Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-20
BOYS MlNsTRELS PLEASE,
Entertainment at Y. NJ. c. A. Make.
Hit With Friends of Performers

An enthusiastic audience, showing
such enthusiasm as can only be dis
played when the audience knows the
performers, and vice versa, greeted the
opening performance of the second an
nual minstrel show of the boys de-
partment of the Marshalltown Young
Mems Christian Association, in the
gymnasium Friday night. The room
was comfortably filled with proud par
ents and young friends Of the actors
who applauded loudly at every oppor-
tunity. The production was entitled
"1915,' and was in three parts.
The first part shows the interior OF
Bob Sherman's room back in Ohio.
The members Of the high school basket
ball team are discussing their chances
of winning the championship, and are
planning on securing a trip to the ex-
position at San Francisco if they are
successful. Bob" the captain Of the
team, reads letter from his cousin,
Marjorie. inviting all the team to come
to the exposition as her guests. Talk
ing about this wonderful trip, Bob"
and Jack go to bed, which marks
the close of the first part
Part two shows what Bob dreams,
namely. that he in San Francisco. and
it is here that he meets all sorts OF
wonderful people, who help him pass
the evening. The last part consists of
numerous songs and drills by various
characters, ending up with big min
strel show.
Glen Cray, as Bob" the hero. car
ried his part remarkably WELL showing
little of the consciousness that is gem
orally SO apparent with amateurs. He
was a real boy and made hit. Lyle
Crinklaw made very winsome "Cous-
in Marjorie" with marvellous blond
wig and fan, while Lawrence Wether-
bee and Marshall Ruth were comical
as Rube and Maria Stickem from the
country. Lowell Nichols had good
part as Hawkshaw. hthe detective. but
could have made more out Of 1t than
he did. Others who acquitted them
selves creditably were Jesse Robb. the
DRAW Scot" and Max Arney and Har-
ry Harter as the circus clown. They
did pantomime act that was old, but
we'll put on. The drills and songs
by choruses included the four deep sea
rollers, who did genuine hornpiDe, the
six Dutch bakers, led by Chester
Nickel. who sang song about His
Lena" and the nine United Staters,"
with Walter McCreery as Uncle Sam,
Jr.
The minstrel show included most Of
the familiar jokes and several new
ones, as well as seven songs, sung by
the end men and chorus. Kenneth
Milne, as alexander" was an espec-
tally good end man, altho they all did
WELL
F. L. Pelican, of Newark, N. j., who
directed the entire performance makes
a specially of Y NJ. c. A. minstrels.
dialogs and jokes. Taken all in all, the
entertainment was very well done con-
sidering that practically all the boys
were high school students with many
even younger.
Those who took part included Glen
Cray, Clarence Johnson, Colin Road
house, George Prugh, Hartley Vogt. Eu-
gene McKibben, Lyle Crinklaw, Lowell
Nichols, La wrence WetheTbee, Mar
shall Ruth, Walter McCreery. Max
Arney, Harry Harter. Jesse Robb. Del
Brooks, Arthur Gossard, Carleton
Brown, John Garwood, Raymond Ras-
mussen, Lester Culley, George Sundell.
Chester Nickel, Kenneth Rich, John
Jacobson, Bryan Webster, Wayne
Thompson, Ralph Bowman, John Field,
Mansel Darner Henry Seberg, William
Wilson, Carleton Pyle, Kenneth Milne.
John Watson, Fred Donnelson, Charles
Brennecke, Louis Roeschmann, Charles
Peckham, Lloyd Miller, Glen Miller and
Paul Wood.
Robert Moscrip acted as stage man
ager, while George Stone and Joshua
Brennecke parted the curtains. Misses
Kathryn Gerhart, Ruth Wiltse, Fern
F1itton, Mary Ketchum, Helen Gund-
ZACH and Gretchen Bingaman, all
dressed in white, acted as ushers.