Virginia Fissinger, with her dancing partner another lad at the piano, showed some more stepping, and put it over, although the “hoofing” of the previous turn didn’t help them any. Miss Fissinger has a pleasing appearance and showed enough ability with her feet not to let the boy run away with all the honors, though he pulled a few she found hard to follow. Five distinct numbers, after going into full stage, spaced before and after a short selection on the keys that in the closing spot held the house intact and was good for four or five curtains.
Amoros and Jeanette pried ‘em loose from some laughs with the girl’s clowning and her partner’s juggling and accordion playing. The act showed a tendency to drag about half way and seems to be running a mite too long, which may have been responsible for early promises from the house not being fulfilled at the finish.
Will Crutchfield followed the screen offering and gave the bill its start with {roping?} succeeded by Craig and Holsworth, who jazzed it upon violin and saxophone. Mr. Craig’s ability with the string instruments is well known and he has procured himself another partner equal to carrying his share of the melodies and coloring them up a bit as well. The boys in “one” did very well, with Craig’s dancing while playing standing out, and their selection of songs bring timely they pounding out pop ditties of present popularity, they left with something to spare.
The Ziegler Sisters and Band closed without the tramping of feet to disturb them. The dancer, who steps out of the orchestra for his solo, scored individually with his eccentric stepping, as also did the orchestra with one or two of their selections, while the girls change. Held ‘em all the way, and they didn’t start to walk until the screen was lowered.
The Dunbars failed to appear and were replaced by Mabel Sherman, doubling from the 5th Avenue, who filled in for the one performance, the former team being expected back in the show on Tuesday. Miss Sherman did nicely with five songs, assisted by a male pianist.
Herman Leib and Co. succeeded the Wilkens duo with Lieb’s revival of “Dope,” and he was solely responsible for putting it over. The “flake stuff” caught the interest of the house right from the curtain and held it throughout the 23 minutes. Mr. Leib gave a corking performance, but the same cannot be said of his support, the male half of the reform “spotters” being decidedly weak. However, the act is “there” and with Mr. Leib is certain to register more so now perhaps when the drug matter is rampant than when he sensationally first produced it 10 years.
Thames Brothers, two-man acrobatic team closed proceedings with a series of feats, simply delivered without any parade but which went for all they were worth. The closing risley variation trick in which the telescoped {rods?} are alternately elevated by the topmounter by means of graduation in the device is effective and worth protecting.
Lewis and O’Hara, next to the farewell, started with a hoked spiel about a beautifying salve, and introduced the unprepossessing Mr. Lewis as a sample of the before and after using cure with the accent on the after. Lewis then vocalized a few to encouraging results with the former Lewis and Dody ventriloquist bit, closing the at to a hurrah. O’Hara is a capable straight with Lewis holding up the feature end handily.
No. 4 finds Jack Joyce (New Acts) a monopodia performer winning the house on merits. That, naturally, makes ‘em sit up and take notice and start the femmes to wondering how do strikingly handsome a chap met the misfortune of losing his leg, but Joyce single pedal stepping with the aid of a straight crutch is sufficient to keep him busy in anybody’s theatre as long as he wishes.
Come Archer and Belford, a mixed team with a hybrid offering that walks away with the hit of the evening thanks to the man’s comedy antics. Archer (presumably) had the art of panto and mugging down to a nicety, which, coupled with his divers other tricks, ranging from tooting a sobby clarinet to performing corking head bridges, established his solid with customers.
