GNH-2. Acrobats and hand-balancers. This proved a very clever acrobatic act. It was their first appearance in America having landed on Thursday or Friday lf last week. One of the men is very large, and I should say, would weigh 225 pounds, although he is perfectly proportioned. The other one is a small man. Their work is very clean cut and they did some stunts in the way of hand-balancing which are really remarkable, and made quite a hit this afternoon in a hard place on the bill. 8 minutes. Full stage.
Society Soprano. This woman came out of the West very highly recommended, and I put her on for a week more for a trial than anything else. She has a very good voice and it has evidently received considerable cultivation, and her act made a little more impression than the ordinary singing turn by the use of a special drapery curtain through which she enters. I hardly think it is a big enough act to warrant sending it over the Circuit. 11 minutes in 2.
GYH-2. A man, woman and a little boy (Buster) who is pretty near the whole act, and does some very fair acrobatic comedy work, the laughs coming almost entirely from the little fellow, who is really clever. The trouble with him this afternoon was, that he did a little too much, and that will be remedied on the night show. They have eliminated much of the talking that they used to do and the act is now very good. 19 minutes. Open full stage, close in one.
GHR-3. Two women and one man in a singing and instrumental act. One of the woman has a very good soprano voice; the other woman plays a guitar solo which made quite an impression here to-day, and the man does a very good ‘cello solo. Both he and the guitar player also accompany the singing of the other girl. They are all dressed in Gypsy costume and the girls look clean and fresh. The act went very nicely this afternoon. 16 minutes in one.
Blackface comedians. This act always goes very well in this house, but it will hardly ever be anything beyond a good act for early part of the show. The comedian is quite unctuous in a blundering way, and got quite a number of laughs. 13 minutes in one.
GMH-3. The new act that they put on here this afternoon was not satisfactory. There was not enough element of comedy in it to warrant us in continuing so I had them change back to the old act, which can be classed as good from a 3-a-day standpoint. 24 mins. Open full stage, close in one.
“A Winter Session”. Are old favorites at this house, though the act is not a new one, it makes a hit; many of the situations are very funny and Miss Carleton’s appearance is very pleasing. Use the house man in speaking part. Full stage. Time 21 minutes.
In “Capt. Huntington”. A breezy comedy sketch in which Mr. Sullivan is ably supported by Miss Atherton. Some of the comedy falls short, notably the business with the workbasket, which play too important a part; Sullivan’s long speech is very well done and shows the artist; as a whole, a good act; full stage: time 28.
French Musical Masqueraders. Only a fair act; two men and a woman in fantastic dress, accompany their singing with guitar and violin; the violin solo of Mascagni’s “Intermezzo” very well done, which is the only feature of the act. All in one; time 17 minutes. Best of their selections too operatic for vaudeville.
In “The soldier of Propville”; a quaint, quiet act usually well handled; Mr. Ramonde dresses and acts the part of the decrepit old man with much skill. Carry their own scenery and props. Full stage; time 20 minutes.
