Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-02
Lady Minstrels Make Debut To Large
 Audience
A Whirlwind of Mirth, Frolic And Vocal
 Specialties
From Saturdays Da,iy.)


 In ihc center of this bouquet of feminine lovelincss (including the ,cmporariy dusky beauties at the .rJA was Mrs. Southworth, who offici. ,,cd os intcrlocutor with the case and ,rare of n veteran, and whose ahility naJ, Tom Norris blush for his recent honors in that line.
 To be specific, this was perform ancc of the lady minstrcls, comprising principally home. grown talent, and its dsplav was for the benefit of the pub Ic Ibrnrv. It was almost full house upon which the curtain rose, after the orchestra had given fore taste of the musical treat to follow in is opening overture. Then for forty minutes the fun came over the foot lights in typhoons, md after the in' remission n string of olios entertained inc audience and sent it home in the utmost good humor. Certainly the lady minstrcls "made good," in the a,rical parlance, and what they ac- eomplshcd was effected with only nine rchcarsa,s thanks to the vigil an, tutclagc of Bert Van Cleve, and his accomplished helpmatc.
 The opening chorus was n medley of songs-a collection of the sunshine and shadow varicty-and it was vocal izcd with dash, volume and spirit The impcrturbablc Andy IIcrndon was the victim of the first gng. and the house (including Andy) roarcd with delight. Sambo, one of the lady end mon, otherwise Mrs. Reese Ling sang, 1'vc Such Funny Feeling for You" She was trif,e nervous at first. hut after the second stanza she recovered her composure, and gave inc composition sprightly interpretn' ton that won her audience by it's viva city and infectious humor.
 Mrs. Rcymiller as Jumbo sang "No' body" in n captivating style, and Mrs Earl Smith contributed "Just Lit te Rocking Chair and You" in sweet and pleasing voice.
 As was to have been expected, the hit of the evening was Rainbow (Mrs Bert Van Clevc), who gave roll'ck ing rendition of the darky song, TAD raham." It was 30 thoroughly clever that the men in the boxes tore on their houtonniercs and threw them oi the stage as evidence of their apprecin tion of her art.
 "Love in the :sou,hlnndi' wn' Mrs. Wm. Neagle's selection, ard he well trained voice and cxouisite enun ei7tion made deep impression. An other delightful number was "''co palra Slattcry," given by Miss Car pcntcr, alias Quimbo. It was sp'eh did bit of dramatic and vocal work and like her predecessors. was round " crcored. Mrs. F.. Fleming L'Eng' who by her charming voice and per feet vocal method has become one O the recognized artists in musie' circles, gave n dcliphtful selection, an was followed by Elaine Wooster an Mabel Moore in a character song an dance that was surprisingly clever e' pccinlly the dancing.
 Mrs. B. II. Smith displayed anothe phase of her musical versatility ! contributing n pleasing clarionet so'' and the character song of Miss Hnrr'' Oliver was n well sustained effort. Th quartctte comprising Misses Clln' Wright, Mosher, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick acquitted themselves with crcdi and Ben Steffens, under the cognome of Miss Bennie Ravaro, impcrsonatcd woman and gave two excellent wh's ling solos.
 society sketch entitled "Ti Other Woman," in which the two cha actcrs were enacted by Mrs. Soul worth and Mrs. Baudcr conclude the entertainment. Both ladies n
 By tho Observer.
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