Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1901 — Library Entertainment. [ARTICLE]

Library Entertainment.

The entertainment for ths benefit of the Jasper Public Library to be given in the opera house, May 24, is under the management of Mrs. Delos Thompson and Mrs. Frank A. Ross. They have arranged for the production of a great many novel and elaborate features with something to appeal to every taste. The minstrels, all in black face and modern in every particular, will be under the leadership of Mr. Frank Hardy, as Interlocutor. Messrs. Orlan and Van Grant as Bones and Sambp, will introduce their famous clog-dancing. The clever little specialty artist, Miss Mable Huff, will delight the audience with May Irwin’s latest song. Solos will be rendered by Messrs. Hardy, Fiddler, Meyer and Parcels and their sougs will be the newest and latest. They have not a chestnut in their repertoire. The Mouse Trap, Hcwell’s excruciating funny farce, will be given by six young ladies and Mr. Bruce Hardy. A tamborine drill, by sixteen gills in gipsy oostume, with specialties in fancy dancing and acrobatic feats, will be a beautiful feature, and Mies Mary Wright will read one of her inimitable character sketches.

As always, the ohildren offer the most features of the entertainment. The character songs, by Herman Tuteur and Harry Eger; a lovely fairy’s lullaby, by Madeline Phillips; a drum and bones duet, by Senior Hopkins and Ray Parks, will bring down the house. The entertainment closes with a grand patriotic tableau.