The morning times., 1896-11-01

-ApEEY Shows. such as those oi winch
| y.r mad Two last week. are AZ tnis
timc ruli II tie meat ~ prouh''t''e
TIrv ar highly dver'ing III tl.at
g,tar and ar" I">-'-Hs'n -
oT :; C-:zr,., of real merit me .-,,.' hvSiy
minstrel Is Et+S'nG. ih' -, ,tn,r
NV l.artr. are hut the shadow oi '%itil %
Ir,,,,.r solves. Sgmhn i with item "iiS
- ,.,irr. M songs. ;tCceut. fun ana sell ''e
.r,nc Iuili,p pl,'r,. are a number "i >iic'i"itc>
,-iicI, have nr affilatluu Win ic@r''l''hI
I @ rc.rr character - d'iihch IN "'i!ih
AID uiciurc~qucu"s>. II VIII 'I'HG 10
.,.,na =, long rs il exists in our uaiIE en-,
,r,-,,,rn,t n minstrel performances pan
.,d ,ysr.t. i il nof plausible that cui"feu
stnw by calorrd people Will suTpiaht IL.
There i IN this proposition Il pohc "
realism ..,,,, NOR
Trc,,. performances can hr lhaur Pci-
rcciIy refined az witness lsham orieh-
u! AIacriDa fcr a Sin.ic lhst'lst' ~,
vas not rvcu a hint uf imprupre'N. Inc
a,rl-ryst,,.Et themselves with 4 conscious Sc
r,,-risres, which WAS in itself Il mine pl luh-
rT,crp MA ,lr Young man who played 1t
Itilliourirr. MI. Waldorf. He hHd h'ilr
"a, way-y as IuutharHc'S and wore sulu-
trimmed "ycclas>cS and - iauitlesS dress
sun and carried himself with the diStlnc-
non of the real thing. If there Is iun
In .tn imitation "f a darkeN, now huch
more in Il daracy Initiating himself: Aid
:,tr.,i,, Initiating Il wlitc man" Inc low
rGmCdian. whatever may have been ms
,rIn,ual >hatir. blackrd himself un with the
same fidelity that Billy Ric" OF Hughey
p,aigherty would. Why not" ii" was 'thc
llafk- faced coucdi;ln.'' But 1T was only a
little less funny Than the tenor, who BOW
drrrd and ruugrd. lie WAS evidently a
al, SO student of stage conventions. lie had
seen Tom Carl. Charley BaSSrtt and I'd
IuUud Stanley beautiful with the fresh
glow of the rouge box. and wasn't Ii" the
au.orouS tenor? Than The ladies Tllr ed with
the pu WIDER box, but with less apparent
ard decidedly more effective results. The
female contingent disulay ycd some attrac-
ti~e types nf mixed racial heautIcs.
Then they give as what no iuiitatnr in
the world has eyer given. the real negro
walk. What is more deliCiouSly humorous
than a cons luuS t!arkey ON parade The
poup and pride or his step is surely n
legacy from some race OF Ethiopian \ poles,
his sublime affcctation of indifference,
the serenity Of his face, his fixed eye,
erect head. expanded chest. and parade
toEgery, The women have i genius for
color contrasts, which oii white people
would tie lrdd ana vulgar. hut on the
dlrkey girls become delightfully."- fresh
and harmonious.
Tie real treat ol The modern ;iarkey show
IS really the singing They don't con-
fine themselves 10 Coon Scn.s or iubi-
lee dittics as in days gone by. The negro
has advanced. aud he has brought the
quality of his entertainment up with him.
The .Iuartette from Lucia, the hunting
chorus from Dorothy. the difficult polka
from "MiGnon'' are some Of the high
class music they attack and conquer
There's no inpcaclnng the quality of their
singing. 1t denotes wonderful possibilities
for music in the culorcd race. Antonin
DoOrak wonld revel in performance of
"oriental America They could give a
praiseworthy performance of Verdi $
Egyptian opera, Aida for which they
are adapted in color as well as vocal
strength. one woman, She who sang in
the duet FROM "El Captain seems to
lack none Of the vocal resources of ''The
Black Patti
Decidedly AFR. Ishani's performers were
q revelation. They point the way to the
probable successor 10 ninstreisy which has