Minstrel Show, or the Burnt Cork of Comicalities

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The comedians (end men) may change the personnel of their make-up by removing the buttons from their dress coats and replacing them with a large flat brass button, wearing the ordinary double-breasted, low cut white vests, with small brass button, black trousers, extravagant white ties, comic black wigs, large pointed collars, large bout_on niere of sunflowers or chrysanthemums. The musicians, full dress suits, white ties, black vests, black wigs and boutonniere of one color, distinct from others.