The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-02
KING OF THEM ALL PUTS ON A
BRAND NEW SHOW THAT
rs A WONDER.
New Sings, New Jokes and New
A"disne Ss.sHs swe I Isasa'

There Is nothing like a good min
strel show when one wants to hear
good male voices and laugh at the
antics OF burnt cork funsters-but II
must be good-that Is what one Is
always assured when he sees Al. e..
Fields big happy face and name on
the bilfboards or when they see him
In an open hack" ahead of his big
parade with that prize band a ripping
on the tunes and the half hundred
men marching down the street as
only minstrel men can march-to see
this Is guarantee that at the thea
ire that night one will fiind a real
big minstrel show.
Such was the entertainment that
greeted the two capacity audiences
that went to the Court yesterday
where AL. @. Field and his merry
crew opened a two days engagement.
Al has a corking fine show this
year wiz many Of the old faces pres
ent but with a brand new line of gags,
songs and stunts that are offered mid
z stage filed with elaborate scenery.
True some few OF the songs are old
but they are 'old fevorites, the
kind we like to hear over and over
again. When Jack Richards sings
when You and / Were Young, Mag
gle" the house goes into ectasy and
deafening applause follows. Richards
is better than ever. and with him Is
dozen singers who, in solo ana mar
mony chorus work in good songs. Of
fer the classiest, first part songfest
ever heard In a minstrel show Jonn
Worland. Herbert Williams. fine
yodler. and Ed. Hughes were among
the soloists yesterday. These and
others will be heard again this after
performances.
The first part opens with pretty
scenes and also a vision, The Birth
of Minstrelsy." Then for fun-welI,
there Is bunch OF the funny fellows
and as usual. for several seasons,
they are headed by that, same Bert
Swor, he OF the South who sure has
the darkey dialect and actions down
TO perfection. Bert has a ripping fine
monologue this year. he works Il as
porter in a hotel. In the frst part
he and Joe Coffman score with Al
Field, himself, occupying the center
place. John Cartmell and Jack Ken.
nedy- with Harry Skunk. are the other
comedians, both in the first part and
travesties, they just stack up the
laughs. Swor also gets into this end
OF the show. A rapid fire line OF bur-
lesdue runs riot after the interm;s-
sion.
The travesty dancing OF O'Neu and
Msrkert on the dances OF today Il
Immense and one OF the biggest ATS
OF the show
The first skit Is Mime Ha Ia" a
ekit on the movies. Boni Macks
dancing here Is very fine However
n satisfies until Bert Swor comes
with his monologue. From then on
II Is one laugh after another. No
sooner Is Bert of than Shrunk, Avery
and Kennedy with Harry Neiser. as a
polar bear. romp on in an arctic
scene at the North pole and n rich
travesty Is pulled of with a me
piece Of lighting fascinating picture
~ the Aurora Borealis results. while
the singers are heard IN Appropriate
numbers. Murphy and Terrll follow
with n fine musical act in which a
funny coon adds 10 the laughs Then
more good fun piles MP when Swor
and Kennedy have n time al a dane
ing pavilion at the Panama exposi-
ton. The comedians also do another
burlesquc bit with n big comedy man
Of Mexico on the drop. The show
closes with the view OF the Panama
canal. a. last season with n pretty
picture effect Of tho 4. =. warahips
sailing through. The company is n
larRe one with a finc orchestra ana
band
Tho performances this afternoon
and tonight should attract n capacity
audience for the Field show Is n
dandy.