Claude Rauf
Wire act of mediocre quality, served as an opener, and nothing better. 7 minutes F.S.
Frawley & West
8 min. f.s. Man and woman in very good trapeze act. Opened the show well.
Four Idanias
10 min. there are five women in this act but only two are actively employed in the routine of tricks on an apparatus held by two of the women. A good opener.
The Pickfords
The Pickfords opened the six-act vaudeville bill with their familiar combination equilibristic-tumbling-juggling routine and departed to hearty applause. The man is a thorough showman and a past master in playing up his feats and building up the act to a k.o. climax with each succeeding piece of business. The closing wine bottle stunt in “one” go to ‘em strong.
Davis and Pelle
Davis and Pelle, two men in an “equilibristic marathon” which consists of a fast six minutes of hand to hand stunts without intervening rest, was No. 1 and started the ball rolling neatly. A couple of feats are regular Rath Bros. thrillers.
The Yip Yip Yaphankers
The Yip Yip Yaphankers doubled from the Palace, subbing for Pearl Regay, and tore off large returns with the soldier acrobatics and hokum. The comedian had them from the start and was forced to pull a burlesque wrestling stunt in “one” following the dropping of the curtain. It is the same bit of wrestling with himself that Nick Altrock uses on the ball field to amuse thousands when the Washington Club is entertaining the holiday crowds.
O’Donnell and Blair
Acrobats who believe it is necessary to talk, might profit by taking a good look at Mr. O’Donnell (O’Donnell and Blair). He doesn’t utter a syllable from the moment he steps on the stage to the finish, but by no means of pantomime keeps the house in an uproar for 15 solid minutes. Besides this low comedy pantomime gift, O’Donnell is a clever ground tumbler taking fall that are full of neck breaking possibilities, at least they seem to be. Following the Eddie Leonard act, second after intermission. O’Donnell and Blair were an unqualified riot.
Mullen and Corelli
Mullen and Corelli quaint tumblers and jesters, were not so much hurt by the early No. 2 position as the extraordinary apathy of the house, which muffed many a nifty. These men are satirists and in the main they are subtle and fast. Perhaps if they worked in character instead of in Tuxes they might be able to point their wheezes better. They deserved far more than they reaped, as vaudeville merit goes.
Prevost and Goulet
Prevost and Goulet opened with a tumbling routine which is well mixed with incidental comedy and instrumental business for the best effects possible.
Adeline Frank
Adeline Frank opened. No review of her is fair from a man who last week saw Ruth Budd on the Ziegfeld roof, for Miss Frank essays trapeze and iron-jaw work. She is chunky and deliberate. Her routine went haltingly until her finish, when she spun head down on a little rope triangle pivoted from the bottom trap. She did about 4 minutes in all, and closed to good response.