THE COURIER
TSgKKsj "Jane at the Lansing theatre Tuesday
WfRKJ night, was not a brilliant performance. The
9tdM company was inferior to both of those
W jjftng tkat have appeared in this city previously,
uyflffi(P and this farce, which at its best has always
VfBllil' seemed to ub to be open to criticism; did not
Ny.WR y appear to manifest advantage. "Jane" drew a
Lincoln was not particularly cordial in its treatment of the "Ethi
opian Songsters," composed of Omaha and Council Bluffs young
women, who appeared at the Funke opera house Wednesday even
ing. If the young womon had not been so careful to conceal their
dentity it is probable that more interest would have been manifest
ed in the entertainment, a considerable portion of the public regard
ing the "Ethiopian Songsters' as an ordinary female minstrel show,
a variety of entertainment that does not appeal to the most refined
taste. But there was a fair attendance, society people predominat
ing, and once in a while the audience warmed up and offered some
encouragement to the performers who certainly were not lacking in
effort. Mrs. Cotton, who had charge of the music, has reason to be
proud of her work, the solos and chorus singing being of a high or
der. Mrs. Brock, Mrs. Dockstadder, might have been a trifle more
effective as interlocutor. Mrs. Mathewson, Miss Corbett. and Miss
Doyle, Mis Billie Rice, as bones were all that could be desired.
Mrs. Mathewson, particularly, was a star performer. Her songs,
"Standing on de Corner," etc were excellent, being well sustained
by the chorus. Her stump speech was one of the best efforts of this
kind ever heard in this city. Miss Coon's songs, "De Order of de
Golden Key," "Rainbow in de Sky," etc., were also deserving of
warm commendation. Miss Kennedy sang "Little Alabama Coon"
acceptably, and Mrs. Mullen with "Sweetest Story Ever Told" and
Mrs. Green with "Does You Want to Be a Member of the Lime
Kiln Club" exhibited unusual proficiency, as did Miss Munchoff in
Going Home to Chlo. Other performers were Miss Morrill, Miss
Bicycle, tambo, the Misses Low in song and dance, and the Mipses
Whitmore in dancing, the latter giving an exhibition of high kick
ing. If these young ladies did not kick out the record, it was owing
to inability rather than disinclination. As to tho jokes well, the
share of the earth was described as being like D. E. Thompson's
head; a similarity between a vessel at sea and the diamond shirt stud
worn by Phil Wing was found in that both are on the bosom of a
heavy swell; Guy Hurlbut was said to be like a boiled potato because
lie's so easily mashed; it was declared that Nebraska needs more
rainwater and less Rosewater; W. J. Bryan, Mrs. Mathewson re
marked, ought to be satisfied with the result of election because it
was 16 to 1. sixteen republicans-to one democrat; Bosewater was B
fiat when he ought to have been T. Major; and others equally as
pointed. It was a most successful entertainment, and reflected
much credit on the ingeunity and ability of the young ladies, whose
make up, by the way, in black face, black skirts and jackets with
expansive white shirt bosoms, was most effective. Among the
Omaha people in the audience, mostly occupying box seats, were:
Msdatnes McKenna, Whitmore, Wyman, Colton, Crandall; Misses
Fritz, Barnard, Daisy Doane, Himebaugh, Creighton, Emma Creigh
tan, Lynn Curtis, Van Court, Fowler, Crandall; Messrs. Doanet
Creighton, Wilson, Mullen, Snyder, Guiou, Cudahy, Wyman, Cran
dall, Low, Stocking, Cooke, Kennedy, Andiiano, Swobe, Elliott,
King, Daniels, Wood and Butler.
THE COURIER'S VOTING GOiNTEST FOR $500 GASH.
Miss Carrie Wasmer 2006
MissEffie Steen 1556
Mr.ChrisCamp 299
Mr. Chap. Hurd 121
iss Cora Talbot 1H
If holder of Courier No. 2006 will bring it to The Courier
office we will pay 85.00 for it
Mr. Joe Whittraan, 1001 L street, was the holder of Cocirer No.
988 and we paid him $5 for it Nov. 12, 1894. Ask him about it..
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good friend Bixby, whose
humor leavens the editor
ial page of the Journal, o rets to
our stickiog feathers in an tscuth
eon, maintaining with much force of
satire, that an escutheon is no good
place for a feather; that such a com-
combination outrages the proprieties. Had we referred to the kind
of escutheon that means that part of a vessel's stern on which her
name is written, our sticking a feather in it might have been open
to objection from our friends on the Journal staff, who, by the way,
are disposed to bestow a generous measure of corrective considera
tion on The Courier, all of which, as emanating from a head center
of journalistic and literary fecundity so rich that it has sprouts on
it, we gratefully and humbly appreciate. But having in mind tho
common meaning of the word we must insist that we had a right
to put a feather in the escutheon. Escutheons of old, representing
the shield of a family, sonatiinea held a whole bird.as an eagle or a
hawk. And Friend Bixby, who along with Dr. Jones, is properly
entitled to the profe333ri.il digaUy, objects to our placing a single
feather there! It is a difficult matter, pleasing these professors;
but art and The Courier are youn, an J we are not yet fully dis
couraged.
It is said that the jhTOtienoa of male bTiths to which
wa referral lut wjak as inlicating war in twenty or twenty-tivo.
yeirs, hi3 amthar si'aiticance. We have been informed on good
authority thit it pVtnts to bi republican majorities about a quar
ter of a eeatury frow now. If this is a fact, and we do not doubt it,
here coulli't have been any girls birn at all along about 1870-4
in Pennsylvania. In fact it raubt havs been a bad time for girls all
over the country except in a few southern states.
The appearance of the Omaha and Council Bluffs young women
in a public minstrel performance in this city has given rise to some
discussion Us to the propriety of ladies indulging in this sort of en
tertainment. Those persons who have maintained that these exhi
bitions do not reflect credit on the delicacy of the performers, cite
as an evidence of a realization of this fact on the part of the parti
cipants, the extreme care taken to conceal the identity of the young
women. The person nei of the "Ethopian Songsters" was certainly
hedged about by a good deal of secrecy which The Courier in re
sponse to a pressing demand on the part of the public was forced to
penetrate to a modest extent. The audience, as a whole, was de
ighted; tho one or two squeamish people did not cut any ice.
The Round table will meet at the residence of S. H. Burnham.
1020 D street, Monday November 19, 1894. Hon. A. S. Tibbets will
lead. The subject under discussion will e: "The Causes of the
Late Political Land Slide and What Willba its Results?"
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NOVEMBER 17, 1891.
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