Nelson-Farnum Co.
a girl does 11 consecutive handsprings on a table. 30 years ago they used to do 60 “in as many seconds” without stop.
Dan J. Harrington
dummies are “positively shabby”
Binns and Binns
Gus Leonard
burlesque magic while pretending to take himself seriously. He only occasionally “spoils the effect by smiling”
Jas. B. Donovan, Rena Arnold & Co.
Has a new drop representing Broadway and a woman with a veil on Broadway in the evening. That’s all that make this a new act
Louie Dacre, George McFarland and Bert Herbert
Miss Dacre: “it is not a pleasant thing to hear a woman swear under any circumstances. Miss Dacre seems to find it necessary.” When they find that “damn” fails to gain a laugh they throw in a couple of “hells” to liven up the jaded tastes of the applauders.” When Dacre ad the two comedians “are not swearing, the two men are making improper suggestions to her through very plain innuendo”.
Cliff Berzac
Foreign act. Takes old trick from circus of asking anyone in audience to ride a horse for a reward if successful. Here it is a donkey. One hundred dollars is offered to anyone who can ride it. “The confederates employed do not hurt the value of the act as a laugh producer”. A few trick ponies also feature in the act.
Neil Burgess
Burgess is the same as ever, “his humor being confined in large measure to his old fashioned pantalettes.”
Alma Vivian
Amy Rickard
Had she given as much attention to singing as she did to her hair, a better report could be given