AR 3 – Maybelle will not make a tremendous hit any where [sic] I think. Her voice is just about the same as it ever was—rather foggy in a way—and she does the same old recitation that she used to do in the team of Eckert and Hackett. She has grown considerably stouter since she was on the circuit last, but still dresses very nicely and retains a pleasing personality. I have booked her largely on account of her husband, who is orchestra leader in the Philadelphia house, knowing that she would be neither very good nor very bad. 13 minutes in one.
GRR 3 – This is an act by two men and a woman, the men both being German comedians. The sketch was put on here at a rehearsal two or three weeks ago, and was recommended to me as being an exceptionally funny act. There is no question but what they did get a lot of laughs this afternoon, but it is certainly about as crude an affair as I ever saw in my life. The dialect of the men is pretty good, and there are two or three funny lines, but the thing has been loosely put together and is not at all suited for us yet. Owing to the tremendous scarcity of acts I have moved it further up the bill, cutting off five minutes, but it wont do for the rest of the circuit. 20 minutes, full stage.
NH 3 – A man and woman in the whirl wind dance act. The woman being a brother of De Forest who does the same sort of a turn. It is really quite a clever act and the finish in which he introduced Svengali’s doll is about as good as anything of the sort that I have ever seen—barring a tendency of the woman to move one in a while after assuming an awkward position. 12 minutes, full stage.
ER 3 – Two men in an acrobatic act introducing also a little black and tan dog who displays a great deal of intelligence. He works with the men and seems to have a thorough understanding of everything that is required of him. The men are quite clever acrobats, and the whole act is a very strong one for an opener. 8 minutes, full stage.
YRR-2 – This is the gentleman who took the place of Dan Daly in “The Liberty Belles”. He is one of the original family of Davenports, so well known to the theatre-going public, and he has an act which was rather peculiar in its way, however, I feel absolutely certain it will go very strong with a night audience. It doesn’t appeal especially to the small quiet audience that we usually have at matinees, but it is very artistic, and I have an idea that in the evening he is going to be very strong. He does a song at first which gives a chance to introduce a topical verse in an effective manner, and closes with a song which is supposed to be sung by a clergyman, giving a description of the happenings at a church bizarr [sic], and which I think, is very clever indeed. 14 minutes in one.
GRR-2 – Two men in a comedy singing and dancing act; also introducing some piano playing. Stanley was of the original team of Crawford and Stanley, and Brockman is quite a clever little impersonator. The act was not at all alarming, but it is still a good one. They sing very nicely together, and one of them does some very good eccentric dancing, also gives an imitation of George Cohen that is very natural indeed. 16 minutes; open full stage, close in 1 is nec[cessary].
GRR-3 – Two young men in a blackface comedy talking and singing act. McIntyre is the son of Jim McIntyre of McIntyre and Heath, and he does the comedy end of the act, while Primrose is the straight man. There has been a great improvement in their act since they were here last, so far as the conversational part of it is concerned, and they got lots of laughs, but the songs they did this afternoon were of absolutely no use whatever, and I have told them to cut them all out and put in something new. If they do this the act will be all right for the balance of the circuit in a 3-a-day position. 13 minutes; in one.
GRR-3 – Introducing three men and one woman, and utilizing the whirl with the upright section. They did all right this afternoon, and the riding was very acceptable, but it is evident that the public has seen all they care to of cycle whirls, and we shall not attempt to send this act any further on the circuit. 7 mins. full stage.
GHR-2 – Japanese juggler. This is the same Kokin whom we used to play seven or eight years ago, and he still remains, as he was at that time, one of the most graceful performers in his line on the stage. He does nothing whatever that is at all startling, but what he does do is cleverly done, and he manages to make a great deal out of a small amount of material. It is a very good act from start to finish. 17 minutes; full stage.
NH-3 – Two men in a musical comedy act, one of them made up straight and the other in blackface. As instrumentalists they are not especially brilliant, but they manage to get through well enough in that direction, and the comedian is quite good. The whole act can be classed as good from 3-shows-a-day standpoint. 17 minutes; open full stage; close in one if necessary.
