The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-27
HAPPY IN BURNT CORK
AUDIENCE DELIGHTED WITH
OGLETHORPE's MuNsTRELs.
THEATER WAS THR0NGED.
SOCIETY AND THE MILITARY
OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS.

| Thought 1t the Best Ever Given
in Savannah-Many Local Raps
Were Enjoyed - Vaudeville Part
Contained Excellent SpecinIties.
Nent sum Realized from the Per-
fOrmance.
The best amateur minstrel show ever
| given in Savannah delighted an audi
ence which filled every seat in the the
alter last night. From first to last, the
performance was void of amateurish
| ear-marks, and the hundreds who
braved the inclement weather to wit
ness it were repaid to a degree which
surprised the warmest friends of the
| Oglethorpes.
Society was out in force, and the
bright uniforms of the military of the
| city were sprinkled everywhere through
| the audience. The audience, too, was
| appreciative, and unstinting in its
applause. The local raps were especial
ly good, and few there were of the city
officials who did not come in for
hearty laugh at their expense.
The audience knew what to expect
| from the first scene which met their
gaze as the curtain rolled up promptly
at the appointed hour. The costumes
| and scenic effects, beautiful in detail,
were but a criterion of what was to
| follow. The handsome white and red
satin costumes and artistic stage set
ting would have been credit to any
professional minstrel show.
An OgIethOrpe Reception.
The performance consisted of two
! parts, a minstrel, followed by vaude-
vile. The introduction of the minstrel
under the title of Reception at the
residence of Gen. James Oglethorpe"
was a happy departure from the staid,
and customary way. AS Gen. OgIe-
| thorpe, Mr.. Edwin Ryals, arrayed in
wig and red satin colonial costume,
made an excellent interlocutor an
nouncing the numbers with all the
| gusto and suavity which are a COM
| plement to the part.
The vocal selections rendered in the
minstrel part constituted an admirable
mixture of the grave and the laugh
able, the ballads eliciting applause and
the coon songs CONFUSING the audience.
Clarence Connerat and Deitz Clarke
were end men. Their timely hits and
and rag time songs always won APP
plause, the audience clapping an encore
to every song, and applauding the
jokes as If to say Tell it again."
The opening chorus was a medley,
after which Mr.. Sickel sang Oats de
Way to Spell Chicken" 1t was the
first solo. and a hit. Mr.. Goodman
sang a ballad entitled. 81 Can Forgive
But Not Forget" his sweet lyric tenor
winning an encore. The most pro-
nounced hit of the first part was dat
Lady With a Rag-time Walk a song
and dance creation by Clarence Con-
nerat and Preston Everett. Other
songs which were greatly enjoyed were
"Ding-a-l ing-ling" by Deitz Clarke;
MY Evening STAR" by Jack Black;
Eva" by Connerat and Clarke: my
Mississippi Sue" by John Banks.
ClarlSe's white House Song.
Deitz Clarke made a hit with his
timely song, II Am Going to Change
the White House Black" The closing
chorus was MY Carolina Caroline"
One of the best gags in the minstrel
part, and a fair sample of the many
raps that entertained the crowd, was
told by Deitz Clarke. 1t was the out
come of an argument with the mid
dle-man as to who was the greatest
artist in America, the end man main
distanced." The end man said he
based his opinion on the fact that
Roosevelt was so good at mixing col
ors.
The feature of the vaudeville show,
and without question the most enjoy
able number of the whole programme,
was the double quintette. This was
composed of Miss Eliza Hull, Miss
Edith Warfield, Miss Saidee King, Miss
MaT d1tp t.
Thomson, Clarence Connerat, Louis
Morgan, Dan Hull and Percy Huger
1t was the opinion of many that this
quintette has the "Florodora" double
sextette, as seen here earlier in the
season, on the run. The success of
this number, which won not less than
four encores, is due to Clarence Con-
nerat, who conceived the idea and
trained the participants. The young
ladies wore yellow gowns and picture
hats, which were particularly becom-
ing to them, the young men making
most acceptable partners, in their plain
tuxedo suits.
VIII be in sAIIce of Wonderland"
This number will be repeated by spe-
cial request at the performance of
"Alice in Wonderland" at the theater
this afternoon and tonight. 1t was
the feature of the show. and like the
"Florodora Sextette," was alone worth
the price of admission, though it diff
fered from the famous sextette, in that
1t was not the whole show. AS the
quintette filed from the stage on the
last encore. five large bouquets of red
roses We're thrown to them from the
audience, the young lady in each in
stance making an excellent catch of the
flowers intended for her.
Master Futch amused and entertain
ed the audience with a song and shut
file that was alright. One of the clev-
crest numbers was the exhibition of
acrobatic feats by ]. H. Elton, Ir.,
James Silva, Louis Hoyne and Frank
Bridges. In their scarlet tights they
tunbled formed pyramids, and did
numerous difficult and equally indie
scribable feats which surprised and
amused the large audience.
Little Boy Blue"
Preston Everett, in song and dance,
was good. Unfortunately, through the
fortune of the operator of the stere-
optican machine Howard Winburn's
illustrated song, "a Little Boy in Blue"
was anything but a success The ap-
pearance of Swiss scenery to illustrate
the home life of the little boy in blue
convulsed the audience to such an ex-
tent that the singer was obliged to
call for a change of scene. He called
in vain, however, for the next view
flashed, as illustrative of the little
one on his mothers knee, was a placid
lake. The audience sympathized with
him, and showed their appreciation of |
his determination and comnosure hv |