Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-24
SONGSTERS IN BLACKJACK AP-
PEAR At oDEoN IN SALIVA.
TON ARMY BENEFIT.
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS
SONGS AND ENJOYS JOKES
First Part Old. Fashioned Minstreisy,
and Is We'll lonesome Pleasing
Second. Part Features-Chorus Work
Especially Good - 6urlesque Sextet
Scores Ht.

When the Elks' lodge undertakes
an amusement enterprise it makes
success out of it. on previous occa-
sions highly successful entertainments
have been promoted, and at the Odeon
Thursday night an unusually clever
presentation in minstrelsy was given
by members of the lodge. under the
direction Of the Joe Bren Producing
Company, before large, audience.
The entertainment and especially
the first part, was decidedly pleasing.
The second part, While containing
many really enjoyable features. had
the tendency, as is true of the pro-
fessional minstrel show, to drag lit
tie. In the first part, however, if one
had not known that the performers
We're home people, il would have been
easy TO ina CINE in the choruses that
one was listening to professional sing
ers in blackface. For the most part
the jokes were of the vintage OF 1914.
and were given local color, much to the
enjoyment OF the audience.
But TWO changes We're necessitated
in the program. In the first part the
solo OF William 5 Reed was not given
because Mr.. Reed had severe cold
and did not feel equal TO the occasion
In the second part the piano and violin
duet. scheduling the appearance of Mrs.
r. ". Mcbride and L. B. Maytag, o.
Newton. was dispensed with because
of the illness Of Mrs. Mcbride.
The First Part.
1t was oid-tine minstrelsy that oc-
cupied the first part Of the program,
and, comprised solos ballads, and Choir
uses and the usual dialog between the
end men and Ex-Mayor o. L. Ingledue.
who acted as interlocutor. The end
men were Dudley Gregory. Nat Good
win. Charles Sapp. and Harry Leon
hardt, on one side. and George Hook
ridge, Carl Heitsilu. Fred Ritter, and
Herman Gabelman on the other.
The musical numbers of the first
part, all OF which were done nicely,
were T. c. Cartwright's Gross the Ma
son-Dixon line" 81 Miss You Most Of
AL" by Andrew Bowman. Jr.: Dud-
ley Gregory's Fifteen Cents George
Hockridges Make That Engine Stop
a Louisville" Mother" by Raymond
\. Jones'" Get Out and Get Under"
by Charles Sapp. and rag time bur
lesque on the famous sextet from
Lucia" by the grand opera six =
Messrs. Sapp, Gregory. Goodwin. Rit-
ter. Hockridge and Reed. Mr.. Sapp's
song, and the sextet scored decided
hits. In introducing the finale George
Hedstrom sang Here's TO a Friend"
In the chorus OF the first part were
T. c. Cartwright, n. A. Weisman. ]. A.
Dr- IN,
Fred Karges, Elmer A. Tunree, Fred
Pepper. Raymond A. Jones. William s.
Reed, Theodore J. Bondage. Dr.. F. L.
Humeston, Carl Jones, Milan Pinker-
ton. Jack Brodie, George Hedstrom, FL
gin Perry, and David Gard.
Features Of Second Part
The big feature OF the second part
was the sketch by Sapp & Bren. Il
Bren introduced a very clever musical
rected the orchestra turnout the per-
Torrance.
Harry Leonhardt in electrical car
toons' did a clever little act. and the
Dixie quartet" composed Of Messrs
Reed Pinkerton. Hedstrom, and Rails.
sang several selections. DR.. Hum ston
as - CNAScu III a sun o6 Sttc AA'NiAO
log to fill the Mcbride Maytag number
and scored a hit. The performance
| closed with a plantation sketch. "Aun,
| Jemimas Jubilee" by Messrs. Gregory
Ritter, Jones and Sapp.
| Is Salvation Army Benefit.
The minstrel show. which is 80 be
repeated tonight, is given. as far as the
| Elks are concerned, as benefit for the
| Salvation Army. The lodge set out
! several months ago to raise the mort
i gage on the army's property. and hi
upon the minstrel show as a means OF
! closing up the undertaking. following
! the pledges that had been made toward
/ the enterprise by members Of the lodge