Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-17
An EVENING OF hERnhENT |
AFFORDED CROWDED HOUSE
LAST NIGHT AT THE CAR
ROLL CLUB.
CARROLL CLUB MINISTRIES.
Who Occupied the Boards, Gave a
First Class Entertainme nt-The
Affair Was ON Par With q Pro-
fessiOnal Show and at no Time
Dragged, as Amateur Perform
ances Are Wont to Do.

Dragged, as Amateur Perform
ances Are Wont to Do.
To say that the Carroll Club min
strels delighted their auditors last
evening would be putting it mildly.
When the curtain rolled up for the
first part the large auditorium was
filed to it's utmost capacity, and from
| that instant until the curtain was rung
| down on the afterpiece, there was
nothing doing except continuous up
roar The fact of the matter is that
the entire performance was on the
standard of a professional show, and
reflects the greatest credit upon the
participants and their directors.
The opening of the first part was an
innovation in minstrel shows. The
setting representing the lobby of
hotel and the first glimpse the audi
ence had of the merry makers was
| when they all fled in ostensibly from
the depot. All wore long listers and
high silk hats. The effect can readily
be imagined.
The lineup was as follows:
Interlocuter-J. B. Handlan.
Middlemen-iD. nv. Cochran, Charley
Swan, George Georing, George Some
felt, Harry Vain, Charley Dick, Joe
Ward, w. 3. Gundling, George Hervey,
Robert Farley, A. L. Carney, Albert
Fading, John Brady and DR.. John J.
O'Kane.
End Men-Bones, Vincent Owens, J.
~ IJopd1op Ir Iocopb O'Priop
hos, Ignatious Bremen, Charley Ray
and Gus T. Weitzel.
The programme for the first part
was as follows:
Opening Overture-"Dixie". .............
Nonsense.
'' le N ignatius brennan
Tenor Solo-''It Dreams Come True
Observation-Disclosures. Harry Vain
A Little More Nonsense
Sons and Quartette Chorus-'.My Lady
Ought to be Nonsense
Bass Solo-Jean" Albert F1ading
Tenor s ae TRjnts It's Nonsense. car0ev
Bass solo-"Asleep in the Deep.
But 1t Amt Nonsense.
Song-"If | only Had a Dollah of Ma
Own ...........,........Vi Vincent Owens
This is Nonsense
Baritone Solo and Closing Chorus
Every Race Has a Flag But de
Coon" ....................W. B. Gundling
The jokes were a.. new and the
singing very good. The chorus was
one OF the best amateur organizations
or the kind ever heard in this city.
The song that occupied the very CEN
ter of the bright musical constellation
IN Only Had a Dollah OF Ma Own" Mr..
Bernie Handlan, who was interlocu-
tor made for himself a record in that
capacity.
The olio which followed was on a
par with the excellency of the first
part.
Mr.. Owen McCann's monologue was
as good as can be heard on any pro-
fessional stage. He concluded with
the song Goo Goo Eyes" which kept
the audience in continuous uproar
He was encored twice and responded
to both with very clever exhibition
of buck dancing.
The second number in the olio was
a monologue by Charley Ray. The en-
tire affair was very original and he
The stump speech by Robert Farley
was excellent and was delivered in a
most versatile style.
The next number was song with
banjo accompaniment by George Her
vey. His effort was highly pleasing
and was rewarded with an encore.
In the next number Prof Charles
Schambra gave very clever exhibit
ton of club swinging. AS the pro-
gramme announced the exhibition was
bright in every sense of the word
The concluding afterpiece was a
parody entitled Romeo and Juliet,
advertised as fresh from their London
run (out OF town. on their first ap-
pearance. Bremen as Henry Irving
in the role Of Romeo" and Owens as
Ellen Terry in the role Of Juliet" Of
that famous Shakespearian play was
a masterpiece Of comedy, and even
had all the rest of the performance
been slow. which it was not, the aud
fence would have felt amply repaid for
any patience which might have been
occasioned.
On the programme were several
witticisms which are worthy of re-
print. They were:
Small children may be checked at
the office"
please don't throw at the interloc-
utor. He's doing the best he can
Our kraut barrel is full, so don't
throw cabbage at the end men. If we
had to do this for a living we'd be
poor"
OBITUARY.
Died-January 16 1901.
CARROLL CLI-R MINSTREIS