Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-05

strong forte was a good old-fashion
minstrel show, with Fred Kelly,
Roy Wilds. now at Silverton, and
Billy Dugan Of East Portland as
end men. Jimmy Ross, sheriff for
life Of Lincoln county, and Cnas.
Ford we're solosts dividing the
honors and the drinks about evenly
after the fashion in those days OF
nearly all musical artists. The n.
A. G.. artists put on several farces.
Among them will be recalled an
original Beasley's Dog-in
which Billy Dugan sang a burlesque
serenade to the play-wrlter, Chas.
Burggraf, who looked down from an
improvlsed window cut through the
scenery. He was dressed as an
ancient maiden with cOrkscrew
curls The act was a fine concep-
tion and would have gone of all
right. but at the critical moment the
stepladder broke. maiden, scenery
and all fell down on Dugan. The
bulldog who was to bay Billy at the
right moment thought It general
mlxup and got a hold of Dugan's
stage trousers that 1t took a good
deal of persuasion and an iron bar
to force his teeth apart to make him
let go. The scene made a great up
roar with the audience. In the
midst of cries OF fire Tom Horgan
turned on the hose and the farce
was ended.
Poppa's Famous Solo.
/ recall the famous solo that
Carl Poppa played on the clarionet,
when the house was nearly broken
up with good-natured applause that
would neither stop nor let Carl play
his piece. u was an encore that
nearly broke up one of DR.. Heri-
tage's classical concerts. Professor
Emil Winkler was at the piano. and
the first solo by Carl was well re-
ceived. Carl always peases the
audience personally and musically.
He is a drawing card In any concert
as everybody knows him and likes
him and I'm the band parlance he
makes good wherever you put him.
lie was given a rouslng reception on
his appearance and a laundering en-
core. He had a great big book anu
tried to select a piece he wanted to
play but couldn't find lt. The crowd
started TO jolly him and he smiled
some of those great broad infectious
German pancake smiles OF his AMI
the crowd became boisterous. Wink
Ter took the book and he couldn't
find the piece and handed II back TO
Carl mp on the stage. Then Carl
started In to play something by ear
and Winkler tried TO accompany
him, and the fun got so loud that no
one could hear the clarionet nor the
piano and McElroy saved the day by
ringing down the curtain, DR.. Heri-
idke WIS new HlhH lH '"''h "'"
was terribly mortified
Play Ends in Riot.
one of the home dramatic per
formancos ended I'm an incipient riot
that got some of the participants in
to court and cost them several hum
dred gulens. Al one time men like
Geo. Collins. u. W Matthews and
Geo. Morris had their coats of aud
wanted 10 whip the whole house.
Morris was manager of the Home
Mlnstrels aud Amusements. \ party
of hon men who had been out 10
supper and toyed with the gam
brnus products had section OF
seats, and after going out and In
between some of the acts as was the
custom then more than now, began
To guy the actors, and at last went
so far as To guy the orchestra, \
paper wad was thrown at the leader,
Willis McElroy, and he was ready To
fight. Hal ID. Patton stepped out
before the curtain, and undertook
to quell the inclpient rioting on the