Miss Baker was next to closing and drew a reception on entering. She sang, “Mammy’s arms,” a new Hebrew comedy song. “Holding Hands,” “Broadway Blues,” a wop number, “Pittsburgh,” and was forced to “Eli, Eli” after repeated shouted demands from the house Miss Baker was in excellent voice.
Bernie breezed in with his usual nonchalant returns and spilled the wise and near wise cracks inserting them where they would do most good. The violin isn’t necessary to this chap, although they insist on him carrying it. He is a monologist of the first water and vaudeville holds no one who stops him in handling the airy persiflage. What he would do to a wise crowd like the bunch at the Century Grove or the Amsterdam Roof is a caution. He finished one of the hits of the bill, opening after intermission.
Mr. Cooper held down the next to closing spot, and John Guiran and Marguerite doubling from the Hamilton closed the show in their dancing classic and held every one with the sheer artistry of their opening efforts. They are one of vaudeville’s best dancing combinations and the departing throng buzzed about their talents.
[Fallon and Shirley] passed nicely and Sybil Vane hung up the hit of the show closing the first half of the bill. Miss Vane was never in better voice and was forced to sing her full repertoire and some old melodies for an encore. An excellent piano solo with some clever fingering was contributed by her unbilled pianist.
[New Act] Comedy, talking, singing and dancing. 16 mins; one. Jimmy Fallon (Fallon and Brown) and Marjorie Shirley (Shirley Sisters) in this new combination. Miss Shirley does a clever straight and contributes a couple of solos, one the “Singing Waitress” that resisters cleverly. Fallon does nut and also the Bert Fitzgibbons imitation, which is a faithful copy. The crossfire and gags are a mixture of old and new material, most of which is sure fire. A clever song and dance at the finish rounds out a nice offering that will pass on the early spots in any of the big time houses.
Lorimer Hudson and Co., a comedy and trick bicycle riding combo, took full advantage of the third hole and registered solidly. It is a two-men and two-woman arrangement with one of the males doing a tramp. Barring a Joe Jackson entrance he used a routine of material pantomime and trick riding and hung up the hit of the act on an elevated wheel with some clever turns and twists. It’s one of the best acts of its kind. This act was programmed to close the show but was programmed to close the show but was switched after the Monday shows.
George Lane and Tom Moran were next to closing, with the “Listen Mickey” routine formerly done by Bert Wheeler and Moran. Lane was last with the “Telegraph Trio.”
Miss Pritchard assisted by Edward Tierney and James Donnelly, closed the first half with her “Dance Duel” terpsichorean turn, wherein the men compete in dance tourney for the hand of Miss Pritchard. For the decision with honors even between them, she decides she will have to find some land in where bigamy is the proper thing and marry both. This dance duel thing is by no means new, having been done by several standard acts in the past, but his treatment and manner of presentation makes exceedingly worthy stuff. The boys are capable steppers and hard workers, and were generously rewarded in all they did.
Henry Santrey, with his ten jazz musicians, has the surest kind of an act for vaudeville. He is an ideal exponent of jazz music and several of his hand are soloists of no mean caliber. Scoring very strongly and compelled to do several encores in a strange fact that Miller and Mack, following the band in next to closing, registered the biggest laughs of the show and got even more applause than hand.
Meredith and Snoozer, comprising man, woman, a bulldog and two cats – all trained – apparently enjoyed themselves as much as the audience and were roundly applauded for their efforts.
