Time 12 minutes, full stage. While this man is a clever juggler and acrobat, his name is not of sufficient importance to pull his money. In order to justify the salary he gets he should be billed as a headliner, and his act does not warrant being given that prominence.
7 minutes, full stage, These boys are overpaid, as, aside from the sensational trick with which they finish, their act is no better than that of McPhee and Hill and possibly does not contain so much spectacular work. The closing trick, in which one of them swing from one outside bar to the other, completely clearing the middle one, fairly brings the audience to its feet.
12 minutes, full stage- close in one. Their same singing and dancing act with practically no change. Woman is the only redeeming feature, as Jordan has dwindled into a shiftless careless dancer, and goes through his work in such a slip shod manner that he injures rather than helps the woman. Slovenly and, in fact, repulsive dressing, helps injure him also One time Jordan was peer of buck dancers. Now it is different. Could not call it a good act of $80. It is practically dead as far as this house is concerned.
12 minutes, full stage-can close in one. One of the best toe dancing acts I have ever seen. The girl has grace and personality, besides being a thoroughly turned out toe dancer, of which there are few, if any, in vaudeville. She makes a change for each dance, five or six in all, finishing with a kind of cakewalk on her toes to Tommy Atkins music. However, the girl is not a very desirable vaudeville act, as her work is not appreciated at its value.
Time 18 min, full close in one. Doing the same act as last season, “A quiet Evening at the Club.” Some new material, the principal change being the introduction of a combination recitation and song, something about a woman gone astray, for which he gets considerable applause. Still close with “More Work for the Undertaker.” Entire act going well.
Time 24 min, stage: full stage-close in one. A common place musical act, over-rated and over-paid. Has not been built up except in avoirdupois. The new Fuller is Jannie St. George, but $75 or possibly $100. For Miss Fuller’s harp playing alone would make the act a more useful one, and she could work in one.
Time 24, set: full stage. Their offering is a condensed version of “The New Dominion,” the play in which Clement starred for a number of years. The vaudeville version is called “The Baron’s Love Story” and is not only a concise and interesting little play, and it is surprising how much of the original story is crowded into one act. The support is all the parts require, and there is no better actor than Clement in or out of vaudeville.
Time 18 minutes . set- full stage . Their old act never pleased our patrons, but the present one, “Why Doogan Swore Off” is a good sketch and the laughing hit of the bill. The idea is very good, and the act has not the disgusting features that are apt to be in a drunken sketch. Murphy, in the character of a fireman, who uses this as an excuse to stay away from his wife nights, is exceedingly droll, and while he uses some J.W. Kelley matter in his act, which goes very well, he has enough original matter of his own. Mrs. Murphy pleased in a refined Irishwoman character, while not extra good, has the correct idea and is much more pleasing that in the old act, and sings one song nicely.
time 18 minutes, full stage. This act was a surprise, as it is now in very much better shape, both as to comedy and acrobatics, than ever before. It is really as good an act as we play. Considering prices paid other acts, it is well worth the money.
time 28 minutes, full stage. Presenting “Her Last Rehearsal.” The act was in bad shape Monday, owing to the fact that the man playing Romeo was very uncertain, it being his first performance. However, the act is working up and going nicely. McCord does not follow the Fredrick Bond Idea in the act, but treats the comedy more farcically, depending entirely on the laughs for his hit.
