Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
BIG HIT IN MINSTRELSY.
CATHOLIC UNIONS SUCCESSFUL SHOW.

CATHOLIC UNIONS SUCCESSFUL SHOW
An Audience Which Filled the Auditorium
Applauded the Work of the Local Stars
Good Songs and Clever Jokes Helped t.
Make Up the Entertainment Which Con
: cluded with Finely Executed Drill by tn,
Union Cadets.
The recently organized Catholic I'm
. ion made its first attempt in negro
: minstrelsy Wednesday evening before
one of the largest audiences which
ever gathered in the Auditorium. The
attempt was eminently successful and
the result was the equal of any local en-
! tertainment ever given in Brattleboro.
Good singing. clever dancing. fresh
jokes and up-to-da specialties were
among the features which helped
create the success of the entertainment
and made every one of the large audi
ence feel like voicing his appreciation
in the words of the song Got Mine. !"
In pursuance of the unwritten law
of minstrelsy the company appeared on
the street at noon in big street pa
rade. The column was formed at the
Auditorium and headed by the COM
mittee in charge, E. J. Fenton. p L.
Shea and Charles F. Mann, marched
up Main street as far as the High
school, down Main, out Elliot as far
as School street, back to Main street,
down as far as the Brattleboro House
and back to the Auditorium Music
was furnished by the First Regiment
band, and all of the participants wore
/ high hats and long coats. and carried
canes.
I The performance began shortly after
s O'Clock with every seat in the Audi
torium filled and a large number of
people standing in the rear of the hall.
When the curtain rose remarkably
pretty stage picture was presented.
The end men were dressed in blue suits
with swallow tail coats and knicker-
bockers, the two lady ends wore jockey
costumes, red and black and yellow
and black. the young women in the
circle wore draped costumes of different
colors and the chorus was clad in white
suits with red ties. All the perform
ers were in black face with the excep-
tions of the interlocutor, P. L. Shea,
and Miss Katherine O'Connor. The
overture consisted of selections from
different operas and choruses from pop
ular songs followed by bone and tambo
work by the ends The first song was
My Lady Hottentot, " by Joseph Mar
tin which met with prolonged ap-
plause. After number of good local
Jokes James G.. Sullivan established
himself in popular favor by his render
ing of II Don See No Streets Named
After You," giving a comical local
version as an encore. The next num-
ber introduced Willie Lee. the boy
in a number of exceeding clev-
er limitations. Miss Katheryn Doyle
then sang the popular rag time when
Comes to Town. "
The premier end mend Frank Shea
and John L. Stewart were introduced
in pleasing manner by the interlocu-
tor who. by the way, left nothing to
be desired in looks. actions and stage
presence. Mr. Stewart, who is an old
time fayorite, sang II Got Mine" in
his usual taking manner, and Miss
Katherine O'Connor won the favor of
the audience with her splendid voice
in DO You Remember James P
Ferriters recitation "We Are Going
10 Open the Hospital in Wallie Hor-
.on's Block brought down the house,
ind Miss Kathleen Stewards song
Good bye Miss Sadie Green made
decided hit. She not only acted the
ong we'll but gave clever cake walk
between the verses with her brother.
The boy soprano of the company, d.
frank Shea, got the biggest hand of
he evening in his ballad Il IN Tired,
,ood advantage. p J. Mulvaney, di-
shade of the Pine" to good advant-
la Hr-t nj
male "The Stars and Stripes Forev-
r." by the entire company.
The second part began with Jim
lie the Pride of Newspaper Row, " by
be Reformer newsboy's quintette,
'harles Dunlevy, Charles O'Connor.
'ert Young, James Clune and Willie
zee These youthful vagabonds held
orth in truly metropolitan manner
nd were obliged to respond to
trongly given encore. Bosche, the
lack wire performer, gave clever
CT. undressing and dressing on the
ncertain footing and doing several
ther difficult balancing feats. Stew
ri and Blake caught the audience on
le hip with their foot-shaking and
1eir imitation of drum corps was
ecidedly realistic. NJ. J. Moran's
III stunt IL NCII lCICiNCd anu
addition to his usual clever move
ents with the clubs he introduced
,mething new in his torch swinging.
he LAMBERT troupe of acrobats did
,me clever work in tumbling and
leir applause was well merited.
The entertainment concluded with a
nelly executed drill by the Catholic
MON cadets under the direction of
j. Fenton. The men marched in
arfect time and executed a number of
fficult evolutlons without mistake
he beauty of the drill was increased
' the handsome cos TUNES and the cal
um light effects. Those who took
lrt in the drill were j. c. Sullivan,
ptain: p. l.. Shea. I. f. Lynch, p.
Hopkins. J. Cummings, p. Ryan,
McGrath. j. W. Martin. p. NJ. Fer
ter. J. 4. Austin. c. F. Mann. J. p.
erriter. J. F. Long. d. F. Aher, J.
Stewart. John Clune.
The members of the chorus were
mes Austin, ir.. d. F. Aher, Thos.
her. James Blake, NJ. j. Baker,
hn Clune. Archie Case. John Cav
augh. Daniel Connell. Frederick
,leman. James Clune. John l.. Cum
ings. James Dunlevy. Charles Dun
". J. ]! Eckles. Frank Eckles. p.
Ferriter, John L. Griffin. James
egg. p. j. Hopkins, DR.. X. II. Kin
ad, +. J. Lavelle. Thos. F. Lynch,
hn F. Long. job Long. jr.. NJ. J.