Gladstone & Leonard
“This Rube and the Soubrette” – singing, dancing and talking act (man and woman); poor singers; this act went very weak. 15 min. in olio; special drop.
Embs & Alton
Elite Entertainers — A very neat entertaining act; singing, violin and piano playing; woman very fine singer; this act went very good; 10 min., olio.
The Louis Brocade
15 min. f.s.. These men and two women in Colonial costumes with a progress of singing violin and flute number. Went over fairly well.
Ray Samuels
12 min. She was a big hit with a series of character songs, assisted by Charles Pierce at the piano. She has a lot of good songs, sings them well and finished strong.
Frank Westphal
Westphal has a good line of talk; closes his act with a couple of piano numbers. Went good. 12 min. in 1.
Paul Petching
Paul Petching entertained the audience with his novelty musical offering, the music gotten out of a pear tree by squeezing the fruit, by blowing through a rake, turning sun flowers and several other concealments, and finished with a never failing cornet solo. That put him off to a healthy hand.
Chas. Diamond, Beatrice and Co.
20 Mins.; Full Stage. The main idea this trio of musicians (two women and a man) want to impress is that it is their first appearance on this side in 17 years. The man and his partner are probably the two over here at that time, for the little girl who handles the large hard does not look as if she had yet seen 17 years. The man’s playing on the small harp is about the whole act. He shows real ability and easily outdoes the two other members. The older woman plays a little silver horn affair and she keeps up until the audience is decidedly tired of it. The little girl plays the large harp fairly well for a child. The selections are mostly Irish numbers and the others sound as if they might have been held over from the last visit. The closing number makes them finish strong. A fair musical turn of its kind that will find the audiences in some houses most appreciative.
Craig and Holsworth
Will Crutchfield followed the screen offering and gave the bill its start with {roping?} succeeded by Craig and Holsworth, who jazzed it upon violin and saxophone. Mr. Craig’s ability with the string instruments is well known and he has procured himself another partner equal to carrying his share of the melodies and coloring them up a bit as well. The boys in “one” did very well, with Craig’s dancing while playing standing out, and their selection of songs bring timely they pounding out pop ditties of present popularity, they left with something to spare.
Edna Pierce and Hazel Goff
The show was opened by Edna Pierce and Hazel Goff in combination xylophone, piano and cornet offering. For some reason or other the girls seemed at odds with the orchestra, for they were either ahead or behind them whenever they got to the xylophone. They both look pretty and dress handsomely and their double on the xylophone for the finish of the act sent them away nicely.
Bouton and Parker
17 Mins.; Four (Special Farm Setting.) Bouton and Parker have a novel musical act for the pop houses. The man is an old farmer, while the woman plays the daughter. They get music out of the milk cans, the old well, pickets on the fence, and for the closing the girl sits in a prop auto and plays the melodeon, singing an old number that pleases. Both sing. The girl has a good voice, of high range. Act is well staged and got over nicely.