The New York Clipper (November 1913)

m. i THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. November 29 OUR LONDON LETTER. HENRY GEOItGE HIODBRT, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Clipper Bare an, 5 Sontn Square Gray'a Inn, London, W. C, Nov. 8. Failure has followed failure through the most remarkable Autumn season on record. But It seems as though the plays of this week might form a little oasis of success. "A Place In the Sun," produced at the Com- edy Theatre on Monday night, Is the work of an actor, Cyril Ilarcourt, who has just published a novel, much talked of. The worst the critics can say of Mr. Ilarcourt's Rlay Is that It la old fashioned. In truth, [r. Ilarcourt had better have been more con- sistent In his old fashion. Ills weakness lies rather In the attempt to embody new fashioned sentiment or cynicism. The situa- tion on which the story is based is nn old one Indeed. Good situations are apt to be old. Dick Blair, n writer, bad Just developed from a -country Journalist into a successful novelist. His sister. Hose, kept house for him In London, and it seemed their pleasant camcraderie was at the beginning of a new and joyous chapter. Then Hose had a dis- tressing confession to make. In the country lhey had lived on the estate of Sir John Capel. and Rose had given herself to 81r John's son, Stuart, Id mistaken confidence. Tor Stuart, although be loved the girl sin- cerely, was weak and cynical. He pretended to see utter folly and unlmpplncss In marry- ing a girl whom his aristocratic father would undoubtedly repudiate, to the extent of dis- inheriting "him. Dick Illalr (this is Robert 1-orralnes part) promptly betook himself to Sir John, who sided Immovably with his son. Marrlnge, he declared, was quite out of the question—though he was not unwilling to make reasonable amends with his check book. The eontultntlon of Sir John. hlR son and Blnir was overheard by Marjorlc Cnpcl, who sympathized with Ilosc, despised her father and her brother, most of all, loved Dick Blair. So Bhe Bhortly presented her- self at Illnlr's chambers, boldly demanded that the, too, should be compromised, and so force the bund of her people In respect of Rose. Dick, too, had loved Mnrjorle. hut hopelessly, and delightfully regarded her visit as an offer of honorable marriage. This helped to disarm Stuart and Sir John when they came in hot pursuit, and sc the play was brought to a happy ending. The part of Marjorlc Cnpel Introduced a new but brilliantly promising actress In Jean Caven- dish. A good deal of flashy wit is put into Stuart Cnpei's mouth. In connection with "A Place in the Sun" is done a one act piny called "The Thirteenth." In this, country lovers, too poor to wed, arc delighted by the inrond of a rich traveler, who sees in cottage furniture oak of great value, and pays for It with a liberal check. Then It proved he was but a wandering lunnMc. There Is a suggestion that the authors, fid- ward ltegbv and Phyllis Austin, rather cruelly desire to enforce the poverty of the agricultural classes. 0. B. Fernald's play, "The Pursuit of Pamela," doue at the Ibiyalty on Tuesday night, la a prclly. Ingenious comiwaltlon, and exploits, by the agency of Dennis Eacies and Gladys Cooper, some of the prettiest love ranking seen oa our stags In a long time. Much will dopcn.1 on :lie acting. for the fault .of Mr. Fernald's play is that each or tbe four acta differs only in the setting of the same scene. The scenes take yon round the world nearly. Pamela, brought up in a remote Western community, was married by in auatere sunt to a stuffy old man. Within an hour or two of the ceremony she found that married life was detestable, and that she was very rlcb, so ahe took Bight. But she did not cover her tracks cleverly, and the husband followed In hot pur- suit. On board (hip she