The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-27
ELKS' MINISTRIES
 GREAT SUCCESS
ENTERTAINMENT AT TALLADEGA IS PARTICIPATED IN BY MANY OF THE PROMINENT PEOPLE OF THE CITY.

Talladega, January 26.-tSpecial)-The Elks' minstrel show at their new opera house Thursday evening. A full house saw the rising of the curtain on the musical overture, consisting of old time tuneful southern airs arranged as a medly in which Lilly Dale," "Oh Susannah, Agnes May" 'Massa in the Cold. Cold ground" Buffalo Gals" "Camptown Races" "suwanee Ribber' and Dixie. D rendered by chorus of thirty voices, were skillfully blended. The stage setting was beautiful, and the audience heartily cheered it's artistic effect The two of ferings of Sgnor Moretti. Non We're" and the recall, La Gondola Nera," all though in Italian, charmed because of the exquisite tenor voice rendering the selec- tions.
 Notable among the other song offerings came the solos, Have You. Seen My Henry?' of B. F. Gay; Levert Stockdale in Egypt My Cleopatra;" Why Don't You Quit, Quit. Quit from Frank Hub bard; Sympathy" rendered by Borden BLrr, and Nobody " by Woody Hub bard. Al Kissenger sang "A Message From Home, Sweet Home," with much feel ing.
 The eight end men "handed out" local gags and witticisms possessing the rars merit of originality, all of which were re- oeived with nowls of laughter especially the gags of 'Junius' (Borden Burr) on the negro trial, and Wellington Vandiver as 'Alf" in reading extracts from the lccal pages of the Sylacauga Sun (of q gum in "Udder Wurds de Syllacogger Hess Pistol" The first part consumed sixty minutes. Fake song books and re- treatments were sold between the acts by leading Elks arrayed in costumes that Solomon in all his glory would never have dreamed of.
 The second part began with a telephone skit. bringing in numberless local hits ren- dered by T. R. Williams and B. H. Burr, followed by marvellous acrobatic hand balancing act of Ksssinger and Dewitt Both these acts were punctuated by gener- ous and continuous applause.
 The burlesdue Florodora Sextette pre- scented by Knox Camp, T. R. Williams, Howard Hubbard. l.. Stockdale Frank Hubbard and Bedsoe Davis, won round after round of applause and was exceed ingly well done and prettily costumed. Next the high trapeze act of the acrobats lasting twenty minutes was thriller. ex- ecuted amid great applause. The beautiful tableaux of living pictures illustrated with songs appealed to the artistic sense of the audience overwhelmingly William H. Boynton, in his clear tenor, sang the de seriptlve words of the introduction to each tableau, and the ladies in the order i.anied posed as the models Beauty ' Eyes" Miss Marie Laverty: Here's 10 the Rose, Miss Anrabel Vandiver; Ny Dearie.' Miss Margaret Hammond, '.Columbia.' three little misses; Star Spangled Banner" Misses Brown. Oliver and Henderson, and Sing Me to Sleep. Mrs. T. K. Mullins. Col. A. NJ. Garber, as interlocutor. adued fresh lau,els to his reputation as polished speaker and a man of Chesterieldssn manners.
 The Elks comprise the best citizens oi the city.
 ---sses Johnson and Beach were the musical directors, and much praise is due them for the success of the musical mum bers.
 The mpromptu offerings of the guar tette of the Hubbard brothers, Davis anC Stockdale brought down the house. es pecially the comic rendering of 'What Will You Do When the Rent Come: Round?" The Elks have demonstrated that they are able to do well anything attempted by a modern minstrel show.