Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-21
WILMINGTON ELKS
STAGE BIG SHOW
Minstrel Performance at The Play
house, Last Night a Decidedly
Creditable Effort.

The Novelty Show" staged by the
Wilmington Lodge of Elks had Its first
full performance last evening at The
Playhouse, and will be seen again this and
tomorrow evenings, and at a matinee
tomorrow AL the final dress rehearsal,
yesterday afternoon, complimentary ad-
mission was given to aged men ana
women from the Minquadale Home for
men, the Home for Aged Women, and
children from The Ferris Industrial School
and st. Peters Orphans Home. For
these guests, transportation was provided
by various members of the Elks organi-
xation.
More than two score of the members of
the lodge have been drafted or have
volunteered for the show; the former
term being considered as most accurately
descriptive, in view of the intimate peep
into the process of staging such perform
ance given by the opening scene, Getting
Ready for the Minstrel Show" in which
the members appear as themselves IN
their club room A dance by Frank kendig
a duet. "Profteering Blues, by Lynn
and Leslie MacCracken, and songs by
AL. Taylor and Matthew Petticrew were
incidental with very effective chorus
support by the full company. \ black face
comedy sketch, In the Trenches by
Gus Wedler and George Tarbutton, and
selection of songs by Charles Adams and
Athur Brown, assisting artists, completed
the first part.
The second part was the regular
minstrel" show by the whole company,
with George A. Wedler as interlocutor,
Charles L. Adams as director and +.
RAY Phillips, George A. Tarbutton, AL
Taylor, George \. Lynch. John Collins
md James +. Fox as comedian.
The musical numbers which were re-
,eived with much favor were
Medley Overture, by the company;
"At the Jazz Babies Ball, John Collins;
TLove You Just the Same Sweet Adeline
Joseph krautter: ''The Lion and the
Lamb" Ray Philips; bass solo ''Bub-
bles", Frank Fl. Escott; SLOW and Easy,
James Fox; 'Swanee' Willard s. Singley:
All the Quakers are Shoulder Shakers, .
George \. Lynch; will We Ever Meet
Again. Joe McCullin; Let it Alone,
Al. Taylor; "Here Comes the Bride"
Jerry Murphy; My Tambourine Girl,
Stephen Stewart. Grand Finale.
The other participants, classed as the
Famous Beauty Chorus" were f. F.
Bubenzer, F. j. Curran, Joseph Schunder,
Chas. H. McGinness, George f. Cox,
William p White 5. A. Klein, Vim. W.
Mahan. Jack Driscoll, Geo. II. Hogue,
Ed. L. Curran. John A. Bader, Kurt Doelz.
John Fenton,J. W Christopher, John Gill,
W. NJ. Schlitter, Wm. L. Hamann, c. NJ.
Anderson, Geo. E. Drexler, Harry f.
Brooks, Jack Wingate. Jacob Lukmier,
Geo Underwood, j. NJ. Engleman. Joe
Kell. Edware Eisenhandler, Frank Glenn,
Q. NJ. Epperson, d. 4. Kelly, ". Harry
Blythe, who were assisted by the Play
house Orchestra, Arthur E. Clarke
pianist.
The production was well mounted and
staged and gave genuine pleasure to the
audience, who particularly enjoyed the
numerous cracks" at local persons and
institutions which were introduced.
The proceeds of the performances will
be turned. over as q. donation to the Sal
vation Army, which is sort Of protege
OF the order, as was evidenced by the
support gwen its finances IL war time
days.