met Alan Graeme, s clean and Joyous young Englishman. They fell desperately In love. Pamela described herself as a widow, but at Honolulu she had to tell the truth, for Iter husband had cleverly surrounded tier, naif lu Innoceuce. half la ps«slon. Pamela besouRht Oraeme to take her, and emancipate her from s marriage which waa no marriage, and hateful. Alan, deeply In love, was yet sternly moral. He fought out the situation at Honolulu in tbe drat act. In Japan secondly, again at Hong Kong. Then, to put himself beyond tempta- tion, he joined an Arctic expedition. When he roturneU, three years later, a hero, the husband was dead find the lovers married. The wit and fancy of Mr. Fernald's dialogue, tlnely delivered, did much to make up for tlio reputation of tbe O. N. Cbesteraon is an Irresponsible humorist with a considerable following, and when It was announced that Ills first deviation from Journalism to the stage might he seen at tbe Little Theatre on Friday night, this drew as large an audience as the house will bold, of the apostle's admirers. "Magic" proved very like the essays with which Mr. Chesterton so liberally supplies the nevvs- t>aper»—a little poetic fancy, a little fnntaatic lumor. a little satire on current events and con- servative Institutions. An eccentric duke, with two wards, a pretty sentimental Rlrl, and a business like youth, Just from America, confident and sceptical, had the odd Idea or engaging a conjuror to entertain them, after their re-uiilon dinner. Meeting the girl in the grounds the prestidigitator talked high poetry to her. ami made her believe be was a renl fair}'. He had more trouble with tbe boy. who frankly denounced him as a humbug, and had to beaten by sheer wit a.nd digital skill. Indeed, the conjuror was a very wise aud clever fellow, lie married the girl. There was a wild, distressing scene In the Prince of Walce' Theatre on Sntunlay night when the curtain fell on "Are You There?" Al- bert P. Do Oourvtlle, the author, tried to make n speech; Shirley Kellogg, bis .vire, stood beside him, and plteously pleaded for a bearing. But to revile an angry nmlleiice Is always a mistake, and it was well over, quickly. Ned Way burn has tome good color effects, and his choruses are drilled to admiration. Hut the most iK-rfect me- chanism avails noililng If It has not the spark of an idea, of humor. Tho first act is nn ncrolutle satire on our telephone system, which, goodness knows, Is bad enough. From the telephone ex- change, with tin lnoomiieleiiec. Its fllrtnciousitcs? and absurd antics, the scene changes In Nice. Tho performances of Shirley Kellogg, of Billy Ar- lington, of Veronica Brady, and Lawrence Ores- smith are good. But the production, which hna Jrobably cut $50,000, Is generally regarded as opcless. Maude Allen has Issued a long statement of the reasons which Induced her to persist on visit- ing India. "In Justice to her reputation and her self respect." Bhe sayg (briefly) that (1) the agitation waa based nn a misconception of her methods, (2), that the majority of her critics bad never seen her performance, (3), that the Indian government hud not In the past prohibited dancing by white women, and hail apparently no Intention of prohibiting such daucliui in the fu- ture. Parson Wsldron's sketch. "Should a Woman Tell," fully described In this column last week, will be the attraction this next week at the Palace. London. Gaby Dcalys has acquired an Interest In this sketch, and will take it to Amer- ica with her la a fortnight's time. She proposes. she says, to play It on Sunday nights, when her ordinary act Is not possible. Maxlne Elliott's week end parties, attracting r.an.v autocratic folks to her country home, liuah- ty, are mentioned In the "Society" columns. Oscar Barrett has been appointed manager of the Empire. Generally known as Oscar