Joe Browning
16 min in 1. Novel monologue and got lots of good laughs. Closed to a nice hand.
Sidney Phillips
Harry Adler
Mary Norman
Presenting a monologue entitled “In Society.” She is a hit with the intelligent portion of her audiences. Her best efforts sail over the “pin heads” and under the gallery. 21 minutes full stage.
Lew Dockstander
25 minutes in one. Street. Dockstander’s make-up as ‘Teddy’ is immense. He has grasped the mannerisms and speech of the great lion slayer in a truly wonderful manner. His monologue got many laughs, but is a trifle too long drawn out.
Lew Dockstander
Mr. Dockstander has, in my opinion, an exception ally good monologue but it did not go very well this afternoon as the house was made up mostly of women and children. I look for him to go much better at the night performance. I do think that his working the Star Spangled Banner and making the people arise and making a joke of it is particularly bad taste. I might almost call it an insult to our National Anthem. Of course we cut it out here but I am mentioning this to prepare other houses that they may, if they see fit, cut it before he opens. 16 minutes in one.
Clarence E. Billings
this is a young club entertainer from Boston, who was recommended to me very strongly by Will M. Cressy. There is no mistake about it, he has got a lot of bright original stuff and knows how to tell it, and during the first part of his act he had the audience laughing about as hard as I have ever heard them in this house, at [sic] a monologue performer. Everything he does is original, and he has three bright new songs evidently written by himself, which are both brilliant and catchy. He was handicapped terribly this afternoon by his nervousness, which was only natural, as this is his first vaudeville engagement; and he is still further handicapped by his finish, which while not bad does not keep up to the standard maintained during the first two-thirds of the act. There is no question but what he is going to make a valuable performer. He works in Yankee make-up and has the Yankee dialect perfect. 16 minutes in one.
John T. Powers
eccentric comedian. This performer was put in this morning to take the place of a cancellation, and he just about get through. He got quite a number of laughs, but there is nothing whatever original about his work. Was obliged to cut out several bits of his material. 13 minutes, in one.
Billy Elliott
Henry Lewis
16 minutes in one. Special plush drops. ‘A Vaudeville Cocktail.’ Mr. Lewis is unquestionably the best money value single man turn we have had this season. He has lots of personality, immense versatility, and undoubted originality. He is doing a little bit of most everything and doing it with a fine artistic conception. His prologue is a rich satire.