Chas. B. Lawlor and Daughters
The act was twenty minutes long.
Lawlor and his two young daughters perform songs are are new to New York vaudeville. The daughters do a lot of costume changes.
Minnie Allen
The act entitled “A Novelty of Song” was twelve minutes long.
Miss Allen plays the piano and sings. She performs two numbers at the piano and two away from it.
Claudius and Scarlet
Claudius and Scarlet sing and play the banjo to the choruses of “old time songs”.
Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Crane and Co.
Taking what is perhaps the oldest
theme known to sketchdom, the Cranes
have turned out a splendid laughing playlet,
full of catchy incidents, bright dialog
and amusing situations.
Jesse J. Lasky Co. with Florence Nash and Joseph Jeffers
This satirical sketch entitled “In 1999” by William C. de Mille was eighteen minutes long.
The sketch is set in the year 1999, where the “current conditions of the home” are reversed, and a woman earns the household wage while her husband stays at home. Florence Nash plays the masculine wife, who “brutally” leaves her husband (played by Joseph Jefferson) alone knitting baby clothes at night.
Leipzig
Leipzig has
a novel palming trick in covering the tips
of his fingers. With cards, he does brand
new ‘tricks requiring the manipulation of
them. A committee from the audience
watches him at close range. The tricks
are impenetrable; Leipzig baffles detection.
The Kaufmann Troupe of Lady Cyclists
The act was ten minutes long.
Women sing the “Gaby Glide” and execute complicated cycling formations. There is also a single rider.
Hilda Hawthorne
Hilda Hawthorne is a female ventriloquist with a dummy named “Johnnie.”
Molasso
G. Molasso produces a pantomime number called “Paris By Night”, which was seventeen minutes long.
Molasso has renewed the pantomime by eliminating the killing scene and including a can-can dance and more comedy. A very good-looking woman dances with the younger Molasso in an “Apache” number. He handles her well.
Mrs. Louise James and Co.
This sketch entitled “Holding a Husband” was eighteen minutes long.
The sketch stars Mrs. Louis (Alphie) James, who plays a woman with a flighty husband. He immediately begins to fall in love with her best friend. She succeeds in making him forget her friend, which prompts him to “inelegantly” exclaim, “To hell with Carolyn.”