Barrel! Jr., because his father, the once famous pantomime producer and music composer, Is still living, bs las filled many Important posts, notably that of manager of ths Globe, for Charles Frohman. Oscar Ilamroeraleln will be much Interested to learn that opera Is again to be the attraction at tbe London Opera House, but only (or a fprlng season, under the direction of Thomas Beecbam. Meanwhile, the revue la to he succeeded by a circus. E. W. V. Stanley, tbe owner of the opera house says his Idea Is not to bind himself Irrevocably to any form of entertainment. Irvlng's statue Is la s filthy state, aud It proves to be nobody's business to apply tbe scrubbing brush and soap, ss tbe statue waa presented to Loudon—not to ths London County Council. , ., Lydla Oavorka baa to admit another fallnre. She withdraws "A Daughter of Usance" from the Ambassador's Theatre to-night, and shortly pro- dooes "Anna Kaicnlna." , "Who's the Lady?" Is the title selected hj Loo I a Meyer for tbe adaptation of "La Presldente." which he will produce at the Oarrick Theatre Im- mediately in su p erse s sion of "Tbe Real Thin?," to bo withdrawn on Friday next Lady Bancroft has written a farce called "Weather Bound." which is to be played for a charity at the beach resort. Folkestone. Charles Oollette, the comedian, who raar.-ted Lady Ban- croft's slater, Blanche Wilton, will produce tbe piece. George Ed warden announces the withdrawal of "The Old on the Film" from the Oalety, before Christmas, and tbe production there, after Christ- mas, of what is called a "revue-slcal comedy," In sdx scenes, by Paul Rubens. A solemn High Mass of Requiem, for the late censor, Charles Brookaeld, is to be sang la tbe Church of Corpus Christ!, London, on Thnrsdsy, arranged for by the Catholic Guild of Actors. How to become a millionaire! Tbe process Is simple, according to Sir Herbert Tree. Ton ehsnge your name to Moses. He gave this advice to a man nsmed Wilkinson, whj m twelve months was worth a million, English sterling. "Sing to Me, My Little Popsy. Wopsy," is s song marked for special favor In the pantomimes. Gertie Millar was compelled by Illness to lay off, but she la again appearing In "The Marriage Market." at Daly's. Phillip Michael Faraday's revival of "The Girl In tbe Taxi," at the Lyric Thestre, In superses- sion of "Love and Laughter." is a hit. Henry Arthur Jones thinks tbe moment suits- ble for tbe abolition of tbe office of censor of plays. He wants to sec an Inspector General of Theatres. Rosins Ftlllppl, the actress, says she means to •tart an educational theatre In a Loudon suburb, with a ten cent admission. Alan Campbell, a aon of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who tried his tuck as a dramatist with "The Dust of Egypt," la to manage the Globe Theatre. He wUl produce a play by Lechmere Worrell, who wrote "Ann" and "Her Side of tbe House." written With M. Bernard Menvalc. "Her Side of the House" certainly suggested tbe wisdom of a oollolnrstor to Mr. Worrell. When "Parsifal" is done at Oovent Garden In the Spring, the show will begin st 8, and at T there will be an Interval for dinner. Frank Harris lately announced s story called "The Yellow Ticket" Michael Morton made known the fact that be had used the title for a play, which Is shortly to be done In New York. Frank Harris angrily retorted with a definite claim to priority, and a suggestion that be was not fairly treated. Michael Morton says that anyhow, there baa long been In existence a book treating of the "Yellow Ticket," which is the license of the Russian prostitute. Wllhelm Gens celebrated bis eightieth birthday on Tbursdsy. Mr. Gans, who has Just com- pleted his reminiscences, has practiced music In London for more than sixty years. He was al- ways Adeline. Paul's favorite accompanist and dear friend. Sir George Alexander