In 1. Time 17. “The Male Patti”. Stuart has a remarkable voice in imitation of soprano and his offering pleasantly free from any unpleasant suggestion that frequently goes with this sort of thing. He is a great entertainer, has a personality that “gets over”, and has a nicely balanced offering.
C.D.F. Time 23. English (apparently) ventriloquist. His opening with a newspaper kid dummy is a little lame. However the major part of the act is clever and novel. Edwards comes on the stage with a baby dummy. While endeavoring to put the baby to sleep, the rest of his numerous family keep calling to him off stage. The entertainment is high grade and brought many laughs and much interest throughout this part.
Time 17. F.S. interior. Presenting “The Intruders. A “roughhouse” sketch in which somebody is screaming most of the time. Humor is further supplied by such delicacies as throwing vegetables over the stage and a generous distribution of flying soxs [sic], trousers and the like. Scored a good many laughs. 2 men, 1 woman.
Young man and woman. Time 16. Open in 1 close in 2. Diverting character songs and several costume changes. Get by in good shape. Dancing good with especially strong finish.
F.S. Miniature town act. The work of the dogs is modled [sic] after Gilette and it is a poor imitation. “Tom”, an intelligent pony is the chief attraction. The whole act is rather slow.
Assisted by Suzanne Johnston. Time 15. In 2 special back drop. An original singing and talking sketch livened up with some good dancing. Went fairly well throughout.
A base ball sketch, 3 men, 1 woman. Time 19. F.S. with base ball fence (special) set in 2. The comedy is based on a messenger boy and a “tough” girl peeking through a knothole watching a baseball game. An Englishman comes along and much of the fun is furnished by nonability [sic] to understand base ball slang. There are many good original lines, yet there is still a decided air of amatourist [sic] work especially on the part of the messenger boy. The period before the Englishman appears is not well done. There are several glaring absurdities. For instance in a game announced between “The Cubs and The Giants”, local players went with the stick. The idea looks like a base ball adaptation of George Ade’s off stage football game in “The College Widow.” There are several New York localisms, which, in my opinion, should be eliminated when the sketch is not playing near New York.
4 men. Time 14. Sang a variety of solos and quartette numbers. Scored well with plenty of applause.
Assisted by Clara and Emily Barry. Presenting “The Boy Next Door.” Time 24. Open C.D.F., close in 1. Lydia Barry is almost useless. The two girls are dainty dancers but poor singers. Felix at times is clever, at at [sic] times very ordinary. There are moments when the act drags.
Opens C.D.F. Closes in 1. Time 10. Much of his good old material and some brand new. A big hit.
