MGM. These performers showed up in good condition to-day, and did a great act, as they always do when they are all right. The only trouble with them is that a person is always waiting in fear that one of them will get hurt. 9 minutes; full stage.
YRR. Irish comedians in their talking act, called “The Congressman at Large”. These boys have some very bright conversation, and they did very nicely indeed. Their place in the hill is not exactly where this act should be, for it starts in rather too quiet, but acts in one are so terribly scarce that it is almost impossible at all times to find just what one wants for a certain place. They will hold their own all right, however. 19 minutes in one.
YNH. Presented their old act “A Mismatched Pair”, which they have not done here before in a year or two. The act is a good one, but is not strong as either of their other two sketches, however, it goes all right, and I think it is policy to keep it on, because it is fresher than either of the other two. 26 minutes, full stage.
GHR. Original songs and parodies. These people are certainly the best of all the parody singers. They opened this afternoon with a lot of new material together with some selections from some of their old work. They are not phenomenally strong with a Monday afternoon audience, but are bound to go big at night. 18 minutes, in one.
Consisting of Louis Simon another man and a woman and some assistance from supes in a sketch entitled “A New Coachman”. The sketch is a good one throughout, but it is made especially noticeable by Simon’s exceedingly funny work with a step-ladder, which I think furnishes three or four minutes of the strongest comedy that I have seen in many a day. The only trouble with it is that it is so strong that the finish of the act can hardly meet it and it sags a little toward the end on that account. 24 minutes, full stage.
Man and a woman in a sketch called “the Door Key” which they have done here several times before. It is not a big act, but it seemed to hold its own all right this afternoon, but would hardly do any lower down on the bill than 2 o’clock where I have it. They open on a full stage and close with about 3 minutes in one, and their last song makes quite a hit. 20 minutes.
Comedy tramp musician. He is a tramp musician all right, but he is not very strong on the comedy, however, the turn is harmless and he has two or three little novelties which he introduces, and which make the act in a way, distinctive and I should call it a good small turn. 16 minutes, full stage; can close in one if necessary.
Two young men in a singing and dancing specialty. They are both very neatly dressed; do not tell a ‘gag’ and are exceptionally clever dancers. Is about as clean as interesting an act of this kind as I have seen in sometime. 11 minutes in one.
GYH. This is in reality a man and a woman. The man makes up as a girl and they do the old perch and ladder act, the man balancing the ladder in a belt around his waist and the woman doing the work on the top. It is a nice little picture act. 12 minutes; open full stage, close in one.
GRR. Two men in the regulation sidewalk conversation act, one of them made up straight and the other as a Dutchman. They are not especially strong in this place on the bill, but will be all right in the early part of a show. They are not bad at all, but there has been so much talking ahead of them that people are somewhat tied when they are reached. I think they will go better tonight as they get on early. 17 minutes in one.
