Christopher and Walton, a mixed couple, got solid laughs in sections of their meritorious talking skit which contains an excellent idea. The man does a good wop character and the girl handles the straight nicely. Both as barbers with a special drop showing two barber shops, the talk revolving around the lady barber and the male barber competing for business.
McMahon and Adelaide filled the opening spot with bag punching and dancing. The man does the bag punching and the girl the dancing, offering a Spanish and Scotch dance with a change of costume for each. Despite the clever manner in which McMahon handles the bags and the neat dance efforts of the girl, they were only lightly received
Ace O’Hearts, was the King offering. It is in two scenes the first showing Ellis Island, with the chorus and principals arriving on a ship as immigrants; the second is a brokerage office. The comedy section of the King show have been greatly strengthened by the new bits supplied by Madison, which is embracing the value of the King company. Business holding up exceedingly well.
Earl and Edwards closing the vaudeville. The two men got big returns with talk, gags and comedy business in which two ukuleles are employed, and one of the men working in the audience during the greater part of the routine. Much familiar dialog and business employed including that of repeating gags to late arrivals. They had ‘em laughing throughout with their semi-nutty routine, which they handle quit cleverly.
Ward and Gorey with banjos, violins and with horn attachments scored the hit of the vaudeville contingent. The playing of the violin by one of the members in various positions received genuine applause.
Phesay and Powell a mixed team with talk and comedy songs neatly delivered went over nicely. An eccentric dance by the male member won applause and a double number ending with a yodel sent them away a hit.
Leo is a talkative ladder balancer keeping up a flow of ordinary chatter throughout that brings very little response. His balancing, however, is very good and his novelty finish whereby he dons a long baby dress that completely hides the ladder won big applause.
The Templetons, a couple of female impersonators, who dance awkwardly, change costumes and with only fair falsetto singing, were discovered by the majority long before they removed their wigs, so the surprise at the finish was lost. The Autumn Three, two men and a woman, offered some good imitation of birds, a saw mill, etc. They have a pretty setting of a forest. The trio conclude whistling “Peggy” to a good applause.
Lawrence Brothers and Thelma were the first of the vaudeville acts to appear, the men juggled three clubs most of the time, and the lazy manner in which one of the men takes from the other got a few laughs. Thelma indulges in talk which is as infectious as her delivery. She does a sailor’s hornpipe well and assists the men with some ordinary hat juggling. Open only fair.
“How’s Your Liver?” the first of a series of scripts to be prepared by James Madison for the Will King company, was presented here this week. The scene is a health resort, with King and Dunbar is their customary roles of Leschinsky and Dooley as health seekers. The comedy bits, while built around familiar ideas, contained some new sounding dialog that gathered big laughs, especially the bit having six chorus girls as nurses labeled with various disease and the comics exchanging one disease for another, such as malaria for gout, etc.
