De Courcy Brothers
Hand to hand athletes. Make fine appearance; many of their tricks are new and they turn off their work in an easy, effective style which makes good. Worked in one, but should perform in two or three. Time 10 minutes.
Geovini and Murray
Acrobatic song and dance artists. Are pleasant, healthy looking girls and have a fair opening act, much of which is on the contortion order with some rough and tumble rolling. Work in two time 10 minutes.
Sam Elton
Time 12 minutes, full stage. While this man is a clever juggler and acrobat, his name is not of sufficient importance to pull his money. In order to justify the salary he gets he should be billed as a headliner, and his act does not warrant being given that prominence.
Stack and Milton
7 minutes, full stage, These boys are overpaid, as, aside from the sensational trick with which they finish, their act is no better than that of McPhee and Hill and possibly does not contain so much spectacular work. The closing trick, in which one of them swing from one outside bar to the other, completely clearing the middle one, fairly brings the audience to its feet.
Jordan and Crouch
12 minutes, full stage- close in one. Their same singing and dancing act with practically no change. Woman is the only redeeming feature, as Jordan has dwindled into a shiftless careless dancer, and goes through his work in such a slip shod manner that he injures rather than helps the woman. Slovenly and, in fact, repulsive dressing, helps injure him also One time Jordan was peer of buck dancers. Now it is different. Could not call it a good act of $80. It is practically dead as far as this house is concerned.
Agnes Mahr
12 minutes, full stage-can close in one. One of the best toe dancing acts I have ever seen. The girl has grace and personality, besides being a thoroughly turned out toe dancer, of which there are few, if any, in vaudeville. She makes a change for each dance, five or six in all, finishing with a kind of cakewalk on her toes to Tommy Atkins music. However, the girl is not a very desirable vaudeville act, as her work is not appreciated at its value.
Buron and Brooks
Time 18 min, full close in one. Doing the same act as last season, “A quiet Evening at the Club.” Some new material, the principal change being the introduction of a combination recitation and song, something about a woman gone astray, for which he gets considerable applause. Still close with “More Work for the Undertaker.” Entire act going well.
Smith and Fuller
Time 24 min, stage: full stage-close in one. A common place musical act, over-rated and over-paid. Has not been built up except in avoirdupois. The new Fuller is Jannie St. George, but $75 or possibly $100. For Miss Fuller’s harp playing alone would make the act a more useful one, and she could work in one.
Clement and Co.
Time 24, set: full stage. Their offering is a condensed version of “The New Dominion,” the play in which Clement starred for a number of years. The vaudeville version is called “The Baron’s Love Story” and is not only a concise and interesting little play, and it is surprising how much of the original story is crowded into one act. The support is all the parts require, and there is no better actor than Clement in or out of vaudeville.
Guyer and Daly
By long odds the hit of the show. Very clever artists both. Guyer’s comedy is novel and amusing, but his tough dance with Miss Daly, making a rough house climax is one of the best things produced here this season. It has scored a great success. Full stage; time 13 minutes.