The act was twenty-three minutes long on the full stage.
Miss Chaloner uses May Tully’s sketch called “Stop, Look, and Listen.” She does not, however, repeat Tully’s imitations and chooses instead to perform a travesty recitation of “The Other One was Booth.”
She is joined by another girl who plays a “bucolic stage-struck child” well.
The act was seven minutes long on the full stage.
Mahr and a male partner begin with Russian dancing. She then does a “Tommy Atkins” number on her toes. The pair concludes the show dressed as Pierrot and Pierette in a double number.
This travesty sketch was nineteen minutes long.
Two men are dressed as campers and engage in cross-fire comedy. They also sing a medley of “old-time” songs.
McKinley sings and is accompanied by a pianist.
After
the “William Tell” overture a white sheet
is lowered and while the two men are
playying a medley of national airs, colored
slides are thrown upon the drop. It was
hard to see the aptness of it. One in particular
showed a battle scene in the Civil
War while the accompaniment was a
Scotch Highland piece.
This “Pianalog” act ran for nine minutes.
DeYoung sings the “regulation published songs” with a pleasing voice. She plays the piano and sings for two out of her four songs.
The act was eighteen minutes long on the full stage.
The sketch is about a wife who waits up for her husband to get home after a night of debauchery. She pretends that he is invisible and at one point removes a month from the calendar to make him think he’s been gone much longer than he has.
The young juggler Frank Hartley made a district impression on the audience at the American. Performing without assistance, Hartley provided an entertaining program that included an interjection of comedy while juggling both light and heavy objects.
