Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-13
BOSTON STORE NISSTRELS
Employees Of ]. L. Brandsis & sOns Give a
Novel Entertainment
SOME LOCAL HITS Thai COUNT OouBlt
Metropolitan Hall damned by Audi
ence that FINDS itself Immensely
Pleased by the Program
H-. .af-.- offered

Metropolitan hall was crowded TO its ut
most capacity last night with an Interested
and enthusiastic audience 20 enjoy the very
excellent Minstrel and vaudeville perform
ance given by the employees OF J. L.
Brandeis & Sons. The program was not
TOO long and was veil given throughout,
being written, staged ana enacted by the
regular employees Of the great store.
The curtain rose promptly at $40 O'Clock
as announced, the performance beginning
with an amusing one act farce, THE Dress
ing Gown" the cast being Eugene Canister
as Peter Peabody; Nan Christensen as Mrs
Peabody. Lena Martin as Miriam: Jack
Shanahan as Angus Kirk; Hulda Krimlof-
ski as Sarah and L. b. Eberhart as Cumber
The farce was excellently given. each par
ticipant enacting his and her role most
creditabiy.
MinstreIs Make n Hit.
Following the farce came a well rendered
grand minstrel production participated In
nv about thirty of the Brandeis employees.
The curtain rose after a short intermission
,iuring which the orchestra which plays
regularly at the store entertained, and dis
closed a pretty stage setting, depicting sum
set on the Congo with the minstrel aggrega-
ton grouped around the stage. the main
body being attirsd in green or red coats
and white trousers with their faces corked
up In the regulation minstrel shades, ex-
cepting Bert Danforth as interlocutor, who
was attired in immaculate white. The
bones end was occupied by Messrs. Bob
Manley.. Phil Aarons and John Nelson, and
the tambourine end by Messrs. Charlie
Singer. Con Rosen and Hugh Delaney. The
arst part of the program was we'll given
and consisted of the opening chorus from
~ he nd 'srar and Tartar
by the entire trope. The vocal numbers
were: A ballad, 'Dearie.s by Julian Kline;
banjo guitar and bones trio, by Aarons,
Ffgiey and Marley; ''In the GOod Old
Boston Store" solo by Phil Aarons and
chorus by the company; Come Join Our
Band" by John Nelson; ballad. I'm Lone
some,- by Don Amsden: comic song, do
You Wonder why We're Busy All the
Week." solo by Charley Singer: Nobody.
by Bob Manley;S harmonic trio. Messrs
Amsden, Kline and Manley. Eddie Heller
who put up very good imitation OF
Boston Green did the disorganizer act. and
assisted in the finale and tableaux of the
first part, which concluded with the I'M
Yelling OF a large painting of the new
Boston Store as it will appear when com
pleted. s. IN
Some salient SaIIies.
line end men were without exception good
and fresh. The takeoffs we're local and ap-
Piled almost wholly to the big store. and
play on the names and whims of some OF
che store people Some of the squibs were
particularly good, Two will suffice as
isamSiess to0s.E t .~
why does "A hen --L?"
But before the interlocutor could get the
chair. started at the perpetrator he said
f''Now you just wait; It Amt that old hen
This is a, new one"
81 well the hen crosses the street to gel
over on the other side.
TI.harts- VIE se+ youtel off, Down at oui
store she don't cross the street; she goes
through the arcade
The interlocutor and the bones end mar
elaborated on little poem in this man
ner:
Interlocutor = -
I'm paint YOU picture from nature
A picture no artist can draw:
When, the breath of the sprinstime Il
sweetest -
When the wind blows from soutl
The performance concluded with al
original sketch entitled "In the Shadow o
the BARGAIN Square" The dramatis per
sonao we're: Don Amsden as Reginald
Bob Manley as stuyvesant, Julian Kline a
Gwsndolyn Eddie Heller as Amaryllis
which was given with the same excellenc
that characterized the preceding part o
the program.
.. ~ stan of the Company.
The stan consisted OF Horace Brenzei
manager: Frank Clarke, complaint re
ceiver;. Herman Malchien, ballet master
Barney Wolfe, wardrobe mistress; WI
Thomas. scrub woman; and Harry BOYD
peanut boy. Robert Marley. advertiser
manager of the Boston store. acted as stag
nanager The scenery was looked after b
slama, electrical effects by Myers and Mis-
Ruby Coleman served as piano accom-
PIANIST.
= on the conclusion OF the program an in
formal dance was participated in by III
performers and their friends. The purpos
OF the entertainment was wholly social an
for a diversion from the routine Of stor
work. The proceeds about paid the es
penses. but the enjoyment Of the entertain
ment more than compensated for III
trouble and work OF getting the AFFAIR
working order, ard each OF the performer
Is deserving of congratulation for his e,
celleht work. much Of which would be
credit to professionals.