Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-01-15
TOOTS
BOOTH
TROUP
TOOts. Fatty Slim and Shorty
Put up a Program Full
Of CalOTic


be one troupe and one production. That
troupe Is the ''Toots" Booth Troupe
and that performance was presented
Saturday afternoon at SOS Chcmeketa
street
There are only four members In this
show outfit but It is safe to say that
"Toots" and his aide, the unsurpass
able 'Fatty, " slim and shorty. -
can not be outdono anywhere In the
realm OF burnt cork artists. Havcr.
ley's, Georgia Minstrels and Pringle
and Richards will certainly be com.
PEELED to ~ way back and sic down IN
the northwest corner Of the coal Gel.
lar when this troupe lits the road.
The aaring poster. done by hand
in many colors. "Bc sure and see tho
Minstrel show. SOS Chcmckcta street,
best seats 9 cents common seats. /
cents Booth's." was the first notice
that was given Of the great aud only
performance. when this writer init.
mated that he would rather have q
Booth than box scat he was In
formed that The Booths were an cen.
gagged Tho next notice that We
had Of The approaching spectacular cx.
iravaganza was thc receipt OF a com
plimcntary box ticket, accompanied
with n pressing Invitation 90 attend
tho performance.
A large tent had been erected. con.
sirucicd Of cast on carpets, etc. and
within tho toit on had been arranged
90 give ii The appearance of a thcatcr.
The curtain was Of the very latest Pat
tern. being Of burlar, while tho stage
was appropriately decorated with aags
and bunting Tho common seats
which were 20 have been had for ihe
sum of ono rod cent were very com
mon. 10 say tho least. and boxes were
boxes in tho fullest sense of the word
but 90 sooms that cruel fato had or
dained that the performance was 20
be- given elsewhere Tor heavy wind
and rain storm came up ON The night
preceding, and when /. finally subsidized
that tent and its contents looked more
like Port Arthur after the Japs had
homl1rdri iL than o. did like a show
house. ln their dire calamity Mrs
George Booth proved % be- friend
in need and allowed them 10 change
her parlor and living room into un or
era house, and hero the program was
carried out without serious mishap.
Thee was music hy che band. solos
duets, jokes ioshes AMI farees without
end. Tho jokes were side splitting
while tao faFees were button bursters
ioois Booth was iuierloeutor aud ond
man combined while Fat Winner
shorty caudeid aud slim Constable al
ternaicd as end men and curtain ehas.
ers
When the curtain raised on tle drst
number, which was "a selection by the
i.o.a band. In which every member uf
ihe troupe took part the audience was
seut into O. dt of Mysteries from which
they never recovered until long after
the spokesman bad thanked ths audi
enee "one and an for their Kind and
heartfelt attention. In addition to
the above performers, Anss Augusta |
cordelia Booth Was permitted 10 helm
Ia the entertainment by being the ac
eompaHist 10 some of tho solos. and /
Shadiah Joab Kershaw was called up |
1n to shoot a few wads.
The costumes with which the "pirk /
auinies" bad attired themselves were
iearfully aud wonderfully made and /
like the eut OF the coon which appeared /
on the poster a sight would drive a
man 20 drink or make him give tho
bottle a wide berth forever after
As a sample Of the jokes We quote /
.he following;
bill-say, B0nes, what RS tho first /
thing a lady does when she takes her /
seat I'm the theater after having hur
ried for several blocks in order 10 be |
present when tho curtain goes upf
Bones Oh, 60 on with your Foolish |
questions, how DO I knowg
Bill-She takes on her hat an,r /
pants. (Convulsions on the part Of the |
iudience)
Uncle sile-Now, Conney, don't |
want you 20 spend that dime for nor
.ible liquor.
Conney-No won Z, TN tell him
o give me the best he has.
Joe-say, Sam, how high should a
,irl hold her skirts while crossing a
muddy street,
sam-I don't know how high should
hes