The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-25
WELL, THOSE MIAsTRELs
They Delivered the Goods in Large
Packages and Gave a Corking
Good Performance.

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just what.was to be handed out in
the shape of a minstrel show by the
knights of Columbus minstrels vas
q conjecture until The curtain i'm The
Gale theatre rose Monday evening on
Que of the p1ettiest scenes eve
grouped at the theatre. The pro-
motors of the enterprise were loud
in their booosting for the big show
anf they got the public excitement
going their way after tickets. and
we can say conscienliously that the
promoters made good i'm every instance
Ilao stars Of tie company shined il
greatest brilliancy, the jokes scin-
tillated owe the house and there was
a warm feeling for the performers.
who got their reward in the raptur-
Gus applause that followed each num-
Der.
That there was a large audienle
present was shown by the fact that
there Was hardly a vacant seat on
the lower floor, the balcony was we'll
Tiled, while The gallery had but few
vacant seats.
With the opening selection by Rath-
buns orchestra the curtain was
drawn on a beautiful japanese garden
scene. and the MINISTRIES were re-
vealed g%Orgeously arrayed in hand
some costumes. With the flare Of
the orchestra appeared the end men,
followed by the songsters arrayed in
beautiful blue costumes and Manager
Grubbs, who Was the interlocutor.
Then the fun was on with the OPEN
ing chorus by the entire company.
The first part was made up OF songs
rendered by John Porter, Earl Brown,
Louis Beckwith. w. M. Herbert, Jay
Dundas B. NJ. Johnston, Jack Nc
Laughlin and II. G. Nichols. They
all got their 0 and Porter,
Johnston and Herbert were presented
with bouquets. Bert Johnston's
singing of 81 Wish ] Was a Little
Bird" was very pathetic, and he
threw a lot of feeling into the u
and he w%orked-ofT his stunt without
the least bit Of stage fright. The
jokes were in the main original and
the local hits were touching in
many cases.
The second part of the performance
was made up of vaudeville stunts
that pleased the audience in great
shape. With the appearance of
Robert Burns came the air of mys-
terry, aud the gentleman performed
MANY tricks that were Heyond con-
cspuCi, d I'll TAR Lyons, is
colored assistant, disclosed them
while the professors back was
TUNED. Professor Burns concluded
his act with kellar's famous illusion,
Levitatlon, which consisted of sus-
pending a young hoy in the air lying
OF a board.
James Coughlin, Harry Slade, Ora
Wells and Fred Wells, the HARMONY
four, came out i'm their checker
board suits and gave a good act i'm
singing and some eccentric dancing,
getting "A recall four times. The
bows touched up their act in pro-
fessional style and they made exceed
ing good.
Manager Gsubbs. Bobbie Nichols
and Bert Johnston had the audience
going on tile laughing absurdity,
Choking for a job" in which the
latter two made a great hit, Bobhie
as Galley, the troubadour, and Bert
as Nichilini the tenor. Anybody who
thought Bert couldn't sing should
have heard him when he broke loose
on a Trovdtore theme. 1t took the
combined efforts OF Bobbie and
Grubhs to Stop him and then only
when H. vas shot full OF holes and
carried OH i'm wheelarrcw. The act
was Iudielous and it was done in
fine shape.
The s%oliloquy Of Jay Dundas was
a good bit of work. Jay has the
coon dialect down pat and he does
his stunt with a strong touch OF pro-
fessionalism, while the two songs he
gave we're received with wild ap-
plause, the California hit reaching
1ar into the audience and found
location.
The performance came to a close
with the Blackville bellies and beauxs,
who were gorgeously attired in fam
ing costumes. They gave their songs
and dance with good effect and the
curtain went down amid great APP
plAuse.
Rathbun's orchestra played for all
the musical work and acquitted it's