The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-22
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then strlkes uD some lively tune.
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into the iooD u the rope and stands
0n one foot and wlth the other pulls
the rops mat acts the drum and Gym
balls playing
A. be hops around % one foot. Ike
monkey On a stick. with the drum
and cyEbaiA crashing. be makes AL
beholders laugh.
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70 give their act They never fail 70
draw a large and interested crowd,
them with coins.
Another actor. q conet player.
makes his appearance only toward
evening, because. a. be confessed. he
is ashamed 70 be seen In the day
time.
This young man was a clever cor.
net player a few years ago. He was
On the vaudeville stage and earned
handsome salary. He fought IN the
spanish-American war and lost an
arm. After that Ge could not play
bis instrument a. well as he once
could, and engagements were hard 70
get
He appears on the streets dressed
in soldiers uniform. As be stands
on a dark and nearly deserted street,
an empty sleeve dangling BY his side,
playing Taps" In mournful key, he
presents a pathetic picture.
Then there Is a team Of two ne
groes. both Of whom we're on the
vaudeville stage a few years ago,
when the country had the ragtlme
craze. when that died out they,
with many others. were no longer
wanted. One of thern plays q banjo
quite well. while the other does clog
dancing and the cakewalk. They I'm
ish their ACT with singing once popular
ragtime songs.