18 minutes f.s. Special set. This is a comedy with music – being in rellity [sic[, “The Taming of the Shrew” modernized and brought up to date. Mr. Jarvis puts his songs over in good shape, and Miss Dare makes a beautiful appearance in two changes of costume. Went over very well.
18 min. The former was a number of Stepp, Mehlinger & King and in this new two-men act plays the piano for his partner, they sing ballads and comedy songs, each of which scored and finished with a big laughing matter.
In “Me and Mary.” 16 minutes f.s. C.D.F. A neat little comedy with two musical numbers, written around Mr. Swift’s personality. Got a number of laughs and closed strong. In fact, a hit.
In “The Luck of a Totem.” A novel and picturesque musical comedy, with the stage setting as the frozen North. Eight people, seven men and a woman. Carry a fine plush drop. 28 min, in full stage; went big.
15 min. “At Bug Junction.” Man and woman in comedy talk and songs, finishing with a bit of dancing. The material at the start is poor and they received little recognition until they introduced a song and dance at the finish. Only a fair set.
16 min. Coming into vaudeville as a team from B.A.Rolfe’s “The Bride Shop,” in which they played the principal parts, this clever comedian and his partner have a splendid vehicle. It opens with a lot of bright comedy talk and they have three song numbers with some dancing. They were a big applause hit, being compelled to come back to answer several recalls. Mr. Tombes is using a very old comedy song which, if replaced with something more uptodate, would be an improvement.
1 hour and Twenty-Three minutes. (As Mr. Jordan is the producer of this summer show, he declined to pass an opinion on it. I am giving an unbiased criticism of it, paying no attention to the fact that it is a B.F. Keith Theatre production.)
Nothing that Philadelphia has ever attempted in the production line for Vaudeville has equaled “Made in Philly.” It was written, produced, staged and presented by Philadelphians, therefore, supporting the title in every respect. At the very first performance it was a tremendous hit. Not one moment in one hour and twenty-three minutes did the audience stop laughing or applauding, or did it let down in enthusiasm. While the basis of the story is militarism, no attempt was made to put it over through the use of “Spirit of 76” pyrotechnics. It was one big jubilee of comedy and sing from start to finish and the biggest hit in the musical comedy line that Keith’s Theatre has ever had. It is so good that it could go on the road with a few changes and do as well as it did here. It looks like an all-summer run for “Made in Philly.”
16min. “Types of Women.” This young girl offered four numbers, all new here. Each was a character type easily recognized and she used bits of talk with each number for some good comedy results. At the finish she was rewarded with a liberal hunt. She is assisted by Austin Mack and the piano.
The comdy [sic] musician. Dresses as gipsy. Plays a trombone horn, guitar, specializing one string violin. Special drop of Venetian scene. Made a nice appearance. 12 minutes. Went good.
18 min. “The Diamond Palace.” This is sort of a sequel to their former act, “At Alfalfa Junction,” showing a small time sister act and rube manager. They have a lot of good comedy talk which got laughs and introduce two instrumental musical numbers along with Milton’s comedy song hit. The act was very well liked, kept the audience amused and finished well.
