Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1920 — “LASSES WHITE" MINSTRELS HERE TONIGHT. LARGE COMPANY OF FORTY-FIVE, “ALL WHITE.” [ARTICLE]

“LASSES WHITE" MINSTRELS HERE TONIGHT. LARGE COMPANY OF FORTY-FIVE, “ALL WHITE.”

The contribution the South, has made to “Lasses” White’s career is no small factor in the pre-eminent success this burnt-cork artist has attained. In the first place, White was born and raised in Dallas, Texas,' and as a small boy sold newspapers on the streets of that city. On one eventful night when he had accumulated a supply of pennies enough to admit him to a gallery seat in the Dallas Opera House, he saw a Minstrel show for the first time. It was the Primrose and West organization in their old-time' entertainment. Little “Lasses” left the Opera House inspired. Then and there he determined that he would become a minstrel man. With this definite “Lasses” set out to master darky character immediately. He let no occasion slip by which offered him an opportunity to' study the negro at first hand. It was this careful persevering work that later stood as the corner-stone of chievement in the corner-stone of achievement in the this ragged slip of a boy. His first public recognition came when he supplanted the late George “Honey Boy” Evens; later he was featured in Neil O’Brien’s Minstrels, and for the past four seasons he has held a place of prominence with Al G. Field. His rare humor, his captivating personality and his intimate delineation of the real Southern negro have won for him a lasting place In the hearts of all minstrel* lovers. v The company apears at the Ellis Opera House tonight.