He is in a purple suit and no longer changes into a fresh suit each time he changes characters
Really smart work. Charlie Rossow has cut out his “soubrette impersonation” and in his solo work only does his Sousa.
A contortionist. He does his contortions on the slack wire.
“the girl is highly painted and a pair of slippers give her feet a shapely form. Why will a colored girl, very dark, always try to emulate a mulatto in looks on the stage, and a mulatto try for white effect?”
Foreign act. Takes old trick from circus of asking anyone in audience to ride a horse for a reward if successful. Here it is a donkey. One hundred dollars is offered to anyone who can ride it. “The confederates employed do not hurt the value of the act as a laugh producer”. A few trick ponies also feature in the act.
illusionist. He “attempts too much complication and mystification in his illusions, obliging those in front to look for the trick and losing the applause.” His “palming” with the exception of “the egg trick” is poor
“extreme contortionists. Toledo does one turn never seen before. If he keeps it up twice a day it is most probable that we won’t see him doing it much longer”
a would-be wise country youth who knows all the actresses through reading the Police Gazette