re-appears at the St. Jamea Theatre on Jan. 8, when he will do "The Attack," founded on Bernstein's "L'Asssut. This be tentatively produces at Manchester on Monday. Fsnny Fields was entertained at luncheon at the Savoy Hotel on Tuesday, on the eve of her departure for tbe States. Harold Smith. M. P.. occupied the chair, and thanked Fanny on behalf of the British public for the pleasure she had always given. Miss Field's speech In response was largely a eulogy of her bridegroom-elect. Dr. Rongy. his heroic struggles In youth, his philan- thropy and skill. R. G. Knowles ssld he hoped Fsnny would be so nappy she would never want to return to a profession she so adored, Josephine Davles, the clever American artist. and her pianist, Billy Geller, sailed for Australia yesterday. Ptoll's Oblswlck Empire, which wss burned down, opena on Monday week with the condensed "Miracle." Music hall managers have been peremptorily warned agnlnst allonlng artists, especially In re- vues, to dance into the audience. It would be Idle to contend that the Follies, re- constructed by Dan Everad, are the equal of tbe originals, though they form an acceptable "turn" at the Coliseum. Norman McKlnnell and Frederic wbelin again feel tbe need of revising their idll at vie Vaude- ville They will retain "Between Sumet ami Dawn." but they wDl replace "The Green Cocka- too" with a play by Shaw. By the wav, tbe par- ish authorities of the London quarter depicted in "Between Sunset snd Bswn," have protested. Some locations tor Monday next an: Hay man and Franklin, Hippodrome, Ipswich; Walker snd May, Pavilion, Liverpool; Chung Ling Soo. Grand Theatre. Birmingham; Terry and Lambert, Em- pire, Bradford; Irene Millar, Empire, Bradford; A. D. Bobbins, Empire, Cardiff; Beth Tate, Empire, Ardwlck; Will H. Fox, Empire Chatham; W. O. Fields, London Oollseum; Carlisle and Wellmon, Empress, Brixton, and Metropolitan; Two Bobs, Metropolitan; Flo Irwin, Palace, Chel- sea; Grace La Rue, Palace Theatre; Stoddard and Htpcs, Regent, Bslford; Joe Jackson, Palace, London: Bert Ooote, Empire. Croydon-; Mooney and Holbein, Empire; Toby Olaude, Ilford Hippo- drome; Donald and Oarson, Empire, Glasgow: Gerald Griffin, Empire, Liverpool; Drawee, Hambo and Frisco, Empire, Sheffield; Lee Hawthorne. Empire, Nottingham: Gllday and Fox, Newcroaa Empire; Houdlnl, Alhombra. Paris; Charles T. Aldrlch, Alhambra, Paris; Anna Eva Fay. Savoy. Glasgow; Fanny Howard. Palace. Doncaster. Tom Stuart leaving Waterloo station on bis first visit to America, had a great senior!. Ads Reeve begins an eight weeks' season at the Palace, Immediately. "Rata!!!" la tbe title of the extravasransa which the Water Rata will this year perform for the various professional charities, at the Ox- ford Music Hall, on Dec. 8. fledges Brothers and Jscobaon had to cancel African datea and hurry home to America In ful- filment of their engagement with the Weber * Fields Company. In spite of Sir Herbert Tree's dentil of the statement that bis daughter. Viola, bad accepted vaudeville work, she is billed to open st that Grand Theatres Birmingham, on Monday. On Saturday next, the two hundredth perform- ance of "Within the Law" will be registered at tho Haymarket Theatre. Fifty performances have now been placed to the credit of "The Lamming Husband. 