YYH. Man and woman in a sketch entitled “A Vaudeville Surprise”. This act is written evidently for the purpose of introducing Keough’s ability as an actor of the legitimate class, which he evidently thinks he is. It opens in a very handsome parlor scene in which Keough impersonates a broken down tragedian. There are several funny lines in the first part of the act, but somehow it did not seem to get as many laughs as it should have. There is a dark change to a Roman exterior, and this is where Keough impersonates Pollydor the Miser, being an excerpt from “Ingomer”. He does the part of the miser very well indeed and really show considerable dramatic ability. After that scene they change back to the Parlor and the woman sings a song while he changes to evening dress, and they finish in one with a very strong song and dance. This is really a very strong act and possesses as well the element of novelty. 25 minutes; open full stage; close with about 5 minutes in one.
GHR. Monologue and songs: He had a pretty hard time during the first half of his act, as he got on 15 minutes late and it took him some little time to get in touch with his audience, but he finally won out and finished very strong. 24 mins. In one.
MHR. Her act is about the same as it was the last time she was here. It is a very handsome act as it always is, and while she never got a great amount of applause in this house, it is an act that any audience can’t help but enjoy. 16 minutes, full stage.
GYH. German comedians. These boys are all right, but I think they suffered a little this afternoon by following Clement, although their dialect is so much broader than Clement’s that there is hardly any comparison. Somehow or other it seems to me that they did not go quite as strong as usual. 12 minutes, in one.
YNH. The act consists of Mr. and Mrs. Clement in a sketch called “The Baron’s Love Story”, and, I think, the best and most artistic thing so far as Clement himself is concerned, that has ever been seen in this house. The man is an artist is every sense of the word, and his impersonation of the Baron with his delicious German dialect, is something well worth listening to. Mrs. Clement is very good but she is hardly pretty enough for the part. She reads her lines very well indeed, but a daintier woman would impress the audience more strongly. The other character is fairly well done, but Clement himself so dominates the act that everybody and everything else is merely secondary. 32 min. full stg.
In a nice turn of songs and half a dozen different stories. She went very nicely here in a pretty important place on the bill, but I suppose that can be attributed to the fact that our New York audience is more receptive always than those in the other house on the circuit. Everything she did went good and from the standpoint of this house it is a good act. 10 minutes in one.
YNH. Juggler: there is no question but what this fellow is clever in what he does, but there is where the trouble lies. He does not do enough for the money he is getting. Some of his work is accomplished with a degree of skill that I have never seen equaled, amongst the best of them, but he is not especially graceful himself and is rather himself, and is rather inclined to be too stout for tights. He got as much applause as any juggler we have ever played and at about $75 or a $100 less money he would be all right on any bill. 22 mins. Can close in one if necessary.
YRR. Four men in a straight musical act, and I think about the best act of the kind in the business. They dress very neatly and are all good musicians. They open with saxophone quartette and one plays a cornet solo, and they play the steel chimes after the style of the bamboo bells, and close with brass quartette which is very strong. It is an exceptionally good act. 20 mins. Open full stage; close with about 5 minutes in one.
This is a new blackface comedian, and I think that sooner or later he is going to make a good monologue artist. His methods are good and he tells several new stories, and several old ones, which he has put together in a little different form, and sings two or three original songs. He is a new man comparatively, but I think a coming one. 21 minutes in one.
GHR. A man and a woman in a singing and dancing act. The act opens in one with some burlesque illustrated songs by the man. The pictures and lines are quite funny, and our audiences seemed to appreciate them from the start. He has a good idea in this feature, as it is somewhat of a novelty, and if worked out a little better it would make quite a hit. After the act in one they go to full stage, and the woman sings a song very well, and the man does some very clever step-dancing at the finish. A good act. 17 mins. Open in one; close full stg.
