BILLY HART arrived in the United States on his eighth birthday. He made his first appearance professionally in New York, January 26, 1862. In April, same year, he appeared in black-face for the first time, and sang “Ham Fat”; subsequently and for many seasons he appeared with many prominent minstrel companies. A few years before his death he essayed Irish characters, and was very successful. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, March 17, 1842; he died in New York, July 9, 1879. CHARLES H. DAY spent nearly all of his life in the amusement world. He was well known as an author, agent and journalist; he was connected in an executive capacity with such minstrel organizations as Cleveland’s and Newcomb and Arlington’s. About forty years ago he was interested in Sharpley, Sheridan, Mack and Day’s Minstrels; later this company was known as Sheridan, Mack and Day’s Minstrels. Charles H. Day died in New Haven, Conn., October 3, 1907; age 65 years. HARRY STANWOOD (Stevens) was famous as a banjoist and comedian for many years. In 1863 he was with Duprez and Green’s Minstrels; in 1871 with Newcomb and Arlington’s Company in New York. He was also with Bryant’s Minstrels in the same city, as well as many other first-class organizations during the twenty-five years or so he was before the public. Harry Stanwood was born in Cobourg, Canada, November 2, 1842; he died there September 21, 1886. BOB FRASER was equally well-known as a minstrel and pantomimist. Originally a scene painter, it was while employed in that capacity with Carncross and Dixey’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, that he made his debut as an end man. He invariably arranged the Christmas pantomimes with the company in which he was identified; and in that way gradually forsook cork for chalk. On Christmas Day, 1876, he became associated in the management of the minstrels with Billy Sweatnam at the Arch Street Opera House, Philadelphia; the organization was then known as Sweatnam and Fraser’s Minstrels. Bob Fraser was born in Philadelphia; he died in New York City, August 4, 1896; age 54 years. SAM. DEVERE was one of the best-known black-face banjoists before the public. He first applied cork to his features when twenty years of age, in a music hall in Brooklyn, on the site now occupied by the Court Theatre. In 1879 he starred in “Jasper,” a play in which he played one of the principal characters, in black-face. One year later he went to Europe with Haverly’s Minstrels, opening in London, July 31, 1880. September 15, 1890, at the Gayety Theatre, Albany, N. Y., the first performance of Sam Devere’s Own Company was given, and the company continued on the road ever since. Even at the present date, the trade-mark is still in use. Mr. Devere achieved wide popularity by singing the famous ditty, “The Whistling Coon.” Sam Devere died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 1, 1907; age about 65 years.