1 ' at the New Theatre. Charles Frohman baa Just bought the American rights. John Babdslk. one of the Engllvh tenors from Oovent Garden, and now a member of the Cen- tury Opera Company. Is very prou-l of the little non-comer In his borne. At 4 r. it.. Nov. 19, a jotitig aon waa born to Mr. and Mrs. P.ardsjer. The lusty little Amertcsn .vclghcd s wee bit over ten rounds. Tbe mother la doing well, snd the father has nothing but British smiles all over his boyish face. Max 8FIB0XX,, secretary of tbe Mitchell. Mark Reality Corporation, which owna the Strand The- atre, now being erected at Broadway and Forty- seventh Street. New York, states that his com- pany will operate tbe theatre, and that when the Anderson Gaiety Co. plays that hotsso It will do so on a sharing basis. TO THOSE WE HAVE PLATED FOR TO THOSE WE HAVE NOT PLAYED FOR WILLIAM JEANETTE SELBINI-GROVINI Always gave satisfaction. Always had good Act. ALWAYS STARTED SHOW WITH A BANG. Always closed Show RIGHT. Always at practice. Always something new. Now have BETTER AND BIGGER See it JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. NOT all booked up. Plenty of time OPEN. Five minutes in one, if needed. ASK FOR THIS ACT SELB&tt & GROVINI 6604 I7th Ave., Brooklyn, N. V, JO PAIGE SMITH CHARLES BIERBAUER .EARLY HISTORY OF NEGRO MINSTRHLSY ITS RISE AND PROGRESS m THE UNITED STATES Bl COL. I. AUaiOH BlOWlf, ' Kelly A Leon "Christy -a," And opened July 6, but bad business caused them to close and they returned to America, arriving in New York, Aug. 6. They shortly after organized a band In New York, and started on a tour, opening in Hartford, Conn., on Dec, 5. S. 8. Purdy, Surrldge, Brockway, Zulig, Kelly and Leon were In the party. Having retrained possession of their old place, 720 Broadway, they opened Feb. 7, 1870, with Leon, Kelly, Cool Burgess, bones; 8. 8. Purdy, tambo: Sam Price, James Clark, lions. F. Fraullg, W. H. Brockway, Surrldge, 8ig. Brochclll, J. R. Clinton, Dick Quitter, Pete Goldrfch, F. Meyering. T. O. Withers. J. B. Carter, L. W. Ball, O. Field, F. Lake and others. Early in May 1870. a portion of the company went on a brief tour, opening In Washington. D. C, In March. Add. Rvman and Johnny Hart appeared with the New York party. April 4. J. T. Oaynor, C. B. Clinton, Jas. Clark and Francis Tlolo ap- peared Hay 14. On Jane 6, Dan Donegon appeared. The traveling party re-appeared on Jane 27, end the season closed July 18. Opened their new hall (formerly Dodworth Hall) on Broadway, opposite Eleventh Street, New York. Aug. 29. 1870. Ctosed Dec. 8. 1870. snd went traveling. In March. 1871, they (Kelly and Leon) appeared in a play called "St. Domtngo," In white face, at Hooley's Opera House, Brooklyn. Closed there April 1, and went on a brief traveling tour, ap- pearing In white face. Re-appearing at 720 Broadway. New York. In Sic party were Cool White, • J. K. Campbell. Dave Wil- son. Don Pedro Dorego. BJHy Rice. H. T- Madge, Devon Nelson. II. Nichols, T. I,e Btrnnge, Corrlster Zaulig. 0. R. Fields. Chas. Pratt (pianist), W. H. Wallace, J. H. Car- ter, Q. Le Strange, A: Hoffman. S. Stiles, Ram panic and Jas. Collins. On Sept. 18, S. 8. Purdv opened, and the season closed Sept. 30. Kelly and Leon then went to San Fran- cisco appearing there in November, 1871. Returned Bast, organised a party, and opened at Jersey City. N. J., Nov. 19, 1872. Re-opened their old hall, 720 Broadway. Not. 26. In the party were: Detehantr, Hengler. John C. Campbell. 8 H. Holdawortn. W. H. Nichols, Chas. H. Storms, Geo. Guy, Corrlster. Zaulig. Chas. Letter. Agnes Nel- son (vocalist). Emily Kreuas (nlanlst). and Kelly and Leon. On the opening night In New York, Edwin Kelly appeared on the tambo end. In consequence of tbe non-arrival of Dave Wilson. J. A. Palmer was Inter- locutor. The hall was totally destroyed bv fire on the morning of Nov. 28, 1872. Kelly and Leon took a benefit nt the Olympic The- atre, New York. Doc. 7. they having lost heavily by the Are. Many of the performers lost their Instruments and wardrobe. They then went on a traveling tour opening In Bridgeport, Dec 23, and closed Jan. 4. 1878, as Kelly and Leon were engaged to open In New York at the Olympic Theatre, Jan. 18, In the spectacle of ' Alhambra." to do their specialties. After this they organized an- other party, and opened the Lyceum, Wash- ington Street, Brooklyn. March 81, hnt re- mained only one week, then to Philadelphia for two weeks, and Kelly and Leon sailed for California April 27. R. Daniels, formerly of this party, died at Elmlra. N. Y.. July 21, 1873, of consumption, aged forty years. Early In February. 