Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-22
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]s When the curtain was raised on the
first part Of the minstrel perform
ance Tuesday night the players were
(greeted by one iof the largest bunch
Of people that ever visited the opera
fhouse before. & & sF Or the first time in
tits history, .s,Ye are told, the reserv.
Ted sea-. board was nhrfely stripped
Eof seats land when the enterta ainment
began every. available bit of space in
the spacious room was filled with
Eeeople. 81,
AT about $3.50 the curtain raised,
showing a very pretty river scene in
Ian arch Illuminated with various col
ored electric lights. In the back
ground could be seen a full moon
sending its rays across the waters
and a steamboat making its way
steadily up the river. Part of the
chorus and Mr.. Ed Hruby, the inter
Ilocutor, were already on the stage,
land the remainder of the company
appeared in twos, being introduced
to the audience as they took their
places. The opening number was "a
chorus by the entire company, fol
lowed with jokes and witticisms by
the six end men, NJ essrs. H. S@S N.
Bradley, H. T.. Smith, F.; B. Blair,
p. w. Williams, H B. Commerford
and G. T. Thorpe, At various inter
Yals in the work Of the end men and
chorus, solos were sung by Rae Dun
ham, H. NJ. Bradley, T.. N !. Arnold,
III. b. Comm rford, !, IA. d. Brown, E.s
w. Williams and H. T. Smith, all Of
which were heartily encored end re-
sponded to very graciously.
At the close of the first part of
| the program ladies quartette, COM
lposed of Mrs. E. w. Williams and
| the Misses Lucille and Marjory Ar
mold and Amy Ram, rendered a
couple Of selections that were very
good indeed. Their voices blend to-
gether in perfect harmony and the
work of each member is above the
average. The young ladies We're one
| Of the main features of the program
and received a merited applause from
the audience. 3:,,. 4 ss!s
| Perhaps one Of the best numbers
! CT the entertainment was that given
by the Cherry Sisters the imper-
sonations being very cleverly done
by Messrs. Work, Thorpe and Phil
| ipp. The we'll known and world wide
famous "ladies" appeared in the
very latest togs direct from Paris
and their rendition Of the latest song
\ Of the day 'Ta-ra-ra-ra boom de aye"
and many local puns furnished
amusement for all. <,
| DR.. Bradley also entertained the
audience in his own original manner,
using his cello as the maih fea-
ture. This stunt is one Of worthy
mention, as it is perfect Imitation
OF the music Of this we'll known in
strument. He uses only a piece Of
board fitted with a spade handle and
wrapping cord strings the music
coming from his lips. Itttwas the
first time many, of our people had
had the opportunity Of Witnessing
lanything of the kind and they enjoy
Red it. s
After the entertainment was over
the Edgewood lodge entertained the
visiting knights and their ladies at
banquet in K. P. hall, there being
fully one hundred people fed. The
tables were set in the middle of the
room directly underneath the cleo
trio lights, and, with the cut flower
decorations, made a pretty appear
ance. Sl =. :. sil7gs
All of the special stage settings
were painted by Mr.. Hruby and show
ed the skill Of this amatuer artist.
The work of staging the attraction
was done by Messrs. Williams and
Hruby, they being assisted by Jay
Matthews, an expert electrician, from
the Dairy City The boys all work
ed hard to make it a success and
| the manner in which they succeeded
was shown by the numerous encores
Of the large audience. Edgewood cit
liens were glad to have them spend
the evening here and hope they en-
fjoyed the time as well.
Bills harp orchestra furnished the
music for the program, the chorus
work being under the personal ,irec-
ltion Of H. L. Ram.