The act was six minutes long on the full stage.
This dance troupe from “the interior of far away Ceylon” did “slow-moving native dances to the accompaniment of Oriental instruments that jar the sensitive eardrums of ye [sic] American vaudeville audiences.” The group wear turbans and play drums with one hand as they walk around the stage. One man with “some sort of tribal headgear denoting rank, did a foot exercise.”
The act was thirteen minutes long.
Tom Frank is an English ventriloquist with relatively routine dialogue. He does a funny bit in which he pretends that his dummy is beating him up.
The act was sixteen minutes long.
This double act consists of one husky man who plays the straight and a thin comedian. The comedian is funny and does an ordinary impression of Harry Lauder. The straight sings with a decent voice. The also do some bright crossfire talk.
In this instance articles
of women’s apparel, the clumsiness
of a woman attempting to shave, and
embarrassment of a girl masquerading in
men’s clothes are the mediums for provoking
mirth.
