The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-03-31
AN EVENING WITH
THE BENNINGTON
CLUB"
Successful Minstrel Show Given
Last Night
ECLIPSED PREVIOUS EFFORTS
Entertainment RepIete With Fine
Music, Laughable Stunts and
Clever Burlesque

AN Evening With the Bennington
Club" at the opera house last night
more than exceeded the expectations
of the audience which filled every
available seat in the house and en-
cored every selection and speciality.
1t is the general verdict that the en-
tertainment fully equalled the min
strel show given by the club tive
years ago and exceeded it in some
respects.
The stage setting was striking and
effective while the arrangements OF
lights was calculated to bring out
every feature to the best advantage,
The stage setting was planned by
Edward l.. Bates, who was the com
mittee of one selected by the club TO
take entire charge of the production.
1t is unanimously conceded that he
is the one man in Bennington best
qualified for a position of the kind
and he has again demonstrated his
capab!lity beyond the possibility of
question.
its work was above reproach The
costumes were artistic and effective
and the program was carried through
without a hitch or delay. The cur
tain went up at 500 and from then
until 1870 o'clock there was some.
thing worth listening to every
minute.
O. NJ. Barber was interlocutor and
the ends c. NJ. Graves, c. L. Holden,
Fred l.. Harmon, G. p Endress, Ed
ward H. Bates, DR.. l.. II. Ross, Frank
Z. Battles and George 3. Yelling, in
burnt cork and with their local hits
were the spice of the first half. The
program in full was as follows
Committee-Edward Louis Bates
Musical Director-Edward Cush
man Bennett.
Stage Manager-Frederick Lee
Harmon
Interlocutor- Metcalf Bar
Der
Ends-Collins Willard Graves
Clarence Lewis Holden, Frederick
Lee Harmon, George Philip Endress
Edward Louis Bates, Lucretius Hen
ry Ross, Frank Elbridge Battles
George Bertram yelling
Circle-Wlliam Henry Andrews
Charles Ellis Barnes, George Bentley
Frederick Stephen Bradley, James Ed
ward Burke, Roy Brown, William
Carroll Hall Cushman, Clarence Alloy
sius Daley, George Francis Daley
Joseph Jerome Daley, Harvey Bush
nell Davenport, Herbert Allen Daven
port, Thomas Augustus Davenport
Patrick Joseph Dunn, Claiming Eu
gene Fletcher, John Frazier, Edward
Gardner, Andrew Howe HollisteT
Robert Emmett Healy, Hiram Levi
Hover, William Galbraith Hunter
Ralph Allen Jones, James Guy Liy
ingston, Edward Eugene Long, vii
liam Russell Lowe, Andrew Pos
Maurer, Dean Irving Martin, Loui
Leo McDermott, Marden Russell
Nichols, Frank Culver Phillips
George Eadie Small, George Charlie
Stewart, Eugene Augustus Wattle'
Harry Orville White, Wells Woo
ward White, John Whitney Jr., Chas
Lynn Wood George Wight. Harry A
o. drich Wills, William Henry Wills.
Part First
Orchestral Overture, Richmond
Missu
Overture, Medley"
Bennington Gu
Frank c. Phillips and George B. Wei
ing, Soloists
when We're Together"
Emerson Jane
William Galbraith Hunter
Amt It Funny What Differenc
Just Few Hours Make,
THE Yankee Consul
Collins Willard Graves
What's the Matter With Father"
Williams & Van Alstyn
Braley, Nichols, Davenport and Whit
Fancy Little Nancy, Tin costume)
Baint
William Russell Lowe
Then Wen All Go Home"
Williams q Van Alstyr
Herbert Allen Davenport
Come Along My Mandy"
Mellor, Lawrence & Gilfoi
Wells Woodward White
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly
Murphy & Lette
Charles Lynn Wood
Ponder" Bates Jeron
Edward Louis Bates
I'm in Love With One of the Stars
Coht
Robert Emmett Healey
You'll Come Back"
brisbane & Mey
Harry Orville White
THE Garden of Roses" Schm
Joseph Jerome Daley
Liza" Williams G. Van Alstyl
George Bertram yelling
Part Second
I'll Trovatore,' Yer
Orchestra
"Heinze is Picked Again"