Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-01
ELKS MINSTRELS
SCORES A HIT
WITH AUDIENCE
OFFERING is GIVEN BEFORE A
CROWD THAT PACKS THEATER
TO SEATING CAPACITY.
MINSTREL AND AFTER PARTS or
SHOW THOROUGHLY APPRECIAT-
Ed BY THOSE ATTENDING.

Nearly every seat in the Dittmann tie.
alter was occupied last night dnr7ny the
presentation Of the Elks Big Min~treis
and for more than two hours tht he'll was
kept in a state of laughter sometimes hr-
dering Oh commissions and ut other anlr
restrained long enough 20 allow he lis
tenerS tn ENJOY the excellent musical 81
had I'M the earmarks At professional
Stuff
The co%ncen~us ~ opinion among the
audience. IL applause j. a criterion.
over. Professionals, il was stated ~
spectators. could hardly have givoa the
people OF Brownsville a more delightful
evening. Besides the home people. he
audience included several officers and en-
listed men from the various army %orgiui-
z%ation~ while the participation in tie show
itself TN 4 squad NJ high cl;r~ed i%nrfrr-
ners from the Virginia infantry complet-
M the amalgamizing Of army and civilian
elements featured in the gathering
Henry Roquemore NJ New York. who
staged the minstrels. demonstrated the
possibility IF putting on 4 really enter
tanning show on short notice with anna
tcur~. The scenery, 2 feature that added
much "a the success of thc entertainment,
aS well rs The costumes. j. property "A
Mr.. Ruuucmorr and was brought here
with him. Tho hlack-facc comedy dan
- - I'll - &C a.. .4f.
proper offered little room If any FIR any
comment other than that W annreciotion
William s. West and r. A. NcGarv as
end mon and VI. ~. Order in the role NJ
hlack-facca comedians especially success
FIJI in their work that onnrovimatcd pro-
feseional merit. Lawrence Smith - black
faced intcrlncutor and nr VI. n. Loew M
second interlocutor. presided ~ tho '~i~-
rcr cnd W. the rand fun fi~irg or~ariza-
ton with the result that "not q shot" was
lost.
The Grand FRS. Part terminated with
the Grand Finale. ''In Time of Peace Pre-
pare for War; IN which the climax was
Il tahlrau showing Mi-- Louise PuteEnat
as the Goddess &C Peace against 2 back
ground nf the United States FLAG. During
this effective and imrsc~~ivc taubeauX the
show aggregation and the audience stood
and aue ''Thc Star Spanglcd Banner"
After an intcnni~-i0n of ten minutes p
second part was presented. the entire
show ending I'm a Grand Finale presented
~ "Thc Virginia ~Striugette." an offering
that proved Oh be ono of the winners of
the bill. The organization comprises four
militiamcu from l. Company Of the FIRST
Virginia infantry. Howard Burger and
John Barber, maudolini~t: Billy Maui
haucr. playing thc ukulrlc and Edlcy
C~raialill. guitar. Their offerings COM
pri-cd ragtimc and humor from Old Nir-
einia.
Other numbers NJ the second part in
cludcd Joe and Alex Pupkin, two mere
lads WI san Bcritu. III \ song number en-
Titled "Thosc Nifty Twins" The Pupkin
twin. offering was one that should gct
~acroS- the footlighis anywhere and was
heartily arplaudnd last night.
r. ". Gridcr and 4. N. Notary IN "Thc
Books VI Gossip" M original act by Ben
Walker. IT,. and William West III y mono
logue were among the hits of the fun de-
partmant of the show. The "kowalskl
Brother" in the Hawaiian Ilarmoni-i~
including Faust Yturria. II. CARA. Louis
Kowal-ki and Fred kowa-lki and
Harry IIcarn ana Henry Ropuemorc.
in "a Piano and Two Men completed the
musical and -ong bills for the second
part. Both of these offerings were thor
ou-hly appreciated.
ln the Grand First Part the entertainers
were Lawrence Smith, black faced inter
locutor: Dr.. Harry *. oiew, second inter-
%locutnr. William M. West, VI MI Grder,
Raymond Coy, VIII Craig, y. a. Notary,
Joe Koval-Ei. u. M. Stein anil Edgar
Hicks. comedians: and the Elk-' Vocal