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Show KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MINSTRELS KEEP BIG CROWD IN AN UPROAR 0 (F. V. FitzGerald in Salt Lake Herald, May 18.) There was just one fault to be found with the Knigh.ts of Columbus minstrel show and the audience apparently didn't consider that a fault it was too long. But the best testimony to be given in favor of the show was that an audience that filled every seat in the Salt Lake theatre, from pit to gallery, and stood up wherever standing room could be found, stayed through the show from 8 o'clock to midnight, and then clamored for more. To select from the different portions of the excellent show the part that pleased the most would be very difficult diffi-cult were It not for tiny Marguerite Locke and her chorus of wee girls. The little girls didn't do very much, but what they did was so clever that the grown-ups in the show were entirely outshone by the tiny thespians. Little Miss Locke is the cutest possible boy impersonator and the way she sang "Every Race Has a Flag Bui the Coon" showed that she is a born actress. Her chorus consisted of seven little girls, each dressed to represent a different nation. The little tots sang and danced in perfect time and harmony. This act was under the direction of Miss Nora Gleason. 'who has had such success training children for public appearances, appear-ances, j The minstrel show was under the direction of J. I. King, whose originality original-ity and bright humor is seen through all the lines. The minstrel firsTpart. the minstrel men and minstrel girls in a double semicircle. semi-circle. Clever jokes and pretty songs were negotiated by E. A. Gaensslen, A. J. Bruneau, O. O. Davis and C. A. Locke. The seoinvi half of the first part introduced as end men John R. Francis and James I. King. Mr. Francis Fran-cis sang "Go, Go," a clever, ogirinal song, and Mr. King sang "I . Didn't. Ask: He Didn't Say: So I Don't Know." The songs were great. "Ora Pro Nobis," by J. J. Burke and chorus, was one of the prettiest numbers. Norman Vote sang the bass solo. "King of the Main," and also sang in the quartet with J. J. Burke, C. A. Knowlden and William Parr. j In the olio. "Mandy's Beau," by E. A. j Gaensslen and O. O. Davis, was the first laugh. Oscar Veltz. Edward Meyer, Otto Niedeweiser and August Motzkus, as a coon German quartet were a scream. Their German songs with a coon accent or their coon songs with a German accent or whatever they were were irresistible. C. A. Knowlden, assisted by Robert Young and Elmie Barnhardi, presented an acrobatic ac-robatic turn that is superior to many such acts seen on the professional stage. A rare musical treat was "Se Saran Rose," beautifully sung by Miss Florence Flor-ence Locke. Miss Locke has a soprano oice that ' is wonderfully sweet and beautiful and she never sang better than last evening. Tiny Miss Marguerite Marguer-ite Taylor did some very pretty and graceful serpentine dances. She is as pretty as she is graceful. "Rex" King, an unexcelled minstrel king, appeared in an automobile monologue mono-logue that kept his auditors in a continuous con-tinuous roar of laughter. His jokes were refreshingly new and his parodies paro-dies were clever. J. Fanning, S. J. Osika, A. J. Bruneau and Julius Hil-gard Hil-gard introduced a clever musical act. The show closed with the singing of "Meet Me in Rose Time, Rosie," by T. L. Monahan 'and Venus Romney and company. The members of the faculty and students stu-dents of AH Hallows college attended the performance in a body. The children chil-dren of St. Ann's orphanage were the guests of the Knights of Columbus for the evening. They were taken to the theatre in two chartered cars. The proceeds pro-ceeds of the entertainment will go to the fund for a Knights of Columbus home in Salt Lake. |