The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-28
OLD Ellis MlNSTRELS
YALES YULETIDE WANDERERS
GREET A LARGE AUDIENCE
AT PEOPLES CHURCH
YALE SONGS AND RAG TIME


Delightful Programme of Two.
Hours without a Dull Minute-A
Number OF Receptions Given In
Honor of the Touring GIee and
Banjo Clubs.
From the programme of the thirty
fourth annual concert of the Yale Glee and
Banjo clubs, given at the Peoples church
last evening to a large audience, COM
prising all the Yale alumni in the city
and host of their friends, consequently
comprising considerable portion of the
fashionable setsit might be suspected
that the old New Haven institution, like
many other institutions, had been led
away from its musical ideas into the
enticing world of rag-time.
Still there Bass little of the old Yale
spirit in the gleeseGubs first and last num-
bers, respectively, Brave Mother Yale"
and Bright College Years"
The banjo club introduced the pro-
gramme with Hands Across the Sea-"
| and, as the stage exits were not very
| commodious, the club had to respond to
an encore through inability to escape,
| even mad there not been a seeming will
| 1nSness, and. as 1t turned out. roper
toire which permitted even more liberal
| gifts.
No one doubted the boys ability to
sing when they started "Italianischer
Salat," Mr.. Schneeloch being the soloist,
and when they finished it was evident
to all that the club had at least a speak
! ing acquaintance with the Technology of
! music.
The Suburban Lay" of the cook who
| stayed with us one entire season, by the
| glee club, was equally popular, and the
| nrst joint appearance Of the full glee and
| banjo clubs in "Tutt Fruit" a med
| ley Of popular and very modern airs, full
fllled the expectations, which were rea-
sonably high, and warrantably so from
what had preceded.
There was brief intermission, during
which part of the collegians became
lost In the auditorium for a time, but the
banjo club finally mustered its full
strength in "a Hot Time in Mobile" and
| the encore gave the glee club time to
collect its equally scattered membership
The reason they had been gone so long
| was partially explained in the somewhat
sentimental nature of the next selection
"A Little Knot of Blue" The tardy sing
ers atoned in responding to the encore
with the rollicking Eve Meet Again To-
| night"
Mr. Simmons bass was heard splen-
! didIy In THE Farmers Daughter" and
the mandolin club literally put the au-
dience to sleep with some dreamy mel
ody, and after they walked up and apol-
| ogized for their rudeness by a roof-rais-
| ing round of applause, Messrs, Baker,
Ellworth, Clarke and Lyon sang some
| negro melodies.
Mr.. McGee's r"Bedouin Love Song"
with the club accompanying; Sousa's
| medley. Chris and the Wonderful
Lamp" by the mandolin club, and a
Swimming over of the college songs or
some snatches from them, by the glee
club, was followed by a clever topical
song, THE Change VIII Do You Good"
1 Mr. Clarke being the soloist, which dis
played wonderful possibilities, and which
| the audience seemed determined to eX-
haust in repeated encores.
There's Another Game Than Golf,''
one of the encores, was not less enjoy
able, musically. and mirthfully, and the
programme closed with Durant's Bright
College Years. ending For God, for
Country and for Yale.'' e:s1 ~:
The members Of the clubs are: $685..
Off1cers-A.1 .J.n- Baker, president Glee
club E. II. Clarke, president Ban19 CLUB;
mann, assistant manager.
Glee Club-First tenors, A: ]. Baker, H.
S. B. Chittenden, F. W. Moore; second
| tenors, r. Stevenson Jr. H. e. Ellsworth,
j.. G. Greenway, G. A. Dewey, H. S: Ar
Clarke Jr., 6, A WEIGH; second bass, R.
A. MCGEE. G.. A. Lyon, NJ. <. Parker, w.
| w Herrick, A R. Hill, K. rSpaulding.ac- e
SOM l.. Manierre, L. 3. fulton, 6. B.
Kip, E. S. Toothe, A. NJ. Brooks; piccolo,
E. H. Clark; banjos, B. G.. Yung, L. K.
| Butler; mandolins, F. L. Belin, III. A.
Webster, A. J. Bruff; guitars, w J. Voge-
Ter. w. G. Mackey, A. M. Smith, H. Chap
Mandolin ci1b-First mandolins, H. A.
| Webster, E. II. Clark l.. Manierre, F. L.
Belin, A. J. Bruff; second mandolins, A.
NJ. Smith, L.. K. Butler. E. 8. Toothe, 3.
G. Yung; guitars, w J. Vogeler. w. G..
Mackey, H Chappell, L. e Fulton A. D.
Allen; violin, D. S. Blossom; cello, H. S.
Arnold.
The concert was preceded by number
of delightful parties in the two cities in
honor of the boys and many Of the So
| ciety people were in attendance.
The patrongsses were: Mesdames W,
Burnside Foster, C. NJ. Griggs, n. NJ: Hal
bert, J. H. Hammond, E. C. Haynie, ]. J.
Hin, Arnold K Kalman, A. LangfoTd; A. H
ston, c. S. Mellen, M. D. Mum, r, NJ.
| Newport, D. R. Noyes, Ansel Oppenheim,
A. Richardson, Park Ritohe D. NJ nf Rob
bins, E. N. Saunders, c. L: Spencer, J. F.
Stryker, J. B. Tarbox, Ambrose Tighe,
B. Wheeler, J. A. Wheelock, G. L. Will
son, Wallace Winter; 2. g. Hine
In the morning the resident alumni
gave an informal breakfast and smoker
to the club at the Minnesota club.
W. c. Read welcomed the visitors and
presented to President Baker, who IS also
leader of the Glee club a loving cup, con-
ssting Of miniature beer keg made Of
Minnesota pine and deeorated with Indian
designs Messrs. Clark and Stephenson
sang solosyand NJ. I'D. Mnuu welcomed the
club on behalf Of the local alumni: Among
those present were: NJ. D. Num- DIR.
Burnside Foster,1AG E.. Spencer C.
Stryker, w. G. Moves. w. P. Trowbridge,
A H Lindeke, WV. Heffe1inger, J. G,
Shaw, L. Forepahgh, C.. w. Halbert, w.
| R. Begg, H. T. HafAert, w. Wheelock, o.
Kalman, c. Livingston Jr., T. Griggs, E.
N. Saunders Jr., Ha A. Haynie, T. Dyer,
H. Parl1hurst, J. Robbins Frost Wheeler,
Reese Newport and Sydney Dean r..
The party broke up after singing
Here ,to- Good Old Yale and Bright
| College Years."
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