Midgley & Carlisle
Sager Midgley and Gertie Carlisle in ‘After School.’ Our audience think very well of this act, Midgley is an artist in his particular field and Miss Carlisle is one of the best in vaudeville of her sex. 21 min, FS 3 in one.
World’s Trio
19 min, 9 min in one at opening, then to CDF with one minute in one at close. As this is a familiar act over the circuit it would be needless to criticise it. The two women in their tough make-up and in their very pretty dressing afterwards, sing well, dance well and easily do their share of the work. The male member however, was unable to arouse interest by his monologue or bad singing. Their rapid singing and dancing at the close carried them off to good applause, but not as good as if the two women worked alone or a new and good man had replaced the present male member.
Allison’s Players
CDF, 25 min. Another novelty here and really in trial here to-day. We billed it as a one act musical comedy, and while it is fashioned after many of the musical comedies that drop of at this town, it did not arouse the interest we expected. The company consists of four pretty, clever and flip girls. Their flipness is traceable no doubt to previous appearances with burlesque companies and in burlesque houses where this sort of stuff is approved. The four girls sing well, dance well and of good appearances, will be valuable in work of this sort in a very short time, that is when a little of the flipness has disappeared. The one male member Chas. DeLaud, proved himself at a loss today – with an unctuous comedian playing his role, the act would have been considerable more successful. The act closed to very fair applause and I would say that with a little more practice, it will be classed as a good act. 2 shows.
Cunningham and Lord
Drapery in one, 11 min. Young man and woman, neatly dressed, who open in song. The man is a fair singer but the woman’s ability in this line is hurt by the fact that she is a trifle tongue-tied. With respect to many good dancers that have been here since we opened last September, I firmly believe that Cunningham’s dancing is better than that done by any one here in all that time. To my mind he is on a par with John Ford and one or two others and he closed to-day to tremendous applause. In fact it might be said that the act received better applause than any other so far. 3 shows.
Gordon, Vidoco & Flynn
CDF, 21 min. Two man and a woman, one man Irish make-up. The sketch made up for laugh making purposes alone, and while there is little sense to it, it served its purposes alone, and while there is little sense to it, it served its purpose well this afternoon, gaining many laughs and keeping the audience interested and amused and enabled them to close to very fair applause. Is merely a conventional comedy sketch. 3 shows.
Premier Comedy Quartette
CDF, 21 min, 6 min in one. A comedy sketch by four men, three in eccentric makeup, and here on trial to-day. It was evident that there was little or no preparation for the class of stuff they were to offer and as it was put some-what roughly it did not make much of an impression. One of the men, Marshall, possesses considerable ability as a comedian, but the sketch really fails by the bad work of the first tenor. Gets by well in this position but would not stand a better one. 3 shows.
Hummerty
European juggler. This is the first appearance on our circuit of this performer although he has played the Coast and Middle West. He is quite a clever artist in his way and gets his effects by original methods. Aside from his juggling he is a very good equilibrist and does an act of balancing and juggling combined that can be considered the feature. He closes his act by borrowing a lot of instruments for the orchestra which he balances in a very peculiar sort of way. The act is a novelty all the way through and a good one. 16 min, full stage.
Foy & Clark
A man and woman in a comedy sketch entitled the ‘Old Curiosity Shop.’ These people are putting up the best offering they have ever given us thus far. They carry their own set which represents the interior of an old curiosity shop, and aside from the myriads of objects painted on scenery, they also have a lot of things scattered around, the handling and introduction of which gives Foy an opportunity to localize a lot of matter and make the act strong in comedy. There are many bits in the act which are really clever and original, as, for instance, a dog which he makes up with a head on the wrong end and which when he sits down on the stage apparently runs backward to the door and exits, which is sure of a big laugh. I cannot see how the turn can fail to make hot any where along the line. 18 min, full stage.
Martinetti & Grosse
Two men in an act which is a novelty throughout. It is really a grotesque musical act although they do not wish to be billed in that way. They use nothing but fake instruments which are concealed in various ways so that upon their entrance there is no indication whatever of what they are going to do. Their instruments are very ingenious and are very cleverly concealed in all sorts of objects. From start to finish the act is a constant succession of surprises. They made ably [sic] this afternoon. 15 min, open full stage and close in one.
Mora Bayes
2 shows, 14 min in 1. First time here for this vocalist comedienne. She is attractive looking and sings fairly well but better than all else has unlimited nerve, probably imbibed from Al Fields, as it is the same character. She got the crowd as no similar singer has done here of late and went off the stage with the stamp of approval of the people, who furnish the wherewithal to keep the show going, fixed upon her.