Two girls. European light wire and sharp shooting novelty. 7 min. F.S. Ordinary wire act, the novelty consisting of one of the girls while on the wire shooting glass balls at a target in an elevated platform. Nothing especially noteworthy. Went fair. LOUISVILLE.
“In the Barracks.” 37 min. F.S. own act. Some good singing and pretty costumes. Went only fair. Our audiences do not appear to take to acts of this kind. The fact that it is billed as the headliner keeps some of our regulars away – no doubt of it. NEW YORK.
41 min, own set. Open 7 min, in one, alternating in one and full stage. Much the same act as last year, with two or three new songs. A tremendous hit. Advance applause, big applause throughout the act, and an ovation at the finish both performances Sunday. LOUISVILLE.
Comedy sketch entitled, “What Will Happen Next?” 15 min. F.S., own set. Same old sketch he has been presenting here for years, but a big laughing hit. Went big. INDIANAPOLIS.
In “Graduation Day.” 14 minutes, full stage, own set. Closing in One, five minutes. The same old act. Lots of fun, and a good Christmas week feature.
16 minutes, full stage, own act, in “Into the Light.” Park stage and darkened house, while spotlight showing only one character at a time. It is the story of a woman on trial for murder, Miss Parry assuming seven different characters. It is a novelty, but is gruesome. Although Miss Parry was very cordially applauded at the close, it is apparent her work is not as fully appreciated as it was in “The Comstock Mystery.” The act is altogether too sombre and solemn for this house, where people come to be amused and entertained. It is unfortunate that we have this act here this week of all weeks, when people are looking for gaiety an pleasure, and when the balance of this week’s bill answers these purposes so admirably.
20 minutes in One. Fox in his songs is a riot, and the dancing of the girls went big. They have a rousing finish, and are a tremendous hit.
22 minutes. Opening in One, with a six minutes picture, then to full stage, with an olio drop in One at the end of each song of Miss Chretienne. The moving pictures show Chretienne, the father, and Louisette, the daughter, on a street in their native village in Holland. She is dancing and he is playing the accordion. A theatrical manager joins the crowd of onlookers, and then induces the girl to come to America to go on stage. The father objects. The girl runs away, and he follows. There is an exciting chase though Holland and Germany. The picture ends when the steamer lands in New York with both father and daughter. The picture produces a lot of laughter, and prepares the audience for the real act. Chretienne and Louisette, at the end of the picture, rush down the aisle from the rear of the theatre and on to the stage. After a short colloquy Chretienne goes into the orchestra pit and leads the orchestra, while Miss Louisette sings Italian, Spanish, French and English songs, with a pretty costume for each song. While she is changing her costumes, Chretienne, form the orchestra pit, repeats each song. He also characterizes orchestra conductors of various personalities. For the finish Chretienne returns to the stage, and they sing a duet in Dutch costumes, and, for an encore, sing another duet and do an eccentric wooden shoe dance. Both are good singers. The girl’s costumes are very pretty. The whole act is a novelty, and one surprise follows another throughout. It is a good act, and was well received, the applause throughout being very liberal.
18 minutes in two. The dog does some very clever tricks.
“Motoring in Mid Air.” 10 min F.S. Three men, one dressed as a woman. Same old act, with motor cycles, intended as a “thriller.” About the last time this act or acts like it should be sent to this house. The people here are weary of motoring in mid air, globes of death, and other death-defying thrills. In warming up their motor cycles before the curtain goes up on the act, such a terrific noise is produced that it frightens the audience. Several women left their seats and walked out Sunday night while this noise was going on behind the stage and the curtain was down. From now on we will raise the curtain as the people can see what the noise is. This act came from Pittsburgh, and their apparatus did not reach the theatre until 1:30 Sunday afternoon. As it requires fully two hours to set, to the exclusion of all other acts, it was eliminated Sunday matinee. Too long a jump for an act of this kind, even when railroads are on time and yesterday the act was two hours late in arriving. On account of this act we will be glad when this week is over.
