Henrietta Crosman and Co. (1).

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: “One Word.” New? Yes. Novel? Yes. People? Two. Star? Yes. Who? Crosman. Henrietta? Yes. Words? Yes. Each? One. Length? Ten. Hours? No. Minutes? Yes. Enough? Plenty. Action? No. Punch? Depends. Upon – What? Idea – yes! Strikes – Who? You. And so on it might go until the end, the same as Miss Crosman and the young man supporting her in this sketch carry on a one-worded dialog. It’s away from the usual run of dramatic sketches, yet one can hardly see where it will set vaudeville afire. The redeeming feature at the Orpheum was the way Miss Crosman and the man handled the single word “conversation.” It keeps one on the alert connection the sketch as the utterance of one word by Miss Crosman and then by the man gives the dialog a halting, jerking momentum. Fortunately, the litthe skit by Frank C. Egan runs only 10 minutes. That’s about all the vaudeville would stand for, although any audience is going to pay Miss Crosman a lot of respect for she is capable actress and has done some big work on the stage. “One Word” is very light – too might for vaudeville perhaps, and would better serve as a curtain raiser to some short dramatic play where it was first seen before Miss Crosman accepted it. Vaudeville may accept “One Word” because of its ingenious construction, Miss Crosman’s prestige and its brevity. There are one or two good laughs and that’s about all. The act was mildly received at the Orpheum Monday night.

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