The daily sentinel., 1907-04-04
NEBRAsKANs ALL RIGHT
splendid Entertainment Given Last
Night by the Glee Clubs
Large Crowd.

The entertainment given last night
at the Park opera hous by the Uni
versity of Nebraska glee clubs. un-
der the auspices of the local hIgb
school athletic association. was up
to all expectations and was perhaps
the strongest. most varied and most
pleasing glee club entertainment ever
given in Grand Junction.
The opera house was completely
filled. 1t was an immense audience
and it was well deserved.
The Nebraska glee clubs are COM
posed of about twenty-five young gem
tlemen, fine looking young men, typi-
cal OF the young manhood of the
great state from which they hail.
The program was divided into two
parts, the first made up of the glee
and mandolin club musical selections
and the second being a somewhat eN-
traordinRry Operetta Comique.
The glee club is one of the best
singing organizations heard in the
city in long time. The voices are all
strong and blend In perfect harmony
The principal numbers rendered by
the glee club were Billiards. "Stein
Song Bucks on the Sea" and
Grieg's 'Landsighting." Each Of
these were difficult and extremely
beautiful. The club was forced to re-
spond to one or two encores after
each of these numbers. the encores
were all of humorous nature, bright
and catchy.
Van de Waters glorious and mighty
ballad, "The Sunset was rendered
by double quartette and it was
magnificent rendition of this great
selection. The quartette was re-
called three times and responded with
some charming number each time.
The mandolin club, about ten
members strong. did excellent work
The Boston Ideal' by Seigel and
THE Dainty Danes" were two of its
best numbers. The young men were
heartily encored.
"Po Little Lamb" and the other
negro melodies rendered by a quar-
tette were among the best features of
the program and immensely delighted
the audience.
G. J. Ireland gave a whistling So
10 that was at once sweet and diff
cult. 1t was most enthusiastically re-
ceived. Mr.. Ireland. besides being
one of the best singers in the club. is
certainly an artist in the whistling
line.
Good Night Little Girl" sang by
G. S. Johnson who has a voice of
remarkable sweetness. was enjoyed
as much as any number during the
concert programs.
The operetta comique was some
thing entirely different from any fea-
ture ever presented here by glee
club and it certainly made a big
hih The two leading speaking"
characters in this refreshing nonsen-
steal piece are "Cudoma" and Cecil
two old time negroes of the very
darkest color. Edwin c. Johnson
played "Cud" and NJ L. Kimme was
Cecil" The young men certainly
shine as black face comedians and
two better negroes havn't been
seen on the Park opera house stage
this season. Their makeups, their dia
lect their mannerisms could not have
been improved upon by the real
southern "coons" themselves. Es-
pecially did "Cud" in that original
walk of his set the audiece on n fire
of laughter.
In this comic opera burlesque many
of the young men dress as girls and
their appearance on the stage simply
convulsed the audience, there were
NtDTd5hd Elllbs lllt v dooll r1AA TO- hAA'
Tuskegee Beauties (picaninnies) and
then there was "Cecelia," the '1em-
on" and ''Dorothey, the sweet young
thing" the costumes were strictly in
yieeping with the impersonations,'
did the boys taking the
part of the Vassar girls and the buX-
ON Nebraska lassies acquit themselv-
es in a most feminine manner. They
were just about as graceful as any
man attempting to impersonate a
woman could ever be. f. Schmidt as
"Cecelia, the lomon," made the star
hit of the performance.
The New York Dudes, four young
men, were ideal in their work along
this line.
Among the musical numbers were
a medley of college songs by the foot
ball squad, "The Vassar Alma Mater
bv the Vassar girls, 81 Simply Can t
Resist You" by the dudes; "Arrah
Wanna" by the pickininnies. THE
Sweet Nebraska Girls" by the Ne
braska girls. "I'm the Girl He's Look
ing for" by the "lemon" "Cud's'
great hit Let 1t Alone" and The
Lemon in the Garden of Love" by
the Manager and Sextette."
"Cud's" transformation into so
ciety man with money to burn as a
result of his lucky policy tickets caus-
ed much merriment.
The performance ended with the
Nebraska Toast" by the company.
The entertainment pleased every
body. The husky Nebraskans are all
right Grand Junction liked them,
May they come this way another year.
The door receipts were handsome
and the athletic association reaped