Boland and DeVarney, two girls, offering a routine of songs before a very attractive drop followed the opening turn and demonstrated their worth for the small time houses. The girls have an excellent array of costumes, In fact their last change virtually resembles the one-piece bathing suits.
Jim and Myrtle Dunedin proved themselves to be as good as the average small time opening turn and had no trouble keeping them interested in that spot. The sister part of the act opens in “one” with a “jazz” number before going to full stage with their bicycle routine.
Another reminder of home on the bill were Cunningham and Bennett, with their scrappy husband and wife skit in “one.” Every time they are seen they recall many firesides faithfully. Cunningham and Bennett worked hard and to good results, even in the murky atmosphere.
The Chung Wha Four were No. 2. Perhaps it was the weather, but often the lyrics of their songs were in distinguishable. They make up as a Chinese quartet and try to be Chinese.
Jack Hanley opened the show with about every style of juggling, straight and comedy. Mr. Hanley foes a red nose boob. His nearest to newness was handling six baseballs. A few laughs came along, mostly from the bounding hats.
Margaret Young sent over the lyrics of her numbers so incisively the house could not miss them. That did a lot for Miss Young. Her chorus girl number conflicted a bit with a song in the Melville and Rule turn that followed. Then came “Ye Song Shop,” a production act, with Charlie Wilson next to closing and “The Rose Revue” closing the performance. No picture the first half excepting the opening films.
[New Act] Songs, Talk, Dancing. 9 mins.; one. Straight and comic, the latter wearing a trick hat and loose clothes, open with a brief song and follow with a double dance. Some crossfire containing wheezes follow. The finish is a solo, then double version of an acrobatic jazz dance, with both doing nifty head spins and forward and backward eccentric twisters. A double handless header complete the dance which insures them. They have a surefire finish, but the comedy efforts miss widely.
Frank Mullane turned in the third hit, from No. 3. His Irish and Yiddish stories found a steady target, regardless of the presence of a number of more or less familiar matter. It seemed that the oldest yarns got over strongest at that. Mullane’s vocal efforts drew an earned encore, and the number given was announced as his own, it being “Always Two Sides to a Story.”
Miller and Mack in next to closing with their comedy and “hoofin,” won a shade the best of it in top scoring. They are recently back from the road with a Winter Garden troupe and it is probable their stay in vaudeville will be short, since they are listed for a new Shubert show. The “dame” stuff provided the bulk of the evenings laughter.
The show for the first lined up as a strong comedy bill, with several standard acts present copping the honors right down the line. The Royal Gascoignes opened, a cinch hit. Had the show in back of them carried the pace of Gascoignes, it would have been a “100 per cent” performance. Gascoigne’s chatter was amusing, as usual. He said something about being up in Canada last week and not being entirely over it yet, which got a laugh. He is one of vaudeville’s “iron men” able to take a spot on the best bills.
