Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-08
FINE MINSTREL SHOW
BY SNELLENBURG' BOYS
Best Effort Yet in Third Annual
Entertainment at New
Century Club.

In accordance with the custom Of the
wilmipgton store of y. Sncllcnburg 4 Co.,
IN prnmote social relations with ITS friends,
,he snel;snhurr minstrcs, composed chief
l., ~ ,mn;oyes of the store. last night. at
,6. New Century Club gave tho first
ney,ormancc of the third annual enter
,,inment. The second performance will be
,,,vcn tonight. While no admission is
charged IL is necessary 10 limit the attcn-
dance to the capacity of the.building, tick
et. however, being obtainablc Mt the
store The hall was filled to capacity
last night and everybody agreed that the
how was the best ever" and unstintcd
pra,se was given the store management.
the members of the minstrel troupe and
those who trained them, who. incidentally
are Sncllcnhurg employees, Il Ray Phillips
and " Scott Nonckton being entitled 10
the lions share of the credit for the train
ing of the bows. as well as their own par
ticipatinn. and tho conduct of the show
Tho stage setting which represented
City Club banquet hall, was most
elaborate and appropriate, the overture
taking place IN that atmosphere
In opening the entertainment David
Sncllenburg. head Of the local establish
mcnt. welcomed the host of friends pres
ent. pointing out that the company adopts
this method of promoting social relations
with IT'S friends and entertaining them
once a year. Referring To the war, be paid
high tribute to tho boys who have gone To
the front 60 fight our battle, and said he
thought we should keep up our spirits at
home and thus show the boys that We are
with them lie also complinented the
hoNs participating IN the entertainment.
The nrogram, which consisted of music
and comedy was splendid. the BOYS prov
lns 10 bc real artists II would be unfair
e. pick out any for special comuicndation.
all were 81 good
The end men James Ranks Raymond
T lloguc, Harry Hart William Rltchic.
Harvey II Vernon, Warren W Gricr.
George y Lynch and T. Ray Philips.
however, we're particularly good with
their comedy and funny songs. They had
lots OF local Jokes Onc ct the screams ot
the evening was cake walk contest, IN
" hich four couples were entered The cake
was awarded. through prrpondercncc of
applause from the audience. 10 the team
composed If Harvey Il Vernon and
Warren " Gucr \ splendid musical
program was gwen hv Dralnc orchestra.
The htll wis patrinrcally decorated with |
American flags
lhc east In the overture City Club |
plaNl,f WAS as follows.
Na~t.r ~ ceremonies w Scott Nonckton |
Mcmb,r>. guests, etc Walter Bennett, |
trauA II Escctt, Walter Il. Foreacrc. |
llarpcr Spry, Alfred Willing. Jamcs |
NeNtccr. George NJ bradley, & Mel |
,Illr anderson. Alfred Mitchencr. Vii |
ham Schoor. Edwin Van Trump. Vii |
mm Shar Harry kcllchcr, Joseph |
krllchcr. John Ayers, George Ayers.
iarry Wright, John Ray, Elwood !,
lsdnum. Frank Toppin, Slgmund
>choor Thomas r. llanlcy. John p
kclcy Robert Comley.
llcll boys James Banks, Raymond T. |
lloglc, Harry Hart. William RltChie
I Unexpected guests-liarvcy II. Vernon.
Warren " Gner, George y. Lynch. |
, Ray Phillips.
The following musical numbers were
introduced
The Stcin song Walter Bennett
"Scnd Nc Away With a Smile,
William Smith
SO Long Mother Walter Il. Foreacre
Honolulu tIicky Bools Boo"
James Banks
IAN the World VIII be Jealous Of Me,
Alfred Willing
''fhe, 60 Wld, SIMPLY Wild. over Me.
Warren W Grier
''oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, on.
Harvey b. Vernon
'kcep tho Home Fires Burning"
Harper Spry
Cooling the Coffee Pot,
George y Lynch
Musical sam From Alabam,
7 Ray Phillips
The call 10 arms. roll call. etc
Closing chorus, medley Were Going
OVcT. Its n Long Wav 70 Berlin
following five minutes with Dralncs
orchestra the second part was given as
ollows
Ia Raymond T. Hogue in from
hOnlilage