The Worcester spy., 1899-02-01
MINSTRELS GAY.
st. Paufs Lyceum Gives Ex-
cellent Musical Event.

It s always something new with ST.
Pa1Fs Lyceuul, and 1t IS always
success Last evening the young men
conducted a minstrel show in HortlcuI-
tUTal hall They verified th= Old say
ing ghat whatever they undertake. to
Do rney DO remarkably well Last eve
mig they made another departure from
-Ee routine line Of entertainments
which societies of kindred nature con
duct, and the success which attended
tne-r Efforts atEest=d their versatility
IN that particular line
II is safe 20 say that Horticultural
hall never held larger crowd L
couldn't There wasn't anything like
room Tor al VINO were there but thsv
knew q goed thing and put up with a
little discomfort Standing room on
" signs would net have expressed
anything. The only signs which could
nave been 7ut OFT would be No room
at ALL"
The minstrel show repaid the audi
ence for any discomfort it underwent
It was oE unusual excellence for anna
teurs; in some features it excelled
many a minstrel troupe which has
made national reputation The par
ticularly bright feature OF the perform
ance was the chorus work The ap-
porttonment OF voices was excellent
Tae volume was surprisingly great for
the size OF the chorus. The time was
perfect, and taken as whole the
chorus was far beyond what is expect
ed from d number OF young men with
out more training than they have had
The soloists were good. a few more
particularly so. The end men made a
mistake Of attempting too much, and
dragged before the audience many an
old skeleton. but the audience was not
hypercritlcal, and enjoyed them huge
ly. A few really good ones were
sprung.
The show opened with a selection.
Mister Johnson. don't get gay" by
the end men and company. John A.
keaney sang In the Sacramento wall
ley; Edward O'Donnell, Il guess I'll
have TO telegraph my baby; John
Sullivan, IF I were a knight Of the
olden tiIaes," and Thomas Gallagher.
My Ann Eliza" The latter was ex-
celIent
Thomas Mahoney opened the second
edition with She was bred in old Ken
tUcky." Mt. Mahoney's sweet tenor
has been admired for years. He showed
no diminution Of singing ability last
evening. Arthur Flagg sang ELI
Green's cakewalk." which he supple
mented with an exhibition Of that art.
John ]. Sheehan's baritone solo,
Asleep in the deep" was good. Bsnia-
min Harrigan sang when you amt
got no money" and John Kane, despite
a. severe cold, did well in Because"
The finale was a fitting climax. Mas
ters Frank HeaIy and Willie MulIaney,
who possess sweet soprano voices, sang
Kiss me, honey. do" and were as
sisted by the company.
Francis J. Marlowe opened the olio
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ucator from the Philippines. and made
several good hits. r. Matthews, John
A Keaney. J. J. Sheehan, John Kane.
John Kennedy. John McGrath, Edward
O'DonnelI and J. j. Foley took part in
THE animated song sheet" a curtain
on which was drawn an immense scale,
the faces Of the signers protruGing for
notes. They sang medley, each man
taking part. John ]. Sheehan gave
colored sketch. Bobby Wingate did a
juggling turn. William D. Collins
played on the banjo, and sprung sew
eral Witticisms. Z. W. Wilder and L.
W. Millea gave a gyrnnastic exhibition
which was remarkably good The per-
fornance was concluded by the entire
company in songs and choruses. with
John Kane representing Mr.. Patrick
O'HouIihan." The windup was funny.
The participants were: Committee.
John ]. Sheehan, Frank ]. Marlowe and
Henry N. shaughnessey; manager and
director. William D. Collins; stage man
ager. Henry NJ. Shaughnessey; assist
ant, Edward Kean; musical director,
ward Howe; bones. Arthur Flagg,
Edward O'DonnelI, Joseph Carroll, Jas.
Mullins; tambos. Benjamin Harrigan.
Thomas Gallagher, Joseph Turbidy and
John Connolly; interlocutor, F. ]. Mar
lowe; soloists, J. A. Keaney, J. J. Shee-
han. John Kane, Thomas Mahoney,
John Sullivan. r. Mathews, Frank
Healy and Willie MahSney; chorus,
John Carmody, Henry Baldwin, John
McGrath. John Kennedy, ]. J. Foley,
G. Quinn, William WEIGH c. T. Butler.
John Clifford. Joseph Sharry, Joseph
Matthews. Walter Kane James Nc
Cam, William Adrian, Edward O'Gor-
man. James Houzhton, Thomas Foley.
James Eaton, James Mccarthy. Ter
renee Dolan, James Ryan, T. F. Ryan.
Thomas Holland and George Whalen.
The ushers at the show were Robert
O'Toole. Thomas Butler, William Vail,
Edward KeeEan, John Norton, Charles
McGourty, Charles Ciavin, Thomas Fo-
ley and Joseph Duggan