Rosaire
– This is a very nice little slack wire act and the man is assisted by a woman. She looks pretty and they have a little quiet comedy and all in all the act is safe any time before 8:30. 11 min. full stage 3 shows.
Cal Stewart
Yankee stories and songs. This man has some material which is new to us and has a pleasant method of delivering it. He was very well accepted by the audience and from a three day standpoint should be rated as quite good. 15 min. in one, 3 shows.
Franzmathes & Lewis
Man and woman Rifle Shots. As we do not get many of these kind of acts there acceptable and this is all right for an important place on the bill. It is by no means, as good as Winona & Frank, who do a very acceptable act, of course, but it is all right doing three a day. 11 min. full stage, 3 shows.
Carter and Bluford
Man and woman, colored, the woman being an especially pretty colored woman. They have an act that is entirely different from those given by their race and the woman’s makeup was a Spanish girl and Indian is quite remarkable. They carry two drops which are something new to look at and all in all the act is a very good one indeed, especially when it is considered from the three a day standpoint. 15 min. in 1.
John Sally Rice and Cohen
In ‘OUR HONEYMOON’ an act which they played for us several years ago, long enough for it to be revived and appear new now. Rice is one of the nest light comedians in the business and makes every line tell and I don’t know of any act (of its kind) that I would rather play. As salaries go, they are worth all they get. 22 min, full stage, 2 shows.
Boston Brothers
Hand to hand balancers and acrobats, who following the Valveno Brothers and Japs (as I remarked above) fell down horribly. I can’t see where the act is a great deal better than that of the Valveno Brothers, who get about one-half the salary and do three shows a day and fill more time in each show. 6 minutes, full stage, 2 shows.
Sugimoto Japs
These people have a great act and coming as it does, just at this time, following the Surrender of Port Arthur, they were especially well received. Aside from the sentiment in the matter however they do great work. I was strongly under the impression and it seems to me that I was told that these people did three turns and I figured my show accordingly. They have a contract however which calls for two, and I could not get them to do a third. In that way it rather upset my schedules considerably as I figured on them from 15 to 18 minutes on the supper show. They did 22 min, 2 shows, not 3.
Bertha Allison
Neat looking young woman who sings a song at the piano and three other songs. Good enough act to play once. She has a pretty good voice; some of her songs went well others did not. 12 min in 2, closing in one, 3 shows.
Robert Hilliard and Co.
‘AS A MAN SOWS.’ Robert Hillard last night presented as a new sketch entitled ‘AS A MAN SOWS’; by many considered the strongest thing he has yet offered. While there many be some doubt about this, the fact still remains that he has an exceptionally strong vehicle and one that will carry him through vaudeville another couple of seasons, and in my mind, he should be booked in it at once. This regardless of any opinion that I may have had to the contrary before seeing this act which I have arranged for him to repeat during the remainder of the week. It is intensely dramatic but this is off-set by some charming comedy by the little child who in this piece is given the best opportunity she has yet had in any of the Hillard plays.
The Garrisons
In their new act AN ANCIENT ROMAN. This is a very pretentious affair, they have two elaborate scenes which they carry for it including nine or ten special drops. I don’t consider the act as funny as what they produced before but it has the element of newness and novelty and is desirous from that standpoint. 23 min, full stage, 2 shows.