14 minutes in one. Olio drop. A girl and a one-legged man in songs, dances, and high kicking, with a little tumbling. They do a good act, but it is a question if vaudeville audiences likes to see a cripple when they go to the theatre to be amused.
2 women, 1 man in a knockabout act in full stage. Man impersanates [sic] Chaplin. His work is good but it did not get over well. One woman of the act is very good acrobat the orther [sic] woman is nothing more than baggage as she does nothing. Act went fair. Four dogs are also used.
In “Holiday’s Dream.” 24 minutes fs. Special set. This act is twenty-four minutes of dancing and pantomime, and this should be taken into consideration in booking around it. The diving is merely incidental. There is classical dancing, toe dancing, dances of all nations, and the tango. There was dancing in six acts preceding Miss Macomber to-day, and although this did not seem to hurt her, it certainly did not help. After her Monday afternoon performance, the advance sale started, and it looks like a record week.
14 minutes full stage. Man and woman. They do a lot of clever things, play guitar and mandolin, acrobatics, bat and stick juggling and bicycles. Very clever; see fast work at the finish. Good opener.
Pastimes of the West, 13 minutes, full stage. Good novelty act, the lariat skill displayed created much favorable comment and the act in its entirety was very well received at all performances. Unquestionably the best of its kind yet offered here.
Jap, 8 minutes, full stage. Considering the man’s advanced age, he accomplishes some rather clever feats. The audience was inclined to be lenient, realizing that he had passed the meridies [sic] of his one time art, and accepted it in a kindly spirit.
“Models in Marble.” Living statuary, 12 min. Full stage, spec. set. A beautiful and imposing spectacle, these reproductions of priceless art which the chisels of the masters have bequeathed to posterity, and which have given them Fame while they sleep. And yet the offering received little in the way of applause. A trifle too elevated perhaps, for many. After running two or three looms all day, or taking care of three or four spinning frames, many of them could not be expected to manifest any great degree of interest in the classic lore of ancient are. Some of them are still wondering as to who Prosersine and Celetes might have been. Many of us undoubtedly somewhat ‘rusty’ in our Mythology, the beautiful legendary lore of ancient Greece, the figures of which have been as immortally perpetuated by the masters of the old, old school. But it is all a bit too ‘high’ for Woonsocket.
22 min. Four men, one dressed as a woman, in a high-class juggling and musical act. During the musical finish, a very good impersonation of Charlie Chaplin is done by one of the men giving the act an excellent comedy finish, It scored a big hit.
In “The Clock Shop.” 31 minutes f.s. Three special scenes. The best act Chip and Marble have had yet. Has a novel story, with all the characters as animated clocks, bright lines, all the dialogue being in rhyme, and the music is both high-class and catchy. A decided hit.
14 mins. Full stage, special set. Avery [sic] appealing little novelty, quite the best seen here in a long time past. Entertaining and education is a combination not often met with theatrical offerings these days, and here is a welcome relief from many of the stereotypes and hackneyed forms of divertissement with which the stage of today is overburdened.
