Mr. West was thrice married; his first wife was Fay Templeton, the well-known actress whom he married about 1883; they separated soon after. His second wife was Miss Lizette Morris, of Philadelphia, a daughter of our former Minister to Turkey; on October 27, 1892, he married Miss Emma Hanley, the well-known actress of light opera fame. Mr. West sat in the middle with his various companies, his style of interlocutor being different from any of his predecessors. William H. West was born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 18, 1853; he died in Chicago, Ill., February 15, 1902. EMERSON AND CLARK were a favorite song and dance team of the middle 70’s; they appeared in the well-known variety houses, and in 1877 they played an engagement with Cal. Wagner’s Minstrels; in the fall of the same year they associated themselves with the Daly Brothers, Tom and Bill. The four took a European tour and later were with Hooley and Emerson’s Megatherian Minstrels, in 1879. Mr. Emerson married Julia Emmonds, and as Emerson and Emmonds they played the variety houses; in the course of time the act received an addition, and as Emerson, Emmonds and Emerson they were well known. Mr. Emerson also did a black-face specialty with James Cook, of the present team of Cook and Lorenz; this was with Barlow, Wilson and Rankin’s Minstrels about 1885. After their separation, Mr. Clark published “Willis Clark’s Joke Book,” which met with indifferent success. Mort. Emerson was born in Philadelphia, November 27, 1853. Willis Clark died (suicide) in New York City, December 23, 1899; age 42 years. THE DALY BROS. Tom Daly’s early partner was Bob Birdue; they played an engagement at the Howard Athenaeum in Boston, where they met with pronounced success; subsequently he was joined by his brother Bill. In April, 1871, as Master Willie and Tommy, they did their specialties with Newcomb and Arlington’s Minstrels in New York City; season of 1875 they played Carncross and Dixey’s Minstrels in Philadelphia; the next year they were with Haverly, and after the conclusion of that engagement the brothers joined Emerson and Clark, and the four were known as the King High Kickers. The Dalys were brothers of the lamented Dan Daly; and Tom Daly’s second wife was Lizzie Derious, the well-known soubrette, now Mrs. Sam Tuck. Tom Daly was a man of exemplary habits; his death was the result of a brutal assault received in Chicago a few years previous to it. Bill Daly, or “Cap. Bill” as he is best known, has not appeared professionally in several years. Tom Daly was born at Bathurst, N. B., in 1855; he died at Somerville, Mass., July 20, 1892. ORIGINAL BIG FOUR--LESTER-ALLEN-SMITH-WALDRON. BILLY LESTER (Albert Manasse) made his first appearance as a clog dancer with Sam Colville’s Variety Company, at the age of 13. His first partner was John Turner, and as Turner and Lester they played the principal variety houses, also an engagement with Simmons and Slocum’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, in 1874.