Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
MINS1RELS MUCH APPLAUDEO
RED LETTER PERFORMANCE OF
TEMPLE HoUsEWARMING..
Upper Auditorium Entirely Toe
Small to Hold the Throng That
Wanted to Enter.

Had the upper auditorium of the new
Masonic Temple been three times its
present size it would have been too
small to accommodate the throngs that
tried to get in last night to witness the
Washington Canoe Clubs excellent
minstrel show. AS early as O'Clock
the committee on order was obliged to
stop the elevators and turn away those
who wished to see what proved to be the
red letter performance of the housewarm-
ing celebration. Arthur Middleton was
the interlocutor. Brooke Amiss and Felix
Mahony handled the bones. and w. A.
Morsell and Harold Lincoln made a
laughable pair of tambourine players.
A Notable Performance.
1t is difficult to single out one per-
former from the others for praise be-
cause all were strictly up to the mark.
Felix Mahony in white Wings was re-
peatedly encored and obliged to bow
many times his Acknowledgements of the
applause. Brooke Amiss. with his
Bang. Bang Goes the Hammer on the
Me?'' and Harold c. Lincoln as La
Premiere Danseuse" all contributed to
the merriment of the occasion with laugh
able offerings. Among the sentimental
singers Roland r. Rodrick. Master Pete
Becker and Newton T. Hammer scored
hits with their numbers.
The opening number. Three Little
Maids" was well sung by Messrs. Rod
rick. Youngs and Kehoe. The Forest
Song" in Robin Hood costume. by
and Two Blue Eyes by q quartet COM
posed of Messrs. Rodrick Stevens. Pom
eroy and Hammer. were also accorded a
liberal measure of applause Arthur Mid
ii ,@1~ % ID
vantage in the solo when the Bell in
the Lighthouse Rings and F. Harry
Stevens scored pronounced hit with his
tenor solo Tying the Leaves"
The entire program. under the direc-
ton of Ben JudsOn. was rendered without
hitch. and the audience manifested its
regret in an unmistakable way when w
A. Morsell and Brooke Amiss brought the
performance to close with their comical
duet. Whom Do You Lover" The rule
of mo encore was torn to tatterS last
night.
In the Big Auditorium.
In the great Auditorium last night were
two acts by the cake walkers, the delight
full offerings of Miss Shreve's young
misses in the ''Rope Dance and the dane
ing song, 1--WE Will Wander in the Bright
Moonlight" E. Lawrence Phillips. in a
rube act that was very we'll received, and
more of the Barn Dance" which seems
to have caught on like wildfire.
The record of Areme Chapter. under
Chef Picard. in the banquet hall was the
most gratifying of the entire celebration.
Tonight there will be q return to the
three-shOw program in Gibson's Hall Of
Happiness, admission to each Of which
may be obtained with a single coupon.
The scheduled features are Esther Chap
ter's noted choir from the ladies of the
Eastern Star; Miss Cora Shreve's famous
tot Avth T.,,oh cs irl
Miss Beatrice Cosgrove and B. Lawrence
Phillips. whose clever sketches of charac-
ter impersonation have been marked
features of the vaudeville entertainments
Thursday night, October 10, Nordica
will dedicate the great Auditorium as a
temple of music, and the following Sun
day, October IS, Creatore and his band
will be heard there.