Mr. Fox composed some of the most popular music in minstrelsy, notably the “Big Sunflower,” immortalized by Billy Emerson; “Kaiser, Don’t You Want to Buy a Dog?” for Gus Williams; “Noreen Moreen,” “Goodbye, Liza Jane,” “Carry the News to Mary” and scores of others. As a jig and reel player he is without a peer. [Illustration: DAVE MONTGOMERY FRED STONE PERCY G. WILLIAMS RAYMOND HITCHCOCK JOE. CAWTHORNE CORSE PAYTON FRED. BAILEY RALPH AUSTIN CHAUNCEY OLCOTT RICHARD CARLE BILLY JEROME JAS. J. CORBETT MACLYN ARBUCKLE JOHN L. SULLIVAN BILLY S. CLIFFORD NAT. GOODWIN JERRY COHAN DE WOLF HOPPER GEO. M. COHAN NAT. WILLS JOHN C. RICE BARNEY GILMORE EDDIE FOY BERT. LESLIE SAM BERNARD WM. HARRIS CHAS. FROHMAN DAN. FROHMAN JOHN E. KELLERD HENRY E. DIXEY OTIS SKINNER BILLY B. VAN WILTON LACKAYE WILLIE COLLIER WM. H. CRANE “HAP.” WARD HARRY VOKES ANDREW MACK FRANCIS WILSON HARRY BULGER JAS. T. POWERS GEO. BEBAN JEFF D’ANGELIS DENMAN THOMPSON DAVID BELASCO JOE. WEBER LEW. FIELDS CHAS. K. HARRIS CHAS. HORWITZ FRED V. BOWERS THE “FAMOUS 50”; THEY ALL “BLACKED UP,” OR WERE ASSOCIATED WITH MINSTRELSY.] Mr. Fox likewise enjoys the distinction of having been always the highest salaried “leader” in minstrelsy. Eddie Fox was born in Glens Falls, N. Y., October 28, 1848; a letter addressed care of any minstrel show playing Philadelphia will always reach him. THOMAS B. DIXON. The name of Tom Dixon will go down in the annals of minstrelsy for his magnificent rendition of the old ballad “Sally in Our Alley.” Mr. Dixon joined Lew Benedict’s Minstrels in July, 1872, and again at Newark, N. J., September 21, 1876. In 1878 he was with Simmons and Slocum’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, and that same year became a member of the original Haverly’s Mastodons in Chicago, opening October 21, 1878. He went to London, England, with that company, opening at “Her Majesty’s” Theatre, July 31, 1880; the following year he was with Emerson in San Francisco; he was likewise identified with other prominent organizations. Mr. Dixon was one of the original California Quartette. Thos. B. Dixon was born in 1847; he died in Nashua, N. H., November 25, 1890. LEW. SPENCER (James Erhardt), well known as a black-face performer, began his professional career in his native city about 1865 as a Dutch comedian. He was with Duprez and Benedict’s Minstrels about 1869, and subsequently with the companies of Cal. Wagner; Barlow, Wilson; Haverly; Al. G. Fields and others as prominent. He was born in Baltimore, Md.; he died in Chicago, Ill., December 7, 1904; age 56 years. FRANK DUMONT is one of the most intellectual men in minstrelsy; originally a ballad singer, he has been connected with every branch of the black-face profession.