The New York Clipper (June 1913)

THE NEJW YORK CLIPPER. JUNEitf HARRY VON TILZER'S HOME-RUN HITS I i,n: ;-i \i >t".' ( . UNA CAVALIERI'S SENSATIONAL HICH-CLASS BALLAD HIT (■■>//; TnADCf'A'K LAST NIGHT was the END of the WORLD THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLAD IN YEARS. PUBLISHED IN FIVE KEYS. ALSO.AS BASS SOLO THE GREAT COMEDY MARCH SONC HIT GOOD-BYE, BOYS THIS IS A RIOT. LOTS OF COMEDY VERSES. GREAT FEMALE VERSION THE ONLY REAL IRISH BALLAD HIT ON THE MARKET A LITTLE BUNCH OF SHAMROCKS BESSIE WYNN SAYS IT'S THE BIGGEST BALLAD HIT SHE EVER HAD I'D DO AS MUCH FOR YOU SOME MORE REAL HITS ROW, ROW, ROW THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUB. CO., 125 W. 43d St., N. Y. City CHICAGO OFFICE: Grand Opera Hou»*-Building.:. ^ ROCCO VOCCO, Manager EARLY HISTORY OF NEGRO MINSTRELSY ITS RISE ADD PROGRESS ffl THE UNITED STATES BI COL. T. ALLST03 BSOW.f. Edwarda A 8horc>'. MInilrela Wu an organlutlon traveling through Penn- Slvania la April. 1863, consisting of Bob rwards, J. 6. H. Shorcy, J. Purcell. H. Wharfe, B. H. Young, Chaa. Rivers, A. Jar- dula, T. Moore and J. Carl. Bob Edwards, right name Bobert 0. Dean, was found dead on the morning of July 25, 1872, In nil saloon, In Buffalo, N. Y. He was bora In Philadelphia, In 1820. In 1842 he waa known aa Master Edwards, and waa one of the earliest of bone end boys, and aa a jig dancer, was with the Virginia Berenaers. In 1804-6-8, was manager of a minstrel 8arty. HI* wife was the widow of Bob Saad- Union Star Minstrels Were made up In New Bedford, Mass., In April, 1863, audi consisted of A. Si. Reming- ton, tones; M. B. Leavltt, tambo; 9. W. Hutchinson. Dan Ashley, banjo and Interlocu- tor: Nat Luce, Paul Leon, wench; Lew Hart, J. H. Lawrence, 13. M. Leslie and B. T. Whltemore. The/ made a tour through Mas- sachusetts. Wood's Metropolitan Minstrels and Jallun'a Opera Troupe Organized in Providence, B, l„ by Samuel Corry as manager. In April, 1803. They con- sisted of V. J. Wood, Chas. Slocum, llarry Bloodgood, Das Pell, S. W. Lagee Jr., Geo. D. Uorance, W. Harrington, B. J. Donnlkcr, 11. H, Massey, C. Hill, Daniel tang, 11. Walsh, J. Cane and Chas. Karevell. I'ancy Wood appeaed In the first part, in white face, as Interrogator. Florence's Alabama Minstrels Was a new party that was organized In Bos- ton, Mass., and opened May 2, 1803. Joe. Nugent, bones: Dan Wheeler, tambo; Geo. W. Florence. John Ryder, B. A. Blrchley, Ken Bhcpard, W. Cannon, Harry Jordan, J. II. Andrews, H. Bchlpp, A. Jigger, L. Brown, U. K. Asche, C. H. Greene and Prof. Gilbert Nntloral BUnatrels Was a party formed In Ban Francisco, Cal., In May, 1803, for a tour of the mountain towns. Walter Bray. J. H. O'Nell, Ned Ham- ilton, T. K. Barnwell, Geo. Edmunds, 3. C. Brown and Mas Zorer were In the party. Bunnell's Minstrels, Consisting of D. W. Beeves, Billy Drew, Billy Hart, J. II. Taylor, Frank Lum and others, accompanied the It. Bands Circus during tlio Bummer of 1803. Hon, Sprang, Smith A Chaddnek's Minstrels, Who had been confining themselves to tbe West, closed their season in Juno, 1803, In 8t Louis, Ma, and In July atarted for a tour to perform under canvas. Alex. Ross. Fred Sprung, Shaddock, J. W. Smith, W. F. Bush, M. D. Strong, Charlie and Ned Straight and Alice Gibson were in' the party. In De- cember, 1863, as Bostlewalte A Shaddock's Minstrels, they occupied Wyman's Hall, St. Lotus. They burst up in a few weeks. Bob Sbadduck (violinist) died In St. Louis, Sept B, 1804. Monitor Minstrels Opened In Vlcksburg, Miss., July 21. 