Bird Act. Good looking woman with one of the “wire act” for assistant. A really good act. Apparatus pretty and showy, and the work of the birds good. The value of these two acts “Lucia & Vista” and this one for the money cannot be too highly recommended. 10 minutes, full stage.
17 min. F.S. 2 shows. ON at 7:24. Well known act in owner hands. It made a sensation, even though this trainer does not show the confidence and precision of the late Wormwood. For all that, the seals are remarkably trained and do the regulation stunts of balancing, playing on musical instruments, ball-tossing, etc., well enough to get big applause. There is also a good deal of humor in the act, and abundant interest throughout to hold any audiences, particularly the children. Closed strong.
In spite of the handicap of losing a couple of her Monkeys by death yesterday, she presented a very good act, nicely dressed. The monkeys do some very good tricks; altho the disrobing trick – which I have been told is the best thing in the act – – was necessarily omitted. I don’t think however that anyone need hesitate to play the act in its present condition. 13 min. full stage, 2 shows.
Equestrian act. 2 men and a woman. On the style of Rose Wentworth without the stage paraphernalia. Horses are well trained and they go through some very clever bare-back riding. At the price, one hundred dollars less than Rose Wentworth, I think the act is just as good. 8 min- full stage.
This is one of the best children’s acts that a vaudeville stage makes possible. Watson comes out dressed in the character of a coster Englishman, and although he is rather talky, he soon has the audience in good humor. The animals donkey – dogs; roosters; pig – etc. are well trained, and do not need punishment to make them do their clever stunts. The comedy of the entire act seems to be contagious, (if animals can be said to have a sense of humor,) and the pink pig with the nursing bottle as a close, was a double scream. The children in the audience were in hysterics of laughter throughout. Even Berzac did not win more applause. 18 mins, Landscape in 4.
2 shows, 18 min. full stage. (Can close in 1, if necessary). Has a big troupe of dogs and monkeys (about 15 dogs and 5 or 6 monkeys) who do all sorts of stunts from smoking cigarettes to a mathematical dog that went big with the children today. Certainly a good act for the children, although the animals are not as well trained, neither does Wormwood treat them as well as most of the trainers who come here.
This is one of the best animal acts I have seen, not because of any marvelous work that they do, but because of the novelty of the act, animals giving sort of a little drama following a consecutive story, more or less, in pantomime. With the holiday crowd, it went especially well. I think it will make good with all classes. 13 min, full stage, 2 shows.
The greatest Equestrienne in the world. We had some trouble in locating the car which contained Miss Renz baggage, and did not get to the theatre until after three o’clock. We managed to get her mats on so she could go through her performance with the exception of doing the skirt dance on the horse, as we could not put extra lights on during the performance. This is one of the best horse acts we have ever had. Considering that it closed the bill it went unusually well and received very heavy applause at the finish. She carries two beautiful white horses, they were very well groomed and worked very well this afternoon. The act runs 14 minutes. This afternoon it ran 11 minutes without the skirt dance. Special black panorama drop F.S.
24 min. F.S. 2 shows. On at 9:06. As a Holiday feature this act will challenge any children’s act in Vaudeville. It contains some of the most novel and grotesque stage-effects ever planned. The scene itself is romantic and the music and songs are fully in keeping with the spirit of the play. Of course, the principal interest is centered about the work of the pets, – dog, cat, parrot and the rest. The action is swift, and every minute offers a new idea and another laugh. As a children’s feature it will probably be as strong a drawing-card as Buster Gabriel, which is saying a good deal. The work of Abrahams as the cat, and Alfred Latel as the dog was particularly happy and rich in humorous surprises. Applause and laughing were constant throughout the entire act, and the close was immense, showing that the act was fully appreciated by young and old. The town will certainly be talking about this feature and it will draw strong with all classes.
10 min. F.S. 3 shows. On at 7:38. This is certainly a novelty and should appeal to the children. The monkey does a lot of tricks on the horizontal bars, rings, etc., such as athletes are supposed to do, and does them exceedingly well. There is something quite human about the little beast in his skill and agility. Took the house so strong that each feat got a good hand. The final feat was a corker, and won strong applause. A real simian sensation.
