Dancing novelty, full stage, special set, 5 people. Good act, the dancing being clever, one instance of this by one of the ladies being one of the most beautiful and skillful interpretations of the art of the Terpsichore that has ever graced the Bijou stage. Her dance is responsible for much of the success of the offering which is well put on and well enacted from beginning to end.
Sketch 15 minutes, C.D.F. A well written and capably acted by these two, whose histrionic ability is unquestioned. Every line contains a laugh with a touch of pathos here and there just to remind the over-frivolous that there is a serious vein underlying it all; just the proper dash of wormwood to a concoction almost effervescent in its sparkling comedy.
Vocalists, 11 minutes (1). The singing is not extraordinary, and the weak comedy might be eliminated to the great betterment of the act. A comedy and attractive appearing quartette, in fact looks in their chief asset, and in this department they easily take rank among the finest ‘girl’ acts that have yet appeared here.
Singing and talking skit, 14 minutes. Lady and man special drop. A fine line of comedy absolutely new and original, with a smattering of song clever in the extreme makes one of the very best acts seen here during the year. Laughter was incessant and the turn in an excellent comedy offering.
2 men one colored and a dog. Special set full stage. Man works straight juggling while the colored boy works comedy. A very clever dog works also. Went good.
Jap, 8 minutes, full stage. Considering the man’s advanced age, he accomplishes some rather clever feats. The audience was inclined to be lenient, realizing that he had passed the meridies [sic] of his one time art, and accepted it in a kindly spirit.
Singing and piano, 15 minutes (1). Most of the songs are of a tuneful and catchy kind, but the comedy is somewhat weak. The entire affair fails to register up to the feature standard usually looked for at the Bijou.
Acrobats, 7 minutes, full stage, 2 men. Accomplish some very good acrobatic feats, working very fast and with no-let up. But the comedy, being very poor, might readily be dispensed with and the act would not suffer in consequence.
Female impersonator, 9 min. Full stage, special set. A wealth of beautiful colors and light make a very pretty spectacle, and he is clever as a toe dancer. The act is no better than many another of a similar nature, but it is all done by a man, and so the novelty of it all makes for whatever success the offering received.
“Models in Marble.” Living statuary, 12 min. Full stage, spec. set. A beautiful and imposing spectacle, these reproductions of priceless art which the chisels of the masters have bequeathed to posterity, and which have given them Fame while they sleep. And yet the offering received little in the way of applause. A trifle too elevated perhaps, for many. After running two or three looms all day, or taking care of three or four spinning frames, many of them could not be expected to manifest any great degree of interest in the classic lore of ancient are. Some of them are still wondering as to who Prosersine and Celetes might have been. Many of us undoubtedly somewhat ‘rusty’ in our Mythology, the beautiful legendary lore of ancient Greece, the figures of which have been as immortally perpetuated by the masters of the old, old school. But it is all a bit too ‘high’ for Woonsocket.
