Burns and Foran, the dancing team, held down the deuce spot and got over mildly. The boys are good steppers, but their comedy efforts don’t register. The opening searching for the audience with pocket searchlights, gave them a novel start, but the act let down after it. An English recitative double gives an opportunity to wear monocles and caps, but muffs as a comedy contribution. It’s a fair number two act for big bills.
Walter Manthey and Co., the “company” comprising two women, a statuesque “ballroom” dancer and a cute little toe stepper. Going on after 11 p.m. it is worthy of record that they held the audience to their finish.
Smith and Miller, formerly Smith and Kaufman and new to the big time caliber but the routining seems to be wrong. Miller works very heard. He should not do a monolog but go right into his dance. They would have done much better with Green and Dean, No. 4.
Curson Sisters opened with a butterfly dance with sparkling tinseled wings, then stripped down to short military jackets with pantalets and going into the last teeth whirl that brought them back for four bows.
Beth Bert and Co. closed in a sweet dance offering that would have impressed in the middle of the bill. The girl is sugar, an innocent looking little darling with a lovable smile and excellent technique; but with all that she just couldn’t hold them in.
Dressler and Wilson of the vaudeville contingent appeared as part of the revue with their dance specialties. This mixed team of dancers adhere strictly to dancing and do not attempt singing. The girl has personality and looks attractive in short costumes. What her partner lacks in appearance is more than made up by his really good dancing, which drew the biggest applause making the team the best liked of the vaudeville section.
Hite, Reflow and Loehr are a mixed couple offering a series of dances with a piano accompanists. The costuming is pretty, and the setting attractive. The pianist displays cleverness and versatility in song numbers and acrobatic dancing, while the team make their changes. The act is generally above the small time average.
Cartmell and Harris in their novelty dancing offering. “Golfing With Cupid,” have realized the dream of every from the stereotyped “Off to Buffalo” method of introducing dances. They have a neat routine of dialog hung around a day’s golfing, and do a golf dance that is consistent and well executed. The finish is evening clothes given Laura Harris a chance to do a clever “souse.” They went over with a bang.
Florence Tempest is the added feature, and this dainty girl is not vastly impressive to this clientele, but Alton and Allen, marvelous dancers, and George Harriss, her corking pianist, carry her over. This is a following that does not rise to the peculiar type of elegance and chic which Miss Tempest personifies, which make her valuable in discriminating houses, but which disadvantage her here. At that the turn as a whole makes the requisite showing for spot and billing.
Carlos Sebastian, assisted by the Myra Sisters, closed the first part. The dark-haired sister does herculean work as a dancing partner of Sebastian in the doubles and the other contributes some good solo work, pulling a toe dance and playing a violin simultaneously. At the finish, both in huntress costumes, are driven over hurdles by Sebastian as the Whip, with novel lighting arrangement giving a cinema effect that was a hurrah closing. The girls work like beavers and aid materially. Coupled with Sebastian’s showmanship, it made an unbeatable combination.
