The daily sentinel., 1902-10-02
THE MINSTREL SHOW.


greet the ladies minstrel show, under
the patronage of the ladies of the
Epi ,copal church The house was fill
ed ddown stairs and goodly number
were in the gallery seats. The affair
was an undoubted success financially
and many of the ladies participating
were especially good.
The work of the end men was al
most like that of professionals. The
singing and dancing was above the
avearge that one finds in travelling
companies and was compliment to
the ladies themselves as we'll as to the
gentlemen who had charge of the
training. But one day more than a
week has been devoted to the getting
up of the entertainment and the faith
full work of everyone concerned has
been responsible for its success.
The ladies on the end were Miss
Francis Corcoran Mesdames Dean.
Poage and Mason with the bones, and
Misses Sykes, Foreman. Whitley and
Foreman with the tambos. The work
of these instruments was we'll execut-
ed and the special floor work of the
end ladies was meritorious. The
jokes were nearly all new ones and
many of them brought forth screams
of laughter from the audience. The
local jests were we'll taken and
in most cases were we'll given. The
singing was good. Among the song
numbers in the first part were
Down Where the Cotton blossoms
Crow" by Mrs. De La Mar, who has
a splendid voice. ''The Queen of
Charcoal Alley by Miss Mabel
Campbell, was also q we'll rendered
solo. "Ebenezer" by Ruth Woods
brought forth applause from the au-
dience. "Sing Me Song of the
South" by Mrs. Mason was fine Mrs.
Poage made hit with the song 'If
Time was Money, I'd be Million
aire." ''Shootin' Craps" was sung
and acted by Miss Laura Foreman,
who was assisted in the chorus by the
end ladies. Miss Stella Woods sung
''De Owl an De Moon" in fine style
and received much applause. But per-
haps the best number of the program
was "Cocoanut" by Beulah Sukes.
Miss Sykes had just the right kind of
voice for the character of song
which she selected and was most lib
orally applauded for her effort.
The class chorus of the first part of
the program was perhaps the most
taking number of all. 1t was sung
by the end ladies who wore high silk
hats and carried canes and was entitl-
ed the ''Black Bon Tons The Ia
dies were obliged to respond to hear
ty encore.
The jig dancing before the close of
the first part was fine. The Misses
Foremsan and Poage contributed this
favor feature which was encored
several times. In the second part was
sketch by Misses Claire and Stella
Woods, which was worth the price of
admission by itself. The negro song
with guitar accompaniment by two
young ladies was very good. The
cake walk was fine, five couples par
ticipating. The cake was awarded to
Misses Ellis McCulloch and Lillian
Sawyer, two real young ladies, both
well known here. Their costumes
were swell, and the personifiaction of
grace.
After the cake walk for the prize
there was a burlesque by the Misses
Foreman which was not given for
the beauty of the figures, but to show
how really awkward the figures of the
other contestants might be made, If
any one cared to do so. A parasol
with a skull and cross bones on the
inside. and contraption for an cleo
trio fan were conspicuous in this fea-
ture.
A Dutch song and dance and Hot
tentot dance also added to the features
OF the program. Miss Sykes in a cos
tune song and dance made the hit of
the second part. Three times she re-
sponded to the enchores of the au-
dience, each time with different
song. She delighted all who heard
her.
The entertainment closed with a
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