Harvey and Grace picked up the running. They have a lot of wise cracks, almost everyone of them getting a laugh, the man doing a good straight to the woman’s comedy. She has fairly good voice. Though his dances are brief they stand out as one of the features of the act.
Austin and Allen, man and woman, carrying almost a production but having little talent, followed and worked hard but in vain to keep in stride with the show. The girl looks good and makes four very pretty changes, is a fair dancer with not much of a voice, while the man is small in stature with a weak voice, but the turn is a good flash for the small time.
Barlow, Banks and Gay, more like an act for deuce spot and too weak for next-to-closing, had tough sledding. It is two men and a woman, harmony singing and piano act, the men appearing in Palm Beach costumes, the woman in evening clothes, some unappreciated melodies, walking off to nothing.
Mystic Hanson Trio two sweet looking baby dolls and a man, conjurers, followed. The girls sing and dance and do some magic stuff, the man talking while he performs his manipulations and illusions, most of the stunts bedecked with whiskers, and finished with the flag trick, displaying several large American flags, taking them off to good noise.
Kenney and Hollis from the parting of the curtains start begging for applause, and have made an entire routine out of appealing to the audience. They were a stony-hearted bunch on the other side, though, and refused to loosen up. Either that or they remembered this turn from last season, when they were doing the very same sympathy thing, They had a tendency to slow up the entire bill, but luckily the following Kitty Doner, who immediately picked up the running and ran away with all honors.
Elizabeth Nelson and the Barry Boys held the next spot with ease. The act opens in “one,” with one of the men doing blackface, the other straight, with a couple of bright lines, the comic singing in a very good voice. The act goes into “one and one-half,” where it picks up speed. Miss Barry does excellent tumbling and back-bending stunts. She also makes several striking changes. The act cleaned up without an effort, and could have held a later spot.
Elsie Pilcer and Dudley Douglas haven’t been here for a long time, but found a welcome. Miss Pilcer still sticks to her wonderful headdresses, with Douglas introducing her rhyme and songs. Douglas’ number, a parody on “Oh, What a Pal Was Mary,” takes the act out its class caliber.
Osterman, in fourth position, had first chance, and proved easy to digest. He comes back with practically a brand new act, and the boy won out. He delivered with a bang and tied up the show.
Lyons and Yosco stepped out and went to work, not losing a soul and using only three numbers made it short and sweet, to give way to “An Artistic Treat,” a posing act of high merit.
Dainty Marie, her first reappearance at this house where she met with a serious accident, came back with as much nerve and as good “from” as ever. Her act runs with more speed than when here, due to a different routine.
