The daily sentinel., 1904-04-14
THE FIELD MINSTRELS.
A Splendid Entertainment Given at
Park Opera House Last NIGHT.


Like the one only and great Jack
Haverly, long since dead and gone,
the name of AL Field, has been tails
manic in the field of minstrelsy to
draw big houses. Field has never
faxed the public and always has given
the worth of the money.
The coming of his minstrel aggre-
cation TO this city has been looked
forward to with the very keenest an
ticipation by those who enjoy such
entertainment and there be few that
do not.
The first part was all that could be
desired in the spectacular and never
has more brilliant and beautiful
stage setting been seen than that
which enhanced the singing and the
musical first part. in last nights pre-
sentation
The setting was made to represent
the foyer of a theatre. the orchestra
sitting in boxes. There was a brill
liant electrical illumination of this
from every vantage point and the
effect was most charming.
AS the company came marching
on the stage, varied colored lights
were thrown on it heightening the
beauty and brilliancy of the stage set
ting and the costuming of the perfor-
mers. greatly.
All the singing was most excellent
but Reese Prosser came in for the
lions share of applause and apprecia-
on. He sang Dear Old Girl. ="
Down in Mobile Long Ago." and
The Little Church Where You and 1
Were We'd
He was applauded with the utmost
enthusiasm and really his singing was
beyond the measure of enjoyable.
Perhaps the infection he gave to the
ending of lines .was somewhat new
and little tiresome. yet on the whole
he was the Reese Prosser of old and
the tones of a voice remarkable have
lost little, if any of its charm of
years ago.
Tommy Donnelly and Harry Skunk
the premier end men pleased
greatly with their songs and comioal-
tiles. How Old Is Ann by DON
nelly and Il Don't Care to Go Baci.
There No More by Skunk. were
the rollicking end men songs of the
DAYS of early minstrelsy.
The sextette from the opera of Lu
cia de Lammermoor" by the AL Field
choir was the very heaviest compost
tion ATTEMPTED and was sung in a
very artistic manner, all male voices
being considered.
The exceedingly attractive first part
ended with grand transformation
scene, in which was depicted by song,
''Tenting Tonight" by Reese Prosser
and chorus and battle field picture.
ending by graphic pictures of war
and peace. while Old Glory waved.
The after part was one of the best
that Field has yet provided. The
Mignani fan lily of musicians present.
cd something strictly new and attrac
tive in harmony in musical sounds.
extracted from stones. cords of wood
and railroad iron and in fact any old
thing which came handy to their
hands.
The Walton brothers. three of them
a very young one included were mas
terful in their line of acrobatic per-
formance. They did some tumbling
hard to beat.
The hoop rolling exhibition has
been seen here before. hut possibly not
with so great an elaboration OF the
possibilities of the circle of wood, as
was performed by the Young brothers.
They seemed to command the hoops
as if they were endowed will life
and they rolled through and about
each other, at the Will OF the perform
ers Their one especial act of throw
ing a hoop into the air and catching
it on n string held by their teeth
showed the absolute command of the
hoops by the gentlemen.
Percy Leigh and brother did some
most exec llcnt work with billiard cues
but the enjoyment was taken away on
account of the measure of hazard.
The Darktown Circus and Menas
erie was an enjoya be skit and was a
good ending to an entertainment
where the worth of ones money was