23 Mins.; Two, One and Full Stage (Special Set). Seldom has vaudeville gathered as many useless people together as “The Little Lambs,” a “girl act” that looks as though it has just come east from the smaller small time of the middle west. In the turn are six chorus girls who know naught but how to screech, an eccentric woman and eccentric male, neither of whom commences to be funny, and a juvenile that has youth as his only excused for the role. When this combination isn’t screeching, it’s trying to sing or dance, and when doing neither, a couple of them go in for a bit of double mirror business. As a sigh escapes when it looks as though the act must end, it starts again, and goes along to the longest 23 minutes on record. The act also looks as though framed to fool someone, but it can hardly hope to fool New York, and will be fortunate to remain the week out at the Broadway. Tuesday night it was “No. 3,” after having been programed for an important spot.
12 Mins.; One. These two boys have the latest songs the publishers can give him. It is on that account they will be able to leave the good impression in other houses they did on the Roof Monday night. Otherwise they do not differ much from the usual run. If the boys keep the new song idea in mind they will and their “act” will be appreciated.
26 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). Ben Hendricks was at the one time in “The Spring Maid” with Christie MacDonald, and was funny, but at present, in vaudeville, he is not. There is no chance for the act in its present shape.
11 Mins.; Full Stage. Teddy, with the aid of a woman assistant, has a novelty balancing act that serves nicely for the opening spot on a small time bill.
10 Mins.; One. Prince Napoleon is about three feet in height, a cute little chap, with personality and a happy faculty of getting to his audience right from the start. He gets over a couple of songs, though no one can understand the lyrics. He also offers a female impersonation, dancing at the finish. He has a good little act for small towns.
12 Mins.; One. Lillian Sloane is an English single with a pleasing personality but not the right material for this country. With the proper routine she should pass on the small time. Her present three songs have the little suggestiveness found in the majority of English numbers.
15 Mins.; Full. Barnon has four cats, a like number of dogs and two ponies. He has enough animals to work out a nice little act for small time. It is an act that will please a kid audience.
13 Mins.; One. Two boys, in black face, singing and talking. Will do nicely on any small time bill. At the Union Square they were the hit of the bill, through the program being shy on comedy and they being the one act that had any kind of material that got over. One of the boys is a wounded soldier while the other is doing a female impersonation as a Red Cross nurse. Some clever talk at the opening and three songs.
12 Mins.; Full Stage. “Little Nap” is another “Educated monk,” titled after his dress, a military uniform, with a Napoleonic hat. “Nap” does most of his work on the stage, alone, riding a bicycle, and also piloting a motorcycle, with a side attachment in which is another monk,
Distinctly new in this sort of turn. The finish is a bedroom suite, made more complete than most of the others, the monk undressing, and the finish arriving when he jumps into bed. Too much time is given to the different bits in the opening. But the act doesn’t overrun, 12 minutes. Had “Little Nap” arrived first, and so on, the same here as with a lot of others who thought of something after it had happened! They may do it better, but they do it too late. The same with plays. Opening the Palace show “Nap” did well, and will be generally liked.
6 Mins.; Full Stage (Gypsy Camp). Six men and two women form this acrobatic group. The “family” is dressed in the familiar grab of foreign nomads. They carry a gypsy camp drop and open with the women doing a tambourine dance. Pyramids, shoulder-to-shoulder leaps and somersaults, with groundwork the piece de resistance, are performed by the men. One of the women also puts in some acrobatic turns. The act has some flashy arabics, spirals and springboard (trampoline effect) somersault revolutions that are well done. The men are inclined to take their time with the work. Good act of its kind and a splendid closer for the pop house.
