The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-22

A SUCCESS
Independents Fine Show Before
a Crowded House.

~ ~ y " 0ONA AhV&0Ns
Laughter and Applause Greeted the
Efforts of the Performers From
the Rise to the Fall of the Cur
tain-NearIy All the Hose Boys
We're In Black Face-End Men
Were Funny, and Music and Songs
We're Well Received.
Once more the town has been re-
stored to quiet. The greatest minstrel
show of the year is thing of the
past. "Ginger'' did his little turn, to-
gether with the others, and the Hose
Boys are happy. So is everyone who
attended the performance, for it was
"corlzer. 2 The Lyceum was crowd
ed, standing room being at premi- |
um. 1t hardly seemed that there was
sufficient room for patrons to give
vent to their feelings, but this infer
renee was not well-founded for ap-
J plause loud and prolonged greeted the
performers at repeated intervals All
came in for a share of the appreciation,
which was apparent throughout the
!, audience.
} No names appeared on the program,
! each performer having for the occa-
: sion some special. Jamaica Gin
/ ger sehnapps, y known in everyday life
r as Eugene Carrell, as an endman was
q whole show in himself, and although
. his voice was sadly in need of repair
9 still he was three times encored in
9 the song, "I'm Happy When I'm by
7 my Baby's Side. - His local hits in
: verse were we'll received. Mr.. Car
s rell was not the only end man whose
J, jokes and witty sayings caught the
t crowd. D. Farrand Sturgis as "Dead-
|. ly Nightshade, = also made hit as
l. an end man and he was encored three
d times in his rendition of the song,
:, FTd Leave My Happy Home For
- You" Elias zimmerman scored a
" success with his collection of jokes
!, and he was obliged to respond twice
q to an encore Of his song, "Do You
- Love Me Suel" ]. Boyd Headley sang
the comic song, I've Just Received
Telegram From Baby and i'm
personated Skinny Bill Narrow The
other endmen were Herbert Day and
Cad Howell. OF the ballads OF songs
of sentiment rendered that Of Wood
! ruff Vance probably, received and
J. merited the greatest applause. His
y rendition of "Sing me Song of the
n South was faultless and he was en-
q cored. DR.. Carlton Dobbins sang
"a sponded to an encore "The Story of
q the Rose" was sung by Harvey Ge-
l. nung and he too was recalled.
George @. Smith, as Socrates, acted
as interlocutor with all the dignity
possible for mortal being to assume,
|. and not once during the first part did
g he so much as smile. His voice and
makeup were admirably adapted to
2; the character
l. Voss' Orchestra furnished music,
i which was of high order. The
i; chorus singing was excellent and the
participants in black face occupied
,e seats arranged in tiers All the In
l. dependents were represented in this
chorus except those to whom "Gin-
GER called attention in these words
s of song:
n "Most Jersey men this time of year
g like sausage made of pork.
ID nd 3xn Of O11
vs. crowd that will not use burnt cork
h There's Emmell, Voorhees,, Hull and
Smith, good men and true as steel.
:, If they were calsomined as you see us,
=" they could tell how sticky we feel.
Il The chorus of the first part was
: trained by J. Fred Runyon to whom
> belongs great deal of credit.
The second part of the program
opened with Lightning Jim Sunset
(Cad Howell) in banjo Mysteries"
and he was recalled.
Frank Pierson gave clever and in
: teresting exhibition of magic and
. slight of hand,
: A feature of the program was
Charles Ennis as Professor Hilarious
: Hilarity, who was announced to
"Orate Websterian Chunks. Mr..
Ennis appeared in monologue and
; his wit was of such nature as to be
quite refreshing. His performance
certainly betokened a sense of humor
not common to amateurs.
q Independent Drill Squad, in me-
chanical manoeuevres, presented a
g very attractive appearance. The
o members wore the company coat and
y cap and duck trousers. Their move
o ments were quick and accurate. Sig
nails were given by DR.. Carlton Dob
a bins, Captain of the Squad. 1t was
v necessary for the drillers to acl1now-
: ledge an encore.
p AS the program stated fthe climax
was reached by presenting New Lo-
. cal Burlesque arranged by Somebody
o and Produced by Anybody. This melo-
dramatic Night Horse is in one Chill
and Fever and is entitled Conglome-
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