The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-02
During the minstrel

comparison. During the minstrel
performance he was known as "Mr.
Johnson and to him were addressed
most of the humorous jokes of the
evening by the funny end men. Sew
Ieral clever and well timed local
"hits'' were gotten off, especially that
one about the recall"
John e. Regan took the part of the
funny Mr.. Snow, famous among his
tribe; for his jokes. Mr.. Regain was
stage manager during the rehearsals,
and much credit is due him for the
success of the performance. His eff.
forts have been untiring to get this
minstrel to the state of perfection
that 1t reached, and the results of
his labors even surpassed his elite
work in Sylvia"
Thomas G. Spellman, NJ. F. Sulli.
van and TN. Coughlan composed the
committee on arrangements and to
them is due the credit for handling
the large audience that saw the min.
strel show last evening and for the
general arrangements of the show.
Ed. l.. Lamm acted as musical di.
rector and had his full orchestra
present for this occasion.
Gave an Excellent First Part.
After the grand entry and the over.
ture of Cling and Possum," played
by the orchestra, Joseph Theissen,
better known as Bones" rendered
Whats All That Noise About" and
was called back for several encores.
Fred Mallory's rendition of "Any Old
Way You Cook Chicken" received
the hearty applause that it deserved,
for not only was Mr.. .Malloy's voice
good, but his acting was. admirable.
Many Lee" sung by Paul Ford,
was both pathetic and humorous aid
the rest of the end men Joined in
the chorus, giving the resemblance
of little darky scene on cotton
plantation; and Wallace Murphy's
song: Your Uncle Did the Rest
showed Mr.. Murphy to be a first.
class singer.
Joun i. Faklcr sang Nanny s
Little Colored Child" which was
well rendered. Mr.. Fakler possesses
a very. fine baritone voice.
."Why Don't the Band Play Dixie?''
sung by Joseph Blissenbach, known
as "Tan," on the stage, was encored
and sung in an admirable way. Prob.
ably the cream Of songs was given
by John Regain, when he rendered
Riding on the Golden Wheel. which
was accompanied by little dancing
DIR. C. N. Weyer finished the first
part of the program with a sweet
and appealing song, I'D Like to
Hear That Song Again." which even
surpassed his songs in the other re.
cent production, Sylvia"
( The opening number of the second
part of the minstrel show was a
monologue by Wallace Murphy, en-.
titled "The Uncertainties of Life,
in which Mr.. Murphy made decid
ed hit with the audience. The bari.
tone solo by John T.. Fakler showed
to. pleasing effect. A realistic COM
edy sketch, "The Dark Tragedian, y
which included Wallace Murphy, the
man who wanted to act, Joseph Bis
senbach, the man who wanted to
sleep, and the inimitable Fred Nal
10y, who wanted the earth, proved
one Of the best little sketches and
received the heartiest applause.
). The singing Of Robert E., Gehan
of st. Paul proved to be one of the
pleasing features of the evening,
Mr.. Gehan is possessed Of rich
baritone voice and q winning per.
sonality. His solos certainly were
enjoyed, and the audience was loath
to let him. OFF with only three. He
was accompanied on the piano BY
professor r. J. Brezinsky.
The program was closed with beau.
.tiful selections at the piano by Rob.
ert J. Coughlan, the blind artist. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Lamms
orchestra. Mr.. Coughlans achieve
ment demonstrates what can be &C.
complished under the most difficult
circumstances.
+ The minstrel entertainment as a
whole was we'll received and the gen.
tlemen who took part are to be com
mended for their clever work.
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