Type: Animal

Montague’s Bird Actors

Cocktoo’s [sic], very clever, best bird act ever played Pawtucket, 8 minutes full stage. Went Big.

Everest’s Monkeys

Opening to the usual sparsely seated house went remarkedley [sic] well. The monks go about their routine tricks in the most solemn manner possible, the “card boys” grabbing off a solid laugh every time they made their appearance. The monkey band and the vaudeville show with the funny acrobatics, with the animals doing the tricks without the aid of a visible trainer kept the house in a roar of merriment.

Sultan

Trained Pony. 12 Mins The trainer is a classy looking tall blonde girl in a green jacket and riding breeches. The pony is a well-kept animal and runs’ through an interesting routine of answering, questions by the shaking of the mane, etc. He adds numbers, subtracts, etc., by scraping the hoof in the time honored fashion. Some comedy is injected by his answers, all his work being cued from the position of the girl’s whip. Nothing unusual about the pony’s assortment of tricks but an interesting 12 minutes for the smaller bills.

LEON MORRIS and CO.

Trained Pony. 11 Mins.; Full. Man in bed snoring. Wife enters and informs audience he has been out all night. Man awakes. Some crossfire. Pony who has been concealed beneath the bed clothes appears. Pony is bone of contention In domestic wrangle Which follows. A travestied drama with the pony as the hero wrestling with and ejecting the villain It the finish.

CAPT. BETT’S SEALS.

13 Mins.; Full Stage. Besides the seals, Captain Betts has two monkeys and a fighting cock which contribute their share to the entertainment. A girl works the seals, and Captain Betts takes care of the monks and fighting cock. There is some little novelty to the combination, and also in the fact that the animals work together. One trick in which a seal goes up and down a flight of stairs, balancing a pole upon which the cock is perched, pleased the audience immensely. The monks work well and several very good laughs are gained with them. One of the monks plays ball with the seals and also throws them fish. This is the sort of stuff that Captain Betts should work up to, for it is meat for an audience. The seals, four of them, go through the regulation tricks. The act is a pleasing and entertaining one of its kind and where, an act of this description is needed, will fill the bill very nicely.

FILLIS FAMILY.

Four horses, with a man and Woman doing the equestrian work in a high school routine, that bespeaks excellent training. Three of the animals are adepts at dance steps, performing all of Me more difficult ones in perfect time with the music. One of the animals called “Little Mike” stands out as a fancy stepper. The other two do fox trot, waltz, one step. The tricks are run through with speed and minus surging by the trainers. A rearing horse also contributed a bit of jumping that served to vary the routine. Horse acts have not been abundant around the local vaudeville houses for several years.

“THE COUNTRY VILLAGE.”

Monkeys and dogs are used in this turn. A special set showing a rural scene with barns, houses, etc… The thread of the animal comedy fairly well followed…

PALI DASSI and Co.

Pali Dassi is evidently European. He is costumed in baggy trousers and red wig and is assisted by two buxom girls in Dutch bonnets and knee- length dresses.  Some juggling of a toy balloon by one- of the girls and Dassi is followed by a series of backflips performed by a French bulldog.

Hickey’s Comedy Circus

10 minutes full stage, introducing a pair of ponies, revolving table and two trick mules. The mules are the features of the show. It is a tremendous scream and sends the audience away in great shape. The best and most laughable closing act of the season.