1874, another band was started bv Kelly and Leon, with Dick Sands. Cooper. Fields. Jas. Clark, Ramponle, Ned Wambold. Chas. Foster and Kelly and Leon. They closed May 80. Kelly and Leon then settled down in Chicago, at the Grand Opera House, opening Anjr. 31, where they remained until April 8, 1875, when they suddenly closed. Re-opened in Chicago, at the Grand Opera House. Nov. 15, with Cool Burgees ajid Harry Talbot in the party. On Jin. 1, 1876, they closed and went traveling. Opened in New York, at the Twenty-third Street Opera Rouse (formerly Dan Bryant's), May 1.1876. In the organization were: Chas. Walters. John Morton, Edwin Lester, tambos: Dave Reed, bones: Huber, Gltdden. Japanese Tommy. Surrldge, C. R. Clinton. Kelly, Leon and others. C. H. Gordon (tenori. from Australia, opened May 8 : Lew Benedict. May 15; Walters and Morton closed Jnlv 15, and dissolved partnership. Lew Benedict with- drew In September, and John Allen appeared. C. H. Gordon withdrew Sept 30. to enter the operatic profession, ana is now known as C. H. Turner. 8am Price opened Oct. 16. John C. Campbell, right name J. St. John, died in Brooklyn, N. Y„ on Jan. 26, 1870, ot consumption, aged thirty-one years. His re- mnlns were Interred In Cypress Hills Ceme- tery, by the B. P. 0. Elks. Lew Benedict and W. H. Norman were ndded to the company on Jan. 1. 1877. The season closed in New York on March 10, and the party traveled. Lew Benedict was "given permission" to retire from the company April 21, and Wat. CoUrtrlght occupied his chair. The season closed on June 2. Re-organized snd open°d in Brooklyn Ang. 6. 1877. with Edwin Kelly. Lem, Courtright. Japanese Tommy, 8nrrtdge. Edwin Lester, Tlernv, Cro- ntn. W. H. Norman, C. R. Clinton. Wm. Ball, Frederick Willard and Tho* Howard In the company. In Jannary. 1878, Kelly and Leon, with a small eompany. sailed for Au- stralia, and opened at the Queen's Theatre, Melbourne, with Al. Havman and Hlsrocks as managers. The company consisted of Courtright. Le«ter, Snrridge, Beaumont Read, Japanese Tommy, Ball and C. S. Fredericks. Scene from "VENOMOUS TONGUES." Klelne-Cello llclcnsc Dec. 2, 1013. **tts£+ In April. 1878. they had possession of St George's Hall, Melbourne, for twe weeks and in November were in Auckland, New Zealand playing to crowded houses. Their success since they have been abroad has been un- paralleled. During their first four weeks in Melbourne their receipts are said to have been £2,200 (about $11,000). Edwin Kelly was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1835 and educated In London for a sur- geon. He was a life pnpll of St. George's oepltal. Came to America and made his first appearance on the minstrel stage with Ordways Aeollana In Boston. Appeared as tenor vocalist and interlocutor. After his engagement at Ordway's expired be made several tours with various minstrel compan- ies, and became a very popular performer. At length he became partner and manage of the Academy of Musk in Chicago which was built under bis supervision wliere he collected a fine company, and by his Judg- ment and energy, as well as his efforts to elevate the tone of minstrelsy, rendered the name of his company a popular one In Chi- cago and the great West. After five years of continued success Mr. Kelly with his part- ner, Leon, transferred their attention to Cin- cinnati, where another and prettier minstrel hall wsb speedily erected and opened. Hut this gratifying result was of short duration, ss a fire In a few hours swept awiy tlic beautiful ball, wardrobe and everything per- taining to the company, among which were seme valuable operettas, ballads and minstrel acts, written by Mr. Kelly. Alter this Kelly resolved to try the great metropolis, opening Kelly & Leon's Mintrel Hall Oct 1. 