Carolyn Young
– Whistler. This girl whistles well, but dresses in very bad taste, and has a tough walk that the detracts from her act which may be classed as fair. 7 minutes in one, 3 shows.
Will Cressey and Blanche Dayne
2 shows, 23 min. full stage—presenting their new sketch, “Bill Biffin’s Baby”, which is patterned after “A Village Lawyer,” in almost every particular, the dialogue along being new. Cressy is by all odds the cleverest man in his line in the varieties, both as an author and an actor, so criticism is practically out of the question.
John Healy
3 shows, 15 min. in one—Blackface monologue and singing comedian. He did not make much impression on the blasé crowd today, but that does not argue that he in any degrees less of a funny man that ever.
Pony Ballet
– 2 shows -9 mins. – Palace in Four- Although the girls apparently worked as hard as formerly, there was a decided drop in the value of the turn: Girls not so attractive as they were on former visit. They might have gone better have not as much dancing preceded them. Nevertheless a bunch of young and shapely girls is a good thing in any variety show.
Johnson & Dean
colored man and woman in one of the hardest places on the bill, where I felt pretty certain they were going to fall down, but they made practically the hit of the afternoon, getting lots of applause on their work, and their finish with the Lobsterscope making a great hit. As usual, the women’s dresses was one of the features of the act. 12 minutes, opens full stage, closes in one.
Bertie Fowler
Mimic and storyteller: she had a pretty hard place this afternoon, following Ross and Fenton and did not fairly get her gait until she struck the imitation of the drunken man, in which she made a great hit. 15 minutes, in one.
Ross & Fenton
– In a travestry [sic] on Sardou’s “Cleopatra.” These people are just as good as they ever were. Their act does not make the tremendous hit that used to be, but I attributed it to the fact that audiences get so used to seeing big vaudeville that it takes a great deal to disturb their equilibrium. They have brightened the act with one or two new situations and carry an extra man and woman so it is really quite a brilliant production. Both Ross & Fenton sustain their characters with their old-time vim. While it is a burlesque they show at all times that they have a true conception of the legitimate action of the peace. 18 minutes; full stage.
Leroy & Woodford
– man and woman in regulation talking and crossfire “gagging” act. They always go good in this house, but fell a little this afternoon, as their rapid-fire talk is more especially fitted for evening audiences. 17 minutes, in one.
Fadette Orchestra
-no comment on this act is necessary so far as quality of work is concerned. I think they have been playing a little too long for our New York audiences. They did 40 minutes this afternoon, and I think 30 would be about right. There is no mistaking the fact, however, that it is a great musical organization. 40 minutes; full stage.
Furr & Ford
A man and woman in a knack on the lines of the old Sidman Act, in fact, it is a portion of the Sidman Act, the man having been with Arthur Sidman in his old barn-storming days. I think it is going to develop into an exceptionally good act bye and bye. It went very nicely this afternoon, the only trouble being there extreme nervousness, this being their first appearance on the professional stage. 18 minutes; full stage.