The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-24
MINSTREL SHOW . IS PU I 0 VIE R
 WITH BIG BANG
Comedy Entertainment Plays to Crowded House at Coli
 scum Theatre Last Night.
.(sy DOROTHY HALEY)

It was regular minstrel show, but so different The players sur prised the audience by putting over good laugh-producers and the audi. enoe surprised the players by laugh. ing. The first surprise came at five minutcs of 8 o'clock last night, when She Coliseum Theater was packed with an audience happy to aid the local fire boys in their efforts to build a playground for the children ef Jnncan. The second surprise came at s o'clock sharp, when. as advertised. the curtain rose, and on such scene. The minstrels in tages of dress and nndress, were grouped around the makeup tables, working with last-minute speed, while unset scenery stood propped against the back drop For a mo ment everything stood still while an ,astounded audience held it's breath, wondering what had gone wrong, and perplexed minstrels binked un- comprehcndinqay at the audience and called for tho curtain to be rnng down.
 Then all the show world broke loose and with tho appearance of k. A. Friend, director, who walked on she stage in time 10 quiet the uproar. md after the clever appearance of m end minstrel, Dolly" Gray. the comedy began. The opening of the show was most unusual and wor the price of admission, with nothing else The minstrels put over their stuff in regular style and not a minute was lost in the rapid-fire of comedy and songs
 l J. B Bernhofer gave a monologue between the first and second parts. i Nhc second part opened on the original setting of minstrel show i with Harry Sperling as interlocutor called by tho end mon, "Mistah Cen ] tahpecc." Little Eddie Sparks anC ] George Hall played the juvenile minstrels. End men were: J. IL 1 Gray, J. w. Leiyers, J. B. Bernhofer NJ. s. Jorgenscn. Minstrels were W. M. Fry, C. F. Harland, H. c Nordling, W, Engbers. Harry J. Fish er, Ed Beaudin, E. c. Harding ant Cash Cole.
 Nothing was left out, from tht clover entrances of the players through the aisles of the lheater, ts
 special comedy numbers, which agaii carried them down to the audience to make the show a success and ] is one of the best ever put on here.
 Another unusual feature. from th' Irregular minstrel show. was the en
 trance of "Ole the Swede." playe'
 by Martin Jorgensen. Mr Jorgen
 sen again proved his abilities as
 comedy actor and took the hous,
 with his first entrance. continuing {,
 produce laughs with his acting, son.
 and jokes, throughout the show III
 makeup was clever and the snuff
 box he carried, and his action wit
 Il, brought a big laugh. Mir Sperl
 ing played difficult role with eas
 and ability. carrying along the CT
 sire show, so that every joke wen
 off without hitch and in rapid-f fir
 style. The end men put over goo
 comedy in their numbers and kep
 up a line of comedy pantomine wit
 every minute of tho show. Tn
 minstrels were splendid in thei
 pArts and came in with strong, clsa
 voices on the song choruses. Tn
 songs put over by several of tn
 minstrels and the quartet work don
 was among the best heard in Junea
 in a long time.
 The number opening the first pal lwas put over by Hans Rernhoffe