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This is an organization of eight men, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, whose tour has been postponed because of the European war. They played a program consisting of some of the melodious classics and semi-popular music and to say that they were successful would be putting it very mildly. Never since I have been connected with vaudeville have I heard such outburst of spontaneous applause for a musical act. This applause coming from all parts of the house. While they were playing the audience gave them the strictest of attention, in the gallery as well as in the orchestra. Their program of five numbers consumed 25 minutes, each number receiving tremendous applause. At the end of the fifth number of the curtain was for bows but the audience was insistent and demanded more. In spite of the discouragement of throwing on lights and changing announcement cards, they were obliged to play three additional encore numbers on their program thus running up to 35 minutes and then it was difficult because of the applause to get the next act on. In any house that appreciate good music this act should be an overwhelming feature. I do not know that they care to continue in vaudeville other than a few weeks and if anyone wants them, they had better speak quickly. Their figure here is ARR, of course, they would have to get more to go a distance from Boston and an allowance also would have to me made for commission.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 11 May 1914-1 July 1915