Mel Eastman
Monologue and singing comedian, 12 minutes in (I). Good act, his talk being refreshingly new and very original. His songs are well done and the entire act makes a bright spot for any bill. Went well with the house.
Kells & Haffner
Singing act, 16 minutes, C.D.F. Lady & man. One of the best two people singing acts that has ever played this house. Last evening they were a perfect riot of acclaim, the audience evidently could not get enough their demands for an encore bring most insistant [sic], and after taking no less than eight or ten curtains they responded with a particularly effective rendition of ‘The Rosary,’ at the completion of which the house broke into a perfect tumoult of applause. They are the big hit of the bill; would that there were more such acts in vaudeville!
The Royal Toyo Troupe
Japanese acrobatic and foot juggling act, 9 minutes, full stage. 4 men. Very good act, displaying some very clever acrobatic stunts along new and original lines, while their foot juggling has never been surpassed here. The audience was very attentive throughout, and highly appreciative as evidenced by the long and vociferous applause which was the rule at every performance.
Milton & Lucille
Juvenile singing and dancing act 9 minutes in (I). Very good act, their songs being handled exceptionally well, and their exposition of the latest dances is particularly effective. The audience quickly recognized the great merit contained in the act, and tremendous applause was accorded them at all performances. A well costumed act.
Rose Ferry
Singing comedienne, 13 minutes in (I). Good act, gets of comedy out of her songs which are rendered in a very new and original manner. She also has some good work as the piano. Went fairly well receiving fairly good applause.
The Green Miss Green
Musical farce, 27 minutes, C.D.F. 3 men, 10 girls, musical director. Sometime in the far remote future when the present-day generation of theatre-goers has long since passed into oblivion, they may perhaps have something worth while to offer; but if yesterday’s affair is any criterion upon which to base judgment then surely indeed theirs is a most hopeless task. Their singing is extremely poor, inasmuch as, considering the number of voices, there is very little volume, and as for melody, well, harmony and they are strangers. They fail to sing in unison some of the time and they can plainly be seen groping as it were for a word here and there throughout some of the songs. A few extra rehearsals perhaps would have been very much in order, as there are times when, particularly with the chorus, they seem not to know exactly what move to make next. And as for the comedy, well, perhaps the least said the better. From a spirit of magnanimity we can perhaps afford to be kind, and endeavor to cloak the short-comings and failings of our fellow man beneath the mantle of charity.
Karrell
The talkative magician, 12 minutes in (I). Good act; he shows practically all of the stuff usually seen in a vaudeville magician’s offering. He is very skillful in the handling of apparatus, and if he has a failing it is his weakness in the pure slight-of-hand business, such as the continuous front and back-hand palming of cards and coins, the ‘modus operandi’ of some of the feats being quite apparent. He went fairly well, receiving considerable applause.
Dancing Levars
10 minutes, open in one, close in full. Man and lady. An exceptionally good act, in fact the best of its kind that has yet played here. Their exposition of all the latest society dances is particularly good, and they are the one big hit of the bill, their reception by all audiences being little short of ovational.
Ward Dooley and Hunt
(Biglelow Cambell and Rayden) in a rathskeller [sic] offering songs and piano playing a very good act of its kindand [sic] got away to big finish and was a good hit. 12 min. in one with a piano.
Mendelsohn Four
Musical act, 16 minutes full stage. Particularly good act, and their reception by the audience was a repetition of the huge success gained by them during their visit here last season. The instrumental selections are very good, while the vocal renditions by one of the members are exceptionally good and the act received long and continued applause from an audience that was quick to recognize the sterling qualities of the offering. The absence of the male member would perhaps hurt the act to some extent, although his cello solo is no being handled by pianist and violinist to very good effect. Upon making inquiry as to his adsence [sic] I elicited information to the effect that he intended to lay off awhile and that he had engaged a performer to take his place and join the act here. His failure to materialize seems to make little difference to the reception of the act which has been going big at every performance.