Sylvia Loyal & Co.
Sylvia Loyal & Co. the company consisting of a man assistant on stage and a flock of pigeons, with a French poodle. Their act is trying to do pantomime that means nothing, and slows the running.
Lillian Shaw
Then came Lillian Shaw with a repertoire of song scenes devised by Blanche Merrill. Miss Shaw was literally a howling success as far as the audience was concerned. Her second number was slightly blue in spots, but when those particular spots arrived the Palace crowd shrieked their delight. There are some spots where the talk is a little bread as broad it may be a question how they will take it away from Broadway, but Miss Shaw is sufficiently show woman to know where and where not to use it.
The Creole Fashion Plate
Norman, “The Creole Fashion Plate,” a holdover the second holdover of the bill, by the way [Kaliz also having been at the house last week], had things all his own way from the beginning to the end. He held the stage for 25 minutes, and in addition to a regular encore number did two of his former successes.
Arman Kaliz
Closing the intermission Arman Kaliz and his company of 14 in “Temptation” was a revelation to the audience in the magnificence of its staging and costuming. It is belled as “an allegorical opreatta,” and is exactly that, just as much like “Experience” as it could possibly be.
La France Brothers
La France Brothers suffered a stage wait on opening, hurtful always to a closing turn. But the first flash at their dizzy production, all lighted up and worth waiting for, made a lot sit down who had stood up. The head balancing and equilibristic feats throughout were mastery and the showmanship noteworthy. Splendid closer.
Murray Kissen
Murray Kissen and his quartet in the Hungarian rhapsody burlesque of honored lineage, picked up on high and crashed. In the intimate Palace the moving picture bit and Kissen’s excruciating “imitations” at the end got wallop after wallop. This one completely panicked all the way and after.
Frisco
Frisco, returning with by far the best act he has ever shown, went through and over. Loretta McDermott and Eddie Cox give him more and better support than he ever got from any jazz band. Loretta is the cute dancing jelly bean of always, and Cox sings melodiously and hoofs it brilliantly. Frisco has acquired poise, which does not hurt his Apache character and does help make him as an entertainer. He gets in all his dancing and whizzes over (if one can whizz and stutter at the same time) many a nifty. Frisco has been credited with handing out more bright lines and using less than nay other natural jester of the day. Now he uses a few famous cracks himself. He is a headliner at last, not as a freak or a fad. He entertains today. Whereas hitherto he was a Chicago institution reputed to be a New York sensation, and Chicago claims its own verdict on its own institutions.
Felix Bernard
Felix Bernard and his new teammate, Sidney Towns, who was formerly of a trio, were spotted fourth. Towns shapes up well, and the working up of his comedy is about all needed. Bernard’s piano specialty went for the hit of the turn and he was applauded for an encore. That he gave announcing it as a new melody, though not mentioning the tile [sic].
Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman
Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman with the Crips [sic] Sisters, made a strong number three. Lou Handman was at the piano. He was but one of five piano accompanists carried by as may acts in the show. Clark and Bergman have worked up a better routine, both for duetting and results, than when the act first out some months ago, and their score was a light hit. The Crisps were at a disadvantage for their second dance through wearing most unbecoming costumes.
Al Lydell and Carleton Macy
The laughter was a long time coming, but when it did arrive there was an outpouring – that provoked by Al Lydell and Carleton Macy, who offered their comedy classic, “Old Cronies,” down next to closing. The old soldier’s bragging claims of his pep when the girls were mentioned brought a roar, and there was a continual bubbling until he danced off.