| Show When minstrelsy Was Young A number of the London Illustrated News for 184G records the first nerform ance on the other side of an American Ameri-can minstrel company It announces that the first grand Ethiopian concert will take place at the Hanover Square Rooms on Wednesday evening January Janu-ary 31 under the management of Mr James A Dumbolton The original Ethiopian serenaders Messrs Germpn Stanwood Harrington Pell and White respectfully announce to the nobility gentry and public that they will have the honor of appearing for the first time in Europe on the above evening at Hanover Square Rooms in one of their inimitable entertainments consisting of songs glees choruses comic sayings burlesque lectures etc etc in character accompanied with the ac cordeon banjo Congo tambo and bone castanets the music taken from the most popular operas of the day interspersed inter-spersed with Ethiopian melodies ApT Ap-T > e ring before the President Cabinet Foreign Missions Embassadors by soecial invitation etc A later number of the same paper ays They are painted jet black with ruddy lips and large mouths The executants are five in number one plays the tamborine Mr Germon who is the leader another the bone castanets casta-nets the third the accordeon the two others the banjo or African guitar the songs given were Sonnambula and Youll See Them on the Ohio They are provided with letters of recommendation recommen-dation from President Polk etc |
