Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-04-25
'ELKs' MINISTRIES
PLAY FOR CHARITY

| Much joy and laughter not on the
bill was heard at the minstrel show of
Newark Lodge No. 21 Order of Elks.
at Kruegeri Auditorium last night. Al
audience of 1000 enjoyed the jokes and
antics of some of the funniest end men
seen on the amateur stage in quite a
long while. The performance was for
charity.
| The minstrel "Bills" had real South
ern scene for their stage setting. The
stage was trimmed in Watermelon dec
orations The men in the chorus
wore Tuxedo suits, the possible
lively broken by red neckties and
red boutonnieres. The end men. Sam
Denbigh, Frank Hanlon, Charles Sem
ma, George Smith, Dick Miller, Dick
IHensler and Paul Southe, wore suits
of all colors and creations. Some were
green and red and others yellow and
black.
Many jokes were poked at bills
who did not take part in the show and
at everything and everybody else in
general. For instance, Dick Miller, an
end man, made the suggestion that all
the streets of, the city should be paved
with doughnuts. thereby making New
ark holey city.
William McKenna, of Jersey City,
the man who wrote HAS Anybody
Here Seen Kelly?" who arranged the
show and who led Fred Bachman's or
chestra for the occasion, was given a
| few hot ones, Bill Mullin making
| cruel reference to McKenna's red hair.
Paule Southe and Charles SIENNA
were the real duet performers OF the
! evening. They sang and danced rag
| time in all manners of melodies. one OF
| their funniest songs being THAT Rag
! time Goblin Man" Frank Hanlon was
| a genuine applause creator when he
| sang "Rum T,lm Tiddle," and George
Smith took the house by storm with
THAT Haunting Melody.
Richard Hensler acted as interiocutor,
but unlike such officials in ordinary
minstrel shows he was funny at times,
singing and dancing the song, Oats
Harmony" Samuel Denbigh once
walked on the stage with a slide from
bone with which he made queer noises
while the rest of the Bills sang the
/ chorus of slippery Slide Trombone"
show. She was none other than Arthur
! Dorcher, but anyone who didn't know
Arthur would have thought it was a
real girl That smile of his betrayed
him. He and George Schermerhorn,
who wore frock coat and a high hat,
sang as a duet, ooh, You Wonderful
| Girl" Arthur wore yellow satin
creation with lace and other kinds of
trimmings. He carried a shower bou-
quet of some kind of posies.
| Other hits of the evening were Mil
Ter Goldsmith's singing of 1.-THE Roll
| ing Stone;" the bass solo, "The Mighty
Deep" by Fred Sauer; the oddity song,
Trolley Car SWING" by Frank Brown;
! duet, pal from Frisco Town." by
Harry Cole and Clayt Wilson; Joseph
Amberg's song of When Met You in
Tipperary," and Bill Mullins singing
of ME, OATS Who, There were also
| banjo selections, and this part of the
program was filled by Joseph curtiss,
who also told few timely jokes.
Those in the chorus were William
Weber, Michael McLane, Herman KEEP
pier. Josh Jamouneau. Philip Ban1ber-
ger, Fred Haas Theodore Aab, Will
lam Haggerty, George Guenther, Will
lam Koch, AL Lacman. John Devlin,
Auther Miltner, Christian Schwab.
George Dremel, William Wolf, Frank
Smith, Henry Robinson. Henry Ho-
decker, George Alexander. Gus Trautz,.
John S. Voegtlen. Richard Doering, Al
Schlegel, George Lacey.
Irvfngton Lodge Of Elks sent a dele
cation of thirty to the show, and there
were Elks from Jersey City. the Or
anges. Elizabeth and New York city.