San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-01
GOOD TALENT
IN MINSTREL
At MAJESTIC
Elks' Annual Charity Show
Proves to Be Enter
tanning.
PLAY AGAIN SATURDAY
Show Ends With a Sketch
Called "Private
E. e. Pill"

The Elks 1924 Charity Minstrels
played to a full house Friday night
at the Majestic Theater with an ex-
cellent array of talent which produced
constant mirth with jokes, songs and
repartee and which received frequent
response from well pleased au-
dience.
From the grand opening to the
presentation of Private C. c. Pill the
program was well carried out with
the darktown jelly beans, flapper
chasers. "nite-in- gales" Elks Patrol,
Ellis Choir. shades of the Alamo, and
the Bambalinans all performing ex-
cellently.
Part one begins with a grand open
ing and continues with songs and in
terlocutions alternating. All of the
singers received encores and were
well received. Clyde Lucas sang
Roses OF Picardy," Nadair Rocka-
fellow, "Mama Loves Papa" and
Tom Newton, in excellent voice.
Somewhere Voice Is Calling"
The audience "three timed" Wallis
Brennan's rendition of Your Mama's
Gonna Slow You Down." with en-
thusiasm. Il. Clark Butler with a
very fine bass voice sang II Go To
Claim Ny Love" "Old Pal Why
Don't You Answer Me-" was sung
with such excellence by George c..
Burke that the audience brought him
back again with hearty round of
applause. Al Kalensher's mock pathos
in singing Constantly" was enter
tanning.
"Stingo STANCE" as sung by Lloyd
Whitney proved to be a real comic
hit. "Sunnydale" Blevins came all
the way from Dallas to strut his
stuff and he did it well in singing
"Sure As You're Born" Miss Star
Woodman also proved to be bright
spot in the first part with her dane
ing.
Shades of the Alamo.
Russell Hughes and Jimmie Holmes
led the Bambalina girls; Alice Kirk
land. Marjorie Glaze, Jess Edwards.
Mary Cathrine Phillips, Elizabeth
Fisher, Agnes Lange, Mary Newton
and Dorothy Anne Stauffer and the
boys, Charles Herndon, Wallis Bren-
nan, Clyde Lucas, Harry Lucas, How
ard Taylor. Eugene Wefing. Sterling
Burke and Johnnie Collins in one of
the most popular acts of the night
that would be hard to match in splen-
dor of setting and music.
Five shades of the Alamo. \. j.
Goetz. W. A. Cray. G.. Cloonan, X.
W. Kuehne and V. III. Bigers provide
spooky act that is tantalizingly
mysterious until revealed in the glare
of the spotlight.
The Elks choir sings with effect
from a clever setting.
Drill In the Dark.
A we'll executed drill was presented
by the Elks Patrol that lacked scarce
w anything in precision and well
timed movement. So well trained
was the patrol that even with the
light turned off they continued to
drill and were in perfect alignment
when the lights turned back on.
The last act conveyed some of the
comic side of life "over there" in 1918.
The scene is a military camp some
where in France and the actors are
Private C. c. Pill, played by Lloyd
Whitney; captain, played by Allen
Walters: n hardboiled NJ. F., played
by Charles Blevins: sergeant, c. Nj.
Watkins and a buck private, Nadair
Rockafellow. The skit presents Red
Cross nurse, Salvation Army lass, the
French Maid, French crier and sol
diers.
The Ministries are taking the place
of the usual weekend road shows at
the Majestic and will be presented
again Saturday night.