In 1845 he was one of the famous Operatic Brothers and Sisters in New York City. Mr. Gardner was the father of W. H. Gardner, prominent in circus business; also Lida Gardner, who was the original Mabel Santley of the Rentz-Santley Burlesquers. Dan Gardner was born in New York City, October 28, 1816; he died in Atlantic City, N. J., October 7, 1880. M. C. CAMPBELL (Cainan), one of the great ballad singers in the early days of minstrelsy, first appeared prominently at Wood’s Minstrels in New York in 1851; he remained successively a member of Wood and Christy’s; Wood’s; and George Christy’s Minstrels, covering a period of about nine years. In February, 1861, he organized a company with James Budworth. On November 10, 1862, he gave the first performance of Campbell’s Minstrels at what is now known as the Fourteenth Street Theatre, New York; June 27, 1864, his company opened at what is now known as the People’s Theatre, New York; January 16, 1865, R. M. Hooley became associated in the management, and in the Spring of the same year he disposed of his interest to Hooley. Mr. Campbell had various minstrel companies until about 1870, when he retired; subsequently he was identified with the _Evening News_, New York City. M. C. Campbell was born in London, England, 1817; he died in New York, January 6, 1883. EDWIN DEAVES was associated with some of the very earliest minstrel companies in existence in his native and other Eastern cities in the middle 40’s. About 1850 he went to California, where he remained many years. When he first played in the great coast metropolis, the “theatre” was a tent. Edwin Deaves had a pleasing personality and a commanding presence, which eminently fitted him for the position of “middle-man” in the various companies in which he was associated. Mr. Deaves was among the first to sing the lamented Foster’s ballads, such as “Old Dog Tray,” “Nellie Gray” and others. When George Christy and his company arrived in San Francisco in the Summer of 1858, Mr. Deaves at once became a member. Likewise was he associated there with Birch, Wambold, Bernard, Backus and many other burnt cork luminaries many years before these artists made a metropolitan reputation. Edwin Deaves was born in Philadelphia, in 1817; he died in New York City, July 19, 1890. EPH. HORN (Evan Evans Horn) was a name to conjure with for many years. His professional career began more than seventy years ago. He first appeared in New York City about 1847 as a member of the Ethiopian Serenaders.