The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
MERRY MAKERS
HELP CHARITY
Sons of Prominent Citizens
Give Minstrel Jubilee to
Aid Emanuel SisterhOod
SHOW MARKED ABILITY
Brilliant Audience Applauds
the Singing and Dancing
of the Talented Amateurs

The amateur minstrel jubilee given
at the Columbia Theater last night for
the benefit of the Emanuel Sisterhood
was success, and the Golfers of that
worthy institution will have to be in
creased to hold the large receipts de-
rived therefrom.
The audience, which packed the the
ater, was almost entirely in full even
ing dress and presented a brilliant ap-
pearance and bestowed unstinted ap-
plause upon the clever young perform
ers, who ranged from about Is to IS
years Of age
The minstrel show opened the first
part. Seated upon the stage were 40
aspirants for histrionic fame, arrayed
In faultless fitting tuxedos, faced with
brilliant crimson satin. All were
BACKED up except the interlocutor.
The songs were fresh and new and
were sung in snappy style. the soloists
being supported by chorus of we'll
drilled voices. The jokes all had the
advantage of being free from antiqui-
ty. Morgan A Gunst, as the interloc-
utor, showed the ease and self compos-
ure of a professional and kept the show
from tagging for an instant.
The second part was made up of a
sort of semi-fairy spectacle entitled
The Dandelion's Escape" described
on the programme as being "a rollick-
ing rhythm of rot" The honors Of this
portion Of the bill fell to Woody Col
man, who is a natural comedian and
entertainer rs well as a. splendid stage
dancer. In his act Colman had the as
sistance of five stalwart ballet dancers
whose get-ups and wigs were decid-
edly reminiscent of the style affected
by Gertie Emerson, late of Fischers.
The finale act was entitled "The Be
wildered Buttercup." in which Morgan
Gunst and the full company sang Ma
Curley Headed Baby"
The floral offerings were so numerous
that 1t was found impossible to hand
them over the footlights, so they were
piled up in a pyramid in the foyer.
Following was the programme:
Part I-Minstrels. Interlocutor. Morgan A.
Gunst; Elkan Gunst EIkan Voorsanger, Edgar
Sinsheimer. Fred Kahn. Charles Cooper. Victor
vocalists-Gerald Schlesinger. Walter samp-
son, Eugene Kaufman. Albert Schwa bacher,
Lester Gunst. Harry Hip.
Minstrel overture-Opening chorus the COM
pany; Navajo" Charles Cooper; The Maid
of Timbuctoo. Gerald NJ. Schlesinger: Mozart
Lincoln" Good bye Eliza Jane" EIkan c.
Gunst: Dora" Lester Gunst: grand medley.
the company Sunday Is My Day" Fred
Kahn; MY Honeysuckle Girl" Elkan c
Schwabacher: ANY Rags" Victor Pollak;
grand finale, the company.
Part II-Mr I. Glass presents the spectacle.
The Dandelon's Escape. rollicking
rhythm Of rot in three detachments Cast:
Marquis Esto. and how he grew. Jim Schwa-
bacher Count Offhsnutsky. Russian the
Growler, Harry Mack; II. Nelson Hoggenheim-
er. sweet-voiced tenor e. j. Sultan; Eva O.
Smith, maid of temperament, Sam Levenson I;
Lrdovico Jones. the hero. Waltie Sultan; the
original German COON a gloom dispeller. by
himself; Sport. dog, also by himself; James
Out, the innkeeper. Walter Levy; Lieutenant
Art nlery, First L. S. Infantry, S. Millard
Levenson; Aunty Fatt. trying to get thin, w.
Sultan; Sadie Plantagenet. disciple of love-
Walter Levee: Euphrosyne Singleton. a chan
teuse. Harold L. Mack; Jennie Pew, a church
goer. James Schwabacher; Cora and Seedy. the
Apple Sisters. Erny Sultan and Woody Col
man The chorus: Lewis Arnold. Irving Bibo.
Frederick Brandenstein. Percy l.. Davis, Ma
rion Ellis. r. l.. Goldman. Maurice Greenberg,
Henri Greensweig, Walter Haas, Walter Hip
Arthur Hirsch, Harold Hyman. Leonard ia
cobb, Leon Juda Arthur Lebenbaum, G.
sierve, r. Ransohoff, Alfred saroni Leo
Bruck. musical director: Jessie Warren LII
ienthal Jr., business manager; Fred Kahn, AL
bert Schwabacher. Philip Lilienthal Jr.. as
sistants. Stage under the direction OF Clar-
ence Colman: assistant. Elkan Gunst