Jack Rolls and Baby Royce made no pretense at camouflaging the reason for their presence, and after getting the conventional ditty off, entered into a stepping routine that left ‘em hungry for more. Admittedly nimble with the pedal extremities the act’s value is further enhanced by the likely Miss Royce’s free and easy eccentric work and acrobatic stepping. The pair could not gainsay the gallery hounds insistent extra recall. For the deuce spot the team is a winner.
Long Tack Sam and Company closed intermission. The leader was forced to see three members of his troupe take the honors away from him, at least for this performance. Those referred to are two boys on the parallel bar and the girl with her bit of juggling and contortion. The former showed enough stuff on the cross bar to make a lot of these acrobats who are opening and closing shows sit up nights thinking out how its done and practicing overtime. The boys are whales at their specialty.
The Rosairs inaugurated. A man and woman with two wires, a slack and a tight, doing most of the orthodox tricks and one or two worth protecting. The tight wire is upstage and the slack at the curtain line. The man works on the loose one, and does the knee swing beautifully, also a finish holding on ladder on the shaky wire with one foot, while he twangs a uke. There is a professional secret on the hold and it will not exposed here, but if this falls before Rosair’s eye he may know that it is visible from the side box, where the reviewer sat. The woman is an especially smooth performer, and a ride on the tight string on one wheel of a bike is corking. Splendid opener, good for anytime.
De Burns Trio closed, a chubby woman with a beautiful face and very curved lines (in a silk shirtwaist, very tight velvet knickers and white hose) and two men, seemingly brothers; rings and strong work, the woman lifting both men and carrying them off for a finish. This is an acceptable small time closing act, but should knit their tricks together more closely and eliminate gapping waits between stunts.
[New act] Aerial and wire novelty; 9 mins; full. Here is an opening act that contains enough effort of a diversified nature to make it worthy of the bigger bills. It is presented by a man and woman in a novelty of black and white design. The man opens the turn with some juggling on the slack wire and then offers some balancing. Finishing on the wire the man and woman do some floor tumbling and end with a tractor roll. This in turn is followed with a bit of chair on the trapeze balancing and finally the man hanging from the bar handles the girl in mouth hold for a whirling finish.
Bentley and Walsh opened. This two-man team works in “one” and does some very easy and neat hand balancing. This understander is a powerful man, who looks more like a home body than a performer, and the topmounter is in character, a green bellboy’s outfit being his costume. It worked smoothly and went over.
Hubert Dyer and Co. closed. His assistant opens with a Roman ring stunt and he comes on with tramp makeup and his pantomimic work held 100 per cent of the audience in getting gobs of laughter.
Reddington and Grant caught the walkout brigade, and to a decimated remainder bounded on rubber and turned thankless somersaults in a special set. An attempt at wit with a musical instrument before one of them played it as he revolved in air filled because of the situation in the aisles.
Worden Brothers opened before a special production set, playing that old double, a mandolin and guitar; long time since that pair has been on the big time (the instruments). The men go from their seats on the floor to their backs on high pillars and juggle barrels and iridescent globes on their feet startlingly well finishing by playing their stringed machinery in that posture as they climax their trick stuff. Very pleasant, sure and bull’s-eye opening act. Went bully.
[New Act] Acrobatic, 8 mins; three. Two man acrobatic team in a familiar routine of hand stands and pivots, executed with precision and further enhanced by clean cut appearance and ease of manner. Acceptable closing turn.
