The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-13
k.OF c. MINIS TRELS
Excellent Entertainment by
Hope Council at ! St.
Peters Hall.

The big double Majestic Minstrel Com
pany, comprised of members of Hope
Council, No. 4S3, knights of Columbus
scored great hit at st. Peters Hall last
night The record of attendance of an
audience in the spacious but comfortable
hall was broken. The auditorium and
galleries were packed to suffocation and
Hope Council has been considerably en-
riched. Nearly all who took place in the
stage performance did work equal to that
afforded delight to the big audience. So
well did all do their parts that comments
on the work of individuals is unnecessary
and space forbids it.
Mr.. Matthew Boylan was interlocutor.
The end men were Cornelius Glavin,
Harry Fitch, John J. Mulrain, John
Fields, John Salmon, John Flesy. The
soloists were Eugene Mahoney, John
Flesey, John A. Driscoll, William A. Nc
Donald, John Doleson, George P. Egar,
John Fields, Charles Joyce and John J..
Wilson,
These took part in the grand opening
chorus-a medley of popular airs:-M.
r. Boylan, j. ]. Byrne, f. d. Costello,
John j. Dobson, Charles f. Dolan, Geo.
p Egar,J. f. S. Fitzpatrick, John Fle-
sey, John E. Fields, James J. Gallagher,
T. f. Gantley, Robert Guy, JohnSJ. Gal
vim, Corn. ]. Glayin, Chas. H. Joyce,
Eugene Mahoney, Thos. r. Meers, VIM.
A. Mcdonald, John Norton, John F.
Salmon, Chris. Storzinger, Miah ]. Swee-
ney, J. f. Treacey, John J. Wilson, John
A. Driscoll, John Cudahy. Michael
O'Brien, Peter Riley, Thomas Mcclure,
Bernard Woods, James H. Riley, D.
Mahoney, Harry Fitch, Chas. Conklin,
John Mulrain. Following this Mr.. Eugene
Mahoney and Company sang .Moriarty"
and sHe May Get Over 1t, but He'll
Never Look the Same;v VIM. A. Nc
Donald. baritone sang Courage" and
"Old Black Joe with quartette; John
Fields and Company gave General
Hardtack on Parade" John J. Wilson,
tenor, sang Excelsior" and Down on
the Farm" with quartette; John Flesey
and Company sang Mandy, Won't You
Let Me Be Your Beau?'' John A. Dris-
coll sang Answer" and ''Time and
Tide" and the closing chorus by the
company was >''The Boys Are Coming
Home Today"
George Egar made hit with "Pretty
Little Dinah Jones' and "When It's
Moonlight on the Levee, Caroline. There
was also pretty typical southern scene,
introducing Charles Conkling, banjoist;
John Salmon and Harry Fitch with a
company Of dancers. Hope Council
Quartette gave very clever rendition of
"Hiawatha" and Eugene Mahoney sang
cleverly "In His Usual Way" j. F..
Tweedy, the Laughing comedian" said
a lot of "phunny" things and sang NUM-
Der of "phunny songs. A playlet en-
titled "The Liitlest Girl with Mr..
Sweeney and Mr. Van Bibber, Mr.. Bu-
ettner as Mr.. Caruthers, Mr.. G. ]. Mil
ton, Jr., as Davenport, anr Miss Mar
jorie Conway, the Littlest Girl, of the
NARROW Dramatic Club, greatly amused
the audience Mr.. Charles Joyce sang
a number of baritone solos and John
Salmon and Haryr Fitch, champion soft
shoe dancers did some exceedingly &C.
centric dancess John Dobson. assisted by
M. T. Tweedy sang a number of illus
trated songs
Mr.. Francis Mackin was vocal director
James K. Holden. musical director,
Maurice J. Buckley, stage manager and
w. J. Brasiel. stage carpenter.
director -haalotr-,, ,ie.. cHaberio
A dance following the stage entertain
ment Thomas r. O'Gorman headed the
reception committee and Edward J. w.
Flaherty headed the floor committee.
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