For twenty-five years he traveled with his wife, as Tom and Lottie Winnett. His last professional appearance was in Chicago, at the Olympic Theatre, in 1898. Tommy Winnett was born in New York, May 25, 1851. THE GORMAN BROTHERS, or the three Gorman boys, as they are invariably spoken of, are synonymous with all that is best in minstrelsy; for these gentlemen had the schooling on the variety and minstrel stage that the present generation of performers never may hope to attain. [Illustration: TOMMY GETTINGS DICK SLITER BILLY ALLEN MIKE KANANE BOBBY NEWCOMB BILLY SHEPPARD WASH. NORTON TIM. HAYES WALLY THOMAS DAISY DANCERS OF MANY DECADES.] Gifted with natural talents that place them on the highest plane in their profession, they used these to the best advantage, and thus hold the enviable positions they occupy to-day. James Gorman, or “Jim” as we all love to call him, was the first of the trio to make his professional entrée, which he did with Hooley’s Minstrels in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the theatre is now known as the Novelty; the date, February, 1869. Mr. Gorman’s salary was seventy-five cents per night, most of which he has since squandered. In 1872 brother John joined brother Jim, and as the Gorman Brothers made their first joint appearance at the Bowery Theatre, in New York. Three years later little Georgie joined his brothers, then and there creating a trade-mark which subsequently became prominent all over the country. Several years were spent in the principal variety houses, and on October 21, 1878, at the Adelphi Theatre in Chicago, they made their appearance with the newly organized Haverly’s Mastodon Minstrels, at the initial performance of that famous organization. The brothers continued with Haverly mostly until 1883, when in conjunction with Gorton’s Minstrels, Gorman Bros.’ Royal Pantomime Company toured the country for several months. In the Summer of 1884 they rejoined Haverly at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, playing there ten weeks; after which they made a tour of the provinces, and returned to the United States, opening in Cincinnati, Ohio, at Heuck’s Opera House, March 18, 1885. They remained under the Haverly banner until they organized their own company, the Gorman Bros.’ Minstrels, giving their first performance August 24, 1887; they continued as an organization for six consecutive seasons. In 1893 they played with Primrose and West’s “Monte Carlo” Company. The “boys” next appeared with the “Gilhooley’s Abroad,” as the vehicle for their talents; they continued with this for three seasons. Subsequently they produced “Mr. Beane, from Boston,” which ran for two seasons. In August, 1906, the Gorman Brother’s Minstrels again took the field, but owing to gross mismanagement, did not continue as long as the artistic merits of the organization justified it in doing. As a production, this company was an event in minstrelsy.