The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-09
.ELKS' MINSTREL AT .ENSLEY |SASUCCESS
Voted By Big Audience to Be Best Ever Presented
 By the Lodge

The minstrel entertainment given last night by the Ensley Elks, assisted by the T. c. I. Male Chorus and Concert band, was the best and largest min strel performance ever given by tho local lodge. A large crowd was present at the opening performance and the show was presentedin great style. With catchy songs and jokes, old and new, the audience was kept in an uproar practically all the time Hugh Hill and Tom Moxley were the two lead ing comedians and aided by Arthur Bishopp, P. G.. Warniok, Dave Moxley. Alvin Keller. Rudy Gingery and Will liam Scholl with songs, jokes and quibs brought forth a great deal of laughter. The vocal solos, When I Leave This World Behind" by Mir. Bradshaw, "The Little Gray Home in the West" by MT. Cheeseborough, and There's a Little Lane Without Turning on the Way to Home, Sweet Home,'' were very enjoya-
 ble and the soloists were forced to res pond to encores. The ragtime songs by the different comedians also met with hearty approval. The numbers by the Tennessee company's male chorus were humorous and spirited and with num-
 DeTS py the concert DanQ prOVeu d ue- cided feature of the minstrel.
 Several numbers by Professor Costa and his double sextet and cornet solo by Professor Costa met with much ap- proval Hugh Hill and Arthur Bishopp in, "A Little Bit of Photographic Phoolery,' made a big hit and had to respond to several encores. In short address on "Elkdom," J. Ellis Brown
 gave brief history of the order and stated that one of their main objects was charity and brotherly love. He stated that the proceeds from the min
 strel show would go to make some homes happy and cheerful this Christi mas. few moments of Shawodgraphic relaxation upon a large white canvass puzzled the audience for sometime. but was very enjoyable. The show closed with several numbers by the Pickanin- ny quartet. a medley of old time fav- orites by the T c. L Male chorus and several buckdances by the comedians which pleased the audience greatly. It was the general opinion that the min stre1 this year is better and larger than those previously given by the local lodge and will be shown again tonight and tomorrow night, beginning at $50 o'clock. Reserve seats are on sale at the Ellis Jewelry company on Ave nue F.
 A nu1nDGf OI lHe bTJIlSn TeS1uenIS CI Ensley, Wylam, Pratt City and Fair field headed by the Rev. John Milner of Vivian and Mrs Robert King of Fairfield have gathered several hun dred dollars worth of clothes and to- bacco to be sent to the British expedi- tionary forces in France for Christmas. The packages left yesterday afternoon for New York. where they will be shipped on Saturday for England and later to France In order to reach the soldiers by Christmas. The packages contained tobacco, underwear. socks, gloves and numbers of other articles valued at several hundred dollars. The British people of this section, many of whom have kindred in the European war. held a meeting recently at which time it was decided to send something to cheer their countrymen on Christmas while they are fighting in the trenches. | Mir and Mrs. J. E. Barnhardt, J. c. Barnhardt, Henry and Julian Barn hardt returned yesterday morning from Greensboro Ga.. where they had buried their son and brother. Fred $. Barn
 hardt, who died in Atlanta last week
 following very short illness of pneu- monia.
 The corner lot on Avenue G and Nineteenth street was sold this week to D. T. Webster of Birmingham by c. P. Beddow, through the Walker Land company of this city. The price paid
 for the property was $4000 and it is stated that two-story brick building
 will be erected on that site in the near
 future.
 There will be a meeting of the Chris
 tian woman's Board of Missions of the Ensley Christian church this afternoon at the church on Avenue F. This is the regular meeting of the board and an
 interesting programme has been ar ranged for the occasion.