The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-08
AL. G. FIELDS M1NsTRELs.
They Will Fill the Stage at Academy
Opening on August 10.

Iney w Ill III 9ne OtaSo at Academy
Opening on August 10.
The name of AL. G. Field at the head
of any minstrel organization is a guaran-
tee bond of its superiority. For years
this energetic manager has stood at the
front in this line OF amusement. To-
day he is at the head of the largest min
strel company in the world. There are
seventy people on the stage. They travel
in special train of palace Gals and will
appear in this city in the very near
future. A great deal could be written
regarding the number and individual
merits of the many members of this
mammoth company. We think the pub.
LEGATION ofsthe names of the people would
do more to assure the general public OF
the excellence Of this entertainment than
nything that could be written. We ap.
pend a list of the more prominent :nem
bers Of the company.
or course AL. &. Field is on the list
and as he brings us something new each
season, he is always welcome. Then
there is Billy Van; as minstrel come.
dian he has no superior. His "Me and
Micky" speciality made him famous years
ago. He has trunk full of sayings and
guips that will sustain his former repu.
tation. Then there is the inimitable
Doc. Quigley There is'.more fun in Doc.
Quigley's legs and feet than in half a
doze q people whom we know that have
billed themselves rs comedians. Then
there Is Commody and Hyland; then
there is Phil. Hecker, Tommy Donnelly.
G. A. Leedy, Scanlon and Moran, nChar-
ley Cartmell, Les Fairman, Billy Patton.
These people in the black faced comedy
portion of the big show. Of course Dan
Quinlan oraces the interlocutor's chair
rs no one but the .Chesterfieldian Dan
can. Then there are the vocallsts. There
are good many of them too. That ster-
ling favorite, Will Walling, Yields the
director s..baton over this portion of the
| ENTERTAINMENT.
r. V. Prosser. Harry Sheldon, Frank
Todd, VIII Walling and Walter Byrnes
are the solo tenor singers. Then I'VE
have Paul Lalonde, Charles Ware, bassos
E. S. Clifford is a descriptive baritone
singer who har lately joined the company
and has made big hit These are all
solo singersin addition to which there is
| a chorus of ten.
Last year the knowing ones said AL.
Field had goLe to the limit-and would
never present n better line of specialtes
Read the list and see whether they are
false prophets or not.
Ollie Young, who as n juggler of so.
called Indian clubs has no equal, is the
only one of last years specialties on the
IL.
o. Judd Manola and Lafelet Miller, the
acrobatic comiques, are the next on the
list, and then we have the De Veillers
| family, French new Corners to this coun-
land their performance entitled: "The
Students Frolics," is one of the genuine
novelties of the season.
The browning feature of the whole en-
tertainment is the Cornalia troupe of
ladies' and gentlemen acrobats, seven
people in all. Their performance borders
ON the marvellous Unlike other acrobats,
| the ladies are costumed as for an evening
reception-long skirts. trains, ETC.. and
the gentlemen in full evening dress-in
| parlor setting their wonderful act is
! given. Double somersault, three high; a
human. pyramid from the stage floor to its
extreme height; a leaning fall that lay
all the performers on the..carpetAs quick
as lightning the pyramid is again built,
the little Girl doing a backward somer-
sault from it's extreme height and
alighting on the shoulders of the elder
| Cornalla. Double somersaults from the
stage door to the shoulder of a lady stand.
ing on the shoulders of two gentlemen
| underneath. are only few of the feats
which have made this troupe famous.
This is their first American appearance,
and the salary they receive is princely
one. If there was nothing on the pro-
| gramme OF Al. u. Fields Big Minstrels
but the Cornalla family it would be big
show.
Doc. Quigley has a big act entitled
"School Boy Days" IN which twenty peo-
pie appear. Dan Quinlsn has big drill
entitled "The March of the Romans"
| The stage is set to represent the interior
o. the Coliseum ut Rome. The evolu.
lions of the gladiators with their bright
armor under the glare of the calciums is
II stirring scene. a broad sword combat
on horseback introduces the thoroughbred
Arabian horses, Belle and Sultan.
Then there is the first part entitled:
1.-The Court OF Momus'' Eddie Fox, the
perennial, with his violin comes in here
and gives us limitations as only Eddie
! Fox can.
or course there is the parade and Ches-
ter Minis Military..Band of twenty people
Put all this together, it looks to us as If
Al. G. Field had outdone all previous
efforts.