The dressing at the opening makes no pretention to beauty, but a change to an ankle length frock was pretty.
All four men use comedy makeup. Robert J. Webb, first tenor, and Geoffrey O’Hara, baritone, work in blackface, the former as a “mammy,” and the first and second basses as stranded and hungry actors.
Both wear grotesque makeups
Billed as “The Musical Clown.” Had a very funny bit involving an unseen bird and a cart load of dummy cats.
Sang in whiteface and told some stories about his family. Has a habit of not waiting for laughs and gains more because of it.