dressed as hag … his changes are wonderfully made. Other than the hag he offers a “clean cur exhibition of good acting marred a trifle by long speeches”
He is in a purple suit and no longer changes into a fresh suit each time he changes characters
A burglar breaks in to a house with woman in it. It would be better were he made “a gentleman in the rough”; woman carries her end well.
“the man who plays the officer does not show familiarity with militart usage and spoils the effect …. two young women in natty uniforms add to the effect, but why, oh why, should we have inflicted on us a female leader? She is a nuisance and replaces a leader of merit”
Really smart work. Charlie Rossow has cut out his “soubrette impersonation” and in his solo work only does his Sousa.
“Bertie Bluffington has been having a night out and has met a lady whom he informs that he is a magician. She enlists his aid in the search of her husband” “The action of the sketch lies in his endeavors to hide the woman from his wife and a friend, who proves to be the long lost husband.”
talking and dancing dolls. A change of dolls would be appreciated for she has been using the dame manikins and the same songs for too long
A contortionist. He does his contortions on the slack wire.
“Her own leader conducts the music, the piano accompanist having been done aways with”
took his first bow in shirt sleeves to show he was finished