16 Mins. These two lads, termed “The Rathskeller Duo,” will be good for three-a-day houses. Harmony prevails. Downing possessing a tenor voice of unusual quality, and Ketter has a good baritone which goes over well. Ketter is exceptionally clever on the piano. The present act consists of popular airs and an original comedy song sketch which creates a big hit. Ketter was formerly with Rahn and Ketter. Downing is a Buffalo boy, new.
Presenting “A Novelty of Song”. A young lady with pleasing personality, nicely costumed, who presents a singing number different from all others and closing with a pianologue, an excellent act. 15 minutes in one.
Mins. One.
Here’s a sister team that presents possibilities for regular big time work. With the proper scenic effects et al, they should make good. Miss Weston handles the vocal end exclusively, Miss Doro accompanying and doing a piano solo that would be a credit to a planolo recorder. As a matter of fact, Miss Doro’s peculiar tickling of the ivories suggested a player piano strongly. Judging by her reception, the turn could stand another similar solo. The songs all sound restricted with the exception of the concluding, “Rose of Washington Square,” done as an encore in an original dialect. Miss Weston is gifted with the art of getting a number across for all its lyric and comedy values.
15 Mini.; One
Without any pretense at showmanship or affections of any sort, one man sits down at the ivories and the other starts reeling off a series of restricted comedy songs. What comedy points the songs possess are gotten across for their full effect through the clear enunciation of the lyric by the vocalist He, too, is attired in plain business suit and stands on the rostrum singing his tunes. The lobby billing has it the duo are “featuring their own compositions.” They are doing it effectively. While none of the numbers is of the type one would imagine to move a minstrel into composing, they have a quaint homely humor that hits home with force. A brace of encores fell to them.
Daisy Nellis is a classy little pianist retaining much of the atmosphere of the concert stage — from which she evidentially came to vaudeville— and needs to inject something of the more popular material in her offering to catch the right tone of the average vaudeville audience.
The Brilliant French pianist – played three numbers – this act did not go over very well here, as it seems the people are not partial to piano – (over their heads) 9 min. in one.
11 minutes in one. Olio drop. Pianist. This woman plays three classical numbers, “Rigoletto;” “Lucia de Lamermoor,” (Left-handed arrangement); and “Minuet” by Paderewski. Got over first rate in this spot.
18 minutes in one. O.P. Drapery. We played this pianist about a year ago, on a Sunday night, when he was a big hit. This year he is trying to do a dramatic song recital at the piano, with very little rag-time stuff. Went well in this spot, but his present turn is by no means as good as his old act.
Pianologuist. Does a burlesque on the conventional Comic opera, impersonating the usual characters of this form of amusement. Went very well and scored strong finish. Olio in one, 16 minutes.
Olio. 24 minutes. Miss Connolly dresses the act very fine. Mr. Wenrich at the piano, playing the choruses of a number of his own composition, is a big hit. Their last song introducing the third member of the act, is a big hit, and they have taken a number of encores. I consider it a very good act. (CHICAGO)
