The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-05-28

For second time a large audi
ence was given an evening of de-
lightful fun of that kind that profess
sional entertainers cannot give. when
the Elks repeated their minstrel pro-
gram at the Mankato Theatre last
evening. Grouped about the stage in
true minstrel style was the aggre-
CATION of, singers, players and jok-
ers. costumed for the most part In
black. white and green. nine in black
face but the vast majority retaining
their native Caucasian shade.
To a large extent the pleasing eff
feet a the scene. when the curtain
rose, was due to the splendid seen
cry. which Miller and Draper OF New
York had furnished for the occasion.
The costumes and all other supplies
had also been obtained from that
house. Harry Miller himself was
there to see that all was done as a
minstrel show required. Things work
ed with the smoothness OF we'll
oiled machinery from first to last.
Sober and earnest. TO all appear
ances. in the middle OF the front row
II,
John C.. Wise. part of whose function
it was to furnish openings for the
digs OF local application that. came
forth from time to time from this
and that one OF the niN i'm black
face. These were ID. VI. jones. Paul
Ford. John Z. Regain. b. II. McCleery.
+. ID. Sleight, o. +. Morrow. George
Black. Cline Draper and A. X. Archi-
bald. Some OF these were so well dis
guised. both as to their appearance
and their voices, they having drilled
themselves in the coon accent. that
there was some doubt as to their
identity, in the minds of many, until
the interlocutor called them by name
Grouped among the rest were sew
en- orchestra members. s. c. Lamm
with the bass violin; Ed Lamm. first
violin; William Schwanenberg. clario
net; Carl Kortz. flute: Lynn Jones,
drum: William Sontag. trumpet, and
!, Henry Udelhofen. slide trombone
Miss Mamie Skuse accompanied al
the piano. Harry Miller directed
The whole chorus. singing with a
precise unison that gave evidences OF
careful practice, perhaps furnished
the most pleasing passages of the
| entire entertainment. There were
| four balladists, Frank Blyler. l.. !
Carney. DR.. c. y. Viewer and Sid. VI
Davies. Miss Lora Lulsdorff was sol
| DIST. The chorus included G. II. Wa
gen, A. ID. Fletcher. James II. Spen-
'cer, +. T.. Crandall. Dan Griffith. w
. II. Clements, J. Nicholson. Louis A
Huettl. Howard Johnson. /. n. Tomp-
kins. +. w. Force. George ]. Moulder
! N. p. Paulson. A. II. Pioske. w
Pearce, w. III. Young +. r. Browder
A. o. Scot. Harold Schroeder. Vernon
Cooper and Harold Silber.
! Songs were rendered from time "a
time by individual vocalists. with the
whole chorus joining in certain pass
! ages, and from time to time the en-
tire aggregation of performers gave a
stage march, when the occasion hap
pened to be appropriate ''The Miss
issippi Barbecue" rendered by Gin,
Draper: When the Grown-Up La
dies Act Like Babies" by Paul Ford
When Dream of Old Erin by Sid
VI. Davies. with Messrs. Wagon
Weyer and Blyler: Il Love the Whole
United States" by DR.. c. ". weyer:
The 5:15" by ID. VI. Jones: Cant You
Hear Me Calling. Caroline" by Miss
Lora Lulsdorff: Everybody Rag with
Me-" by DIR. b. II. McCleery; "A Little
Bit OF Heaven" and"A Simple Melo-
DIV" by Frank Blyler: Shooting the
/, Bull Around the Bulletin Board" BY
John +. Regain and THE Red. White
and Blue by l.. ]. Carney. each in
turn made a telling hit. and calls for
encores were frequent and enthusi
astic. As grand finale to MFR. Car
us Joined. there was tableau IN
ney's song. In which the whole Choir
which Miss Lulsdorfr appeared, ap-