The credit of breaking the long respite from entertainment in the absolute sense of the term will belong to the unnamed artists from the U.SS. Auguste who, calling themselves Augusta Minstrels, propose to reopen the Grand Theatre on Thursday with what is described as "a real old-time Nigger Minstrel Show". This is quite enough to whet the enthusiasm of Shangha' landers and as the entire proceeds of the cor cert are to be devoted to the Fund for coordinating the work of evacuating refugees there is an additionally strong incentive to support the talent which, as experience tells, is so rich in the warships of the United States of America. The Nigger Minstrel is an essentially American institution although it has had respectable imitators at Queen's Hall London and elsewhere. 1t will be therefore particularly interesting for non-Americans as well as Americans to learn how deep-rooted is that form of entertainment in the country which ince given jazz and the cinema musicale to the world's diversion. In short Mr. Johnson will appear at the Grand with Bones, Sambo and the rest. He will prove that, even if the crooner can still monopolize the' microphone, he and his accomplices on the flesh-and-blood stage can appeal to the present generation as they did to its grandfathers and grandmothers.
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