1860. As a manager Mr. Kelly proved himself to be every way competent to conduct a first class troupe. As an interlocutor be was well np lu the business, being posted In all Its details. He was a sweet ballad singer, and possessed LX Iear .. tenor 'Olce, He was a tall, power- fully-built man, with a large head snd broad shoulders. His muscular system w«s well developed. He bad light hair snd heavy, drooping' moitstachios and was exceedingly gentlemanly In his manners. Francis Leon, right name Patrick Olassey, was born In New York. When only etch t years of age he sang in the choir of St. Stephen's Church. In this city. He sang with great sue cess the first soprano In Moiart's Twelfth Mass. He first made his debut In the min- strel business at Wood's Marble Hall of Min- strelsy, on Broadway, in operatic burlesque. He made a successful first appearance and remained quite a favorite With the habitues for a long time. He subsequently appeared with various first class troupes as prima donna and danteme, until we find him In partner- ship with Mr. Kelly In the West, as manager of the Academv of Music, Chicago, and after- wards in Cincinnati. He then came to this city and, in partnership with Mr. Kellv, opened at 720 Broadway. Mr. Leon pos- sessed a full soprano voice and could sin? up to D in the ledger lines. As a dancer he was one of the best In tbe minstrel busi- ness. His terpsicboresn movements were executed with wonderful rapidity, and he did many steps that we have not seen at- tempted by any other performer In the same line of business. In his prima donna business he copied no one. His imitations of the prin- cipal operatic lady singers were very good. Ir addition to being well up In this business, be Was also a clever impersonator of female characters in light sketches written by him- self, and In which he was ably assisted by his partner, Mr. Kelly. Charley long's Minstrels Commenced operations Oct 2, 1866, In War- ren, Mass. The company consisted of Charley Long, Horry Buckley, Dick Curl- ton. J. W. Martin, D. Chase. C. P. Edwards. A. C. Moore, Master Billy, J. Ryan. F. Paige and T. H. De Witt Holton & Gate*' Harmoniums Was a band that was organized for the pur- pose of Joining with the "Simon Pure Amcr lean Circus" In New York. Oct. 1, 1866. The party consisted of C. Smith. E. H. Ross, 0. P. flweet, Frank Webb, Dick Thompson, Harry French, F. T. St. Clair, J. A. Herman. J. C. Morris, Ed. W. Holton and Charles A. Gates. The San Frnncl.ro Minstrels Was the title given a band that opened Oct 8, 1866. at the Acsdomv of Music San Francisco. Cal., and consisted of A. J. Tni- bott. Billy Sheppard, Jake Wnllnce. Frank Medina, H. Nordbloom, J. B. Taylor, I- Mundweller, Prof. Fledder, T. F. Barnwell. Prof. Freeman. Slg. Pinto and J. Mundweller. Frank Hasaey Minstrels Was a party organized in New York, and sailed Oct. 11, 1866, for China, Bombay, etc.. by steamship. At Sandy Hook a terrific gale was encountered the first night and which lasted three days, in consequence of which the ship sprung a leak and was obliged to return to New York arriving Oct 16. The minstrel band had their baggage ruined by water. On Oct 21 they once more sailed. this time by tbe way of Liverpool. In the party were: John H. Burridge, Frank Husscr, II. Sweeny, T. McNally, Pete Sterling, H. T. Mudgc, Frank Jlyering, H. McDonald, »■ Scott and John Felten. After playing g the English provinces thev opened In April 20. 1807, at the Paris Exhibition, In the Im- perial International Theatre. Mudge nn" Husscy returned to America, arriving In t<cw York in August. 1867. (To be continued.) FREE DATE BOOK I ManHtn thiu a-aper TheM.STEIN COSMETIC CO. NEW YORK M&TEIN 3 • MAKEUP