1803, tinder Frank Berger*! direction. The company consisted of Tom Clannon, bones; Frank Bet* r, Ed. Palmer, Master Harry, John Free- rthyser. Frank Small, Cecllo Berger and Kate Bauffey. Turner <£ Slack'. Party, Consisting of Ned Turner, J. H. Thsyer, J. N. Davis, Q. M. Smith, Uerr dinger, Master Charles, A. M. Palmer, Sid Thayer. Billy Mattbewson, J. H. Qulrcb, Master Tlnsley, J. A, Johnson, Frank Master, Billy Harwood, Geo. Florence and Big. Gnrrlga, made a tour of the Canada* in September, 1833. A new organisation opened In Orange, N. J., Oct 1, 1868, with Harry Weston, bones; Geo. King, Umbo; Frank Howard, Billy Hart, Joe Bums, C. Crane, H, Burns, Geo. Clart, Peter Rice, F. Snow, Willis Florence, wench; F. Tiohnor, Slg. Mason, O. W. Thompson. Geo. Qreyhead, Wm. Jones, Fred. Ryner and 8. W. Tay In the party. Another minstrel party was organised in October 1868, In Philadelphia, with R. 8. Ce! dwell. Umbo; B. W. Sweeny, bones; Al- bert StiUweH, Jos. Q. Rose, Kdwln S. Klrby and Wm. Ueopple. Sktft'. Minstrels Were organised by M. T. Skiff, who com- menced, Sept 20, 1863. at Liberty Hall, Alex- andria. Va., with O. w. Charles, Low Oay- lord, John Purcell, J. II. Collins, Harry K Bloodgood, Paul Andria. M. T, Skiff and J. H. Reynolds. They remained there a very short time, and went traveling, calling them- selves "Skiff's Armor Plated Ethiopian Gunboat.." J. Tanncnbanm and M. Alnsley Scott were hi the party. M. T. BUff retired from the aUge for a while, and was, In July, 1864, proprietor of tbe Beach House, Nantucket, Mass. Ferdinand <fc Solomon's Minstrels Were organized In December, 1888, and con- sisted of M. B. Leavltt, Umbo; J. Ferdinand, bones; Frank Solomon. J. L. Sanford, Fred. Ashley, Chas. La Borne, E. J. Hirst and C. Swain. Dureh, Christie tt Co.'. Minstrels, Consisting of Tim Woodruff, Leon Berger, Geo. Wallace, Hank Goodman. Ned Foster, ltodey Maguire, Fred. Rhlnebord. F. M. Rhlnc- hart and Hcraandei, Foster's Pantomime Troupe, traveled West In December, 1883. Farnsworth's Minstrels, Consisting of Ned Farnsworth, Lewis Wil- son, Geo. B. Penn, Frank Preston, W. K. I,orrnlne, Archy Bay, Geo. Scott, Colin Mayne. E. Kendall, Chas. Long. B. D. Gil- lette and C. II. Brace, organised In De- cember, 1863, and traveled East. Yankee Hill's Minstrels, With Yankee Hill as proprietor; Dr. Wm. Val- entine, business manager; Geo. Gray, Frank Mumford, Geo. Whiting and others, traveled West In December. 1863. Dan Shelby's Hlnatrela Started for a tour in December, 1863, through New York Stote. Billy Mccracken, V B. West, C. Willis, O. Dunbar. R. Lane, N. C. McElroy and Mrs. Dan Shelby In the party. Disbanded Feb. 13, 1864. Bowers and Prendergast made up a band in New York and opened Jan. 3, 1864, In Newark. B Bowers, T. B. Prendergast, B. S. Purdy. Jbb. Budworth, N. Gould. T. Simp- son. Nevilles, Trlge, Pagan and others. In June, 1864, they reorganized and were known aa the Aeollsns. Kdward Bowers, well known as "Nick Bowers," died in Brooklyn, Feb. 27, 1805, of consumption of the brain, aged thirty-eight years. His first appearance on tbe stage waa at Charley While's, 40 Bowery. He filled the position of Interlocutor and general business manager, and as such he had no su- perior In the business. Be was one of tbo best adaptors of negro farces in the country. He waa very clever In everything be at- tempted. Dick O'.Nell Minstrels Were organized In February, 1864. -Add. Weaver and Lew Brimmer were on the ends sod Bob Hart In tbe middle. Hayes & Smith's Band Was organised by Tim Hayea and J. It. Smith, and gave their Initial performance Feb. 22, 1804, at Reading, Pa. Tom Murray, Harry Talbott, Tim Hayes, Sam Hague, Miss May Walton and UlUy Fields were In tho part. Tim Hayes