Geo. B. Cutter and Jesse Mack

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Geo. B. Cutter
Jesse Mack

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A SLAYTON ATTRACTION


GEORGE B. CUTTER   JESSE MACK
ONE of the problems of the Bureau each season is to present a company to the public that can entertain all kinds of audiences, carrying few people, but people versatile enough to give a full program.  We feel that we have this year found the people we have been looking for, and we thus present George Bartlett Cutter, the singing humorist of Boston, and Jesse Mack, cartoonist.  Mr. Cutter is an entertainer who is absolutely unique in his particular field.  His work, ranging from grave to gay—from patriotic and soul-stirring sentiments to those of side-splitting comicality; from tender touches of pathos to boisterous jollity—is always most effective and never fails to carry the entire audience.

After a recent appearance in the Albany, N. Y., course, Mr. Sunderland, Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. there, wrote us as follows: The life of the occasion was the presence of George Bartlett Cutter, whose inimitable songs were simply irresistible.  Albany audiences are proverbially phlegmatic, but Mr. Cutter was kept busy responding to encore after encore.  We most assuredly want him another year on our course, as his presence will insure an enthusiastic audience.

Mr. Mack is not entirely new to the platform, though he is now giving his entire time to it as a profession.  For several years he has been a popular success for part of each season.  His drawings on the platform are not only in black and white, but a great many are in full color, varying from types of nations to landscapes, marine, comic faces, etc.  When especially requested by committees, he does rapid clay modeling also.


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Hon. Edmund A. Jones Ohio State School Commissioner

You have a gift in this direction possessed by very few.

H. B. Williams, Sup't.  Schools, Sandusky, Ohio

Jesse Mack has two strings to his bow and he knows how to use both.  He combines crayon work and mouth work in a very pleasing manner.

Ralph E. Root, Professor State University of Iowa

Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) is one of those rare individuals in whom humor and wit are spontaneous.

Rev. C. F. Johnson, Wooster (O.) M. E. Church

It has been my privilege on several occasions to hear Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) in his chalk talks and consider him most pleasing, entertaining and instructive, both with crayon and speech.

W. A. Richardson, Secretary Trinity Men's Club Sandusky, O.

Jesse Mack delightfully entertained the Trinity Men's Club at the Trinity M. E. Church last evening, with one of his chalk talks.  He is an artist of rare ability and his drawings never fail to please.

Geo. C. Dietrich, Prin. High School, Sandusky, O.

It has been my good fortune to be present at Jesse Mack's chalk talks.  His work is both entertaining and instructive.

Gen. J. W. R. Cline, Commandant of the Ohio State Soldiers' Home, Erie County, O.

Jesse Mack entertained the veterans of the Soldiers' Home with a chalk talk, last night, at Assembly Hall.  I consider him an artist of marked ability.  As a speaker Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) is realistic, grand and humorous.  He possesses a fine stage presence and an unusual amount of personal magnetism which is sure to win and hold an audience.

Sandusky (O.) Daily Register

The chalk talk by Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) was very much enjoyed and appreciated and brought forth applause on nearly every occasion.  Many of his drawings were original, and as he is very swift with his crayon, hardly a minute elapsed before a pretty picture was completed.  Among his drawings were types of the different nations; also, drawings of Roosevelt, Cleveland, Taft, Bryan and others.

Geo. H. Porter, Professor Ohio State University

I have heard Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) in his educational lectures and also in his chalk talk.  In both he has unusual ability.  His work on the easel is rapid yet remarkably clear and accurate, while his field is an original one.  He possesses a pleasing personality, easy manner and excellent delivery.

W. Anderson, Supervisor Drawing, City Schools Montgomery, Ala.

I am personally acquainted with Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) and his work.  He is a fine artist and a gentleman of sterling worth.

Prof. C. G. Chandler, High School Livingston, Mont.

Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) is a deep student of human nature, and while with droll humor he tells Life's interesting story, his skillful hand is placing the various sketches upon the board.  It is exceedingly interesting to watch him work.

Sandusky (Ohio) Star Journal

The chalk talk by Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) was as interesting as that seen upon any platform, covering a wide range.

The Bellevue (Ohio) Gazette

Mr. J. M. McElhaney (Jesse Mack) was at one time illustrator for the Kellogg Newspaper Association, of Chicago.  He is an exceptionally clever person with the crayon.




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Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
Mr. George Bartlett Cutter, the baritone singer, is possessed of a rich, mellow voice, capable of great variation of tone and pitch, and under perfect control.  His selections were all rendered in a most pleasing manner, while his accompaniments were ably and wonderfully rendered on the piano.  He was heartily applauded, and several times recalled.


Narragansett (R. I.) Times
Mr. Cutter is a second edition of George Grossmith, the noted English entertainer, and caught the large and select audience last evening by his inimitable comedy.  He was especially strong in his opening number, An American Toast, and his rendition of A Languid Man would have made Grossmith himself envious.


Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette
Of the performers, George B. Cutter was the favorite of the audience, which seemed loth to have him leave the stage.  He is certainly very clever in descriptive selections, which call for good vocal and dramatic work and skill in piano technique.  Among the selections which he gave was Barbara Fritchie, in which a march familiar in the days of the Civil War is introduced.  He also gave an imitation of an English dude on his arrival in America.  The selections and encores which he gave were many, and all were heartily applauded.


Springfield (Mass.) Republican
George Bartlett Cutter, of Boston, was the star of the evening.  Mr. Cutter is no stranger to our people, but he gained new laurels on this occasion, and the audience were loth to have him go.


New Orleans (La.) Picayune
George Bartlett Cutter is a talented descriptive reader and humorist, and he pleased every one.


Lynn (Mass.) Item
Mr. Cutter, with his character songs, took the audience by storm, and did not come back as often as desired.


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Hartford (Conn.) Courant
Mr. George B. Cutter sang humorous, pathetic, descriptive, sacred and patriotic songs, which the vigorous applause told were thoroughly meritorious and satisfactory.


Pittsfield (Mass.) Eagle.
George Bartlett Cutter, baritone and humorist, captivated the audience.  His humorous selections were especially enjoyable, and the appreciative audience encored him at that part of the program no less six times.


Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel.
Mr. Cutter was quite unique in his method of amusing an audience, using his own accompaniments at the piano to aid in expressing the sentiment of his song.  He presented a varied program of ten numbers, which was doubled in length by the persistent demands of the audience for more.


Lowell (Mass.) Citizen.
Mr. Cutter was unique in his manner of singing.  He played his own accompaniment, and did not confine his attention to the piano.  Seated on his piano stool he faced the audience, while keeping one hand on the keyboard, playing the air of his song, occasionally striking bass chords with his left hand.  His songs made no pretence of being classical, but it seems as if no higher grade of simple melodies could have been chosen.  His ability to render humorous, pathetic and religious songs cannot be doubted.


Omaha (Neb.) Bee.
Mr. Cutter, baritone, gave an entertainment highly amusing.  His selections were almost entirely humorous, and in recitative style.  He accompanied himself on the piano, and combined most successfully the amusing, ridiculous and highly dramatic.  He very pleasantly responded again and again to encores.  His last selection, a departure from the humorous, was a portion of Whittier's Barbara Fritchie, and though not mirth-provoking was, in the estimation of many, the best thing in his extensive repertoire.

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