Arizona republican., 1915-02-16
MINSTREL MEN MAKE MIGHTY
 HIT AT ELkS
Minstrel Maids Even Bet ter B. ?. Q. E. Means Best Production on Earth (Proved It Last Night)- Repeat This Evening

once more the t,lNs have demon strated the fact that when II comes to
 Minstrel shows they are in class all by themselves. Last night at thcr thcater they kept d packed house tickled to death from the rise oi the first curtain to the end of the last number in the Olio. It was cracker jack from start to finish and 1t IS mighty hard for q mere man to decldc where to begin praising the production. 1t was so full of good things that they just naturally bulged out all over the place.
 | To begin with. the setting was novel and the circle and end men were siahf good to see-the half and halis l got a laugh at the very outset. Through a long and varied list of stunts. jokes l and songs. the first part worked US l triumphant way to q finale Which dis i closed q transformation scene showing 1 the wearied armies in the great k,u-
 ropean war, making their toilsome way up the steep heights of snoWclad noun l tains in a blinding snowstorm, While ! John Armstrong and the entire chorus sang "Tipperary". II Was a splendid picture and d great finish and 1t brought the audience to it's feet i'll d
 great burst of enthusiasm.
 1 Paul Ingles in The Land of My Best | Girl. got a great reception and Cater l in the "Croonev Melody" was immense.
 It was quite the best thing he has done 1 in a long time and the house was wild Ia ltit | Mother Machrce" and pr. Lowe had to respond to an enthusiastic encore in q well set and well sung "Armorer's 1 Song" from Robin Hood. Pat Butler nroved q live one in "ChinatoWn" just
 as he is in Phoenix and "Skinny' Trin- cano set all the house to Sewing Shirts for Soldiers.
 Miss Helen Boyle asked for sympathy and got an ovation. which she deserved, while the burlesque of the seXtette 1 from Lucia brought down the house. Al Sandige danced all the dust off the stage and Charley Heath. Newt Levy and Harold Meyer all contributed to the gaiety Of nations X. G. Pickett in the Mississippi Cabaret was one of the biggest hits in the first part. He had a million dollars worth of pep and put his song over in a way that raised the people in the back row out of their seats.
 The Olio opened with a real novelty "Traumerei' d little pantomine sketch from one act play by John Murray Anderson Produced by Mir. Anderson and played by Jack Abbott. as the art st. Paul Dana Ayrault as the Eeyp- 1 tian statue and Helen Beatrice Crane as the mummy. t created quite sen 1 sation and tremendous applause. Later 1 in the olio Moon Winks" q PierrOt and 1, Pierrotte song and dance number, with | Earl Galpin and Helen Beatrice Crane,
 assisted by a singing and dancing chor- 1 us consisting of Ruth Goldberg. Ruth 1 Benedict. Helen Plath. Adeline Plath, 1 Walter Martin. Joe Johnson. Lawrence l King and Floyd CraVer was the prct- tiest number on the bill. The dancing 1 of Mir Anderson and his two partners 1 Thelma Francis and Elsie Burns re- ceieed a deserved ovation.
 1 Ronain Fielding was greeted in d
 manner which must have tickled him
 to pieces and he responded with a most
 popuu1r reading.
 Art Rick Newt Levy and Frank Dc
 Sous;l put in a bit of slap stock com
 edv that went over with q roar like q
 cannon t was unqucstionably the
 laughing hit of the night and was lit
 erally bowling success
 Mrs. Mathie and Mrs. Dunlap sang
 charmingly and the audience showed
 plainly that it enjoyed it. The Nictrola
 humber was another real novelty that
 ticklcd the crowd. Sung by Miss