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Original monologue. 19 min. in 1. Quite agree with all that has been said about Crawford and his work. As an entertainer he is certainly A.I. His character sketches were faithful to life and full of genuine and individual humor. Beside that, he is high class in all that he does, and his characterizations are the best. The poem by Kipling was an encore, and got by all means the strongest hand. His second encore was a story that has been seen in print a good deal of late, but his manner of telling it was immense. Regard him as a strong acquisition. He will do even better with our night audiences the rest of the week I feel sure.
Note: cut ‘Don’t thank me, madam,’ story about the woman with the six children. Also story of the boy with the fifth rib. This cut was previously made in Boston, he should have known that a cut in one place on the circuit means all. Vaudeville performers will learn this after a while, but at the present time they seem to think that they can break out wherever they want to, trusting to luck.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 4 September 1905-23 April 1906