The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
CARRIED AWAY lAuRELs
Ehey Made Great Hit With Those Who
Attended and Introduced Nov
city After Novelty - No One
Should Miss It, 49,
From Tnesday,s Daily

There were grand doings at the
Rhode Monday night when "The Jol-
dies Of 1915" showed Kenosha just how
much and how good home talent it
possessed, and the performance will be
repeated tonight.
The great minstrel show was given
under the auspices Of the Elks lodge,
aided by the Joe Bren Producing Com
pany, and the Horned Brotherhood GER
tainly did itself proud.
From the time the curtain raised on
the gorgeous array Of royal purple,
vivid green and cleaning red satin
worn by the black face and white face
singers, and burst Of song greeted
the audience, until it slowly descended
ton the farewell chorus, the ar teurs
Kept their hearers interested and
amused
The songs were good, the jokes were
clever, the personal hits with but a
few exceptions were tempered with the
genial good nature which allows one to
laugh at the quip without fearing that
anyone IS feelings may have been hurt,
and which should be the only sort of
personal reference ever allowed in
en- entertainment of this kind Need
less to say no right-minded audience
would ever countenace q reference to
any woman s name, either pleasantly
or unpleasantly, in a public place.
Gallantry and courtesy should prevent
any such thoughtlessness.
The stage arrangement for the open
ing act was one carefully thought out
with the deep coloring at the fore, the
graduations in tone running less and
lighter to the back and top and all
with brilliancy Of color tone which
would have delighted the heart Of the
cubists and futurists whose creed per-
mits Of nothing but the primal colors,
and whose philosophy approves of
NO shading.
The selection of the interlocutor, the
end men, the ballad singers and the
harmonists was particularly good. Ed
Dayton, calm and sure, occupied the
interlocutor s throne and put his ques-
tions in clear, carrying voice so that
never a syllable was missed. The end
men followed his lead and not one of
the quips miscarried because Of indis-
tinctness of enunciation, which is an
unusual tribute to be able to pay ANS
teurs. The end men were Barney Keat-
ing, Eddie Alleman, Howard Robinson,
Alvin 7. Hansen, Wallace Blair, E. J.
Hansen, q. Fl. Pitcher, G.. w. Andor-
son, and there was not one of them
but had some telling bit that
brought an appreciative laugh from
the audience.
#. G. Beckman and III. E. Hill were
che ballad singers and both gave pleas
ure with their songs. AS harmonists,
were counted j. G: Tully, Harold Cur
It's, Herbert Curtis, A. w. Perkins,
Fred H. j. Baum, Fred E. Westin, A.
IT, Muller, A. Meier, G. E. Schulz,
Robert Nicoll, Jr, t. M. Matthews,
Jack Lacrosse, George Wright, Luther
Holm, John A. Duffy, Joe v. Duffy,
Ray E. Hammond, Ralph L. Q Conner,
John Henley and w. P. Kauper.
The music was bright and melodious
and the airs all such that they caught
the popular fancy, but ''The Greatest
Battle Song of All' by w. H. Robin
son was one that drew much applause.
Alvin Hansen made similar hit with
his 81 Sent My Wife to the Thousand
Isles and the half dozen other SOLO
lists were well received.
But it was when the second act was
ready and the restrained curiosity of
those who were looking forward to the
appearance of the maiden minstrelsy
contingency was gratifed, that the APP
plause grew loudest.
A Pullman car furnished the scene
and into it struggled a variety of pas
sengers led by Wallace Blair, porter
Next came Miss Rhea Alleman, nicely
carrying out her role of Miss Import
Rnce, as with naughty step she glided
down the aisle and nonchalantly gave
her commands to the porter. The pas
sengers were the Misses Ethel Tronvig,
Florence Brockhaus, Emily Vollmar,
Eleanore Casey. Messrs. A. F. Muller,
Robt Nicoll, Jr., T. M. Mathews.
The loquaeiors travellers outside of
these We're, Fred Westin, A. w. Perkins,
Tom Scott, A. Meier, G, f. Schulz and
each did his speaking stunt effectively.
Roy K. Dorr made a hit in his blue
lnniform and brass buttons as conduc-
tor of the car, while Fred Westin had
some fun provoking jokes which it
would not be fair to tell about in ad-
tYance Of tonight's performance.
Miss Eleanore Casey was'introduced
as a soloist in the second scene and
ilauntily led her- chorus of young men