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THU FORD ARTISTSThe Aroused the Guests With an Kv [ cedent Programme (f SurgiI The Ford Amusement company itave , the guesta of the hotel two hou-s of ! amusement labt night that must hat-' I n ade a bit with aU of them It was i the company’s first appeararoe. but j from the manner In which tiny were j received and the excellent entertain 1 ment they gave thev will not b ah! to rtlre front the stage right awav The company U made up of the wait-i ers at the Ford hotel They a»e all j colored men, and the entertaln-I ment contained minstrel dialogues songs dancing and music The jokes j were fresh and new and the Bongs bad ) I the genuine ring of the artist The dancing of John Fowler »howed that he was a real artist of the old school And as the end man with George Wilson he was Just as much at home George WllBon helped him to keep the crowd laughing.—TbSM-tjfU)_tt£le the end men In the minstrel part of the entertainment.George Wilson sang “All Coons Look Alike to Me,” and be won merited applause John Fowler followed with *' ’Taint no Lis and the Budl-ence was In the best of humor when be finished A. Plummer was interlocutor and he handled the end men admirably A number of negro me! odies were sung, and these were interspersed with sol08 Mr Plummer’s bass solo was especially good and the quartette composed of William Anderson, William Walla, John Fowler and 'Bugene Thomas sang in a manner to well deserve the name of “Excelsior Quartette,' whilt; h the manager -4 guvo therm.— ___George Wilson was assisted by A number of the company In his production of The Irish Landlord ” a comic dialogue James Lewis in The Col oted Exodus to the North was very good, and bis make-up would do credit to an artist of long experience in that line. John Fowler sang “I Guess That Will Hold You for Awhile.” and the dance that went with his song added to the laurels he won at the beginningof the show But when he appeared as“Senator Mark Hanna From CoonDike.” his reputation as an ehtertaiHFrwas established for all time Hi*• [speech was a brilliant effort Mane 11 Hanna could not have done half so i | well He Introduced some origins! thoughts when he touched upon the silver question The shorthand re pcrtei is still working on hie transcript of the speech, which Is the highest compliment we could’ pav to Mr Fowler There was excellent singinc by Jessie Boiling who sang ’lb. Black Four Hundred ’ lt;»nd William Anderson who sang a touching son;: entitled Mother's La«t Letter In He Boy” A 1-ost Child ’ a tnllat w.', Andrew Johnson'-, rontributli n to |h. r eNenine’g cnlei imnmcnt and his an 1j was especially good ^Eueene Thnma-kI William Anderson and Andrew Jrfcn son were ‘The Wimhal Mokes ” The\ plajed on the mandolin and guitar 5 and the audience was treated to souk j excellent music Wllilnra Tenkinj was assisted bv a chorus of the com ! panv in hi* song ’A Bold Black Mg ger Crook ” t Tic Ford rompan. Is one of th , best of Us kind f.hat haB pv. r appeirc T f in this eit\ This is what fbe pip r= would have said had the compai ' ap Reared-at-the-opera house -instead ofIn a prUate entertainment at the hoti iPECOS \ ALLEY LIVE
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Phoenix Arizona Republican
Phoenix, Arizona, US
Sun, Feb 20, 1898
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