Sketch entitled ‘In Alaska.’ I believe they have recently adopted this name for the act instead of the ‘The Cucumber.’ The sketch is quite a serious little affair. There is quite a good deal of pathos in the act. It went quite well, with applause at the close. Good act. Special set in three. 24 min.
Famous European Equilibrist. This is one of the best equilibrist acts we have every had. Here, and went very well. 7 minutes. Palace. Special Black Drop.
Novelty Comedy Offering, Entitled “The Musical Railroaders”. This was one of the best opening acts we have ever had. Two men who work in a special railroad scene, using the different things around a railroad station for instruments. Full Stage. 15 minutes. Close in one 5 minutes.
Equestrienne. Recently with the Barnum & Bailey show. This act is a novelty and good one of its kind. The only fault to find with it is that it is a little too short, running only about eight minutes. She carries a large padded mat that covers the stage in a circular manner. The pad is an invention of Miss Bradna’s and is really one of the best things of the kind I have ever seen. It is so constructed that the horses can work on it without making any noise and without slipping. She uses two horses in the act and goes through a routine of bareback riding which is nicely done. There is nothing startling about the act, but it has a nice appearance and is a distinct novelty and, I believe, is a good acquisition to the vaudeville field. She has nice costumes and wears them well. In addition to her horses she does a little stunt with some pigeons which I eliminated entirely. It hardly looked in keeping with the rest of her act. It might have been all right in a circus but not in a theatre. 8 minutes full stage.
Blackface comedians, one of them dressed as a woman. This act went very well. The dancing being especially strong. Some of the talking is not so good as it might be, yet the act was well liked. 20 minutes in one.
This act was criticised rather severely in all of the morning papers as being a little too coarse for Cleveland, still the act went big. There is nothing in it that is objectionable in any way, except that the tramp character is a little roughly drawn. The songs are good and taking it all in all the act will pass muster anywhere. 23 minutes full stage.
Mimic. Her imitations are a little foreign to Cleveland audiences, such as Fay Templeton, Lulu Glaser and the character from Piff, Paff, Pouff. The last on in particular was entirely new to them. However, the act went rather strong. Her imitation of Anna Held was one of her best numbers. 10 minutes in one.
“The Society Caricaturist, in her Original Monologue, “The American Girl Types”. This act is just the same as when last seen here with probably the exception of a few new hats and furs. Received some advance applause, and considering that there was absolutely nothing new in her act it went much better than I expected, as each character received liberal applause. Fancy Interior 18 minutes.
Illustrated Songs with Moving Pictures. While this was a very bad act to open the show with, as it is very difficult to seat a house in darkness, it went very well. Mr Diamond sang much better this time than when last seen here. 15 minutes in one. Sheet
A singer of Coon Songs. Her acts goes very good, in fact, Cleveland audiences always take kindly to her style of work. She is really the first Coon singer we have had in the house since it has been opened, consequently she has had everything her own way. She went so strong in the afternoon that I was obliged to put her down in the place of Jack Gardener. Act, 12 minutes in one.
