An acrobatic comedy act by two men, one made up straight and the other grotesque. They steal a bit from almost everybody’s business and while what they do they do very well, it can only be classed as a fair act. 11 minutes; stull stage.
Two men in a talking comedy act, one of them made up straight and the other eccentric. They close the show at half-past five, and of course, the audience was pretty nearly tired out. They got along with them fairly well, however, and on the night show where they will get a good place in the bill, they will be all right. 15 min. full stage, could close in one, if necessary.
YRR. Billy Gould is a Broadway favorite, and has been in the productions up-town for the last four or five years. I didn’t expect anything very great of him, but owing to the scarcity of turns in all of it, and as there are one or two very funny situations…lots of laughter this afternoon. It is rather rough and uncouth but still a good act. 19 minutes; full stage.
SRR. This is of course, the best act of the kind in the World. The animals have been trained to a point of perfection which is it doubtful will ever be exceeded. Woodward himself is the same as ever. He never did not how to talk and probably never will, but at that it is a great act. His last trick where one of the seals balances a ball in the air and at the same time catches a fish that is thrown him, is little short of marvelous. 26 minutes. Full stage.
GYH. In a new Travelogue called “Contrasts”. I was called to the long-distance ‘phone during the time he was on, but from what I can hear from those of our people who saw him he is decidedly inferior in his work as compared with his former visits. I should judge it was his choice of subjects as much as anything, and his attempts at humor, I am told, were very feeble. 15 minutes in one.
YRR. Man and woman in a comedy sketch called “An Imposter”. It is very strong indeed, and so far as this house is concerned it is not only strong in the first part but exceptionally so in the finish. About every line and every situation in the piece got a hearty laugh and I consider it a very valuable addition to vaudeville. 20 min.
GRR. Man and woman in a high-class singing specialty. Since these people dropped their ridiculous make-up and went into straight evening dress they are going a very good act indeed. The woman is not especially handsome but she has a very good voice. 15 mins. In one.
GHR. International dances: this troupe consists of two men and two girls, and they do an act similar to the original Northern Family, although not quite as good, but at the price it is a very good act. They open with a Scotch dance and from that one of them does a sword dance while the other plays a bagpipe for him; then there is a different kind of Scotch dance, and then two of them do a sailor’s hornpipe and they finish with Irish character dances. It is a very good dancing act.
GRR. A man and a woman in a comedy musical act in which the woman does the comedy. She has an eccentric sort of nondescript make up, but she is quite unctbus [sic], and I have an idea that sooner or later the act will develop into a very good one. At present, it is just a little bit crude, but at that she got lots of laughs and it made a pleasing number. 17 min. open full stage; 5 minutes closing in one.
Trick bicyclist. Being a woman the act does all right, and she does some very good tricks for a woman, however, it is not especially notable, as there are so many better, can, however, be called a good act. 9 minutes; full stage.
