The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-11-18
MINSTRELS DRAW
CROWDS
st. Bridget's Hall Packed
With An Enthusiastic
Audience Last Night
BELLIES IN BLACK
Prominent Members Of the
Parish h ne AS African
Entertainers.
BELLIES IN BLACK

If the minstrel show and vaudeville
entertainment under the auspices of the |
Ladies Circle of St Bridget's parish
should keep up all the week the
receipts at the various theatres
would find serious inroads upon
them. Last evenings was the sec
ond last performance, however st.
Bridget's Hall--one Of the largest in
the city-was packed to the doors. The
stage was filed with well known mem
bers of the parish done up in burnt cork.
Some Of them were we'll known choir
singers, some the bellies of the parish. As
the young women surveyed themselves
in the mirrors before they tripped upon
the stage they musb have thought how
little they were renewed from their Zulu
OF Hottentot sisters except in color and
the advantages of civilization. From the
male side of the house thesame may be
said of the men. There were so many of
them that they crowded the stage. Al
most every one was a star. Everey one in
the big audience admitted that they had
never seen better minstrel show. This
is not surprising when it is remembered
some of the best male and female soloists
in the city took part in the programme.
AS Bones Miss Kate Mccormack and
Mr.. John Jackson distinguished them
selves, but not more than Mr.. Thos.
Kermode. They had great fun at the
expense of Mr.. Charles O'Connor, the
interIocutor. AS choruses 'My Little
Eskimo Goodbye, Little Girl, Good
bye,'' Mississippi Mamie Katie
Dear Big Fig Tree ''In the Days Of
DID, ssHere's Ny Friend and Man in
the 0veralls" were rendered with great
skill 81 want to Be a Soldier" was
sweetly sung by Mr.. John Bradley and
Miss Nellie Roerty met with equal sue
cess in her rendering Of Society" Mr..
Thomas Kermode caught on by singing
the comic song Teasing" tickling the
risibilities of the audience to the highest
degree. When he was presented with a
mammoth bouquet with head of cab
bage as the piece de resistance the au-
dience fairly howled with delight. Mr..
NJ. Maloney sang correctly II Wonder
Will You Always Call Me Honey" and
Mr.. John Foley sweetly sang as refrain
II Feel So Lonely" Mrs. John Hayes
made decided hit in singing 1'Alexan-
der.v Mr. Kermode, her side tambour
inc partner added effectiveness to her
song by conical gesticulation Miss Susie
Waters sang sssuwannee River" in
manner that won for her a great deal Of
applause. Mr.. Thomas Bradley's solo
ssCome and Play in My Yard" won him
several encores as did also Mr.. Joseph
Bailey's negro melody "Mr Moon" Mr..
John Jackson's song ~Oysters and
Clans came near winding up the show"
The audience did not want to let go Of
him. He got about seven or eight en-
cores. Miss Rose Reilly sang ssAdeline'
in manner to win her a triple encore
and Mr.. Joseph Farley in singing When
the Bees are in the Hive" met with the
same success. Miss Kate Mccormack
almost stood the audience on its head
when she sang II Amt Got No Use For
Sleep
The minstrel feature closed with the
rendering of the illustrated song THE
Man With the Ladder and the Hose,
by Mr.. Hugh Kelly, who was assisted
rot only by heroic pictures thrown upon
a screen, but by half a dozen men in
firemen's uniforms, with apparatus. It
was truly great minstrel performance.
In addition to those mentioned, these
ladies sbeautifed" their complexion with
burnt cork for the good Of the cause:
Mrs. w. j. Gossenberger, Miss S. Coffee,
Mr.. Charles Reynolds. Mrs. Fl. Kelly,
Miss Addie Burke, Miss NJ Higgins,
Mrs. J.~J. Mccormack, Miss B. f. Mar
ron Mice ~ Rv1na Mrc r Me-