Later they returned to London, where they played the music halls for three years; after which they joined Wilsom and Montague’s Minstrels in Liverpool, and played there for four years; their last engagement there was April 7, 1868. Mr. Eugene and his partner arrived in the United States on April 28, and a few weeks later opened the season of 1868 at Bryant’s Minstrels in New York, and continued there for two years. In the fall of 1870 he joined Hooley’s Minstrels in Brooklyn, and on January 2, 1871, when the latter opened in Chicago, Mr. Eugene was with him, and continued for several months. September 2, 1871, he opened at Paterson, N. J., with Unsworth’s Minstrels at their first performance. December 18, they reopened with Hooley’s Minstrels in Brooklyn, remaining several weeks. February 26, 1872, he began an engagement with Moran and Dixey’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, and remained until the end of the season. In August he opened a three-months’ engagement at the Howard Athenaeum, in Boston, and on November 25, joined Frank Moran’s Minstrels in Philadelphia. At the conclusion of the regular season, the company went on tour; it was known as Moran and Manning’s Minstrels, and “Eugene” was a member of the company. The season of 1873-74 was spent with Bryant’s Minstrels in New York; in 1874 he went to England and opened with Sam Hague’s Minstrels in Liverpool, where he remained until the death of his partner, February 21, 1875. “Eugene” returned to New York the same year, and on September 13, commenced a short season there with Cotton and Reed’s Minstrels. November 15 he began an engagement with Carncross and Dixey’s company in Philadelphia, and continued there for four years; the last season the company was known as Carncross Minstrels. June 4, 1879, he sailed for England for a period of much needed rest, playing but a few engagements. In 1881 he returned to America, and on October 17, he opened with Emerson’s Minstrels in San Francisco, closing in January, 1882; subsequently sailing for a Trans-Pacific trip with a variety company, opening at Honolulu, May 13. The company disbanded in Shanghai, China, in August, and “Eugene” returned to the United States in March following. A year later he began his final engagement with the Leon and Cushman company, and in May, 1884, he made his last appearance on any stage. Thus after a successful career of exactly thirty-one years, this brilliant luminary of the minstrel firmament retired to private life. [Illustration: ARCHIE HUGHES HARRY TALBOTT PETE LEE JOHNNY ALLEN THEY TICKLED THE TAMBOURINE. “KERRY GOW” JOE MURPHY (1865) DAVE REED E. F. DIXEY FRED HUBER THEY BANGED THE BONES.] “Eugene” was born in New York City, June 4, 1836; he died in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 18, 1907. DICK PARKER, whose “banjoisms” attained wide popularity in the Metropolis more than thirty years ago, began his professional career about 1854.