Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date

part in the “New South,” commencing at the Broadway Theatre, New York,

January 2, 1893.

James A. Herne was born in Troy, N. Y., February 1, 1840; he died in New York City, June 2, 1901.

D. R. HAWKINS was well known as a capable interlocutor, and co-proprietor with Billy Courtright with a permanent minstrel company in Philadelphia bearing their names; they opened about Se...