Bryants’ Minstrels

Brief: “The Bryants go on swimmingly. Every one who laughs the heat off goes to the Bryants.”

“Bryants’ Minstrels had a succession of crowded houses during the past week. The programme offered was a good one, and the several acts in the olio as well as the singing in the first part were highly relished by the audience. In the first part Monroe Dempster sang in a feeling manner the Scotch song of ‘Annie o’ Banks, o’ Dee,’ which was deservedly applauded and received a double encore. Mr. Dempster possesses a pleasing voice, and has during his brief sojourn in this city made a favorable impression upon his audiences. The olio was replete with good things. The Lingard burlesque continues popular, and Dan Bryant’s performance of ‘Capt. Jinks’ is so very funny, his walk particularly—that he is called out and obliged to repeat it each evening. His singing of “On the Beach at Long Branch’ also elicits considerable laughter, finishing the act with a straight jig. Joseph Emmett, the Dutch comedian, has met with much favor during his stay at this hall; his laughable Dutch-isms are quite a feature of the evening’s amusement. The burlesque of ‘A Flask of Jersey Lightning,’ which contains a number of funny incidents, has made a hit.”