Three Bennett Sisters
This is a novel acrobatic act; the girls do good work and opened the show well. 9. Min. f.s..
The Exposition Four
The Exposition Four showed a tendency to overdo and lingered a trifle too long for their own good. That the boys are “there” as a quartet and for straight singing there can be no question, but their efforts at comedy are lacking and the elimination of two of the encores would have been more is the way of discretion.
Bohn and Bohn
Mlle Nana, scheduled to start the evening’s entertainment, failed to appear and was replaced by Bohn and Bohn, a man and woman, applying a hand-to-hand routine that sufficed for them, while playing the smaller houses recently, and which allowed them to pass nicely as an initial bit. Only doing six minutes, the couple did no stalling and made a few twists, by the girl, stand out.
The Three Weber Girls
The Three Weber Girls are attractive and received a nice hand for acrobatics neatly offered in opening position following a rather indifferent impression made with a song beginning. Here their gowns were below the class of the act. “Mardi Gras,” last week’s headliner held over, was only moderately received.
Okabe Japs
10 Mins.; Full Stage (Special Set). The present Palace engagement of the Okabe Japs marks their American reappearance after an extended tour of Europe. The aggregation, eight in number, work within one of the prettiest Oriental sets ever displayed on a vaudeville stage, carrying everything down to a special ground mat. Seven men and one woman make up the troupe, with a youngster featured in the work. This little chap who resembles in a way an overgrown Billikin, is a marvel at topmounting and ground work, keeps continually active and is very prominent in the most difficult routines. The turn consists of the usual ground and foot juggling with some exceedingly sensational work done on the box platforms. A few pyramids on hand-stands are also injected with excellent results. The okabes make a splendid vaudeville number for their particular line of work, running up with the two or three of the best in their line. They opened the Palace program and scored an emphatic hit.
Pipifax and Panlo
13 Mins.; Full Stage. The best eccentric acrobatic act since the days of Rice and Prevost. It was the lifesaver of the early part of Hammerstein’s bill this week and the clown of the duo was a scream from the start to the finish. His work is exceedingly funny and his pantomime throughout got lots of laughs. The straight man is a mighty clever tumbler. Several of his tricks were applause winners. With a back-drop the scene represents a seashore. The straight appears as a naval officer with the comedian as a sailor. The straight opens with a few tricks which the clown tries to follow. The pace is swift and the comedy falls follow thick and fast. The final fall into the orchestra pit, and the general rough-house that follows, with the pulling down of the back-drop brought no end of laughs. The slaps off stage to mark the falls are very noticeable from the front and it would be better if they were worked with the drums.
Wilbur and Lyke
[New act] Songs and acrobatics, 9 mins; one (3), and Three (6). Man enters knitting, carrying knitting bag. Petite miss emerges from it for a lisping kid number, Fair. Man goes to “three” for a session on the trampoline. Another kid number by the girl follows meaningless and mildly received. Its elimination is advisable. He trampolines some more and she enters in a third costume change, this time in rompers, for a few springs. Finish fair.
Cutting that extra number may mean speed which while not a grave fault with the routine as it stands is certainto result in a better kneaded off ring. Good pep house openers.
Siegrist and Darrell
[New Act] Hand balancing and acrobatics, 10 mins; full stage. Man and woman, The man is on first with some baton juggling, very dexterously done. The girl is petite and besides acting as mounter is the hand-to-hand stuff on a first rate tumbler on her own account. She does forwards and backwards swiftly and handles all of the familiar ground tumbling tricks in an experienced way. For a finish the girl carries the man off, holding him aloft in one hand. This is a corking feat of strength for the size of the girl. Closing the show at the American the act did well. Good silent turn for any type of house.
The Three Raymonds
The Three Raymonds proved magnetic tag enders in their holding-them-in proclivities. It’s a two-women-one-men combination, with one of the former performing on a slack wire “iron jawed” between the other two at opposite sides of the elevated platforms.
[New Act] Acrobatics, 9 mins; full stage. Two men. One in evening dress does a “souse” entering via the casement window. The other appears as the butler. They offer a comedy acrobatic routine with some single work here and there. The souse effects some good falls the other specializing in somersaulting. The falling table stunt with both men aloft four high is the final and best feat.