John McGee
Blackface comedian, 12 minutes in (I). Fairly good act, he mixes in considerable of the old with a trifle that is new, a couple of parodies help out his talk and raise more or less laughter. Went fairly well with the audience.
Kenny, Nobody and Platt
12 minutes in one. One of the few remaining blackface teams in vaudeville worth playing. They did the same act and the same songs that they gave us a couple of seasons ago and were as big a hit as ever. The men have remarkable voices and put over their line of patter effectively.
Carroll Johnson
Blackface vocalist and dancer. As usual, he is probably the finest dress performer on the vaudeville stage, and is the personification of neatness throughout his entire act. He had two or three new songs this afternoon and some new talk, and made a big hit with his prizefight recitation at the finish. 22 minutes in one.
Emmett J Welch and his Minstrals
Hubbert & Warren
14 min. in 1. 2 shows. On at 9:22. This blackface act consisting of trick piano-playing and eccentric dancing, was a hit. The act is rich in comedy and got the house strong, particularly the dancing which won four curtain calls, and compelled Warren to make a little speech. Good act in one for any spot on the bill where an act in one is [illegible].
Warren & Blanchard
On at 2.16, 20 min, in 1. I could not see where this act came in for $250 when I saw it in New York last week and our audience this afternoon seemed to be of the same mind as myself. The opening of the act drags, while Warren’s make-up as a wench is what saves the finish. Blanchard is working black-face here this week, which, in my opinion, improves the act, for I do not think that any audience wants to see a white man making love to a negro. Blanchard’s stage appearance in white-face is anything but attractive, and his ideas of dressing are something awful. In the black-face this is not noticeable.
Bertie Herren
I can’t say that I am very much impressed with Miss Harren’s act other than for the novelty of her blacking up in view of the audience. In the 3-a-day section and going on before 8 o’clock she would be thoroughly all right. I can’t see her before for anything better. 13 min. in 1, 2 shows.
George H. Primrose
Mr. Primrose presents eight white boys in blackface, and a wealth of pretty scenery. Open in full stage with a very pretty set of a cotton field in the moonlight, and close in one with a silver shower clog by the boys. While this is really a great dancing act I do not consider it worth near the money Primrose is getting for it. Unless it is deemed wise to pay $500. For the Primrose name and $500. For the act proper. 11 min. FS. 5 min. in one.
Nat Haines
‘Man Who Makes Long Stories Short.’ 14 min. in 1. Works blackface soldier make-up. This man is of the rapid-fire order of entertainers, one objection being that he talks so rapidly that his meaning is not always perfectly understood. His chief trouble is the number of vulgarisms he allows to slip in, which will have to be cut out. The laughter was constant, however, some of it uproarous [sic] that he was compelled to wait until there was quiet before he could continue. This man is a real genius in his way, and very valuable for such a place on the bill if he will only keep within the bounds of propriety. He finished with immense applause, and received two curtain calls.
Eddie Leonard
Assisted by the Sharp Brothers gave us a blackface singing and dancing of great merit. Leonard has an excellent voice for blackface and is a graceful danger while the Sharp brothers more than make good their wooden shoe dance. The act is well mounted and as a whole could hardly by improved upon. 13 min, FS, 3 in one.