3 shows, 18 min. open full stage, close in 1. Man and woman in a talking and singing act, and some mandolin playing by the man. The act is good enough as an opener of the 3-show section, but neither of the performers are clever, the woman being especially bad, as is apt to be the case in turns of this description.
The girls of this act went surprisingly well considering their nearness to the Fadettes. They are extremely refined and of pleasing personality. Won out immediately with our audience and they were obliged to respond to encores. The old gentleman went remarkably well and the turn on the whole to me was a pleasing surprise. One of the nicest, quietest and refined acts that I have ever seen.
Open well with an automobile followed by conversation which is only fair. Their close may be counted the best part of the act which is bag pipes and dancing. This latter is very good and sent them off with a very good hand.
A new method of introducing old magic. The scene is a bake shop, two attendants a man and woman dressed in baker’s garb. The man got away with his stuff very well but the woman considerably handicapped the act owing to her unsightly appearance. All right as openers.
YRR. Two men in an acrobatic brother act, and I think they are the best in their line that have come over from the other side. Their work is very clever and is clean cut from start to finish. A very good act. 13 minutes, full stage.
YRR. These people had a pretty hard place on the hill following everybody, and for the first three or four minutes it did not seem as though they were going to reach their audience, but they picked up toward the end and went quite strong. They have several original parodies and they know how to sing them. 20 minutes in one.
GHR. Linton is of the original team of Linton and Morntyre, and the sketch he is presenting, so far as the lines are concerned, is largely reminiscent of the old act. They get away with it very nicely, however, and close with a triple song and dance act that is quite pretty. 15 minutes full stage. Could close in one if necessary,
GHR. Black faced comedian and vocalist. Earnest is now, as he always was, a very good singer. He introduced three new songs this afternoon, closing with a parody on “Hiawatha,” in which he was assisted verbally by the orchestra. He also did a lot of comedy talking which was good and it can be set down as a good act throughout. 15 minutes in one.
Three men in an acrobatic comedy act. The act has been cleaned up considerably since it was last here, and the comedian of the trio has multiplied his work so that it is now very acceptable. They are doing the feet and head balancing first introduced here by the Erretto Troupe, in which they have made several improvements, and the act went very strong this afternoon. 15 minutes, full stage.
A couple of light colored “coons” who dress very nicely indeed and who, although not very good singers, have a personality which pleases the audience. They appeared first in their long dresses and did a song in one; then went to full stage in Indian costume and sang “Hiawatha” which was a big hit, and closed in one with short dresses with a dance. It is a thoroughly all right act for three show-a-day. 12 minutes, open and close in one.
