In “Christmas on the Island”. This act is not as good as when I saw it in New York, at Proctors. They have replaced, at least, one of the singers with a much inferior man. The music is of a rather good quality and they sing it decently but I still think the act is $50 overpaid. At that price should be rated as very good turn. 21 min. in one, 2 shows
This is a pretty good monkey act although not as good as I expected. Monkeys are funny, in any case and these have a little novelty in the Chinese Laundry Scene together with some of the usual monkey tricks. 13 min. full stage, 2 shows.
Rope experts. This is a very novel act and I believe the only one of its kind, in the business. People are rather refined in their manner and do some very effective work which was thoroughly appreciated by the audience. A might good three a day act. 10 min. full stage, 3 shows.
Man and woman in a musical comedy sketch in which the woman does the comedy and to me, she is really funny, fully as much so as Kate Elinore. The man plays fairly well on the Cornet and electric belle are acceptable. A good three a day act. 15 min. open in 3, close in 1, 3 shows.
This is a young fellow and girl who make a very neat appearance and do some rather good dancing. The act is fairly good from the three a day standpoint and is all right to fill a little time on the early part of the bill. 11 min. in one, 3 shows.
YRR 2. Full stage, 23 minutes, close in one. Man and woman presenting the comedy “Change Your Act, or back to the Woods”. Moore has a lot of new business, and with the assistance of a man he carries as “props” has greatly improved the act. Every line and move made a laugh, and they greatly enjoyed the comedy.
HRR 2. Full stage, 23 minutes. Two men and two women presenting for the first time here, the racing sketch entitled “Jockey Jones, or the Day of the Handicap”. He carries special scenery, giving the showing the interior of a hospital ward with Corrigan, as a jockey, sick in bed. Corrigan is clever, and the company excellent. He closes the act with a description of a handicap, with panoramic scenery. It is rather novel and appeals to the sporting element. The act was well received and strongly applauded at the finish.
YHR 2. Full stage, 17 minutes. Two colored men singing their own songs. All their songs being new, each one was strongly received and the manner in which they render their songs caught the house. They went fully as strong if not better than when last here.
YHR 2. Full stage, 22 minutes. Two men in a character sketch entitled “The Old Neighborhood”. They have an entirely new stage setting which makes quite a picture on the finish. The act is a clever bit of character work, especially Callahan’s impersonation of the Irishman. It went fully as strong as when last seen here.
GYH 2. Drop in one, 21 minutes. This man works in full dress. He has a fair personality, with a fair voice, but his songs were all new, and the manner in which he delivers his material caught the house. He was compelled to sing four songs before they would let him go. He finishes his act by reading a few jokes and epitaphs form a book on the style of Joe Flynn and Clenrow, which was original and funny. He went very strong.
