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Show r "blue" go r,?c this act. It Is to lr-resistably lr-resistably "fuDny" that you will laugh even If posfnud of much dlgolty. ! The Kbow concluded with a wblrl- I Mind afterpiece entitled "Hulda Hawkins' Hall presented by tho company In which George GK-n carried car-ried off the hon.rs. A "classy" cake walk was Riven by twelve of the j "boys" and If there had been, a calec its a prize thev all would have been entitled to st iice. E. T. S. ELKS GIVE A GOOD SHOW THEY PROVOKE MANY LAUGHS BY THEIR ANTICS. Singers Are Good and Many of the Jokes Are Rich Local Talent Affords Surprises. A minstrel show Is a potpourri of songs, music, mlr'h and monologue presented by a number of "good fellows" fel-lows" to an audience of Intelligent jeople, who, when pleased, show their appreciation by generun applause. This Is the deOnltlon thn. would apply In the case of the Elks' Mln-urel Mln-urel show given at the Ogden Theater Thea-ter last night, under th direction of Miller & Draper. The show, good throughout, was presented with a snap and a vim that would do credit to a professional profession-al road show. It was the first good minstrel show given In Ogdeu in a number of months, regardless of the fact that two aggregations George Primrose and Jack Mahara minstrel show 8 played at the Ogdcn Theater this season. The first part of the show opened with a beautiful stage setting, "ln a Bower of Roses," Introducing Al Hcstmark as interlocutor and tho following comedians, soloists and chorus: Comedians: O. P. Meckes, E. E. Dahlln. George Glen, Clint Draper, .1. A. Howell, L. J. Clark. Paul Kuha. E. V. Emley. Soloists: H. W. Chapson, Jed Bal-lanlyne, Bal-lanlyne, H. P, Anderson, Oscar Mad-Fon, Mad-Fon, C. J. Magulre, C. J. Da Wolf, K. O. ePtcrson, V. P Cain. Chorus: W. A. McGaw. G. W. Gay ruon. R. E. Hong. G. G. Wall Thos. H. Davis, G. E. Stevens. T. S. Fceny, W. J. Browning, Jesse Jes-se Carver, E. C. Olsen, R, A. Moyes, V. T. Gunnell, T. A. DeVlne, R T. O'Donnell, W. J. Dalllmore, E. M. Murphy. J. E- Williams, Jr., L. B Mlt- chcll, F. II. Labo, Fred J. Hart. Frank Goddard, A. E. Pratt, A. B Graff, Frank Clayton, Carl Allison E. F. Em-ley, Em-ley, L. P. Hardy, J. B. Wallace, E. A. Llttlefleld. S. A. Maglnnis, The orchestra was under the direction direc-tion of A. Miller in the first part and Prof. L. V. Ford for the second part. The usual jokes, new too, with local flavor were "sprung" by the end men and solos, by men who could singi pleased The solos Included: "Down Where the Watermelon Grows," Clint Draper; Drap-er; "In the Garden of My Heart,' II. W. Chapson: "Did He Run." J. A. Howell, "In Grandma's Days." C. O. Do Wolf; "The Cubanola Glide," O. P. Meckes; ' In the Garden of Roses," Jed Ballantyne; "Keep Your Foot on the Soft Pedal," L. J. Clark, and ' The Glorious Highball," E O. Peter-ron. Peter-ron. The final was 'E-Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay," effectively rendered by Paul Kuhn and a chorus. The comedians, including Mckc. Howell Clark and Draper, were particularly par-ticularly good and "did their stunts' like the veteran burnt-cork comedians com-edians All the soloists rendered their numbers num-bers In a commendable and efficient ruanner and were well received The olio opened with a clever Act. "The Coon, from Alabama," presented by Miller and Draper. "Bill" Zeller suprlsed the audience by appearing as a monologist, and "making good" at It. "Bill" sang a fong that was not so slow either. The "headllner" of the show Is "A Roman Travesty," presented by 'Little 'Lit-tle Eddie," Miller, Larry Corey arid W. C. Camp. It the "real dope" and better than half of those "five-hundred "five-hundred dollar vaudevlllo acts too. Miller, Camp and Corey are a "heavy" trio and if a person hates their neighbor or has a case of the |