The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-10
.ELKS MINSTREL IS
 BEST EVER GIVEN
LOCAL BOYS PUT OVER ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT LAST NIGHT
 IN FINE STYLE.
First Part Full of Snap and Vim and Crowded House Never Lost Inter. est For a Minute.

Getting away with a smashing open. ing full Of good old pep" the chorus iuterspersing Gancng numbers and the harmony most pleasant to the ear. 1 with catchy tunes and the general air of high priced professional minstrel | show, and maintaining this standard throughout the first part and also the olio, the local Elks gave the best min. ] strel show they have ever attempted at the Auditorium ;heater last night. | The theater was crowded.
 The entertainment pleased every one. The tip had gone out that the show would be above the ordinary. and it was-and then some. If got just the right kind of a snappy start and the audience caught the enthu- siasm of the Elks who were enter, taining them.
 Staged under the personal direction of Charles Sap, who acted as inter. locutor the Bren Producing Company had also enhanced last nights pro. duction with special scenery and lighting effects, while the costumes looked as if they had just been deliv- cred 10 the Eks. It was high class minstrel show in every way. An. other feature that was appreciated was the jokes, and while it is true 1 that many a brother" was right roy. ally banned those who got nit. as | well as others present, appreciated I a.g4h md !. mi was a show with new features. The special numbers were all well rendered. Mr. Eddy opened this fea- | ture putting over Hes a Rag-Picker
 in fine style. He was followed by Ri 1 Davies who sang Winter Nights, !" | but no one got chilled while Ri was
 working and for good measure he danced the chorus several times in a
 manner that won him round after round of applause. Mir. Kyle's mum, l Der. When You're a Long, Long Way
 From Home, was the initial ballad
 of the night and was well rendered
 and much appreciated.
 Doc owens scored the first big hit
 of the night, singing Eve Only One l lnCd AObUL trll l1- w ll0tI lfNE HE-
 lected this song he was wise in his
 discretion, for he grabbed off num-
 Der that all present agreed was well
 suited to him, for Doc, be it known, is
 quite an authority on femininity, and
 he told his hearts desire last night in
 q comedy song that got him numerous
 encores. If owens song was a hit l 4T Bvr Do I-or
 was a riot Charlie had written sev-
 eral local verses, which he sang to
 the air of "Tipperary" and, in the
 language of polite Thespans, ne
 knocked 'em silly For fifteen min.
 utes Charlie kept handing out verse
 after verse. and each one was a big
 ger hit than the one that preceded it
 He took shot at he governor on the
 racing bill; urged the Business Mems
 League and the Chamber of Com.
 merce to get together, and did not
 overlook the Boston Red SoX He
 scored the biggest hit of the olo in
 the vocal line.
 Bert Cecil, whose singing is always | appreciated did not disappoint his 1 NAAtIu0s anu HlN EbtSr " cAS ! 4AiAAA ing of You,' was rendered in that
 young mans best style. At this point jolly and talented Al Reynolds Of l Waukesha and Como iame was intro. duced. and he got a royal reception. Al had an entire new line of gags
 and business picked mp immediately after his entrance.
 | ,. iust like a vacation Go Al. for it take. him back Co the time when the burnt cork and half circle came every D ght and last evening he was at his tas. He kept the house roaring and then topped it all off with "l Wonder Where My Lovin' Man Has Gone song that scored heavily and in which the chorus also assisted in the har- mony. Gould and Ellis began the finale Of the first part and this DOT ton Of the show came to close with the chorus singing, dancing and marching with the grace and ginger of a Honey Boy production
 The initial number of the oio was a comedy sketch between Doe Owens and Jeff Lambert There was much good comedy in it and if the boys will work a. little bit faster ton ght they'n get more out of it. As it was their effort pleased
 Bert Cecil and Charles Sapp sur prised all with their Ten Minutes of Ragtime opera" singing operauc airias in fine voice but parodying them in a manner that was a scream. Their closing number a burlesque on Fl Troyatore," got them several re. calls.
 When Al Reynolds came on for his monologue he was showered with choice collection of agricultural and garden products and Al immediately l made a run for the wings and ap- peared with an old army musket He
 said his monologue might be rotten 1 which it was not-but he wanted to hea- 'em laugh, and every time Al ] gave the sigh sign and pointed the | gun the laughter was untapped | These fnarffal demon stratiOnS wore