Deceased Minstrels

[Wes Merchant]

I thought this was an interesting article from the New York Clipper 1862. It lists a number of familiar names.

http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=NYC1862...

[Strumelia]

Great article.

I'm curious as to the meaning of 'stockinette' and 'trowserloon':  "as for Master Leon, he is always useful in either the stockinette or the trowserloon."

I assume those are two opposing types of roles to play in a show- as in woman/man or black/white or country rube/city dandy  or something like that.  Anyone know for sure about those two terms?

[Wes Merchant]

 "as for Master Leon, he is always useful in either the stockinette or the trowserloon." Maybe someone can demonstrate at AEBG :-).