“Her First Game.” Man and woman in a talking act supposed to describe the feelings of a young man who tries to explain a ball game to his partner. Might possibly get by in a town which supports a team but their stuff fell absolutely flat with the audiences here today. Finish with a song. Olio in 1. Time 12 min.
In a Comedy Skit entitled “Shopping — man and woman — comedy singing and talking; make-up straight; 12 min. in one. Went fair.
(32 min) This was his second week. At the matinee he used two new sketches, but for the evening show “The Scrubwoman” sketch was put back and used with “Chrysanthemums” and Bard was a big applause hit. It made an ideal combination, both bits got plenty of laughs and he closed big. He received a reception on both numbers in the evening.
In a sketch “Story Book Stuff”. In a very unusual setting, Mr. Bond is giving a very unusual act. It is one of the best sketches we have had in a long time. Plenty of comedy; it is in a new idea and it is well played. Because of the fact that Mr. Bond was a member of our stock Company, the supposition might arise that he made good in Providence for that reason; that is not the fact, our audience expect more from our sotck people than they would from any regular vaudevillians and that would tend to make it more difficult for Mr. Bond than otherwise. In spite of this the act was thoroughly successful, both as to securing laughs and applause. I consider it a thoroughly worth while act and one that should be played, 22 min. full stage.
13 minutes f.s. Miss Hunt in her second week is playing a sketch called “A Woman’s Folly,” in which she is the only character. For the first performances she has done remarkably well. The scene is a hotel room, rather elaborately furnished, with bed in an alcove. She is alone and is in a fit jealousy. A good deal of business in done with telephone. There is a beautiful display of millinery and gowns in a dressing scene, and altogether this gives promise of being a very novel feature in the sketch line. The very fact that one woman can hold an audience with a connected story is in itself worth while. Before the week is out with a little better finish, the sketch ought to be worth considering.
18 minutes f.s. “The Boatswain’s Mate.” An English comedy that is full of laughs from start to finish, and has a good element of novelty all through.
