The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-15
NIGHT WITH AMATEURS
Topeka Actors Give the Public q Taste
of What They Can Do.


Topeka has amateurs-lots Of them; and
It has been discovered that one amateur
has been immortalized upon the stage. It
was done by the late Charles Hoyt, who
instigated the part of Under Dog in his
wild west farce a Black Sheep
Topeka has a real, live '.Under Dog -
who looks the part. 1t is Andy Dupont
1t was decided that the Aubrey stock
company's engagement at the Crawford
should close Saturday night with free
for-all for amateurs "A first and second
prize were offered There were just ten
entries Andy Dupont was eighth on the
list. He was announced as ANDY Dupont.
the worlds great vfolinist-'' Andy came in
with an old. cracked and much rosfn-
covered 1ddle- He was minus q coat and
tie, but he wore red shirt which came
up TO the requirements Of any old color
lar and long cuffs OF celluloid were in
striking contrast with his red shirt. THE
Worlqs great v1olInist is In the heavy
weight class.
Now. Under Dog" in Hoyts western
farce IS the side partner Of Hot stun. =
The poor fellow gets lynched and shot at
and few other things, but he has to d 70
GOES the wease sci ''9 Brin 4 m The Pins Tine tP
Dupont was running at large he must
the play Dupont carried his fiddle in one
hand and dragged chair after him just
Ike Under Dog did in the Tombstone
Artz-. barrOOnl- Dupont sat himself down
and drew his bow across the wire strings.
Under Dog produced. Dupont looked at
the gallery. The people looked at his red
Under Dog went into the barroom he
played the weasel song and got a drink.
dupont played 1t and received applause
Dupont. the worlds great violinist."
must have made Remenyi turn in his
grave There was no low. sweet cadence
of tender things such as Remenyi flung
from his magic bow but instead there
vas soInetning OF an lmltatlon OF the At
He played Pop Goes the Weasel" The
sweep Of his bow was not long; the notes
were short and screechy. but the tune
could easily be distinguished by anyone
with In ear for music
He played with the violin in all manner
Of pOsitions-in front of him. behind him,
over his head under his chair. right side
up and upside down. and all the time the
old cracked and rnucl-rosined fiddle gave
Pop Goes the Weasel - with always a
very loud pep That was the best part
Dupont was funny. He so resembled
Under Dog that it was ludicrous- Phe
even laughed But then came the worlds
great violinist' to his Waterloo He tried
to sing. The gallery hooted him Off the
state. Under Dog had a hard time in
Tombstone, and the budding genius Of the
worlds great violinist'' IS having trouble
in Topeka
There were other contestants. but they
were more artistic than Dupont Miss
Bella Brown sang a coon song in a very
pleasing manner A F. Bigley appeared
as tramp and did the same old thing
Of shooting a cigar lying on the stage.
Fay Tincher recited in a very pleasing
manner. Roy Wood was blacked up and
sang about Chicken and other famous
coon song celebrities Libbie Hill sang II
Wont Tell Any More which pleased the
audience Nav and Nellie Nye sang
.'Paree. Marvin Nye danced Pauline
Marshall sang ssGoo-goo Eyes
The first prize was to go to the one re-
cesving the most applause. and the sec
Ond prize to the one receiving the next
amount of APPLAUSE. May and Nellie Nye
received the greatest applause and Mar
vim Nye received second prize
Andy Dupont did not get prize. He
got some applause-very little, however.
for the audience did not seem TO appre-
ciate the efforts Of "the worlds great
vfoIinist'' The audience was well pleased
with the awarding Of the prizes. The
Nyes have appeared before Topeka au-
diences several times, and they never fail
to receive their share of applause.
Mr.. Mittenhal. the manager Of the Al
brey stock company. 1nau gurated pierzs-
ing novelty with his amateur night ard
a large audience assembled TO see THE
Red. White and Blue and the amateurs
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