Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-06
SHOPMEN AND FREIGHT CARMEN GIVEN CUT
LEGION MINSTREL
TOBE REAL JAZZ
AND MIRTHSHOW
Brilliant Program Of S Parts An
nounced-Fashion Show Bur-
Iesque Planned

The Land OF FloWerS, MlrCn anu
Melody is the title Of the American
Legion minstrel which will be staged
at the Rylandcr theater on Thursday
night of next week, June 10. Some
of the first details of the production
were announced today by Carroll
Clark and Wclbur B. Smith, who are
taking the initiative in producing it.
The program will be divided into five
parts as follows:
Part minstrel show extraordi-
nary, brilliantly costumed, with good
singers and expert dancers.
Part 2.-Jazz burlesque on Mack
Sennctt, famous bathing girl movie
producer.
Part 3.-"The Fashion Show" d
side-splitting burlesquc.
Part "A racy comedy, at Hap
pened in Cuba"
Part 5.-Classic dancing by local
talent.
The performance will open with a
number Of the jazziest Of minstrel
tunes, followed by what is said to be
the best minstrel first part ever at
tempted in Americus, consisting of
latest popular songs and black face
repartee. Evan T. Mathis, Jr., will
act as intcrlocutor, assisted by the
best talent Americas can produce, in
Guiding the end men, Carroll Clark
and W. b. Smith, Jr., premlers; Os
wald Spcer, Wilbur Giddlngs, James
Davenport, Marvin Giddings, o. T.
BlggeIa, X. Il. Burns, koberC Slappey
and Harold Ahearn.
First Part Closing.
Miss Vera Henry, K. G. Beavers,
Gordon Howell and Robert Berry will
be ballad singers, and Theron Jen-
nings, Emmett Earle Bolton, David
Burkhalter and Robert Lane the har-
monists. The first part will close
with collection of the fastest songs
and modern dances by some of Amer
icus' best talent.
Between acts the Four Society
Syncopators, mandolin club extraor-
dinary, and the high school quartet
will be featured, with black face
monologues added.
The second act will consist of a
jazzy burlesque on Mack Sennett
who has been assigned the job of
photographing the coronation of the
Lula chief. Hillard Williams as
"Chief Muzu" is said to be a scream
from the word go" Carroll Clark, as
, Darktown's Mack Sennett, is shin
mig light in the movie world, and
Welbur S. Smith is Chilblain Slue-
foot" the Official photographer. Wal
lace Mott, as the wife of the Zulu
king, assisted by the Royal Chief,
will keep the audience on its toes.
This act will close with jazzy pam
boree of musical numbers.
| Fashion Show Burlesque.
The burlesquc on the Fashion show
is guaranteed to be a knockout in
the first round. In the intermission
following, Bob Berry and his guitar
will be heard, assistsed by a "real'
quartet. Oswald Speer as a negro
preacher will conclude this intermis-
sion.
At this juncture the Watson Bell
Hops jazz dance orchestra, of Colum-
bus, who will play for the American
Legion dance Immediately following
the show, will play ten minutes.
The comedy, 'It Happened in
Cuba" is breezy burlesque con-
corning two negroes stranded in Cuba
who enter the racing game much to
their sorrow. This act will feature
James Davenport, "Wingfoot," and
| his eccentric dancing, assisted by 9th
er talent.
Teh final act will consist of a
dainty divertisemtnt of terpsichor-
ean," one by Miss Emma Chapman's
classic dancers, little Misses Florence
Fort, Cordelia Hooks, Elizabeth
Poole, Inez Morgan and Florrie War
rem.
Rehearsals for the performance
are going on nightly and it is assured
that finished entertainment will ba
Offered. The costumes, which will
be imported for the occasion, are ey-
pected within few days.