Raymond the Clown
Acrobatic comedian, 12 minutes (2). Fairly clever in the same old routine of work that we have had for so long a time; Finishes with the fall that Bert Melrose made famous no less than a dozen years ago.
Elsie Faye Trio
Singing and dancing 15 minutes (1) Lady & two men. There is some fairly clever dancing by one of the men. The singing is nothing exceptional, and one number particularly is characterized by a slow, weary ‘dragginess’ that is decidedly tiresome. There have been better, much better trios here in the past.
Freddy James
Juggling comedian, 12 minutes (1). The act is an exact duplicate of that Edwin George. All the business and almost every word of his talk belongs to Edwin George. It is the most deliberate copy that I have ever witnessed. It is regrettable that a man must take the product of another’s brain, and offer it as his material.
Kluting’s Entertainers
Trained animals 12 minutes full stage. Good act, the animals displaying keen intelligence in some very amusing and clever tricks. The finish makes a pretty spectacle, but the same antipathy which usually greets animal acts was apparent and especially so in view of the act having been here before.
Kluting’s Entertainers
Trained animals 12 minutes full stage. Good act, the animals displaying keen intelligence in some very amusing and clever tricks. The finish makes a pretty spectacle, but the same antipathy which usually greets animal acts was apparent and especially so in view of the act having been here before.
Morris & Wilson
Singing specialty 14 minutes (2) Two ladies. Weak act the singing being rather poor, and the feeble attempts at comedy are unsuccessful. Some of the costumes worn are rather delapidated [sic], and suggest a visitation to a cleansing establishment.
Brindamour & Company
Magician, 22 minutes full stage special set. Manifests considerable ability in freeing himself from various restraining devices, and his rope ties recall again the days of the famous Davenport Bros. He is quite clever in this department. He was greeted with a veritable ovation here, this being his home town, and the public turned out enmasse to greet him. It bids fair to be a very successful engagement.
Four Singers
14 minutes (1) Two ladies. Two men. Good act, the selections given being new, and of a largely diversified nature. All four possess good voices and the act was quite well received, but I doubt their ability to constitute a feature here, had it not been for the presence of Brindamour a big favorite here.
Homan’s Musical Revue
One fairly clever dance number, and just two barely acceptable vocal renditions is the limit of praise that can be bestowed upon this latest offering of Homan’s Musical Revue. The program which they had laid out included no less than five or six numbers which had been used here only last week by the first company. I protested vigorously against this, and succeeded in the elimination of three or four selections: This will prove conclusively how shy they are of material.
On all sides one hears only adverse criticisms against this second company, and the consensus of opinion is to the effect that they are vastly inferior to the first company which played here. The way in which business has decreased since last Monday is proof conclusive of their inferiority, and this fact is not attributable to the heat which has prevailed, for I recall that we had some extremely hot days during the first company’s visitation and there was no falling off in business; in fact business was exceptionally good.
Homan’s Musical Revue
The performance as a whole does not ascend to any very great heights as to merit, the bulk of the offering being of a very ordinary nature. There are, however, three very good numbers, which went very well, and received considerable commendation. A very good dancing is also introduced. The costuming, for the most part, is pretty, and the company presents a neat, clean-cut appearance. Jere McAuliffe is an old-time ‘rep’ shows was tremendous and the theatre-going public turned out in goodly number to welcome him.