waa born In Dublin Ireland, Bept 22, 1841, came to America In Decem- ber, 1800, and made his debut at the Melo- deon Music Hall, Broadway, New York, where he remained ono week, and then Joined Iloolcy A Campbell's Died at the Asyhrm for the l'oor, la Washington. D C, May 12, 1877. of consumption He reached Washington from Philadelphia a few days prior to his death, In a plUble condition, and shortly after sent to the hospital connected with the almshouse. His remains were Interred In s lot In Mount Olivet Cemetery, that city. He has been credited with Introducing the clog dance as a marked feature In minstrelsy, but this Is not so, aa there waa clog dancing in America be- fore Tim Hayes was born. James O'Connell, best remembered as "the Tattooed Man." but a versatile performer, used to dance In wooden shoes at the llowery_ Amphitheatre, New York, in 1830. Tbe Wood Children, eons of Wm. Wood, tba dancer and nantomlm- 1st, did a double clog dance during the season of 1843-4. Ben Yatca also used to make clog dancing a specialty as early aa 1848. There was also Johnny GouWIng, who did clog dan- cing at the small concert saloons down Broad- way, Now York. BUly O'Nell. Irish come- dian, was a clog dancer long before Hayes' time. Fred Wilson was one of the first to ruako clog dancing a specialty In the minstrel business. Mlllward. McCauley and Otes organised a party and opened at Norfolk, Va. March 14. 1864. G. W. Herman, F. Welch, W. BIythe, F. Harrison, A. Manahan, F. New- hold, Master Stewart, B. May, W. AnOerson, T. A. Smith, J. Gastel and W. Sanderson comprised the company. (To be ccnllnuti.) STOCK NEWS .PAUL SCOTT H0IES. -*?* W-arda Howard, leading woman of the Manhattan Players, at the Broad Street, Trenton, N. J., for the past twenty-five weeks, will leave for Tacoma, June 8, to open there In the leading role in "Wildfire," as the stock star for the season.' Miss How- ard's excellent work in the many Eastern stock companies has given Western mana- gers a confirmation of their belief In her be- fore she tried her wings any distance from tbe Pacific Coast. John Lorenz, leading man at the American Theatre, Philadelphia, will also open on the same date, having accepted the engagement to go to Tacoma with his wife. Miss Howard. Thomas Wai-sh left last week for Mon- treal, to play with the Canadian stock com- panies, at Montreal, OtUwa and Hamilton, in "Get-Blca-Qulck WalUngford," "The Vir- ginian" and "The Fortune Hunter." This will consume about eight weeks, when he will return to the Sanger fold. Tni Woman" was produced by the Em- pire Theatre Stock Co. in Paterson, N- J., to regularly Increasing basinet at every per- formance. Carol Arden_gave a splendid por- trayal of the leading role. '"Thi Easiest Wat" Is the final bill of the Broadway Theatre Stock Co.. Bayonne, N. J. Lorna Elliott and Bobert Le Sueur are head- ing the new stock at the Lyceum Theatre, In the Btxne city, under the management of George Fox, opening Monday. June 3. Mln3 Kllioft has become a great favorite In Bay- onne, and will head the company there next year, Giacb Fox has been specially engaged by Bert Lytell for the nurse, in "The Butter- fly on the Wheel," to play tbe week of June 3, at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, Albany, N. Y. Dobotri Kinodon has been engaged by David Krause for his Olympic Stock Com- pany, on Fourteenth Street, for a few weeks, to ilo some heavy parts. Waldisiab Bbbkiiabdt joins the Paterson Stock Company as juvenile man, Monday, June 10. Latimore A Leigh engaged companies for Lynchburg and Roanoke, for stock, beginning June 10. The new- edition will be