The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-02-11
THE UNION CLUB MINsrREI.s
The Much Talked of and Long Looked
Forward 10 Minstrel Show Thing
nf The Past lndamns lni In Enrce

Forward 10 Minstrel Show a Thing
Of the Past, 0ndawas Out in Force.
Last Friday night the members Of
the Union Club In Manchester Center
put on one Of the best minstrel shows
that il has been our good fortune to
witness for many day. II was all
home grown talent that il there were
no professionals to do the heavy work
with members working in as filters.
The program as published last week
was carried out in its entirety and the
entertainment was so well thought Of
that il was repeated on Saturday night
to an even larger house than greeted
it Friday night,
Just before the curtain was raised
wierd looking individual made his
noiseess entrance into the hall and
made a hasty survey of the room and
soon after blood curdling war whoop
was heard throughout the building and
shortly afterwards procession of sol
emn faced Indians were TO be seen
slowly making their entrance into the
hall. Thes were the members of the
0ndawa Club from Manchester Vii
lage. They were all in Indian dress
and proceedd in Indian file TO four
rows of seats that had been reserved
for the club members in the front of
the hall. The procession was headed
by the big chief, faultlessly arrayed in
a 30-year-old plug hat, ornamented
with eagle feathers, and calmly smok
ing corn cob pipe. The procession
moved majestically to its allotted
place and were about to be seated when
a squaw made her appearance drag
ging her dray containing her house
hold utensils tied thereto and with
her papoose strapped to her back.
With the customary foresight Of Indian
braves all the seats were taken and the
squaw, as is the custom Of Indians,
sumply took her seat upon the floor.
This was not ordinary squaw OF the
Pocohontas type, but blooming suf-
fragette squaw, bearing on her back,
in addition to her already heavy bur
den, card calling for Votes for
Women" 1t may be that ii was this
latter addition to her woes that led
the bucks to allow the gentlelady to
sit on the floor.
When the curtain went up, Old
Uncle Joe, in the person Of II. M.
Swift, made his entrance and soon
after was sitting by his old fire place
calmly smoking, only to fall asleep
and dream.
The curtain fell, leaving the old man
there but soon rose, showing the
dream with the entire troupe ranged
about the stage with Uncle Joe (Mr.
Swift and Mr.. Metz Robert Ander-
SOM seated at one end as the "bones"
and Mr.. Ford Frank Briggs and Mr..
Saxon wv. X. Bennett) at the other
end as ''tambos," while, serenely seat
ed in the middle was Mr.. Peerless
Harry l.. Adams) as interlocutor.
Grouped about in regular niger min
strel order were Mr.. Pullman GA. b.
Marsden), Mr.. Hudson, (B. j. Con-
neID, Mr.. Buick (E S. Marsh), Mr..
Cadillac { w. II. Shaw, Mr.. Dodge
(Roy Fuller, Mr. Fiatt p W. Fow-
ler), Mr.. Stutz (Ralph Marsden), Mr..
White (Mr. Merriam) Mr.. Stanley (W.
E. Hitchcock), Mr. Dayton Crank
Chapman), Mr.. Mercedes CIR. d.
Campbell), Mr.. Panhard (Grover Mat
tison), Mr.. Locomobile Or. A. Har-
NAM, Mr.. Palmer-Singer Clifford
Copping). They were beautiful
looked alike.
After being introduced to the audi
ence the fun commenced and kept up
for more than two hours.
At the close Of the first part Friday
evening, several presentations we're
made to the troupe by one Of the In
dian braves, speaking for the big
chief whose voice was not suited TO
speak in building, being used to
speaking in the forests. The members
of the club were presented with aiarge
peace pipe, a hatchet, which will be
buried as soon as the season for bury
ing those things comes on; an empty
liquor flask, pasesd along as Of being
If no further use; couple of scalps
belonging TO Jack Batchelder and Bill
Bennett, the latter being red; and last
,ut not least the squaw's papoose was
handed in for safe keeping.
1t would be unfair to particularize
m any of the work Of the individual
members and suffice 1t is TO say that
III did well. One song though must
nave special mention as II involved
iome very fine stage work, and that
vas the song entitled "Sugar Moon
ind rendered by Nine. Isotta tP. w.
7owler).
II was an evening well spent and