Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-02-26
Minstrel ShotU
Great Success
Members Ct ST. janis Club Score
Big Hit With minstrel Snow. =
Please Two Large Audiences and
Make Neat Sum for Club Work.

ed cne performance OF the miLStre
show put en- at the Lmma last
Thursday and Friday evenn by
the members of ST. James Club Of
the Episcopal church of this city,
had the following to say r gariiDg
the entertainment in Sundays Cap
ital News:
Payette, Feb. 21.-The Imperial
Minstrels given at the Emma theatre
>Sesday and Friday evenings as a
begefft fer the ST. James club of tie
Episcopal church of Payette, scored
the greatest success ever given in
Payette by hcme talent There were
80 in the cast, and all of them in
their individual and collective work
did themselves proud, some of them
giving a performance as finished as
found on the professional stage. Many
show having a scale of prices rang
ing up to S150 has been seen that
was no better, and some not as mer-
itorious as the two performances CIV
en- here. There ives snap and ac-
ton from the raise to the final
drop of the curtain that was delight
full. Both performances We're wit
messed by enthusiastic audiences that
packed the pretty theator. The jokes
on prominent LEGAL celebrities were
clean aud crisp and they never failed |
to take the house by storm. The |
nd ha Selection c
were all pleasing, there having been
a delightful mixture of humor and /
pathos in them. The dancing was
particularly good, one of the features
being the turkey trot in the Closing
act by Esther and Ethel Jones Of
Portland, aged and 4 years, respec-
lively. These little girls are natu-
raj born dancers, and can dance any
thing they see. They made hit in
dancing last year at the big Elks'
convention at Portland.
First Part.
The show is in two parts. T. j.
Brown. the well known editor and
publisher of the Payette Entenpri-e,
was the interlocutor, and filled tn S
part in a decidedly pleasing manner.
Charles Brown, Jr., and "Pat" Muir
ply as the end men with tambcs and
B. w. McGillivray and bill" Moss
with the bones, kept the big audi
ence in an uproar, especially with
their jokes on local people.
h. hits
in the first part:
"The Ragtime Soldier Man." by
the entire company.
Goodbye Summer-So LoEg Fall-lI
Hello Winter Time," by Arthur Hun
ter.
"MeHnda's Wedding Day." B. w.
McGillivray. $
"vale of Dreams Lyle Wood
'1f l Only Had a Dollar of My
own" Charles Brown, Jr.
Down in Dear Old New Orleans"
Clinton Wood.
"That International Rag William
Moss. {,
when the Bell in the Light House
Rings Ding Dong" Reese jenkins.
"Peg O. My Heart" Paul Brainard.
cat the DEVILS Ball." E. H. Muir
ply.
Finale-Entire. company.
4 A beautiful tableaux representing
Lincoln protecting the PROSTATE ne :
gro was given during the intermission
SJween the first and second parts.
I 4 Second Part.
: The second part opened with a
aever monologue by Wess Moss, af-
ter which the program proceeded in a
the following order: "a Perfect Day." C
as baritone horn solo, by Master t
Leroy Maule, aged 10 years. Leroy f
Is an artist and born musician. c
Messrs. McGillivray and Thurston b
as Society Maids" put on a clever
eaning stunt as parody ON Evelyn n
Nesbit, Thaw. f.
THAT Melancholy Coon" was then /,
very well sung by G. R. Vaudeville.
Lyle Wood as "Yon Yonson" was
splendid. n
The cornet solo with variations by a
M. NJ. Shanks was exceedingly good. II
The vaudeville stunt put on by the l
Ainey sisters was as finished and d
clever as may be seen by profession Il
ais.
One of the big hits Of the show o
was ooh, ,My!" by Charles Brown,
Jr. Mr.. Brown has done stage work
In various ways for years. His work
is not often excelled by the best OF a
professionals.
The closing act was a fitting ci'
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