Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-19
SNELLENBURG BOYS
PLAYHOUSE HIT
Minstrels Gave Splendid Perform
ance Last Night for Benefit
Of P. g. S. Hospital.

Music and mirth of the real sort char
acterized the performance given by the
Snellenburg minstrels at The Playhouse
last night and the audience, which taxed
the canacitv of the house, by its liberal
applause, gave approval TO every feature
OF the program The proceeds are Tor
the benefit of the Improvement iund
OF the Physicians X Surgeons hospital
Last night 5 performance was the fourth
given bv the Snellenburg boys this season,
and II was undoubtedly the best, comprls-
ing some new features The members
of the company are mostly employees OF
the Snelenburg store and the expenses
were paid by David Snellenburg.
The bows arc all good singers and al
were in good voice last night helng
splendid i'm SOLO and chorus work, whlc
the comedians were decidedly funny.
They had many local jokes which made u
bic hit. many of them being original
The stage was deliberately set To repre-
sent the City Club banquet hall. with
dining tables and floral and patriotic
decorations.
The end men. Edward Banks Ray
mond 7. Hoguc. Harry Hart. llIam
Smith. Harvey Il. Vernon, Warren W.
Gricr. George II lynch and /. Ray
Phillips, convlIlscd the audience with thClr
Wit and wisdom Mr. Hoguc rendered an
excellent trombone solo Lawrence
Ferry and Albert Mahoncy entertained
with a clever comedy sketch. which
included dialect work. Jokes and singing
Mis- Caldwell and Mr. l.cvan gave
n musical number singing with piano
sccomnanimcnt. which brought them lots
of applause NicSsrs Phillips and Lynch
cot of \ vcrv clever comedy number,
which was full Of Jokes and music.
Charles Il. Wolfe, ImperSonaung dane
,nr girl was splendid tho deception
being undiscovered until he took of his
WIG The Street Singers e. Melville
Anderson, Warren w Grier, Robert
Coplcy and William Smith, sang some
pleasing quartct> and injected lot "f
clever comedy into their act, which made
biz hit
Thc cake walk. which concluded tho
performance. was 4 most interesting
climax. Tho winners were 10 be decided
bv the applause OF the audience. and 1t
ua~ found difficult 10 decide between
Harry Hart and Edward Banks, compriS-
lng team No :. and Harvey B. Vernon
and Warren ". Gricr, comprising team
No. 4 There were four teams, Mtcr
several attempts TO decide the tie. the
cake was finally awarded to team No y
which divided il with No
During the overture tho following solos
were sung
"Stcin song. Walter Bennett; w hen
a Boy Saws Goodbye to hiS Mother,
Rollin DAVIS; Musical sam from Nabam
William smith: Ger the BiliowS Sea.
Frank FScott, Honolulu Hicky Boola
Boo, James Banks; 80 Long, Mother.
Walter Forcacrc: They Go Wild, Simply
Wild Over Nc. Warren Ciricr, on
Johnny. OH Johnny, OH Harvey Ncr-
non: keep the Homo Fires Burning,
Harper Sprv; Il Amt Got Nobody
Much" George Lynch; Somebody 5
Done Nc Wrong" + Ray Phillips.
Mr. Phillips directed the performance,
rs we'll rs the rchearsals, in decidedly
creditablc manner In the overture v
Scott Monchton was master Of ceremonies
and interlocutor The members Of the
club were:
Walter Bennett, Frank II Escott,
Walter 4 Forcacrc, Harper Spry, Rolhn
Davis. Jas. McAtccr. George NJ. Bradley,
&. Melville Anderson. \. o. IL. GriCr.
Jr., Alfred Kitchener William Schoor,
Edwin Van Trump, William Shar, Harry
kellchcr, Jos. kcllcher, John Avers,
George Ayers. Harry Wright, John Ray.
Elwood Lcdnum. Frank Toppin, Sig
mund Schoor. Thomas +. Hanlev. John
=. Kelley, Robert Conley, George VI.
Grier
The guests were AIcssrs. Fox, Ennis.
Speer. Hall Walls Warrington Nolger,
Saltzman, Silver, Frankcl, johnson, Bay
lis, Bowen.