About 1882 he formed an alliance with the “Only Leon,” playing star engagements in the variety houses and minstrel companies; during this period they made a trip to Australia, where they played several months; they separated in the Spring of 1887. In the fall of that year he became a member of Sweatnam, Rice and Fagan’s Minstrels; he was likewise with Primrose and West’s; Cleveland’s, and Al. G. Field’s Minstrels. In the fall of 1889 with Ned Thomas he organized the Cushman and Thomas Minstrels. Mr. Cushman created the black-face part in the production of “Natural Gas”; and in 1898 he was with the last minstrel show Jack Haverly ever put out. He was married to the widow of Billy Welch about 1888, and they lived very happily together. His last appearance was at Lexington, Ky., a few days before his death. Frank Cushman was born in Baltimore, Md., March 11, 1853; he died in Louisville, Ky., December 19, 1907. EDWIN FRENCH (Adam Kunz) was one of the great banjoists of minstrelsy. He made his first appearance in St. Louis, Mo., as Master Eddie with Morris and Wilson’s Minstrels. He next appeared with Green’s “Mocking Bird” Minstrels, and in 1867 was with Sam Sharpley’s Company. Subsequently he played a long engagement with Birch, Wambold and Backus in New York City. He was also with Carncross in Philadelphia; Moore and Burgess in London, England, and Dockstader in New York. In 1882 he was with Leavitt’s Giganteans; and likewise played an important engagement with Haverly’s Minstrels. Edwin French was born in Cleveland, Ohio, January 31, 1853; he died at Saranac Lake, N. Y., September 16, 1903. BURT. HAVERLY (Geo. Burton Oliver), the favorite minstrel and farceur, began in Boston at an early age with a minstrel company headed by the late Andy Leavitt; Mr. Haverly’s vocal offering on this occasion was--“And His Feet Hung Out the Door.” In 1881 he was with Billy Emerson in San Francisco, a place where Haverly loved above all others; in this city he was highly thought of, personally and as a performer. It was in 1879 that he attained his first prominence as a member of Hooley and Emerson’s “Megatherian” Minstrels. In the middle and late 80’s he was with McNish, Johnson and Slavin’s, and Johnson and Slavin’s Minstrels. Shortly after leaving the last company, he went into white-face with the “City Directory”; subsequently, with Laura Biggar, he was co-star in “A Trip to Chinatown,” for several seasons. Mr. Haverly married Miss Nellie Carter, in San Jose, Cal., February 21, 1882. In New York, on March 21, 1901, he married Mme. Dowling. Burt. Haverly was born in Saccarappa, Me., August 12, 1853; he died in San Francisco, Cal., October 31, 1908. HAWKINS AND COLLINS. This great black-face singing act made their first joint appearance at the Garden Theatre in Chicago, Ill., in the Fall of 1882.