Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-20
A Complete Success in a Financial
Way and $191.75 Melted For
the Charity Fund.
A Large Audience Witnesses the
Performance of Entirely
Local Talent
Some Very Good Features and Wit
ticisms The Participants, the
Program. Etc

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show given bv Observation-Disclosures f,lks Was (
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luesaay evening " was representa- I
tive Mafshalltown audience, one that I
contributed when charity sat stake /
and when a home talent performance OF (
any kind Is given. \ ,naiority were
SATISFIED WITH Inc en,eYtai,,mantl ana
but little adverse critie,,n mas bee,
heard.
Minstrels in this enlisbtense ast. 40
MOI the fun producing ,i,si.t;sIs ,h.y wefe (
! s.w centuries AGO. putsa pe,f.rrnanet
given bv- local people. Min, locae. viii.
esuls of a nigh class orele,' ii, nearly ev.
icv case and plenty. III talont in song /
made ma the a..etine one Il mt,sh enjoy
ment. The fi,,st part VAS ltkensd to
..re.,l ,njnstrals.. and when the curtain
rang M. With the straitss s,f I'm rh.
p,yani,u nv tha AIoonifagb, sung t,t
psople With faces that nslsfly f,.genlbI.5i
,the moon in ECLIPSE, ttas scene Mas
very nrat,v one p,s y o;stz was
seated in the middle. as sinterloeutar. his
shiny hack face far mar. shiny man. his
ard fna,.ilv shiny head Wrj,.t, ,loty had !,
lswen,,erf,,flv lnxi,r,ous ei9wth Is wool. 4
4 .,,a, il, White di,ek SUITS ,,.st.nt
laaf;,..r sh,,.s red sios.<fnrs ana ve,l
svasfs s,,..,.f.s,ha stx end nan the bones
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n5,,ions In sn9;nstrelsv I,,u,n,t Isesnn
i I,an p.,,.a,,1 and, eva. l,e,t,ayy.y VIM
~. ,an,hos Aftar re introd,1cto,y
overture blythe company and the pre-
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p.s, -, 4, ss,,,., Ms given
.NIv I5annah lad ys,e-A Mr.. Lew Tate.
starry r.yes'i-Mr. cheste, Durelle.
..yo,, Must pay Rag rtme.'-Mr. Ben
packard
.,rb48 only Girl / Ever I.oved''--Mr.
st.ha,,les Arnold.
a.t1,;oinai parody "-NIr E,nmet Zee
+ con
.She,il Never Love Another Coon
Il Mr.. Ed Staat.
B;1llad-AIr. George sNyden
"Jad Enough of BluiIin' Fired
WAY
THE Soldiers, Chorus Mr.. f. Au-
4 IRE e smith
4 The first part concluded after the
freneiition OF the program. With a grand
cak. walk nj all nations participated II
Iby Alessrs. Beeson and Tate as Uncle
4 sam and Aunt America. Stern and Benz
son AS our Hebrew cousins: Wall and
Lander. two t.elestials Staat and Way
Eas our German neighbor Parsons and
q Conway. Packard and Wright. as the
iapastles of the nationality whose cake
+ walk is only genuine. The cake Was
awarded TO Messts Packard and
Wright
THE OHIO.
The second part was in some respects
4 very clever. but some OF the acts.
4 dra sred al little and We're a t.iie too
3llong. Others might have bsttevsd the
l.haIf BY their OMISSION. MIR. Fred Will
A son in gun manipulation. dancing and.
Ian exhibition with a whip amused the.
audience Ana act in comedy by Msssis
Beeson. Parsons ana Packard followed
and was one of the hits of the show Il
hainr original in every detail. M
oonawav followed with an exhibition Of
trapeze work. aftei which Way and
staat ..exposed" some difficult feats of
5tha observation-disclosures. Messrs. Smi.h
land Nyden. Durels and Manson, am
nonncfd as the Queen City Quartet
sang next. after winch the entertain
ment concluded with a buvlesque on
living piceures. some of these we're
varv claver and an acquaintance With
Itha characters made them very anus
LING Mr. u. c. Abbott represented
President NIcKinlev: '.Reuben" Curtis
las Asuinaldo: col keffora as
Purity. DIR. H. r. o;etz as Grover
& C,lsyelnnd and Moses Stern as Moses
, I'm the bullrus hes were among the best
..1-pela Toms CABIN portrayed in ten
Il sce,as nv different; members OF the
co,nnary closed The entertainment
pn,t Gnodel. as little Eva, especially
II, tha tran.formation scene. easily ear
raa off .he nonors. During the "Cnele
Tom, the o.srte.t composed of Stanley
Pierce. VIII Long, George Hcdstroin
lana Claire Weseott sang several negro
l malo,liss
Nothing but a generous criticism
cod,,a 10 bestowed upon the entertain
me1a,l taken as a Whole There we're
ears Of course. and in the first part the
work of E.mmet Beeson aud Ben Pack
I.,s Ed staat and Fred Way WAS easily
awarded the verdict of being the most
meri,orious. The latter TWO We're the