Soprano vocalist. After having had Mrs. Shepard and Mlle. Mantelli and other great singers this lady didn’t appeal very strongly to men, but she went first rate with the audience. She is a very good vocalist and makes a handsome appearance. 10 min. in one. She carries her own new drop.
These people have the old pole act on the trapeze with the new opening in which they come in as comedy Burglars, the style of Hall and Staly. The first part of the act amount to very little but on the pole, they introduce some very good comedy. 12 minutes open in three close with 5 minutes in one.
This is an act of the old style serpentine dance to some extent put in new form. The girl makers her entrance upon a Silver Crescent floating through the air and lands upon a large globe which I suppose represents the earth and is situated in the center of the stage: upon this she waves the old serpentine skirts with colored lights and pictures. Fairly good act. 10 minutes full stage.
A talking act bilt [sic] on new lines as described by Mr. Hodgerton, in his report of a short time ago. May be classed as good if gotten on before two o’clock or right. 18 minutes in one.
These people have got a very attractive little farce and play it very decently. The theme is not new but is put in new form and there are a good many bright lines. A good act if not depended upon for an important place on the bill. 14 min. in three.
This act was the only disappointment on the bill, and to my mind can only be classed as fair. They do some most ordinary dancing, some alleged jokes, and sing a sort of topical song. It is only good to open the show. 12 min. in two.
This team of colored people consisting of man and woman is very much on the order of all the colored acts we play. The workman dresses pretty nicely and they are very good dancers, although there is hardly as much comedy in their act as in the majority of these colored teams. It can be classed as a good act. 12 minutes in one.
A man and woman in a comedy act entitled “Back to the Woods.” They utilize the old idea of a couple doing a trial act at a vaudeville theatre who are hampered by the stage hands striking the scenes and otherwise interfering with their specialties. They have a very strong act and went very strong here this afternoon. 23 min. open full stage for about 5 minutes, and the balance of act is done in one.
Banjo solos and monologue performers. Billy is about the last of the old-time negro minstrels, but he seems to hold his own very well indeed and keeps well up to the times. He went very good this afternoon and I look for him to go even better with a night audience. 20 minutes in one.
From the original production of “Florodora.” This act consists in its entirety of fourteen people, seven men and seven women. It opens with one of the men singing “Neath the Shade of the Sheltering Palms”, which he does very well indeed, the only difficulty being that his wardrobe needs some overhauling, which will be attended to later. Then a man and woman from two of the Characters of “Floradora” sing a song and do some clever dancing, after which the double sextette, since men and six very pretty girls, come on and do “The Tell me Pretty Maiden” song, exactly the same as they did it in the original production. It is an exceptionally clever act and pleased our audience greatly. Of course it would be possible to fill the same length of time for less money, providing we were not looking for novelty and new faces, but regarded from the standpoint of a new feature. I don’t think there is any question but what the act will be worth the money. Certainly 14 people could hardly be transported over the country for any less, and it makes a pretty stage and unquestionably pleased our audience. 15 minutes; full stage.
