Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-01-20
MINSTREL IS
WORTH SEEING
ACTS ARE UNUSUAL AND
AUDIENCE FORCES
ENCORES

The first presentation of the Amer
can Legion Minstrel Revue was giveIi
at the Grand Opera House on Wednes
day evening, and tonight the seconi
! appearance of the company will b
made. The stage settings were mos
! appropriate and attractive, the cos
umes were elegant bright and clean
| he music was poppy, and all of tn
parts taken by local persons were FIRE,
from the usual stage fright which ac
ompanies local performances.
The production Will be repeated thi,
! evening and those. Wausau people who
miss it will be unlucky fer it is wei!
staged and all of the acts, but espe
| tally the Chinese Fantasy and the
| Filtration Maidens, are we'll WORT.
seeing.
Minstrel Lead
! The Minstrel Revue furnished tho
opening act Neuman Bells acted
with dignity rs interlocutor. Sober a.
Judge. Mr. Bells won much applause
from the audience. The antics of Carl
| Ielke and Clarence SaindOn were es-
pecially good and the other comedian
were William Kleinheinz, Hilber'
Mueller, Harold Skinner and Harold
lngraham. A large group of vocalist
were also part of the minstrel. TRIPOD
bv Joe MeEwen was a pretty number.
which was followed by My Little BIN.
DO Down on Bamboo Isle, by Hilbert
Mueller, accompanied by the chorus
n Dear old Wisconsin a special num-
Der written by Milton Schulenberg anc
sung by him, was very good and hr
responded to several encores. Tumble
Down Shack in Athlone, by Del Cur
lis. won the audience for it was sumo
with the usual ability of Mr.. Curtis
Don't Take Away Those Blues was
sung by William Kleinheinz; I'm
VIVA About Moonshine, by Harold
Skinner; BELLS, by Louis Leak, Jr
save Little Dram for Me. by Harold
lngraham, were exceptionally fine
numbers.
Chinese Fantasy
After the Minstrel came Nothing
But Rlce," Chinese fantasy, featur-
ing Harold lngraham, Harold Skinner
FINER Grltzmacher and Miss Esther
Solle. Miss Sole was the star of the
evening. Her part was that of Ma
FOL, the Mandarin's daughter and
her number Ching-a-Ling-a-Ioo
caused the audience to applaud ana
applaud for more. The Chinese maid
ems who assisted were the Misses irene
Dreyer Helen Sturtevant, Dorothy
Ian opal Stoker, Helen Kruger and
Allce oConnor The coolies were
vdlerlan Welsner, Frederick Geisel
howard Hooper, Claire Held, Forrest
CaWley and Freddy Deutsch.
me Musical Phiends," Orville
tuehlman and Edwin Schultz. were
entertaining and the music was av-
cellent.
another feature of the show was
me act, Filtration Maidens." the So
loists IN which were Miss Esther Else
mann and Gertrude Ostring. The act
was DAINTY and unusual. The dancers
were the Misses Ruth Blecha olive
mitchell, Florence BELLS. Dorothy
Cole' Ruth Frederick, Babe" Pinker-
ton. Celia Blecha, Margaret Ziemar
olella Almmerer Beatrice Fleisch-
mann, Nina Morgan and Emma penn
Leads Good
IN the plantation Scene" the leads
were well played by Edward Diebel. r
r, oertel, William Kleinheinz. Hilbert
Mueller, Raymond Schneider and
quaftette was composed of Oscar AL
len, Arthur Eisemann, Louis Leak Jr
ana Milton Schulenberg. Dear Old
DlAie moon was special number nv
oscar Allen anG the quartette.
mat the audience appreciated the
talent OF the young men and women
VINO participated is vouched for NV
the constant applause. Practically
every number called for an encore