The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-17
A MinStrePS Lovely Voice
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school a day in your life, sambo,' says
he why you can't spell one word cor
rectly."
Deed can, sir" says sambo.
'w. r, o, N, G-wrong."
That's right" declares Mr.. Interloc-
utor.
mo. sab, OATS wrong" argufes sambo.
"R, I, T. E. is right"
''You are mistaken, Sambo," Mr.. Inter-
loeutor interrupts, or, I, r. is wrong
and w, R. o, N, G is right"
Oats all right, all right, Mr.. Boss
Man" says Sambo quantity. You can
argufy frum now until Bryan gifts ter
be President Nv de United States; and
you might be able ter tell me why Bill
Smith got those wound stripes from cut
tin his fingers peeling potatoes at the
camp, but you amt got err chanel ter
| convince me dat w, r, o, N, G is right
and r, I, T, e is wrong No, stree,
| Bob%''
And then Mr.. Interloucutor stridently
! announces:
Eve will now have that beautiful little
ballad, entitled, When You and I Were
Young, Maggie sung by the Tennessee
Thrush Mr.. Jack Richards" and the
adorable Mr.. Richards steps forward.
Matinee Idol, did you say?
| Yes, and then some, with his straight,
many physique, his flashing brown eyes.
, his handsome face wreathed in smiles,
he gracefully saunters to the front OF
the stage amid an outburst of applause
lilo tho 1,1tIfft,rdpg SbOwered upon Pres
ident Wilson as he stepped from the
George Washington upon the occasion OF
his return to America from his first trip
to France, and the big band begins to
play.
With satin "togs," knickerbockers, lace
front shirt, diamond stick pin and dia-
mond buckles on his shoes, the hand
some Mr. Richards, the "prima donna,
if that is what they call masculine stat
singers with a minstrel show, steps forth
and in moment the dulcet tones OF
his lovely voice are heard resoundins
throughout the great auditorium.
No wonder everybody likes a minstrel
show; no wonder everybody loves a min
strel man, for when they can sing like
handsome Jack Richards, there's not Q
chance to get away with your own deal
heart because the more he sings the
tighter he sews it up right in ms OWL
! keeping and after the pretty songs are
| over ana you We gone HOlllc yOu 'iiAN
+ yourself laughing about thSfunny things
my friends Billy Beard and Lasse
White have said, and all at once there's Q
little clutch around your heart (sound
like an automobile) and you begin t.
wonder what on earth it is, and the1
: YOU remember when You and l Were
Young Maggie" and the lovely tones o
handsome Jack Richards voice. and
well-height-o-this is a funny old world
iiSn't II hOVS and girls?
wouldn't you like to know sometime
about this good looking young minstre
i man with the pretty voice?
Well, I was dying to know sometime
about him my own little. old curiosit.
self, and so yesterday just after the oi
minstrel show parade | ambled 'roun
to the Jefferson and called on Mr.. Rich
| ards and listen, angelfaces. he is goo
looking and he is nice, and he IS modes'
and he has just as nice talking voice a
0 he has singing voice, and this is wha
e he told me:
# ''I've been with the AL G. Fields Mir
, strel Show for II years. I've had offe
after offer to go to New York; in fac
only this season I was offered the leae
g ing role in The Royal Vagabond,' bt
: | wouldn't leave Mr.. Field and his mir
It strel show for any offer that might CON
: from New York, Paris, London or any
where Mr.. Field is the incest man
work for in all the world, and if you
lust treat him right he's going to tres
n you right.
- 81 was a choir boy in Trinity churc
up in Columbus, o. Richards went Q