The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
PEOPLE TURNED
 AWAY FROM THE
 MINSTREL SHOW
The Large Show House Was Unable to Accom-
 modate the Im-
 mense Crowd.
PATRIOTIC TALKS MADE
w. T. ToIch Said That His Mother and Relatives Were in Germany;
 Heart Is Here.

Standing room only, and a short age of even that, ruled last night at the Coliseum theatre when the Thane Minstrels appeared for the benefit of the Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross. The show was a complete success in every way, f. tertainment, was well worth the money. Those taking part in the performance had been well trained and each one was letter perfect in his part The end men who had been trained by Jack Kearney were as funny as could be asked by any one, and the soloists and chorus, trained under the direction of Monte Snow were excellent.
 Hundreds of tickets for the per formance had been sold by the school children, days before the performance, and at an early hour the large audience started to gath CT Those who came after eight o'clock were unable to find seats of any description, and hundreds were turned away disappointed. The performance started at 830 and went with vim and dash until the last. There was not dull mo- ment during the entire performance and a number of original jokes on local people were sprung and all received a ready response.
 The patriotic talks by Dr. Jas H. Condit and w. T. Tolch were well received. Dr. Condit dwelt at some length on the record of the Thane and Perseverance forces where service flags containing over 50 stars are flying. The back of the stage was decorated with the service flags from the two places Mr. Tolch told how his mother was in Germany, how he was born ir in Germany, that he was born in Germany, and how his relatives were fighting in the German army, but that his heart was with Ameri- ca and how it was the duty of ev cry person living in America tc stand squarely behind the present government.
 The circle consisted of the fol lowing: Interlocutor, George Skel- ton; soloists, Chas. Boiling, James Duggan, Ernest Smith and M. A. Snow. The end men were Jack Kearney, Leonard Hodgkins, Syd. Caelxou Uya1tor Eord Dava na1zo1l n and Alex. Mill The chorus con- sisted of Martin Jorgenson, E. A. Salonka, Harry DobsOn, William Frost, James Dressel, Frank Sulli- van and William Talbot.
 Following was the program: Opening Chorus-"H Hail, Hail, the
 Gangs All Here" and ''The
 Alaska Volunteers"
 Ballad, You Have a Wonderful
 Way" ...... James Duggan End Song, 'I Ain't Got Nobody"
 ........... Walter Ford Ballad, Somewhere in France"..
 .E. G. Smith End Song, Selected. Dave Dalzell Speciality, "They Go Wild Over
 
 Me" ..........."H Happy Hill Ballad, Egypt in Your Dreamy
 Eyes" ....... Charles Boiling End Song, Alexander Has a Jazz
 Rand Now. Leonard Hodgkins End Song, "Tableaux". .Syd Gaskell End Song, You Don't Know How
 Little You Knows" Jack Kearney Ballad, "Joan of Arc''. M. A. Snow Closing Chorus, "The Stars and
 Stripes Will Wave Over Ger
 many
 The sketch was presnted by Miss Jenot and MT. H. Chaffee, Miss F. Robinson acting as accompanist. Winter Baseball' was given in pan tomime by Walter Ford. A playlet, Please Don't Sit On My Hat" by MT. and Mrs. Chaffee, Miss Jenot and Martin Jorgenson, was the next feature on the program.