The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-17
At St. Paul Theaters

A minstrel show with novelties
that is what st. PauPs Elks gave at the
Metropolitan last night. An audience
completely en- rapport, wholly capti-
waited by the entertainment. is what
the handsome theater held. The nov
elites were chiefly an interlocutor in
white face with genuine beard, and a
dainty woman, who contributed a de-
lightful song and dance speciality. The
middle man was Carroll S. Bartram, a
veteran Elk, and the dancing sun
beam was Mrs. Louis Nash, nee
Bonnie Lottie.''
Lew Dockstader would have appre-
ciated the feminine adjunct of this
snow When he last visited this city
he said to Glob man:
ITS a difficult proposition we min
strels nave to tackle. We haven't got
| a woman to relieve the masculine mo-
noIony OF our show. Remember that"
The friends of the st. Paul Brother
hood of Elks filled the theater. APP
pIauSe was liberal and flowers in pro-
fusion were lifted across the foot
| lights. st. PaufS elite went the Min
neapolis auditorium 100 per cent bet
| ter, for they occupied twelve prosceni-
| um boxes and many seats besides
The show certainly set a pace for
amateur efforts. 1t began promptly on
| time-at S:15-and let out three hours
\ later Tonight the last curtain will fall
| at IL D. m.
The first part displayed fifty min
strels grouped in a quarter circle dot
Behind, with his head towering over
| the interlocutor, stood monster elk, a
| magnificent specimen of the taxider-
| mlStS art. MeSSrS. Artie White and
Jim Silke shook the tambourine and
ratified the bones respectively and re-
| specially, while Carroll S. Bartram,
| seated in the center, propounded inter-
| rogatories and announced in sonorous
| tones the titles of the ballads sung by
vocaliStS. G. Nj. Selling directed the
orchestra and reassuringly waved the
baton for the SoloistS. After the end
| mems entrance and a grand opening
| overture by the entire company, VIII
] ii. Neal sang the first solo, Shame on
You" and was followed by Robert F.
Gehan, with a baritone ballad, entitled
The Girl You Love- Charles Marks
and Tony Snyder contributed songs and
parodies and Arthur A. Perkins sang
tenor solo, Kate Kearney"
Amid much applause Artie White
! ana Jimmie Silke slid into the end
| chairs. Mr.. Silke sang "A Bit of Blair
ney," after Mr.. White had humorously
| discussed the ethics of punctuation,
and Frank j. RosenthaIs basso can
| tante was heard in THE Bandolero"
which he sang with good taste. A
melodious composition entitled 'Doro-
| thy" was sung by j. f. Mccartney and
! the Orpheus quartette. after which Art
| White warbled with genuine Ethiopian
\ essence "A Dark Man Coming With
a Bundle and Farewell, Mr.. Abner
| Hemingway" Both songs provoked
much merriment. for White is a min
strel to the manner born. His humor
| is unctuous, his negro dialect convinc-
| ing and his physique and facial eX-
preston irresistible.
double octette, under the direction
of John F. Gehan, sang a medley. clos
| ing with Aud Lang Syne" and en-
| titled THE Sweetest Song of AL" in
| which the voices blended effectively,
| and the first part closed with the finale
GLORY"
The tambos comprised Billy Neal,
Tony Snyder, Harry Hardick and John
Rodger, and the bones were Louis
! Nash, Charles Marks, Bob Seng and
John Davern.
The olio opened with a stump speech
on TRUSTS" by DR.. John Davern. and
then came The Dancing Sunbeam -
Mrs. Louis Nash. This little woman is
a graceful sylph of rare suppleness
and attractive undulations, whose terp-
| sichorean undulations were as spon-
taneous as waves o. the sea-" She
was enthusiastically applauded and re-
| ceived tons of floral tributes.
The cOmical stunt of the evening
! was contributed by Messrs. White
and Silke in a sketch entitled Birds
| of a Feather" Silke is a foil for
| White who is undeniably funny and
free from Self-conSciouSneSS.
Hugo Lutgens contributed a unique
mOnologue concerning Robert G.. Dunn
and Gov. Johnson, telling how it hap
pened, which won him merited en-
core.
A musical moke act by Messrs. Hart
and Payne and a sketch, "Emancipa-
ton Day. in old Kentucky, led by
Tony Snyder. We're the concluding acts
of an entertaining olio. F. G. H.