The Brunswick news., 1922-10-11
WHITE is
BIG ATTRACTION
Splendid Black Face Artists
Open the Handsome New
Grand Last Night 10 a Pack
ed House.
New

for individual and collective exec
lence has seldom been equally if eve.
zurpassedN n ministrelsy, a weaItl
Of new jokes and comedy innovation
ana carefully arranged special sets for
he comedy and musical s2ecialties
offered, the performance opening th
handsome rem0del1ed New Grand last
night, which by the way is now OLE
of The haaas0mest play houses i,
Georgia, by j.aasea Whites All Star
Hi1strels, went over for q completc
success The house was crowded ana
the enthusiasm which the audience
Put into their applause and lauehte
was unmistakable evidence Of theii
complete diversion a~d enjoyment
'Iasses" himself, VI tn his inimita
BILE, high pitched humorous voice, his
gesauros dclieries and linguistic 81
robatics, was easily the star of the
show, his diologue csmcd., numbe.
bang admirably supported by Slim
Vermont.
The performers was divided int
six "editions,' with only the shor3
inte1mission, each edition entirely
4 stinctiVe either for melody OF com
edy, The rise Of the curtain was pra
ce'led by an original prologue recit
tton, delivered by Grover Schepp, in
which he SUNG up the history- Of mir
stro]sy, paying tribute TO the late 4
G. Fields and to Neil O'Brien, and
in the last few lines, introducing the
Lasses White organization. The frs
part which appears under the
title "Melodyland," intoduce3 mar.
new and cleverly constructed ballad
which include among the best, Time
After Time, " Silver in Your Hair,
and "Pat' Your Feet sung by Lasso
himself, who in its presentation.
promises to add to the laurels he has
accumulated in the past with "Swee
Mama, Trca-Top Tall"
All OF the bslladists are gocd n
their especial line but especial dis
tinction was wen by Lasses Whit
Jimmy Mcdonald, Bobby Buns ana
Roscoe Humphrey, As the King o.
Melodyia1d, Maxwell Gordon presidaa
with ccnsammate case and direction
assisted by Grovcr schepp. The Jes
teIs, L2sses White, Slim Vernon
Zip Lee and Bcbby Burns, during iie
intervals, between ballads, furnisheq
a running fire Of comedy dialogue
that provoked shouts Of laughter. A
compan. ment; which were everything
they should be were furnished by tx
Court musicians, under the leadershi.
Of E1ness Hatley. Mr.. Hatley music
ians, who constitute q real minstre
orchestra also presented Il series {
syncopations. which following the III
term ssion made up the second ed
ton. just before the close of the
First part, Lasses offered his OWE
version Of 'Let The Rest Of the
World Go By which proved com
edy knockout.
The third edition, entitled "Way
Down South" is a most original IL
novat on and special set with in
senious lighting effects affords al
most lifelikc aemblance Of a piant9
ticn vista, with cabin in the for
ground an da cotton field stretching
away to the restless waters OF the
Miss ssippi in the far distance. Ba.-
I'D and ensemble, singing and aI
whirlwi1ld exhibition cf buck and
wing dancing to say nothing Of the
comedy of Laases and Slim Vermont
1lso the race between two steam
boats, feature this sketch. In tne
fth edition, Christmas Eve With
Did Black dee lie Blaehville Hav-
mony Fcur, have splendid oppor
unity to justify their reputation IS
singers, which they do through tie
medium of many Of the best of the
old melod;es in addition to Lassas'
song, Sweet Mama, Tree Top
Tall" But the fourth ed ton musts
rot be forgotten, for in this "Reat@>
vo,' piano-accordian artist furnishes
some m1st diyerting harmony.
"The Blackville National Guard il
Cuba. which is the SIKH and iaSt
edition is in the form of a playlet
with a plot and everyta'n& hut toY
sisting mostly >-~of s1n, featuring
Lasses and Slim, whose metcoric
mil tary careers are replete with sit-
NATIONS and lex herfence which moved.
their audience last evening to par
o1,4-s,,,es of r,errimanf The show as a