In their familiar act ‘Quo Vadis Upside Down.’ While the act is unquestionably very funny it has become very stale, and does not go as strong as formerly. I shall have to cut them out until they give us something new. 18 min, open in one, close full stage, 2 shows.
Impersonations of well known Actresses and Actors given costume. Biograph pictures of him making changes in the dressing room being shown while he is changing costumes. As he is a little fellow and attractive together with the novelty of the Biograph pictures the act goes first rate especially with the ladies but to my mind it does not contain a great deal of actual merit. I would not care for it again for a while any way. 21 min, in one, 2 shows.
This act was described by Boston last week and to my mind the young man is very clever. He didn’t seem to reach the crowd this afternoon due, I think, to the fact, that the audience are not familiar with characters he impersonates. 12 min, in one, 2 shows.
In the sketch entitled ‘The Doctor.’Mr. Craig is undoubtedly the best of the dramatic actors in the Vaudeville field. The play contains many laughs but is not at all over the heads of the audience. Went very strongly today. On Friday he is going to give me a special number. His wing scene from Catherine & Petrucic, which I am going to work up as a special for that night. 22 min, in 3, 2 shows.
Impersonator. This man gives us an act very much like that of Charles Leonard Fletcher, but there is probably not as much comedy in it as in the Fletcher act but on the whole I like this better. He has a very nice personality and his impersonations are most artistic and more so than those of Fletchers. I consider him a valuable addition to the list of acts in one and he is strong enough to occupy a more important position on the bill should it be necessary to place him there. 17 min, in one, 3 shows.
Mr. Bond is certainly a clever comedian. He has more unction than any man I have seen in some time. The man that plays with him is acceptable but the women are rank especially the one that plays the Irish character part which would, in the hands of a capable woman, be made to stand out very strongly, however the act made good with the audience although it is not a scream, by any means. 23 min, in three, 2 shows.
This lady was rather a disappointment to me and decidedly so to the audience. She has good execution but there is not much purity to her tones and her selections were poorly chosen and she has the manner of an amateur. I was very sorry to be obliged to exchange places with her and Dorothy Kent but it was unavoidable.
Man and woman juggling act which is fairly good from a three-a-day standpoint. They look neat and do their work cleanly, were they first or second on the bill they would be all right but hardly strong enough for 4th place which I was obliged to give them as they are better than the preceeding [sic] acts. 10 min, full stage, 3 shows.
(also in Pawtucket). This is the Lovenberg Sisters, who have for a third party in the act Willie Seagrist, who replaces the girl dancer who accompanied them last year. The act is markedly improved. Seagrist is a very good acrobat and does some very clever work in that line. The act before seemed to need just something of this kind to liven it up, and Seagrist’s work is in a semi-comical vein made up as Mephistopheles, the girls appearing as Faust and Marguerite. They use the same scenic effects, and the music is an important feature of it. To obtain the best results, they should by all means have the orchestra, to bring out the musical effects, which, as I have said, is a very important feature of the ac. 14 min, full stage, 2 shows.
This girl was one of the surprises on the bill. She made an unqualified hit in a very difficult position, and must be rated as very good. She has a marked personality and a great deal of unction, tells short stories in an easy jovial manner, which pleased the audience at once, and sings a couple of songs in a thoroughly competent way. 14 min in one, 2 shows.
