Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-06

LEGION MINSTREL
TO BE- REAL JAZZ
AND MIRTHSKOW
Brilliant Program Of S Parts An
nounced-Fa ashton Show Bur-
lesque Planned

THE Land of Flowers, Mirth and
Melody is the title Of the American
Legion minstrel wnicn will be staged
at the Rylander theater on Thursday
night of next week, June 15. Some
of the first details of the production
were announced today by Carroll
Clark and Welbur B. Smith, who arr
taking the initiative in producing 1t.
The program will be divided into five
parts as follows;
Part minstrel show extraordi-
nary, brilliantly costumed, with good
singers and expert dancers.
Part z.-Jazz burlesque on Mack
Sennett, famous bathing girl movie
producer.
Part 3.-"The Fashion Show" a
side-spltting burlesque.
Part A racy comedy, 1T Hap
pened in Cuba"
Part 5.-Classic dancing by local
talent.
he performance will open with
number Of the jazziest Of minstrel
tunes, followed by what is said to be
the best minstrel first part ever at
temE.ed III Americus, consisting of
latest popular songs and black face
repartee. Evan T. Mathis, Jr., will
acU as interlocutor, assisted by the
best talent Americas can produce, in
Guiding the end men, Carroll Clark
and W. B. Smith, Jr., premiers; Os-
wald Speer, Wilbur Giddings, James
Davenport, Marvin Giddings, o. /.
Biggcr2, K. II. Burns, Robert 5lappey
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 a collection of the fastest songs
and modern dances by some of Amer
icus' best talent.
Between acts the Four Society
| Syneopators, 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
Zula Chief. Hilliard Williams as
"Chief Muzu" is said to be a scream
from the word "go." Carroll Clark, as
J Darktown's Mack Sennett, is shin
mig light in the movie world, and
Welbur B. Smith is Chilbblain 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 it's toes.
This act will close with jazzy pam
boree of musical numbers.
Fashion Show Burlesque.
The burlesque 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, assisted by "rear'
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, at Happened in
Cuba" is a 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.
The final act will consist of a a
dainty advertisement of terpsichor-
can" artistry, one by Miss Emma
Chapman's classic dancers, Misses
! Florence Fort, Cordelia Hooks, Eliza
/ beth Poole, Inez Morgan and Flor
rie Warren.
Rehearsals for the performance
are going on nightly and it is assured
that finished entertainment will be
offered. The costumes, which will
be imported for the occasion, are ex-
pected within a few days.