Evening star., 1909-04-30
WOMEN MINSTREL "END MEN,
EASTERN STAR LADIES GIVE
BLACK-FACE SHOW.
Large Audience Delighted With
Unique Performance-To Pay for
Esther Chapter Lodgeroom.

The ladies of Esther Chapter, No. 5,
Order Of the Eastern Star, with a few
persons Of the male persuasion borrowed
to lend atmosphere TO the occasion, pre-
sented a genuine ''black-face'' minstrel
performance at the new Masonic Temple
last night, unique in character and
abundantly successful in quality and re-
suits. II the applause of the large audi
ence and the smiles of the man at the
box Office" count for anything.
II was Esther Chapter which undertook
the burden of preparing the Eastern
Star Chapter chamber In the new temple
1or us sister chapters, and the perform
ance OF last evening was given to recoup
IN a measure its outlay in doing So
The opening chorus by the entire COM
pany' gave promise of the excellent per-
LOT rmance that was to follow. and the
audience between its laughter and COM
ments at the novel scene presented i'm
mediately gave its approval in a great
roar of applause, which was repeated
with each Of the succeeding numbers Of
the program. The audience thought it
an awful good show and there was no.
body to gainsay it.
Mrs. Alice Bradley, Mrs. Bertha Hud-
son and Mrs. Julia N. Streater, as lend
men We're distinct features of the show.
The Program Of Songs.
The following program was rendered:
Arab Love Song Miss Mona Roberts
and chorus; Some Day When Dreams
Come True" Harry Eibel and chorus:
I Remember You," Mrs Lille Hobbs
and chorus; Then You'll Remember
Me-" Mr.. Gibson; Don't Take Me
When l Marry You." Mrs. Maude
Wright and chorus; "Trans1mag- nif i
can-bam- -dam-u-al-i-ty," Frank Birgfeid
and and, chorus; Just Some One Mrs.
6ertha Hudson and chorus: Gee. Wish
Had a Girl" DIR. Ernest Smith and
chorus; song and dance, Master Emory
Bonini; recitation, Mrs. Julia N. Streater;
closing chorus. Captain Willie Brown"
entire company
olio-Club and lantern swinging, R. ].
Moon," Mrs. Bertha Hudson and Harry
and chorus: quartet. "sociabili1y."
MI Misses sss Grace Grace Walker. Ruth Aylsr, Fran
cornet solos. Melvin A. Wertz and
Clemence T. Beitel; drill by the Awkward
Squad, Miss Cecilia Atchison, little cap
tain; Mrs Clara Robbins, Mrs. Charlotte
M. Pine. Miss Olga Snyder, Miss Anna
barker Miss Flora Gibson: Mrs. Miriam
Parsons. Mrs. Alice Bradley. Mrs. Lille
Mills. Mrs. Carrie Bonini, Miss Edna
Cross, Mrs. Emma Bowling, Miss Anna
Mcintosh, Miss Emma Fowler, Miss Lii
liam Gordon: bachelor burIesquers. Harry
Kennedy, Maurice A. Hess, Clarence
Longacre, Harry Eibel, Robert NJ Harp
er, w. w. Georges, Samuel Deckman, DR..
Charles A. Stewart.
Those in the Company.
The minstrel company was composed of
the following:
Interlocutor, Mr.. Nosbig; end men. Wal
lace Streater, Harry Eibel. Mrs. Alice
Bradley, Mrs. Bertha Hudson, Frank
Birgfeld. DR.. r. Parsons, j. Ed. Swaine.
Melvin A. Wertz. Mrs. Julia N. Streater,
DR.. Ernest Smith: first circle, Mrs. Pearl
Parsons, Miss Flora Gibson, Henry E.
Ayler. Mrs. Allie Birch, Mrs Maude
Wright. Maurice Hess. Mrs. Cora Strick-
rott. Miss Cecilia Atchison, DR.. Charles
A. Stewart, Miss Olga Snyder. Mrs. Lille
Mel. Mills. John N. Stevenson. Mrs. NJ e.
Boss, W. l.. Wilkerson, Mrs. Clara Rob-
bins, Miss Edna Cross, George Gibson,
Mrs. Carrie Bonini. Miss Emily Proctor
Howard Mills, Mrs. Minnie A. Gibson.
Miss Lille Gordon, Robert ]. Bell, Mrs
Charlotte NJ. Pine. Miss Lenc M. Wood
ruff, Philip Z. Brown, Miss Mona Rob-
erts. Mrs Elizabeth Bell: second circle
Miss Nell Hanley. Miss Anna Barker.
Mrs. Emma Lambert. Miss Lille Fowler,
Mrs. Alice Jones, Mrs. Delafield Brown,
Mrs. Lille Hobbs, Mrs. Ida Mckeldih.
Miss Anna Belle Macintosh, Mrs. Miriam
Gordon. Mrs. Katherine p. Ayler, Mrs
Marie Baker, Miss Emma Fowler Mrs
Emma Bowling, Miss Ruth Ayler. Miss
Grace Walker Miss Frances scherger,
Miss Bernadina Scherger and Miss Cora
Troxell