Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-04-27
MINSTRELS
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GIVE
BURNT CORK SHOW.
Director Campbell Scores Another r
Success Houses
Both Evenings.

Jessie H. Campbell added to his long
list of successes this week when he pre-
sented the High School Minstrels on Tues |
day and Wednesday evenings to crowd
ed houses at the opera house. The en-
tire production which was directed and
staged by Mr.. Campbell was success in
all that the term implies and he is to be
congratulated on his efforts. The music,
which was largely of Mr.. Campbelrs
composition, was of the catchiest sort
and the various soloists and balladists
were warmly applauded. The opening
overture was clever arrangement of
music by Mr. Campbell and the setting
of the stage was cleverly done.
The "circle" was composed of Charles
Williamson, Ben Stewart and Ray Fisher
as manipulators of the bones while the
tambos were in charge of George Shambo,
Dane Jackson and William Foote, each
an artist. H. c. Shaw occupied the in
terlocutors position.
The gentlemen of the lends" were
well stocked with the newest productions
in joke making and the local hits were
punched in manner that caught the
audience. "Nellie Dean" by Mr.. Love-
Joy opened the program for the first part
and the applause that greeted his song
indicated that the show was bound to
"make good" "Nlr. Greenback," by Mr..
Shambo was a winner, and it required an
encore to quiet the audience. Dugald
Stewart, sang Chas. K. Harris latest New
York success, "Sister," and the audience
followed its established precedent of an
encore. At this point one of the hits of
the evening, Mr.. Campbell's latest, writ
ten for this production, "Honey Girl
was sung by Ben Stewart and given an
ovation of applause. when The Morn
ing Glories Twine Around the Door,"
, sang, by John Calhoun was one of the
best things of the evening and Robert
4 Hopes song, Starlight" was exception
Y allv well rendered. Charles Williamson,
in his end song, who's There" appealed
= to the audience and the enthusiasm that
was displayed called for an encore. my
j, Name is Morgan But 1t Amt j. p" by
: Dane Jackson was of the brand that
n
a good sized slice of the evenings ap-
:, plause. Lucius Buttolph sang Witmark' s
II latest ballad, ~ Will Always Think of
s YOU" in way that won the audience
g and Raw Fisher rendered "Pocohantus"
-. which was of the type calculated to
70 arouse the audience to applause which it
J. did. A tenor solo, "When The Whip
1t porwill Sings, Margheurite," by Arthur
g Tabor was received with applause while
an altogether different brand of enthusi-
asm was manifested when William Foote
$ sang his vocal tragedy labeled II Want
n Somebody to Love Me-" A very clever
+ musical selection was introduced in "This
', Waltz Must Change to March, Marie,
II by Mr.. Stevens, he being assisted by
r. Messrs. Lovejoy and Hope in "a trumpet
obligato.
i At this point in the evenings program
i Cushing Hill and his colleague, Frank
H Rowe arrived to further ornament the
Il ends of the circle and incidentally to dis
/ play particularly noisy costumes anC
\ sing a ditty entitled "Ly Tdyley, Tdyley
4 UNI" The audience knew just what Il
H do with these gentlemen and proceeded
| to recall them for encores. A bit OF I
| dance was attached to this song. MIR
4 Rowe told how "Fathers's Got A Job,
j and his song was three-base hit. ''Dea
Il OtdTTN Eyes, bOOu 4NiSnls "ittNh ~.
4 the musical director, Mr.. Campbell, ant
1 sung by James Westall was one of tht
A best things on the first part of the pro
| gram. Mr.. Westall has an EXCEPTIONAL,
| sweet tenor voice. college Life '.woun'
4 up the first part of the program.
1 In the olio Stewart and Williamson
i produced some business under the labe
4 of Rays" that was right up to tn
clock tick and their parodies on popula
i airs were fresh from the foundry. Charli
\ and Ben won from the start. Dane Jack
n son in "A Dixie Rube' introduced lin
4 of work that was clearly designed for n
a other purpose than that of being funny
4 "Butinski's Birthday" introducing Messr
q Hope, Lovejoy and Brunelle jokists an,
4 song and dance artists was an opportur
\ ity for the audience to applaud and tina
y was Just what happened. Cushing Hill
in an original speciality, was what tn
audience had waited an hour for Cel
tainly the act was worth waiting FOL
ty 1t is beyond human comprehension t
90 imagine how Mr.. Hill could connect hi
o' story and troubles with his outfit c
he clothes. While he was equipped wit
he sufficient raiment to keep moderated
,se warm he was by no means overburdene
10 with clothes if that is the proper term
nv apply to Mr.. Hills wearing apparel. Iii
"" act went down on tne IIOSidhl do II
lat sanity" No mistake was made by til
yer printer. 1t was cross between the Zul
type of hot weather dementia and wht
up one might expect would happen if an a
OF tempt was made to introduce the HI
,ry brew language into the public schools {
an Dublin. The act was weird,-it wa
.. musical, it was droll. The act was jus
," what it was called. Mr.. Campbell's orig
the inal, satirical farce comedy I'm Tuskt
nb- gee' was the windup of the three hour
performance and the visit of Presidel
Roosevelt aud his party to Booker
Washington's institution in Alabama wa
funny, uproariously funny. 1t WI
ind rough house" exemplified in the lor
lrt- form. Edward Higgins ofhciated as stat
md manager.
md The. Middlebury orchestra furnish'
APP the music. The chorouses, quartets al
- octats shnwed caraful and cnnscientio