Show THOSE LOCAL MINSTRELS By Mrs A A. Bjornson After weeks of practice the long looked looked look look- ed for minstrels came off lift Thursday night The ho house se was wag crowded and standing room was at a premium The I entertainment was given under the auspices of at the Commercial club with Scotty one of Americas America's foremost comedians as manager Fred L. L Watrous Watrous Wat- Wat rous acted as interlocutor and G. G C. C Gray and Scotty as end men Miss Ruth Harper was very classy in Mamas Mamas Ma mas ma's little coal black Rose W. W Ma I L. L Dean soared beyond the skies in That Lovin and his makeup as 88 a I high class coon was wal simply p p perfect Miss Jennie Browns beautiful vo voice ice was he heard ird to a good advantage e in She I sang Aloha to Me One of the late I popular pieces America eri I L Love v Y You on i i I I I was well rendered by H. H H. H Holdaway with a chorus accompaniment of the entire company who danced and marched march march- ed in regular military style style- Very comical was Glen C. C Gray in his strenuous ous effort to sing Please Go Away and Let Me Sleep with coons all around disturbing his slumbers With ith dimples and smiles Miss Geanie Stott sang There is a 3 Little Bit of Bad in Every Go Goed d Little Girl giving the audience a catchy little dance with each chorus Orrin Smith was simply grand in BomBom Born Bom Born Bom talk about dancing there was some class to him and his up make-up in clothes was after a coons coon's own heart He Ho was heard on several occasions singing in a falsetto voice which called fog fo th a third encore Miss Helen Ricketts Ricketts Rick- Rick etts made her het debut in Go to Sleep My Little Drowsy Dab Baby which she sang very sweetly Scottys opening solo was When Duchesne Goes Dry but Scottys Scotty's stunts which followed the minstrels were the best yet With an anold anold anold old slouch hat and evening costume he posed as Napoleon Bonaparte Girl Nun and other characters Miss j Jennie ennie Brown sang Our Gallant Soldier Boys in a very nifty manner dressed in military uniform Verd Washburn's deep basso was magniri- magniri magnificent cent in Missouri Mr Washburn has been heard on a number of occasions but never better than in the popular song Bong wh which ch he sang Scotty appeared ap ap- in in Scotch costume and sang in tr true e Scotch style His tricks with cards savored of Monte Carlo A string duett bo Prof and Glen C. C Grey called forth much ap ap- ap- ap Mrs Mrs' Glen C. C Grey the accompanist accompanist accompanist of the evening rendered gr great at service in the part she filled Summing it all up the affair was a grand success the make ups were faultless the choruses choruses choruses chor chor- uses were well rendered and the dancing dancing ing was catchy and entertaining I I A entitled Outwitted leat featuring ring Miss Esther Dean supported by Scotty and H. H H. H Holdaway was the closing event of the evenings evening's entertainment entertainment en en- and was well received The neat sum of ot was taken in |