
throughout the whole first part. The
second part, Introducing dancing by
Wall, Scion and Law, club spinging by
Kane, a speech by GARRISON, tumbling
by Smithson and Davies, closed by in
Producing a little laughable tragedy en-
titled " lie Married for Money and
Made a Mistake" This introduced the
entire company. H. w Garrison took
the part of Sambo Grimes, the groom,
while Billy Law. as Amanda Snow, was
the bride. Tom Scion, as old Glenn
Snow, was the father of the bride The
part of Lucinda Block head, the bride 5
friend, WAS taken by A. Don M2Cartv,
and the part fitted him well. George
FOresman as Billy Boas, who was
very fresh, and not one of the in
vited guests, but he came to the
wedding just the same. Ernie Him.
baugh acted Joe Spruce, the peace
maker. The remainder of the COM
Pany were present as wedding guests
and friends. The first trouble occurred
when Billy Boas appeared on the scene
One of the Guests informed him that he
was not invited. In reply Billy drew
from / 5 inside pocket a massive tin
rations, when it was joyfullv conceded
that he did have an "invitation." Billy
continued to be fresh, and the groom
himself decided TO have a razor duel
with him. Serious results were averted
by the principals discovering that they
belonged to the same lodge. After in
dulging for some time in the dance, in
which the brides father PLAYED the tid-
die in very skiIful manner, the groom
concluded to repudiate the entire affair,
Tor the reason that the bride, VINO had
represented herself as the possessor of
immense wealth, had but $l.25. This
| difficulty was happily bridged over by
old Glenn Snow informing him that the
/ 81 % in question was only her pocket
money, while she had the additional
sum of $l7.0% III her grandmother's
! clothes, which he could have at anv
time. The curtain fell with Billy Boas
and the groom being elevated to bad
eminence by means of ropes.
This closed one of the most satisfac-
! tory amateur performances ever given
in Superior. The company 90 to Mar
quette and Houghton in about a week
or ten days in response to a special in
vitation. They are bound to receive high
/ compliments.
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