Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-24

xv..h Big Boy. you tell 'em, Au-
shore got the finest array of
CustAs .sient Of any town in dis yere
pnve nd glorious state of Maine.
rana oh talkin' bout? Why dose
wnsss Minstrels oh course. There
NCon'. neber such a fine progrum of
vslen ',okes and dances put on de
clss' a. de City Hall, as was seen
boen. leben and fifteen hundred
BY os"aw,sta's well known inhabitants
g. %So.sdsy evening. 1t were shore
.snmptious." 49,. .;.. A..
,,,.r;nr and boy. OF Lady Luck, must
e1 sssn eatin out OBJ dere hands or
wi an dem would shore have busted
eeme sninai vertebra with some OBJ
een ccppncentric dances. Dey was
ooso 10 most limbcrest sorts OBJ
aDoSss neople l cher seen, and not a
ns." bigger in de whole lot"
5e.s sa this is the gospel truth. They
there with the song. even as
VIZ. .sa above and the whole show
n..t tho opening chorus to the finale
HUI 1a have done credit to profess
sv 0usi company Every number went
aVn 9Th the smoothness of we'll
Oh ~ S Machine and the applause was
oh Que at the close of each turn.
ees a encores were reuired for every
wv Uhsr and at times the show was
hhro,rht to a stand stu until the
u,yIs was satisfied, by another
. .score of some especially hne song
or dance. ,.;,a toxic .hont Tho
.ro local mail carriers who were
w. wv, nv the new policemen, having
s sllo. mistaken for Confederate SOL
1 9;ars to the final song, the audience
o, .s tent in an uproar. and that was
V"So nproar as the hall was filled and
= ~. ,U only places vacant were theal sizes.
'a1 I. WV Carey with his song, where
49, pamhoo Babies Grow" was the
. . WV hit of the evening. Jerry
m l"u called back so many times to do
We ~a' ,onular eccentric dance, that they
s s.' sov he gave Keith Ryan a dress
W.: w. 1 down later for starting the music
! ne last time. Jerry put in every
nv no had in these dances and each
. .n,MS brought forth some new step.
s s.u.;, ha was putting so that he colud
have taken the part of the trap drum,
mer in the orchestra who lmiiateu
Tho train for the "Choo Choo Blues"
MT a few minutes before.
Rlly Alberts dressed as general
., Tho Czecho-Slovakian army or an
american "bell hop" or something OF
thst nature, did a double with Jerry
that was a hummer. They were called
hack so many times that Jerry, be-
Having they were not to be called back
avain, had partly removed his shirt
far a quick change and was brought
MT a. he was. They did a special
dance during their number that re-
cuired some real acrobatics to put
over but they were there with the
roods and they certainly got the glad
hand.
The Potato Bug Four, consisting OF
Inc Johonson, Fuller Ingraham. Lewis
Rurleieh Jr. and Frank Southland, made
. hit with their string quartet which
rendered Where the Lazy Mississippi
Flows" with "Kelua" as an encore.
When they essayed their third sample
of close harmony, something broke
and the harmony became too close. or.
a. one of the quartet said. sit seemed
kind Of blue in places" They laid the
tr0uOle 10 l. rain WIZ 6oI
hufy and left; but the trouble kept on
until, like the Ten Little Niggers Sit
ting In a Row." they evaporated until
only Lewis remained. But even with
the Quartet reduced to a sole it was
still blue, so he laid it to his inoffensivc
banjo
: Verne Soule, introduced as the long
est man in the company. sure looked 1T.
Someone wanted to know if he was on
stills. but he couldn't have been and
still retain his balance in some of the
contortons which he went through in
his dance. Shades Of Ichabod Crane!
He was that tall and thin that his
joints worked both ways. In his song
you Tell Her, I stutter." he related
with appropriate gestures the story of
the suffering man who asked his girls
brother to propose for him as 'he was
afraid Of drowning her." and closed
with an angular jointed dance that
brought down the house.
Each member of the company took
his part to the Queens taste and they
all deserve the greatest of credit for
the hard work they put into this show
and the fine results produced.
Opening Chorus,
Entire Company and Myron Haskell
End Song, True Blue Sam,
Chas. Bressctte
End Song, You Tell Her l Stutter.
Verne Soule
Ballad, Selected. John Boland
End Song Choo Choo Blues, Leo Tctu
Two-Man Act.
Jerry Carey and Billy Albert
End Song. Cow Bells. Ernest Haskell
Potato Bug Four.
JohnsonIngrahamBu rlcie hSouthard
End Song, My Coal Black Nanny.
Doc Johnson
End Song, Who're the Bamboo Babies
=, Hfow, jerry Carey
TIhaie, Entire Company
me lnterlocutor and end men kept
thinss moving. and it was a happy
cnolce that put them in the positions
winch they held down Tuesday eve
ning. They were: Interlocutor
frank E. Southard: end men. Jerry
carey Charles Bressette. Vernon
ooule. Doc. Johnson, Leo Tetu, Ern-
est Haskell.
The large chorus must have re-
9cu HiaIN llmcS on tnelr songs.
as lney sang together in the fir.st
rossibie manner. Much credit is due
.nen Tor their work, and it was
e'natly appreciated by all present.
. me list of the chorus reads as
rlohows: Evans a. Strout. Martin w.
ccou'coran, Emery q. Bcanc. A. j..
nnu.IlVan. Billy Albert. Leroy V.
II 1--we Il. {. Nichols. IT. J. Thyng.
W ~, W. Oracle. Ned c. Bigclow. III. S.
pm,esmouth Harry Barney. Leo j.
p" ante frank II. I.ovcjoy. Lester NJ.
pn,ownell. j. +. lngraham. u. A..
.,'ahchard. Geo. j. F'roberger. Geo.
~. raulkncr. Horace A. Parlin,
p. ahk Sprague. +. J. Lemieux. l.. A.
Melsh; Jr.. Audry l.. Goodhart,
ch a.ol -. Haskell. Alfred Blan-
NMa'.e' William w. Peavey. Lee
h,l,es' John Everett. Roy VENTED
John Boland Ivy "e"'~e''