The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-05-02
The MINSTRELS.
The Metropolitan Company Sets
a New Record For Local
Minstrelry.

pany gave a performance at the
Masonic opera house last evening
and it waslthe prevailing opinion in
the crowded house that 1t was the
best thing of the kind that has ever
been staged here. The famous Dark
town" aggregation, if the organiza
ton ever appears again, will have to
look to their laurels for it is now ''up
to them" to put up better than
was seen last evening for the lads of
of the company have covered them
selves with glory, have given better
show than any of their predecessors
and better than many of the travel
ing companies that have been in the
city. The entire entertainment was
pleasant surprise. 1t was not
knownithat the younger element"
of the city contained so great an
amount of talent. The show was a
success!financially and the Armory
and hospital funds will receive good
sized checks as the net proceeds of
the effort.
The opening part alone was worth
the price of admission. The arrange
ment was new and pleasing. There
was circle of endmen in shirt
waists, great hit, then a second
circle in full dress. A row in mil
itary dress and last the musicians.
There were forty-two voices in the
chorus of the first part and it was the
best opening ever heard here. Claude
LaffertyG officiated in the center as
interloquotor and the jokes that he
drew from the ends in the intervals
between songs were fresh and bright.
There were local hits that went
straight to the mark and were appre-
ciated in their full worth.
The program of the first part was
as follows:
Opening Overture-Entire COM
pany.
The Choir Invisible-Harry Coffin.
what's all this Noise about
Symon Walling.
Plantation Quartette-Moore, Wal
ton, Davis, lHagan.
Coon, Coon, Coon-BeDillon and
Carver.
At the Bottom of the Deep Blue
Sea-Claude Lafferty.
Wait-Evan Morgan.
The Fortune Teller Man--Harry
Hagan.
Love will Find a Way-Walter
Davis.
The musical numbers of the pro-
gram were all excellent and all re-
ceived the applause merited and en-
cores were demanded in each case.
There were several pleasant surprises
for the house. 1t was program of
well, well, what next?"
There was a short wait between the
first and second parts and the curtain
went up on vaudeville program that
caught the house. It was not too
long and was concluded by bright
little sketch admirably done
Part No. two was made up of the
following:
Our Monologue Artist-Elmer
Mendenhall.
The Premier Acrobats--Hugg and
Bennett.
When Reuben Comes to Town
Walton, Morgan and Ladies'.
The Idiots Supreme-Mendenhall
and Hagan.
Our Original Awkward Squad -
Leslie Moore, Capt. DIR, Heilman,
Walton, tsopher, Myers, schmitt,
Chapman, Hay.
The Two Shootists-Mendenhall
and Jones.
Xlophone Solo-Symon Walling.
Trombone Solo-Link Fisher.
TOO MANY swEETHEARTs.
Andrew Carnegie-Clau Lafferty.
Jake, the servant-Symon Walling.
Charlie DoolittIe, James admirers
Edward Walton.
Chimmie Glue, James admirer-
Elmer Mendenhall.
Willie SHUTTER, James admirer-
Clyde Carver.
The personnel of the company was
quite extended. There was regular
organization and the success of the
entertainment was due in part to
the careful and paintaking work that
was done by the management
selected at the outset. Ed. Walton
was chairman and Harry Hagan was
vice chairman. Addison BeDillon
acted as secretary, Robert Walton as
treasurer and Clyde Carver as bust
ness manager.
The twelve endmen were Messrs.
Clyde Carver, Harry Hagan, Elmer
Walter Davis, Harry
Coffin, Orion Brown, Addison Be-
Dillon. Symon Walling, Bob Walton,
Leslie Moore, Fred White and Evan
Morgan.
The circle proper and the chorus
was made upiof the following mem
bers: Emil Schmitt, Gus Heinsman,
Vsrnie Watts, James Hayes, Idhum
Ewing, Cliff Harrington, Floyd Jones,
Victor Finley, George Heilman,
Harry Henness, Harry Douglass,
Robert Walton, Clyde Graham,
Harry Fiheld, FIRED White, Jessie
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