Issued In July. CLIPPER THE | CLIPPER BUSINESS INDEX DON'T MISS THE CLIPPER DURING YOUR VACATION Have it sent to your Summer address, 6 WEEKS - - - 60 CENTS 13 WEEKS - ONE DOLLAR Scud orders to THE FRANK QUBEN PUB. CO., 47 W. 28th Street, New York. COLUMBIA STOCK CO. NOTES. After finishing twenty weeks at Grafton, W, V«., to very nice business, thla company opened their Bummer season at the Casino Theatre, wblch Is under the management of Albert Iloyt, In Wheeling Park. Wheeling, W. Va,, May 24. and for the week presented lloyt's "A Texas Steer." Tbe roster of tbe company is as follows: Wm. Krslce, owner nnd manager; Howard R. Hall, Jack Harvey, Harry S. Gay. Geo. T. Haldenby, Earl II. Howell, Robert Sherman. James A. Paige. Harry 8. Grant, Sam Waldon, a. T. Barker, Stella May, Lily Morris. Mae MacCaskey. Irene Harper, nnd a supplemental chorus of eight girls. Earl H. Howell is stage mana- ger; Robert Sherman, scenic artist; Harry 8. Grant, director of chorus, and James A. Paige, carpenter. s Tub Cook's Electric Park Stock Co., at Bvansvllle, Ind., will open June 16. . RED BOOK AND DATE BOOK I9li • It It contains the names snd sddresses of Man- agers, Vaudeville and Dramatic Agents In New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Canada, London ; Music Publishers; Railroad AgenU; The- atrical Clubs and Societies; T. M. A. Head- quarters ; Railroad and Steamship Lines, etc, and other information. 1 Bent only on receipt of 2 cent stamp, ac- companied by a coupon cut from THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. FRANK QUEEN PUB. CO., LTD. Publishers THE NEW YORK CLIPPER ALBERT J. BORIE, Mimglng Director 47 W. 28th STREET, NEW YORK OUT OUT AMU Send this Oonpon and 2c t stamp for a copy of THE CLIPPER RED BOOK AVD DATS BOOK (For 1912-1918) To THE NEW YORK CLIPPER AT Wilt »8Ui Street, New York The Busk-Blsbee Company, with Victoria Montgomery, began, June 2, their sixth suc- cessful week In Auburn, N. Y., at the Jeffer- son Theatre, presenting an elaborate pro- duction of "The Dairy Farm." It. W. MiKKa uisnager Marks Bros.' at- tractions, writes: "The Msy Bell Marks Stock Cocnpany closed a forty-two weeks' fceason at the Grand Opera House, Hamilton, Ont. Next season opens at Watertown, N. Y., Labor Day, Sept. 2." Mt.iE Daxib, under the name of Ann Ar- thur, played with the Manhattan Opera House Stock Co., in "Get-Rtcb-Qulctc Walling- ford." She will not be able to dance for some time. JOHV W. VOGEL NOTES. Scenic artists and costumers are busy placing tbe finishing touches on Vogel's Min- strels that are scheduled to open Aug. 4. John W. Vogel, manager and owner, has en- gaged his company for the coming season, TUleh will conalat of: Tommy Donnelly, formerly of Donnelly & Hatfield's Minstrels; Harley Morton, Bobby Gossans, Lew Denny, Lew Van, a large singing and dancing chorus and several foreign acU for the olio. Prof. James L. Finning has been re-engaged to lead the band of twenty-one pieces. C. Qeo. Kunn will sUge the production. Ted. B. Galbraith will be ahead of the show with two assisUnU. D. Van Valkenberg will handle the business back with the show, and rehearsals will Uke place In Cleveland. Mr. Vogel Is in New York City arranging the route. The company, whien will con- sist of forty-five people, will open the season either at Atlantic City or Long Branch, and arrangements are now being made to that effect. Mr. Vogel will also make a trip to Panama to look the field over, and If suitable arrangements can be made, the company will sail from New Orleans for a four weeks' tour of the Island. JACOB P. 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