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Minstrel act, blackface and whiteface make up and costumes.
Singing and jokes.
"Bom Bom Bay."
A minstrel first part is the blackface turn Emmett Welch displayed at the Columbia. Mr. Welch is from Philadelphia, according to report, where he is a local fav. The last time he showed at the Columbia he had a mixed levee act. The present turn opens with a quartet, after which the ends appear, especially announced by Mr. Wlech as the interlocutor in customary white face. Several ballads are mixed in with old minstrel jokes, the latter worked a bit differently but not sufficiently so to permit them to pass in Ne York. "Bom Bom Bay" is the act's best and most modern number. It readily brought them an encore, which was something about "Atlantic City" in song. If Atlantic City is paying the act to plug that town, it may be worth while retaining it. No other reason presents itself for doing so (outside of Atlantic City). The Welch turn could hold up a place around New York on the small time, if the act and managers can agree upon a price for the nine people, otherwise if Philly likes the Welch people, that's the place for them.
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Variety, 40:6 (10/08/1915)