KR 3 – Two colored men appearing for the first time on the circuit. They are very good indeed. They have got quite a bit of original material and they know how to do it. They had a very hard place on the bill, but they made good to the fullest extent. 20 minutes in one.
GHR 2 – Two attractive appearing young women who do a remarkably clever musical act. One of the women was formerly of the team of “The Tobins”, the male member of which died in Australia, and the other one is the wife of Harrigan the juggler. They have put together a very good act; in fact, as a straight musical act I don’t know of anything that has gone any better in this house with the exception of Musical Dale and Lillie Western. 19 minutes, open full stage and close with about three minutes in one.
YRR 2 – Black face comedians in an eccent[ric] comedy and acrobatic at, closing with the supposedly invisible wire which used in this connection always seem good for a laugh. They were very strong here this afternoon, their finish especially making a big hit. 14 minutes, open full stage and close in one.
GRR 3 – A man and a woman in a comedy sketch; the man impersonating a bell-boy and the woman a guest of a hotel. Purcell was formerly of the team of Purcell & Maynard, and he is a clever little performer. The woman does not amount to very much, except as a feeder for him, and she does that well enough to be acceptable. 15 minutes, full stage; close with about 3 minutes in one.
HR 3 – With his collection of card tricks; some of the things that he does are a little sort of the marvelous, and it has always seemed to me that he never seemed to get all out of them that he ought to do. However, he went quite strong with the audience, and it is a first-class act. 19 minutes in one.
NH 3 – These are the same poodles formerly worked by Ed Doherty, who died about a year ago. They are now handed by his widow, and they somehow seemed to me to go much better this afternoon than I ever saw them before even when Doherty was handling them himself. They obey her perfectly, and being so diminutive they appeal especially to the ladies and the children, and, taken as a whole, it was a very acceptable act. 16 minutes, full stage.
GRR 3 – Two men and a young woman in a little singing sketch called “A Japanese Honeymoon.” They have a very pretty stage setting indeed. One of the members has a fairly good voice, and judged from the standpoint of a three-show-a-day act it is all right, …a much better place than third or fourth on the bill. 24 minutes, full stage.
NH 3 – A Young man and a woman in a singing and dancing act. They are both of them neat dressers and clever dancers, and their act is especially acceptable from the fact that they do not attempt any comedy of any description. It is a good, useful three-show-a-day turn. 11 minutes in one.
2 shows, 23 min. full stage – Unless they go stronger than they did this afternoon it is going to be a beautiful contract to carry them along for three weeks. There was very little applause, excepting on the last two dances.
2 shows, 21 min. open in 1, close in 3 – This man is one of the cleverest card manipulators we have ever had here, almost equaling Thurston. Finishes with a trunk act, the box being a handsome piece of furniture and much the smallest ever used in public here. He has to fairly double himself up to get into it. It is locked, and then covered with canvas which is laced and then bound with cord. He gets out of it in about seven seconds. It is the sort of act that makes people talk, and was one of the best things in our bill this afternoon. At night, he is bound to make a big hit.
