The act was seven minutes long on the full stage.
The “American” part of the act’s name seems to separate them from “foreign turns of similar name.”
The act consists of three girls and four boys, the fourth of which is made up to look like a convincing girl. This fourth “girl” “is a great twister for shoulder-to-shoulder work, also doing a double that is a sightly feat.” The girls dress well in white.
Their routine of
ladder feats is capitally arranged.
The two girls,
dressed in close-fitting blouses, trunks and
tights, go through a series of graceful
evolutions under water—picking up fifty
coins from the floor, showing in pantomime
a sleeping mermaid, and other like
feats.
first rate hand balancing and
ground tumbling. The pair both work in
comedy makeup, depending upon a wire
for the comedy. They are using the wire
in the same manner as others, and securing
a great deal out of it.
