New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
ALL UP FOR THE
Big MINSTREL SHOW
Soldiers and Sailors Fund to Be
Increased at Entertainment

| competed Tor the DenenC minstrel
overture at Foxs theater tomorrow
afternoon and evening, the commit
| tee in charge awaits the handling Of
the largest crowd that has ever at
tended an amateur production in this
city. Several weeks of careful re-
hearsing under Joseph A. Haffey and
! John J. Cream has brought the partici-
| pants to stage of perfection. and it
| is believed that the presentation to-
morrow, will Guido any previous pro-
| auctions given in this city. The en-
| tire proceeds will be donated to the
| New Britain men engaged in the serv-
Ice of the United States. 1t has been
the belief In some quarters of the
| city that the affair has been arranged
for Camp Devens soldiers, but this is
| erroneous. Every local soldier and
sailor will reap benefits from the fund
At least ten officers from ! Camp
Devens will be In attendance, includ-
Ing Major w. w. Wills, the popular
commanding officer of most of the
local boys. Captains Daily, Morgan
and Campbell will also be in atten-
dance and Lieutenants Daily, Mullaney,
MCDANIEL, Cannon, Plough. Higgins
and Sheridan will be included in the
party Special reservations have been
made for the officers in the decorated
boxes and Captain c., Harry Barton,
First Lieutenants, Thomas +. Jackson,
William ]. Smith and Raymond James
and Second Lieutenants w. w. T.
Squire and H. Leslie Eddy have also
been invited to occupy the guests
boxes. Of11cers of New Britain lodge,
B. P. o. E., and the Y. M. C. A. who,
through generous contribution of their
halls for rehearsals, have been of ma
terial assistance in making the pre-
nminary work success will also oc-
cupy guests boxes. Mayor George A.
Quigley and party will occupy the
front box on the right side of the the
alter.
Director John J. Cream has ar
ranged an attractive first part, which
will include some Of the best singing
talent in the city. The soloists, John
Ktniry. Leon Jackson, Louie S. Jones,
John KilduH and August Klein, are
unquestionably quintet that will live
up to the excellent reputation es-
tablished in the past.
The end men, all funny fellers,"
Jack Kiley, Harry Ginsburg, Herbert
johnson, Edward Dyer, Horace La
Valley and Bert Holden, have az
ranged songs and jokes that are
breezy and right up to the minute.
The Program.
The first part program and members
Of the overture are. as follows:
Overture. Directed by John J. Cream
America. ..... Mrs. Mary r. Cream
Accompanied by Prof. r. F. Harmon
Opening Chorus-"It's a Grand Old
Flag" 1.-The Irish Have a Great
Day Tonight" $50 Long Liza"
"'Twixt Love and Duty
solo-"Just as Your Mother Was"
.................. Won Tilzer
John Kiniry
End Song-"I Don't Want to Get
Well" Felst
Harry Ginsburg
Solo-"So-Long. Mother. Remick
Leon Jackson
End Song-"Ragtime Volunteers
Are OFF to War"
Eddie Dyer
solo-"It's a Long Way Back to
Mothers Knee" Morris
Louis Jones
End song-"sweet Emalina My
! Jack Kiley
I
| John Kllduff
End Song-"Mother, Dixie and
Horace La Valley
Solo-"Somebody Loves YOU. 49,.
.................. Witmarlt
August Klein
End Song-"When Yankee Doodle
Learns to Parlez-Vous Francois
Herbie Johnson
Closing Chorus-"The Old Flag
Never Touched the Ground
Entire Company
Major P. H. Corbett 1nterlocutor.
Members of Chorus.
Colonial Costume-James Maher
P. Smith, John Martin, Edward Nc
Carthy. John Kilduff, John Kiniry
Leon Jackson, James H. Curtin, Loul,
Jones. George Monahan, Angus
Klein, Merwin Jacobson, William L
Kopf, Gilbert Yates. Charles Merwin
Charles Johnson,
Herbie Johnson. Horace La Valley
Harry Ginsburg. Bert Holden.
Chorus-John Jackson, Franci
| Clynes, James McAvay, Edward Car
roll. Urban Callahan, Matthew Gala
han, George Campbell Thomas Glib
- son, Peter Dorsey. John F. Will:
Harold Byett, Bernard Dougherty
Carl Haettinger. Leon Gordon. Alder
johnson, Vincent Herman, Howar
Wesche Sturman Dyson, Edwar
> wiegand. Howard Krick, Russell Bar
rett, George Hallin. John ]. Riley, {
, Banner, Howard ,Stotts, Harold Dc
) Ian, Howard. Brumbaum. Stephen F
l Rockwell, Amandus Odin, F. D
E Rosia, A. Gervais, w. Murphy, Jane
Connolly, Bernard Connolly, John
1 Caufield, Henry Dalson, Arthur Ar
derson. Eddie Paulson, George Kiese
= wetter, Lowell Pickup, Bonnie Calver
z P. Smith, Eric Mills, Henry l.. Younl