This young woman is as clever as ever, offering an extremely neat, well executed and thoroughly meritorious trapeze performance which acquired and held the attention of the audience throughout. Scattered applause at various points along the line and a strong finish, giving the act the credit of making an excellent opener. 8 minutes, garden in 5.
Featuring Clark and Bergman, who are the whole show. Chorus composed of girls, exclusively. They are all ordinary and apparently not very well trained. The best thing about the act is that it looks “big.” Clark and Bergman scored individually, but otherwise there was not much doing. Pretty good finish. Special in 5, 32 minutes. (Detroit)
1 woman, 3 men in a comedy sketch, “A Little Child Shall Lead Them.” All in all, a very acceptable offering, but decidedly drawn out. Could be shortened to advantage. Held interest pretty well. Finished strong. Library in 3, 33 minutes. (Philadelphia)
Man and woman in aerial novelty. The work consists principally of “iron-jaw” stunts on a revolving serial device. Pretty fair act, but nothing remarkable. Just about got by. Finished fairly strong. Garden in 5. 6 minutes. (Cleveland)
2 men, 1 woman and a boy in about as finished an offering of hand-balancing as one could conceive. Every trick gained applause and they held the entire audience to the end without the slightest trouble. This is certainly an excellent act. Garden in 5, 10 minutes.
This trio again established themselves as a very well liked comedy singing and talking act. The laughs were fast and furious and the act went great from beginning to end, finishing strong. 28 minutes, palace in 1.
In their series of character songs and dances. At the matinee performance this act went only moderately well at the beginning but gradually increased in favor until with the “Devil Dance” as a finale the pair gained a good solid round of applause. The several numbers preceding were greeted with but ordinary favor. The team were so surprised at not getting better that they didn’t know what to make of it, and as a result almost forgot the “Devil Dance” at the matinee. However, I talked with Rock after the first show, offering him encouragement, with the result that the night performance was all right, the act holding the attention all the way through and finishing strong. They will undoubtedly score heavily during the week. Open landscape in 1. Finish special in 4; 30 minutes.
In “From Za Za to Uncle Tom.” This act proved a tremendous laughing hit, exactly reversing its acceptance three years ago when it proved almost a failure. The success of Mr. Murphy and Miss Nichols was of the most pronounced order, the other two characters in the piece being very acceptable. For a laughing number it would seem difficult to surpass this act. Finished strong. Open street in 1. Close garden in 5.
Two men, one woman in a comedy sketch. “Her Own Mother.” This is a fair little act that did pretty well for the position. The story is conventional and none of the work remarkable, yet the three managed to get by in good shape, finishing moderately strong. 18 minutes. C.D.F. in 3.
The “Court Violinist to the King of Spain.” An accomplished violinist who omits all didos, but who plays the violin in a masterful manner. He renders very difficult numbers with the greatest ease. He acquired the attention at the very beginning of his act and held it to the finish, strictly on his merit. Finished strong, taking several bows. Olio in 1, 13 min. (Toledo)
