The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . hismusical career as a church singer,serving for twenty-three years as amember of the quartette of the Churchof the Unity besides brief engage-ments at other churches. Amonghis associates in this work were MarieStone, Mathilde Phillips, W. H. Fes-senden, and William McDonald. Mr. Barnabees city successesbrought him into demand as an en-tertainer throughout New England,and in 1865 he finally decided toabandon his mercantile pursuits andgive all his time to the stage. Hisformal debut took place at a bene-fit concert in
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . hismusical career as a church singer,serving for twenty-three years as amember of the quartette of the Churchof the Unity besides brief engage-ments at other churches. Amonghis associates in this work were MarieStone, Mathilde Phillips, W. H. Fes-senden, and William McDonald. Mr. Barnabees city successesbrought him into demand as an en-tertainer throughout New England,and in 1865 he finally decided toabandon his mercantile pursuits andgive all his time to the stage. Hisformal debut took place at a bene-fit concert in .Music hall, in whichMiss Annie Louise Can- and othersparticipated. For the next dozen. years he appeared in lyceum coursesall over the country with such uni-versal success that a Barnabeenight was looked forward to byevery pleasure seeker. He also obtained better opportuni-ties for the display of his dramaticability by appearing in various bene-fit performances. In 1S66, at theBoston Museum, he played TobyTwinkle in All That Glitters Is NotGold, and Cox to the Box of the. i 1 li \ 1 I . ? i ggy**aa great William Warren. He alsocreated very successfully parts inoperettas by Julius Eichberg. In 1870 the Barnabee concert com-pany was organized, and during itsseveral years of existence many well-known artists were associated with them was George M. Baker,who was the author of the celebrated11 Patchwork, or an Evening withBarnabee. This most celebrated ofmonologues originated in the de-mand made upon Mr. Barnabee,for sweet charitvs sake, to furnish 454 HENRY CLAY BARNABEE. an entire evenings entertainment un-aided. He undertook the task withsome doubt as to his ability but theresult was an instantaneous success. For some years previous to 1S79Mr. Barnabees dates were madethrough the Roberts lyceum bureauof which Miss E. H. Ober was at thattime the manager. To her is due thecredit for the formation of the Idealopera company which presented Pinafore so acceptably. The castwa
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