The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-09
RED MEMS MINISTRIES
AN ENTERTAINMENT OF MERIT CIV
EN- Ar TOMLINsON HALL.
The Audience Is Large and the Per-
fOrmnnce Is Enjoyed-The Pro-
gramme Numbers.

The cold weather last night did not pre-
vent a large crowd from gathering at
Tomlinson Hall to witness the Red Mems
minstrels. under the auspices of the Red
Mems street pageant committee. The people
were there 10 enjoy themselves. evidently,
and applauded the efforts of the perform
ers frequently. The stage setting was un-
usually gorgeous for an amateur minstrel
show. The stage was boxed in rich. red
velvet and the costumes of the minstrels
were Of silk and satin Of various colors.
The opening number on the programme
was a medley overture and chorus, COM
posed or rag-tirfle and American airs, COM
piled and arranged by Mr. S. A. Grubbs.
introducing Mr.. Peter II. Schwartz and Mr..
II. G. Prehn, with Fred Brown, Fred
Stephenson, Jacob Leider. George w. Trick.
Harry Willis. ]. w. Brown, Bernard Frey,
George c. Stelhorn, j. f. Brash and Ed
ward A. Schwartz Some of the songs in
PRODUCED were 1.-The Moth and the Flame"
Mr.. Charles Read; Always Mr.. T. s.
Macquithey; "Bye-Bye. Mr.. Coon, Bye
Bye" sung by Mr.. Fred Brown; MY Han
nah Lady," Mr.. John F. Cotton; "rve Got
Chicken on the Brain" sung by Mr.. George
c. Stelhorn. Messrs. Harry Willis and Ed
ward A. Schwartz, dressed in fancy cos
tune, were introduced and passed off some
would-be jokes on the audience. Mr.. Will
lis sang ''Caclxle, Cackle, Cackle.'' and Mr..
Schwartz did an original turn and sang II
Wish Was Little Bird" One of the
best features Of the show was parody on
Telegraph My Baby" with a cakewalk by
Master Willie and Katie Seagle, the words
by Mr.. Harry Tutewiler.
The second part of the programme was
an olio of up-to-date novelties and negro
acts. Emnor BOrtOn entertained the audi
ence with a bunch of original sayings and
w,tticisms which kept them in good humor
AL walker and Harry OLeary presented
highly humorous act, entitled Fun in a
Gymnasium. Billy Miller and Andrew AL
len provoked much merriment In q short
farce. THE Actor and the Tramp" Mr.
Merrill, VINO Is playing at the Empire The
alter this week, did some trick bicycle rid
ing and o. w. Barneclo and E. III. Mere
dith sang several descriptive coon songs
Ebonyville Red Mems Annual Powwow,"
a congl0meration of funny situations, ne
gro character songs and dances, occupied
prominent part of the performance and
was written expressly for the occasion.
Green. Ed A Schwartz; Aunt Jemima
Green, Jacob Leider; Peter Jackson, Peter
Schwartz; Brother 'Rastus Johnson, w.
w. Tinsley; Village Marshal, Fred
otcpucuSOH, I1OI lODldic p1dn, D. w.
Brown; Willie, the town pest, ID. +. Ire
nary. incidentally the following songs
and specialties were introduced: Take Me
Back to Dixie Ed Schwartz Tell
Mother I'm a Soldier Charles Read;
"Aint No Lie." Fred Brown; "Give Me
Back Dem Clothes" Charles Wolf; buck
and wing dancing by Messrs. Wolf, Brown,
Miller and Schwartz The Odylyn Quartet,
composed OIL Messrs George w. Gilderman,
John F.. Cotton, w. G.. Ribble, c. G. Gar
Yer, gave a number, and Mr.. James Lam
kin presented some clever original imita-
tions. The Hottentot trio, composed Of
John Brautigam, George c. Stelhorn and
T. S. Macquithey, dressed In costume. sang
some popular songs. The show ended with
a "Hot-stuff Piewalk," a new creation, led
by Mr.. Brash. Mr.. Brash used to be the
champion cakewalker of the State.
The Red Mems minstrels paraded the
downtown streets yesterday at noon and
attracted considerable attention from their
novel costumes. The parade headed
by two buglers in attractive costume, and
they were followed by about a dozen In
dams in costume; then came the drum
corps and couple of dozen Red Men of
the Uniform Rank, dressed In colonial
style. Following these came a band of fif-
teen pieces. Several hundred Red Men
from neighboring towns and cities came to
the city to attend the demonstrations and
witness the minstrel show In the evening.
Over 1000 tickets were sold for the minstrel
show last night.