Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-11-13
HARvEY'S BIG
MINISTRIES NEXT
Waterloo Paper Gives Them j I'm
stinted Praise. Played to a Big
House There Wednesday,.
AT DEBORAH GRAND
FRIDAY, NOV. u
Tickets are Now on Sale at f. j
Parman's Drug Store. Better
Get Your Seat Reserved
Now

| The theatrical season was reopen
ed at The Waterloo last night by the
Harvey Greater Minstrels, and, by
/ the way, first-class minstrel of this
character seems to be fitting jubi-
Zee celebration of the passing of the
flu and its inconvenient quaran-
tine.
The minstrel form of entertain
ment is said to be coming back, war
times and its consequent serious
moods seems to demand the whole
souled, genuine laughter which n
good minstrel can produce, and the
Harvey Minstrel is a good minstrel,
letter by far than the ordinary.
Considering all circumstance s,
there was @ large crowd in attend
ance, and the noise they created in
the reception of most of the songs
and jokes, gave evidence of their
approval of the entertainment that
was being handed to them. The
opinions of newspaper critic are
OF no avail. when the, audience is
so unanimous in placing its stamp Of
appreciation on theatrical attrac-
ton.
LII Lut III SI Poi duu
not be minstrel show without the
first part" several new jokes were
told and several new songs were in
troduced. When the Kaiser Does
the Goose Step to the Good Ole
American Rag" as sung by Ed Toll
liver, was a scream; THE Girl You
Can't Forget" by Miss Gardner, be-
trayed the fact that that young lady
lis from an opera company; the latest
war song sung was touching bal
lad entitled please Touch Dally's
Star Again and Change 1t Back to
Blue,". pretty, touching ballad,
tenderly rendered by Miss Goldman.
OF course, the lend men" were there
with their jokes and comic songs and
steps, while Miss Hazel Cannon
proved her versatile ability in dane
ling. - vi {.
However, it is in the after-part of
the show that Harvey Ministries ex-
Gel the usual minstrel, strictly high
class and 'comieal vaudeville Being
presented. When Frank Kirk swat
lowed "a lighted icigar, taking it way
down in, his throat, and continued tc
sing as, he poured. forth smoke from
the mouth was one OF the many nov
lelties thruout the six acts of yaude-
willie.
! The work OF Clarence Powell and
Ed Tolliver in the olio is worthy of
special mention. These men mako
you laugh, even if you try to avoid
it. Means & Means, Cuban novelty
act of teeth work, went over good,
as did the magic work of :. AIonzo
Moore, the latter being an extremely
clever artist in his line. Instead OF
the old style and often disgusting
southern plantation after-piece, the
Harvey Minstrels closes with a mu-
steal skit lasting about thirty min
utes, an act which affords the Gre
ole girls with the, show to show OH
to good advantage. The work OF
Powell and Kirk in this last act,
impersonating two DRINKS, reminds
one of Mcintyre & Heath, their
style being similar.
All in all, Harvey Minstrels is "a
good show. II you enjoy minstrel
you will like this attraction, which
lcloses its engagement tonight at the
Waterloo.
| We asked the press agent the def
milton of a Minstrel He said 1t
is the combination of all forms OF
stage amusement with the exception
of tragedy, and after seeing the
show last night we have concludel
the definition is correct. Z