Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
WHITE ROSE MINsrRELs REPEATED.
Entertained Another Crowded House Last
Thursday Evening.


Thursday Evening.
So popular was the production of the
last entertainment of the White Rose
Minstrels given by local talent in this
town that O request was made to have
it repeated after the lenten season. So
with the addition of two end men
Messrs. Harvey W. FAIRIES and Jay
Lassell-and slight change in the
overture, the entertainment was re-
peated last Thursday night before a
large house. The overture as before
represented the "social session of the
Lime Kiln Club in the Lime Kiln
Clubs parlors, with VIM. S. Diehl as
president; the invited guests, club en-
tertainers, &C., being present.
The program was splendidly given
and compared with the last one was
fully up to the standard if it was not
much better. The jokes and ''lOcal
hits" were numerous and to the point,
and the solos and choruses, supple
mented by an excellent orchestra, were
very entertaining. The program was
given as follows:
Introductory Overture, ,-"She is a Belle''
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. By the Company
Eyer Baby is Coming to Town.. ".;s..a..:.:
Il
MY Boy Remember Me, j. E. Stevens
"Tll Make Dat Black Girl Mine, "........;;
J. H. Lassell
ITO the Maine" "............G. ID. Brown
0iiinO os "oio9n en'e j. G. Manneriing
II Am King O,er the Land and the Sea-,
"Warmest Baby in de Bunch, " .4..4;...,,.
Our Own Original Finale, entitled,
THAT Wife of Mine"
w. H. Brady received hearty ap-
plause in his song entitled the WARM
est Baby in the Bnnch. " He was
called back before the foOtlights sec
ond time after which he was presented
with a boquet of lettuce decorated
with American flags. The song of j.
@. Mannering, "Climb de Golden
Fence" also made a popular hit and
called forth an encore.
In part second the character songs of
w. H. Brady took well and ''Comical-
ity Musicality, by Knight of the goth
Century, introducing original songs"
was splendidly taken by Mr.. W. L.
Massey. A feature in this was his cos
tune, so dressed as to appear half
black and half white. In this grue-
some appearance he sang imprOvised
songs to the accompaniment of banjo
and kazOo arrangement which he
called a ''guijO." 1t was highly en-
ioyed by the audience.
The ''drill and walkln' fo' de cake"
was about the same as before. The
negro gallants and girls were all in
their best "finery" and they strutted
along with as many 'lugs" as you
would wish to see For receiving the
most applause, the cake was awarded
to J. H. Lassell, the "beau" and
Frank Armstrong, the "belle."
The stump speech of Harvey w.
FAIRIES was another excellent rendition
of wit and humOr. He got it off in
splendid negro dialect and style and he
won considerable applause, especially
from those who see that he has excellent
talent in this direction.
After a solo, "My Coal Black Lady"
by j. H. Lassell, a mandolin solo by
Fred Lang, the program was concluded
by their side-splitting farce entitled:
ga Slippery Day." We venture to say
the whole audience went out of the
Opera House well pleased with the
| performance. AS a hOme-talent af-
fair it is one of the best of its kind
ever given in this town, and it speaks
we'll that Smyrna can furnish such
talent. Several in the audiance who
on many occasions have visited the
celebrated "Carncross & Dixie" now
''DumOnts Minstrels" Philadelphia
say that the two end men in the White
| Rose Minstrels are equal to any they
have ever seen there. And they not
only complimented the end men,
but gave praise for the general effort
displayed all around. There could be
no better proof of the peoples appre.
citation than the fact that they crowded
the second time to see the same perfor.
nance only few weeks apart.
They went last evening to Middle
town were they appeared for the bene-
fit of the Y. M. G. A., of that town
The advance sale of seats assured
them of good house, and it proved
to be so in fact. Most every available
seat was taken. The show passed of
splendidly.