Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-16
SOME RARE WIT
AT MINISTRIES
Marion A. C. Score Heavily
Local Parodies and Iokee.


High class humor predominated
last night at the first annual min
Istrel show of the Marion A. c., at
the Bijou theater where soc well
wishers of this well known social
and fraternal organization assem-
bied to become eonyulsed with
laughter over the witty sayings OF
the merrymakeTs aud the exception
ally strong parodies sung by the tai
ented participants. The entire per-
Torrance consumed three hours OF
time, but there was not q person in
the spacious amusement place, It
can be said, who did not feel but dis
appointed at the conclusion OF the
grand finale"
1t is hard to be impartial and Sc
.lect the real star" of the evenings
performance, for so many scared to
the higher attitudes of stage heaven
that to discriminate among the
Young men would develop into "a
science in itself. There We're many,
however, who loudly applauded the
efforts Of Frank Mccormick, we'll
known about town whose delight
full rendering OF the Chicken Rag
convulsed the audience and. espect-
alIy.-the young man In the rear. Be
it said of the latter. that his whole
some laugh kept the jovial crowd In
high spirits throughout the even
ing. Mr.. Mccormick waz encored
twice and gained a bigger "hand',
perhaps, at the close of his second
encore than on the conclusion Of his
n He's q Bear"
Another Real Hit
Another who pleased was Jack
Donnelly, of New Brunswick, who
coached the Marions and played
lend, at last nights show. He is
funny. and that is no mistake, but
his rendering OF Everybody is do
ing it, did not catch the crowd as
End Man MeCormick's Chicken
Rag or John Birds .parodies on,
zone o'clock in the morning, l get
lonesome" Regardless of the song
selection. however, Mr. Donnelly
cleverness on the end as the
butt and handler Of first class orig
Jokes. He is comical, to say
the least, and perhaps gained more
during the evening than any
the other merry makers.
Parodies Score Big.
President John Bird pulled on
the biggest hit OF the show, with sew
eral originaIparodies dealing, in a
highly amusing manner, with polit-
Ical situations of the day, especially
in Perth Amboy. He lauded former
Acting Mayor William d. Voorhees,,
declaring, In song, that the latter
,ficial couldn't stand the bluff, OF
Long and HUFF" A
And so they ran, parody
after parody, all penned by the gen.
al president and placed to song by
hat talented young man. He had
more 'tup his Sleeve" 1t was
earned today, but the act was clos
ID to keep the show On scheduled
lime.
The opening part presented
Charles jacobson, Al i~nterlocutor,
presiding over @ palm garden In
which was assembled the entire COM
pany, including soloists r. CANTON,
W. Grove. M. Jago and 8. Fremean.
The end men were late so late that
the show had started whom they
dcwa &c aisies and were
erected wi,h tous applause bv tn.
audience and young" Bedell, he OF
II q funny laugh mis- Was pr sred
ed by the oasn'Lg Ghorouses, " ihe |
entire company, aud a decided hit by
Frank Appiegate, lis the college hoy.
The jokes Sprung" were OF local
color and added much amusement to
the night OF revelry. Messrs. Bones
and Tambo continually knocked"
the past and present political ccndi-
lions In this city, with special enI-
phasis upon the gossip of today.
Boost Burke for Mayor.
Chief among the witty sayings
handed out at frequent intervals.
was one dealing with mayoraIiy
conditions in Perth Amboy, and Mr..
Bones question to Interlocutor JAG
OLSON developed into a decided boost
for Thomas f. Burke as the next
mayor of Perth Amboy. Mr.. Bones
inquired as to who Is mayor of this
city, but M n In the crowd could
give him q satisfactory answer.
Finally, however, he exclaimed. II
know who should be mayor of Perth
Amboy! Who9 Why. Thomas p.
BURKE An outburst of approval
showed the sentiment OF the crowd
Mr.. Burke was referred to In sew
eral other incidents, all of which
were OF the boosting" nature.
ETliisAls ~ IA. Jazz PicdSEa
many. He WAS loudly encored and
responded with a repetition. The
other solos were: GOOD Bye, My
Love, Good Bye" by s. Femean. and
That's why the violets i've" by r.
Cantlon. All pleased equally well
and added variety to a decidedly in
teresting first part. J. O'Toole sang,
"Navajo Rag" in a free and easy
style, getting d big hand, while G.
Mulligan brought down the house
with, Lord, have mercy on a mar
Tried man" The ever ready "Myste-
rions Rag" was sung by Il. Bird,
who deserves special mention later
in the story for his part in the
fnala. The minstreIsy concluded
with splendid chorusea by the entire
company.
The second part was q musical
duet by Il. Prohaska and George
Durrua. members OF the orchestra.
who also gave solo selections. This
act gained a big hand from the
crowd and tho artists repaid with
an encore.
Night In Club Rooms.
Part three portrayed a Might a.
1.-THE Club Rooms, with President BIRD
presiding. During this sketch sew
eral novelties were introduced Rnt
tplaanly showed the good times" en-
joyed by the Marions In their Stats
lstreat headquarters. Charlie,
jacobson brought down the house
with hta monologuo on THE drear,
days OF TO- In which the artist de
telared he played a prominent part
I'm Hu NC Tho tia jts EsA