Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-19
CHERR|AN MINSTREL
SHOW finest EVER
STAGED IN SALEM
Best Talent Of Capital City
Is Rehearsing New and
Wonderful Stunts

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All arrangements have been about
completed Tor the big Cherrian min
strel show which will be put over at the
Grand Opera House next Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, and enthusiasm is
running high among the Cherrian organ
~ization, knowing as they do, that this
will positively be the best home talent
MINISTRIES, that has ever been presented
in this citys With such noted s~oloists
as John w. Todd, Oscar B. Gingrich, Al
bert Gille and o. A. Macy all of whom
will introduce the very latest ballads,
and patriotic songs, such as ''The Blue
Bird" "There's a Service Flag Fly
ing at Ou. Home,'' ~"Somewhere in
France is Daddyn and "Flag of My
Heart and a great many others. The
big chorus is composed of all of the very
best singers in Salem-which will as
sure every one that everything will b.
sung with full expression, and with
plenty of pep back of it. The famous
Cherrian comedian "Charlie' Know
land who has had worlds of experience
as an end man in all the minstrel shows
of DAYS gone by-will keep the audience
keyed up to the highest pinnacle OF laugh
ter, with his jokes of local character, IN
fact he is Il whole show in him-
self. His old minstrel partner that droil
"Rufe' White needs no introduction to
a Salem audience, as he too is a man
of experience in the black face line, and
is a postmaster in putting oyer a gag,
that brings instant laughter. These TWO
premier COMEDIANS are ably assisted by
uBfflyD Lerchen and Leslie Springer
who will play opposite ends Billy
Lerchen has the negro dialect down TO
perfection, and those that have the
pleasure of attending these W notable
performances at the Grand next Tues
day and Wednesday will positively be-
lieve that "Billy'' has been imported
from "way down south - for this spec
ial occasion. Leslie Springer. is noted,
and known as the "High School Com
edian", having appeared before the
High School footlights on many occas-
lions, and the High school are backing
their comedian as the best ever, so fun
nv are these four comedians that the
iCherrians during their rehearsals at the
Y. NJ. G. A. the other night, had to
cease for a time being, and have a
laugh, as director Todd, will positively
allow no one to smile or join in laugh
ter during the regular performance.
A great deal of hard labor will be
nut forth on the decorations of the first
lpart, which the committee in charge ale
working out. The idea 10 to have some
thing different, and SO they have
"Docn Epley, the interlocuter will be
there with bells and is meeting with
his end men regularly every evening
but the end men claim they will put
over something on the good natured
"'Doc.v that he knows. nothing about
so be there and hear it.
The Cherrians are limiting around
town about that Mysterious Coined
IAN that they are going to spring OIL
the public. They won't tell who he Is
until the day of the show, but the writ,
er can assure the public that he will
be a scream-from his very first en-
trance-yeu will like him, he will ex'
pose things that you never knew before
as they have always been confidential
before, but he is going to let the pub
lie in on his secrets.
That "Mystic Novelty o being
arranged by Il. Cooke Patton of Mag
ic Fame, which he has seen fit tt
term a "Night in Spookville, = is brin
full of extreme mystery, and SO mys
terious are all of his magical expert
ments, that the audience will leave the
theatre in bewilderment and the young
sters will ask their parents are they
O Really spirits. The act is well dress
ed throughout Cooke will introduce
many new stunts, that he has recently
invented and are original. you miss 9
treat if Won miss his act.
The Cherrians are donating all Of thu
net receipts to the Willamette Chap
ter of the Red Gross. They ask nothing
only the expenses of putting on Tho
show. No tickets will be sold by Cher
riens in advance. The only place thai
YOU can procure your tickets will be al
the Opera House Pharmacy next Mon
day morning at nine O'Clock when th'
box sale opens. The prices have beer
placed at 35 cents to a dollar.
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