Type: Sketch - Musical

William A. Weston and Co.

This sketch entitled “The Attorneys” was twenty-three minutes long on the full stage. The setting is an overcrowded library in which all of the furniture is musical instruments. The act opens as a sketch and evolves into a musical. The company plays songs on the “furniture”, the best of which was a hidden pipe organ. They do a xylophone number for the finish. Weston also does some German comedy. The company is listed as Franklin Mae, Max L. Hoen, Clint Harsin, Rught Verin, and Fred Varin.

Grace La Rue and Co.

This sketch entitled “The Record Breaker” was fifteen minutes long. The setting is a phonograph emporium. Grace La Rue enters with her maid and is dressed in yellow. She sings three songs along with the phonograph record and makes costume changes for each. For the finish, she sings the aria from “Madame Butterfly” accompanied by Caruso on the phonograph.

Paul Morton and Naoma Glass

This musical comedy entitled “My Lady of the Bungalow” was sixteen minutes long. Morton and Glass play young people in love and sing two new story songs. They insert comedy dialogue in between their numbers. Glass does a solo in a pleasing contralto voice and plays the organ.