The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-18
MINISTRIES PLAY To
A PACKED HOUSE

DAYToNA THEATRE LAST
EVENING.
The Gem City minstrel show, given /
Friday evening in the New Daytona |
theatre for the benefit of the baseball |
club was one OF which the manage
ment and members may well be
proud 1t might be unjust to say that
it surpassed all previous perform
ances of this popular Organization, al
though in many respects it did excel
In fact. there are many travelling pro-
fessional troupes that do not equal
this aggregation of local talent. AS
usual, the theatre was filled with an
appreciative audience and the per-
Torrance was greeted with a contin-
ual round Of applause.
So universally good were all the
various parts that not a single num-
Der was passed without an encore.
With the vocalists no favoritism was
displayed, except in the case of Mas
ter Scheffel Wright, who was obliged
to respond again and again to encore
on his singing of Let Me Call You
Sweetheart" charmingly rendered
and enhanced by the acting of the
little man and his effective use of a
1ashEght in connection with the song
for designating his selection in the
audience.
The new scenery, painted by Karl
Won Kaas, added greatly to the gen.
eral effect. The opening scene, the
palace of minstrelsy, was particularly
attractive and the floral decorations
and electric light effects were excel
lent and beautiful This scene repre-
scented the front and main entrance to
a handsome building before which
the members of the troupe We're
grouped. A feature of this perform
ance was the appearance of practical
ly all the troupe in blackface, even to
the members of the orchestra. Otis
Pellicier, that prince of interlocutors,
was in his accustomed place which he
has filed in all performances Of the
Gem City Ministries.
The opening chorus, "Cottonland, -
was sung by the entire company. L.
IT, Cowan, one of the old favorites,
Away" c. p Miller, one OF the new
stars in the minstrel armament, won
the audience in his singing of Listen
to That Dixie Band" Songs by other
ing Time When Loneliness Comes
Round" by Otis Pellicier; "Auntie
SINNERS Chicken Dinner" by H. c
F. Dohm; Down Among the Shell
tering Palms," by w. B. Shaw, and
Those Songs My Mother Used tx
Sing" by w. ]. Mcdonald Those
unexcelled black-face comedians
Scheffel Wright and A. j. Malby, filled
their accustomed places as end mel
with all their old time zest Mr.
Wright pleased the audience with hi:
singing of Niger Blues" and Mr.
Malby with I'm Cured, I'm Neutral
The first part closed with the chorus
Listen to That Dixie Band" by tn,
company. There were a number o
new local jokes and good stories.
The second part opened with a Sc
. lection, THE Girl Who Smiles" b,
the Crystal orchestra. This excellen
i, musical organization. now under tn,
direction of Geo. P. Boutwell,, is com
posed of V. Rocco Scocozza, first vic
lin; Erwin Ballough, second violin
c. H. Wilson, cello; Elwood Dilling
ham. cornet; Hoyte Ward, trombone
=, Geo. P Boutwell,, clarinet; W. F
, Thomson, drums, and Mrs. Otis Pc
licier. piano.
, a highly amusing monologue wa
!. given by Scheffel Wright in his il
q imitable style, the foundation of whic
. was the prevalence of germs.
: The monologue was followed by
4 violin solo, Romance" by ]. SvenC
!. sen, played by that talented and POI
4 ular musician, a. E. Donnelly, VIII
I responded to a hearty encore. Nj
g Donnelly was accompanied at the p
: ano by Mrs. Otis Pellicier
n V. Rocco Scocozza gave a remarl
y able exhibition of electric dancing an
Il was compelled to appear a secon
?. time by long and continued applaus,
d Another attractive feature was til
d singing by the Gem City quartet, con
II posed of Otis Pellicier, L. ]. Cowa,
y E. D. Mills and E. J. Mills.
If A pleasant feature also was til
IS song speciality by w. B. Shaw an