El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-05
MINSTREL BOYS
HAVE MUCH FUN
Getting Lots of Sport Out Of
Rehearsals-Big Show
Is Coming.

"say-mistah Sharpe. why do a chick
4 dOoze1t know, mistah Harris,
cause why@if they d drop It they'd
break it?'
There are signs Of reTelry by night
every night in the immediate vicinity
OF the Sheldon hotel grill room. There,
grouped in an overgrOwn horseshoe for
nation the end men Of the Statehood
Jubilee minstrels are holding their
nightly revel to the clandestine delight
Of the diners in the main dining room
and the chagrin Of the Mexican orches-
ira which tries to play La Paloma
soft and sweet, while the minstrel men
are Whooping things up in the grill
Any evening from until o'clock Tor
the past week patrons OF the sheldon
dining room or barber shop could
have heard the funny business, Whicn
is expected to get the laughs at the
benefit performances Wednesday ana
Thursday evenings.
The audiences Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings will have no better time
listening to the local jokes and musical
hits than the members OF the minstrel
company are having at the reheaT sals
These practices are one continuous Vau-
deYille performance for each OF the en-
tertatners comes with some new bit
Of business" or q new local hit or
fancy step which he plans 10 work into
his act. The result is that the minstrel
performance has grown from an in
spirat1on TO running fire Of fun,
which is expected 10 keep the crowds
chuckling for two hours for one PUNK.
There are three tenets OF the minstrel
mems doctrine OF fun, frolic and friV-
olity. The first is that every joke must
be local joke or il will die IN its IN
fancy. The second is that no person
alities are to be INDUCED IN at the ex-
pense OF anyone IN the audience the
third is that no rough stuff is to De
pulled by anyone, about anyone or for
any reason.
Another doctrine Of the minstrel
faith is pep" Everything with the
show must go with a snap and there
will be no long dragged out jokes with
Lne points blunted by mucn usage
Hurry and finish 50 the folks may go
home" IS being preached at the enter
tainers each night Duets, tTOs. mega
chorus numbers are TO be intersperSed
between the jokes to give the show
real, professional swing without tne
usual professional flatness
The ushers at the minstrel show are
to be young society men in evening
clothes. Robert Holiday will be the
head usher and has selected a corps OF
assistants to seat the crowds who at
tend the two benefit performances. The
souvenir programs viii also be dis
tr1buted by society girls and the ticket
takers and doOrmen will also be in
evening clothes. opera hats and great
coats. A carriage man Will call the cars
and carriages and everything connected
with the first annual chamber Of COM
MSEce Minstrel VIII snow class A class.
The list Of committees appointed for
the Statehood Jubilee benefit IS as
follows:
Executive Norman N. Walker. J. G.
McNary, S c. Aubrey. W. S. Clayton.
Art Rick, c. A Kline.
Finance c. Aubrey. ". W. Rose,
c A Kline.
Program Robert Page. 0. H. Scott,
Burt OrndOrff
Advertising and Publicity-T G.
Turner. c. A Brann. I. II. Shadbolt.
James r Redding.
Costumes Howard FOgg, Frank
Parade-W. S. Clayton. Capt Clark,
Eugene Harris.
Theater-JuliUs Krakauer. Robert
Holiday, Miss Martha ThUrmOnd.
Music-Parvin Witte. Francis Moore,
bandmaster QuintO. J. G. McNary.
Chorus-Paul Nafe, T. Mckenzie,
ParTin Witte.
Properties-Ely Martin Oakley
Sharpe. Tom Newman, Paul Ellis
Stage-Art Rick, VIII NJ Winch,
Emmett Hines.
A. T. SamWorth