The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-16
he Elks IN MissIaELs

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A1nE ElkS IN MiXSIRELs
Third Annual Minstrel Performance
Drew Big Crowd and the Show
Made Good.
With the conclue!on of the initia-
ton and supper given at the Elks
club rooms Monday afternoon and
evening, the antlered tribe was ready
for the minstrel performance later
An the evening. The attendance was
quite large and the people were high
ay enthusiastic over the various
stunts which were produced. The
boys have been under the training of
Jack Mclaughlin for the past two
weeks and they made remarkably
good progress under his tutorage.
When the curtain went up on the
opening part the sailors and marines
were revealed in their neat appear
customes of white. The marines
were Bruce MacLean, Walter Nolt.
George Dabler, Albert Nolt, Wallace
! AacLeah. Ora b. Wells, MILFORD
Gormley, Glen Rowley. The sailors
were John Coughlin, drum major,
Fred Earl, Lawrence Coughlin, Ben
Derr, John Tobin, Monk Rosenthal,
Harold Nourse. Ray Tiffany. Bob
Bailey, John Lesion, Frank Worthen,
Leo VanWagnen, Art siefert, Paul
WEIGH, Lee Mckinley, Earl West,
Leonard Woodman.
The tambourines were handled
akfllfully by Louis Beckwith, Amos
johnson and Harry Brown, while
Jack Porter, Harry slade and c. B.
Sutherland attended to the bone
end of the circle. Mr.. Mclaughlin
was the interlocutor.
The hrst part consisted Of popular
songs with chorus accompaniment,
hacked UP BY the Koolish orchestra.
After the opening chorus had been
rendered the various songs were tax
se1nlup. HAIRY slade sang 81 Didn't.
49,. He Didn't Say. so / Don't Know
Bruce MacIyean rendered 81 Wish I
HI M old Girl#Back Again" Amos
Johnson, ave, ..someones Waiting
fef |. While Lawrence Coughlin
sAas "lfs Il Had. the World to Give
on.',C 9 b. Switzerland sang Il Lost
- Gil. ma Ora Wells presented
sssInWatsrmslon Time" Louis Beck
With made hit with his ''How do
Hou ~ Miss Josephine and VIII
fred Gorinley was good IN Don't be
- Old Msid Moll!y. Jack Porter
found room for his talent, In "Abra-
ham Lincoln Jones'" and Jack Nc
= ouShltn.s King In Ane style IF I Had
g. Thousana4 Lives to Live" Harry
BrownScarried the house away with.
3 him hen he sang Comical Eyes.
slaarTYshad learned ONE dancing
sstsp1s sircssl the last Elksssminlsstrels
! AZ Had dinerent stunt for the
~ rs seven times he vas called back.
The end men were prolific with
Jokes Sof the variety which please and
10 local hits were not overlooked
IA quite . few Of the young men
Nssefs remembered during the even
Tho second part was opened with q
4soliloquys rendered by u. r. Tour
nier.who rave an appreciative poeti-
cal selection, and then sang The
#Bedouin Love Song" Mr.. Tournier
ave clever bitso work. Brown and
Porter rave . sharp shooting con
stest,sand Amos Johnson assthe strong
sman9showed how easy It was to Pick
sup weights weighing from 200 to
500 pounds, made mostly OF paper.
sidney Rosenthal did . neat dane
sing stunt. and he showed . good deal
cleverness in his act. He also
SrSplc..ted ! selection.
nc entertainment was brought to
Aclose ~ the male quartet Of Bruce
SMacIsan. Albert Nolt. Glen Rowley.
SyvsIlacs MacLean.
no Elks Will make q good sum Of
money from their annual entertain
sment. taking the admission to the
theatre md the Advertising program
snto consideration. They are espec-
islyysfhankfulto tho business men for
tspatronage sxtsnded - the way
skdysrtiaing and % the public In
irsnSrai forsthe largpsISsattendancs.
\ l l!!l!l!!!I 4. OMISSION
CnilsIY . Aiasing =
sG 80 TAwns