El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-31

In ELK MINSTREL
With the exception Of the chorus
singing. which was weak. the first
performance Of the Elk minstreIs
Tuesday night at the Crawford thea
ter, was surprisingly good for an
amateur show.
one or two OF the end men. fear
ing. perhaps that they would not get
enough negro accent into their talk
ing, Overdid il TO such an extent that
they were hard TO understand, but
Charlie Pollock, Julius Alberts and
A #. Wilke, in particularly, put
over their stuff like professionals,
The crOss-fIre between Pollock and
natured humor all the time Most Of
the Jokes were aimed at well known
FL Pasoans, principally Elks, and
were effective in that the friends OF
the victims showed a brotherly en-
Joyment OF their discontinue equal
ing the enjoyment Of the joke itself
Hal Christie. A. Schwartz. Seth
/ Orndorff Del Richey. Barry Hagedon-,
Sol Berg Ed. Anderson. George
Thefsen. X. 3. Stevens. Ted" Cooley
and a lot OF others equally as we'll
I known were treated to paintings
during the course OF the evening.
All Of the fun did not depend upon
( placing the joke upon somebody well
'''. plenty Of Good Jokes.
Charlie Pollock asked julius AL
berts II be saw amy OF those old
Z ruins" while he was in France.
yes said julius. several OF them
Il saw you riding in a Ford car the
other day." said Alberts to Pollock
ss-T-f,st,e = 800 - TOO % raFd pal
What would you give for NY
voiceT' Alberts asked, after Pollock
had d., finished songi, 1.v..,-
-ChlOrolorm," replied Pollock.
"Tve got q good voice; all I need
IS a trial" said Alberts.
That's all any criminal needs" re-
plies Pollock
audience tonight, it is not fair TO tell
their best jokes
Pollock Aiberts and Wtlke all had
a police court shuttle at the end OF
his song that brought so much ap-
plause he had 10 repeat it, regardless
Of his shortage OF wind
wilkes song was concluded by a
funeral march in honor OF the dear
dead Demon Rum that made de-
cided hit also.
Charlie Andrews, Frank Cheek,
Clarence Thompson and sam Brown
furnished solos Brown leading the
closing chorus Of the first part.
The setting for the first part VS.
pretty, with huge Elk horns, uppeo
with electric lights and the star OF
fidelity blazing between them, hang
ing above the head OF the inter
locutor. Joe Held. VINO only needed
little more red paint on his lips to
make him as handsome as Garrett
King or George Ryan. OF any other
prima donna
The end men wore white trousers
and fancy long coats, with the trous-
ers striped IN the colors Of the coats.
As diversion during the first part,
Billy Quinn as a "Taller gal" from
DarktoWn's society set and Frank
Spier as sporty young negro swain
did some fancy dance steps during
which Billy lost his hat and nearly
Ths Ouo Good, Too.
The second part or olio was opened
by Charlie Brann, after an apology
from Willie Winch 10 the effect that
Charlie was in Juarez ana Pancho
villa would substitute Brann gave
a splendid imitation Of a Mexican Try
ing 70 talk English and delivered
himself OF a lot Of Jokes that we're
leave in the teachers chair when a
Bert and Harry Beyerstedt and
their orchestra, all the members dis
guised as ru5ens, next appeared in
the place OF a lot OF amateurs who
got their names on the program.
They furnished a musical treat that
brought them back repeatedly.
Beyerstedt had to make his. old violin
talk for the crowd before they would
let him go. Johnny Buquor appeared
for a short period al the small end
of a saUophone and kept Up some OF
the time with Beyerstedt.
d. c. AacIver told a lot Of good
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his smoker. cOllection-and took lot
OF embarrassing things out Of a bor-
roWed hat and explained an egg trick
50 thoroughly that nobody caught on
and generally entertained the audi
ence while Charlie Armstrong fretted
behind the curtain for him 20 quit
and let the quartet come on The
quartet consisted Of Armstrong who,
show and directed the music from the
orchestra pit. c. J. Andrews fagain),
W. S. Taylor and Dr. G. g Homan-
They got a lot Of eneores, as they
always do.
H. Han and I. Bowlss. booked as
overseas entertainers" closed the
show with a good balancing ana
tumblinE act and everybody went
home well pleased with the evenings
It was one OF the best amateur en-
tertainments Fl Paso has ever seen,
from an entertainment standpoint
and Armstrong generously divides
the honors with Willie Winch for
his stage management and the Jokes
he supplied. Willie was TO blame for
lot OF panuing the audience got.
for his faciie pen and splendid mem
Dry are always handy when Il comes
10 working Up dope for a show.
Art Strayer, Hal Christie and ex-
allied ruler George Booth welcomed
the guests at the door. IN full dress
with purple ribbons across their ex-
pansive shirt fronts. G. A. n