Show S AMATEURS SHOW TAlENT Farewell to Thomas W Brown Is Exceedingly Successful En Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment The farewell benefit performance given last night in the Third ward amusement hall ball to Thomas W Brown previous to his departure for tor Holland was attended by over of ot the young mans friends and neighbors and was wasa wasa a decided success The American Amateur Minstrels largely composed of ot Mr Browns associates In the audit auditing auditIng auditing ing department of the Oregon Short Line furnished a large part of ot the en entertainment entertainment entertainment George Slocums work stood out prominently and Is worthy to rank with that of ot any professional A J West tilled filled the part of ot interlocutor very acceptably and sang How Do You Do Miss Josephine very clever cleverly ly Roy Brown sang Bang Meet Me On the Board Walk and was encored several i times Lady Love ove ve by H Grethers Grether and Pony Boy by William Conners were rendered very ably H Don In a adeep adeep adeep deep basso sang Over the Ocean Blue and then Tom Torn Patrick convulsed his audience with a rendition of When I Get That Funny Feeling H followed with When the Bell In the Light House Rings A song entitled Nobody by George Slocum closed the first part of the entertainment en entertainment entertainment The second part art of or the entertainment consisted of tricks on a bicycle by Curt Allen roller skating by La Mere and tumbling by Paul and Marlow Crabtree Thomas W Brown presided at the piano and rendered some choice selections selections tons The rhe performance will be re repeated repeated repeated on the night of at April 8 in the Tenth ward amusement hall ball |