The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-06
|JO|NT MINSTREL
PROVED SUCCESS
Show Put On by Y. N. c. A. and tho
Y. w. c. A. Last Night Pleased
Large Audience
Pre,ent.
WAS BRIGHT AND WITTY
New Songs, Jokes, Stunts and Dances
Provide Excellent Entertain
ment-TweIve Piece
Orchestra.


be a happy one for the show pre-.
scented last night at the Y. w. c. A.,
auditorium was conceded to be the
best first night performance OF any OF
the long list Of minstrels put on in
the past. The house was the best,
also. The seating capacity of the
auditorium was taxed and just as
large a crowd is expected at the
second performance tonight.
Everything went off without a
hitch The .,ongs were good, the
Jokes new and the dances of the
young women very pleasing. All went
to make up an entertainment that
was bright and snappy throughout.
The various numbers of the program
were warmly applauded and the audi
ence enjoyed every bit Of the enter
tainment.
The end men and the circle Of the
minstrel were better than ever be
fore The associations deserve great
credit for putting on show as good
as this one.
Lighting Effects.
The lighting effects contributed by
Arthur Lumberg, who has had charge
of this part of the performance for
five years. were really beautiful. At
the end of the first half the lighted
power house end dam was an inter
esting piece Of work. The effects for
the opening Chinese scene tn 1T
changed into a United States patri
otto scene were supplied by Mr.. Lunn-
berg.
The first part OF the program was
oc follows.
The First Half.
Overture-Auf Widersehn.
Opening chorus, My Rose OF Old
Pekin; Down Honolulu Way; Yankee
Land.
End song, Back Home in Dixie
Arthur Petry.
Ballad, Meet Me at Twilight-Clyde
Inman.
Eccentric song, Pray for the Lights
to Go Out-Robert Smith.
Ballad, Underneath the Southern
Kaiser.
Eccentric song, Memphis Blues
Robert Midkiff.
Hawaiian song, On the South sea
Isle-Edward Schmidt.
Jubilee song. Loadin' Up the Mandy
Lee-Earl Frank
Ballad, Ireland Must be Heaven
Thomas Talbot
End song, On the Old Dominion
BRASIL.
Ballad, When You and / We're
Young, Maggie-George w. Barnes.
End song, How She Could Yacki,
Hacki, Woo-Kenneth MILESTONE
Close, My Own Home Town
Chorus.
Intermission, So Long Lefty
Orchestra.
Orchestra-Piano, Ethel Osburn;
leader, Alfred Hicks; violin, Van Gar
rison; viola, John Carpenter; cello,
Howard Wygle; double bass, w. H.
Honce; clarinet, Gregory Meador and
L. Dietz; cornet, Bert Stewart; from
bone, John Korschgen; horns, Smith
damill: drums, Carl Elgin.
observation-disclosures H. T. Orsborn;
tenors, Hayden, Inman, Barnes;
eads, Talbot, Kaiser, Schmidt: bari
.one. Lindsay; BASES, Prftchett, Dick
nson, Linquist.
Euds-Petry and Smith, Midkif and
Frank, BRASIL and Milestone.
Stage manager-A. Lumberg.
Property-Lee Dietz.
Asgistants-C. Lumberg, L. Sold
Tedel.
Northumberland Merriam.
Y. W. C. A. Part.
The second half of the performance
vas given by the Y. w. c. A. This
consisted largely of dances and drills.
The dances were all in costume. The
opener was the butterfly dance by
edna George ard Maude Devero. The
wooden shoe dance was presented by
Eva Kunzman and Alwilda DeJong.
Sandwiched in between the dances
vas an eccentric monologue by
robert Pritchett and Quartette COM
,osed of Midkiff, Lindsey, Orsborn
md Pritchett.
The rest Of the program was as
ollows:
Oriental dance-Haze1 Morgan.
Yama Yama dance-Jennie Han
.ock. MIRIAM Wescott and jeanette
,chol1.
Indian club drillMiss George,
Hiss Kunzman and Miss Devero.
Cannot be Friend.