Show MINSTREl SHOW IS GREETED WITH I GREAT my if jIe Hearty Applause Provoked Provoke l Another Performance Tonight Ii t o By Kayem Grier A A. shuffling of feet the rhythmic smashing ni shing and banging bans of tambourines es and the the- staccato clatter of ot ebon ebony bones at atthe the Salt Lake theatre last night and the Big Fifteen minstrel show was as on When the cur curtain ain rose rosa and re revealed revealed re- re ve a 8 magnificent and elaborate elabOratEs stage setting a a. wave of tumultuous applause from the audience assured the tile welcome revival of old time melody and mirth and for tor a night at least the rejuvenation of fifteen veteran who made mado granddad laugh in inthe the long ago And from the cordial reception and given the vets of the semicircle it is safe to say that what was good enough for Zor granddad proved even better for tor the more fastidious Jazz-infected Jazz of I Ithe the present I No doubt many of 01 those the in-the audience audience audience audi audi- ence last night before the curtain roso expected to drift back in reminiscence to the tho time when the they squirmed nerI ner- ner I on the edge of a seat between pa pa and ma and awaited the ne net t Joke or antic of the Perhaps they might Have ve expected to recall the time time- when they first heard Rastus and antI Liza or even pon pondered ered the answer answer answer an an- of Why does a chicken cross the road But the biggest thing brought back last Jast night from front the long forgotten pleasantries of the past were the faces oC ot the themselves There Thero were songs and Jokes joles of the past and present immortal ones that bloom eternally in memory's fondest recollection recollections recollections lection and those that aro are only passive pas pas- file sive and soon Boon forgotten SONG AND MIRTH APLENTY I o Cleverly interwoven between the few fews s songs and Jokes of grandpas grandpa's day the tho Big ig Fifteen minstrels produced a a. C collection of song and mirth and patter that would shame a Broadway Follies off the boards A tinge of ot local cob color added generously to the clever lines dad patter of the gala cork smeared punsters with the bones and tambos Takes raken all In all the Big nig Eleven proved one of the best local talent offerings produced in Salt Lake for r years It is brimming over with and mirth of a type never at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted before for tor one ono occasion The Twentieth leth infantry band of Ft Pt Douglas under the direction of Anton was perhaps the crowning feature feature feature fea fea- ture of the production The band oc occupied oc- oc the stage and formed a IL background background back back- gro ground d of khaki in striking contrast to the brilliant costumes in lii the semicircle T T. T l 1 Thomas manager of the show to whom much of the credit is L or its success deserted his old time position on the end a as a comedian to act as interlocutor ry y C. C Pat Dunbar a stage favorite favorite favor favor- ite of at the period do wan wali wahoo came lit hack k in a modern dress of mirth and ml music Sic and made the tho of his fIst first critics accord him a Do deserving and ands andI s I generous hand HEALTHY THY REVIVAL The revival of the ancient number Rastus and Liza by Margetts and Clawson proved a f scream cream The oldest thin thing about the number was the wrinkles wrinkles wrin wrin- kles on the faces of the artists artists artists-a a. a case where cork and cold cream failed tailed to cover the marks of age A picked company of soldiers from frome the e Twentieth infantry in charge chan e of I LI LIeutenant W. W E. E Bergin furnished the grand finale of the production Among the other artists who contributed contributed contributed con con- to the tho success of the show were the Imperial quartet comprising Graham Grahim Ashworth Squires and Chris- Chris the Salt Lake Lale Opera tot tet comprising Graham Ensign Mrs I Atkinson and Miss Dwyer Mrs l Bessie Spiers Browning Horace Parson Ensign Ensign Ensign En En- sign the Misses Bessie Craig and Bessle Bessie Bes- Bes Bes I sic sie and Viola Service The and comedians comedians come come- bans were Charles D. D Smith T. T A. A 1 Ray Kay 1 M. M Haddock Will J. J Willes John James Hy Ily C. C Pat Dunbar Dunbar Dunbar Dun- Dun bar John F. F Gunn J. J H. H Miller l Will W. W Calder Caider George GeorgeV W. W Meeks l I K I. Il l K and John D. D Ford The Big Fifteen minstrel mintrel show will wili willbe willbe be repeated again tonight The entire proceeds of tho the production will be turned over oer to the soldiers soldiers' welfare committee of th the benefit of American soldiers sailors and marines in France |