Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-11
MINSTREL MAKES
TREMENDOUS HIT
St. Joseph Parish School Filled
at First Performance of
Production.
ONE OF THE BEST EVER
Many Of the Acts Compare FavorabIy
With Professional TURNS
Play Again Tonight

The 81. Joseph vaudeville-minstrel
was an instantaneous hit. The above
was the popular verdict after the mi
Tia. performance given last night at
ST. Joseph hal There are home tai
ent productions and then there ara
more OF the same, bur that Of last
evening will live forever. fgurativelv
speaking. Father Cleary has evidently
obtained a corner on all the first class
talent II this vicinity, If the Droduc-
ton OF last evening may be taken as
q criterion. In fact there were some
acts which have not been surpassed
by professionals, who have trod the
local variety boards during the past
season.
HAVE STRONG CHORUS.
Everything was good. A chorus Of
70 voices featured the minstrel show.
There was p.enty OF volume. as would
be expected but the beautiful part
OF Il was thai there wac Just as much
harmony Father Cleary acted az mus
zeal director and the smooth manner
ST. which the performance proceeded
was d silent but eloquent tribute TO
his efforts First night performances
al an amateur entertainment are usu-
ally summed BY the public. but last
night there was not d single hitch 4
more thoroughly meritorious entertain.
ment would be hard 10 find anywhere,
and great credl. is due both Father
Cleary aud Dean Quinn. The show
Sc q credit 10 the parish and II de-
terving Of ell the patronage IN the
world A house which comfortably
filed the auditorium, ev!nced It's ap-
provel and appreciation by continuous
and heavy applause. Eucores were
literally responded 70. and everybody
went away satisfied
VAUDEVILLE FEATURES.
The Interstate -Four stole the Hons
share Of the honors In the vaudeville
EoctlcI. They put on a turn, fully 20
miuC.es ~ length. and their work
compared favorably with mauy OF the
quartets which are playing trl-city
vaudeville houses. Roy Curry, az
Hebrew comedian. convuised the audi
enoe from the time he appeared. Nor
gan Sexton. as the Sissy Boy" WAS
excellent. The young men blend their
voices In barber shop chords which
wo--;i send a darby into the seventh
heaven OF delight. Charles ROantree
and Bill Toal provided the comedy for
the minstrel show. Bill appeared in
startling Partisan creation. and as a
disclple OF the lannon's Emmelne Pank-
hurst. was decidedly there Roam
tree proved 20 be- an A NO. l black
face man. HE Glowing vas nothing
short % keen.
The Dutch Riddles song, by six 1T
Tie girls clad IN the conventional Hol-
landcse costume. wooden shoes and
the rest. went big ALFRED as an TIA
ian troubudor. John Naab sang TO
tho Misses Smith and Winter In pleas
Ing fashion The young ladies re-
Epouded pleasinEly with excellent mel
ody. Rose Kuuey's musical reCita-
ton was clever and well received.
She was assisted 10y Cecil Burkhart
AZ tho piano Joe Smith proved TO
be real monologue artist His line Of
chatter was funny Mrs Mae Richards
Casey and Amanda Smith Tn melody
duo. brought down the house. Both Of
these ladies ere possessors Of excel
lent and vel, trained voices. Their
turn was greeted with d'aIcning ap-
plause. In the Summer Boys Spe-
CIaIty. a number Of lads from 10 70 Is
years Of age, appeared in overalls and
broad brlmmcd straw hats Their
singing was good and their comedy
was clean. The first part closed with
a number by the ST Joseph Glee club.
directed by Father Cleary.
MINSTREL - GOOD.
As to tho minstrel show. It compared
favorably with any similar perform.
Rnce over attempted here. a number
Of good foxes. aimed at various mem
hers OF the parish. were well received.
Fred Burt acted as iuterIocu'or. AZ.
ter the opening medley by the entire
chorus. John Naab srtisucaly render