In a comedy entitled ‘A Night in a Fool House.’ This act at present is very good one, and is good enough for any bill; consists of singing, dancing, acrobatic work and quite a little talking. Open in full stage and close in one, if necessary.
In ‘OUR HONEYMOON’ an act which they played for us several years ago, long enough for it to be revived and appear new now. Rice is one of the nest light comedians in the business and makes every line tell and I don’t know of any act (of its kind) that I would rather play. As salaries go, they are worth all they get. 22 min, full stage, 2 shows.
Hand to hand balancers and acrobats, who following the Valveno Brothers and Japs (as I remarked above) fell down horribly. I can’t see where the act is a great deal better than that of the Valveno Brothers, who get about one-half the salary and do three shows a day and fill more time in each show. 6 minutes, full stage, 2 shows.
These people have a great act and coming as it does, just at this time, following the Surrender of Port Arthur, they were especially well received. Aside from the sentiment in the matter however they do great work. I was strongly under the impression and it seems to me that I was told that these people did three turns and I figured my show accordingly. They have a contract however which calls for two, and I could not get them to do a third. In that way it rather upset my schedules considerably as I figured on them from 15 to 18 minutes on the supper show. They did 22 min, 2 shows, not 3.
Neat looking young woman who sings a song at the piano and three other songs. Good enough act to play once. She has a pretty good voice; some of her songs went well others did not. 12 min in 2, closing in one, 3 shows.
3 shows, 17 min in 1 ½. Colored man and woman, poor singers, but winning out with some scenery then carry and quick costume changes. Their Indian makeup and scene at the close made a hit. It is little use in 1, as they use a lamp at the rear to light up the scenery. On their merits as vocalists they could not compare with a dozen ‘coon’ acts in the business.
2 shows, 17min, full stage. Can only repeat my criticism of a year ago – it is a mighty good sketch wasted on two bad actors. In the hands of competent people would probably be a scream all the way through. As it was, they got a good many laughs, but this was because of the witty dialogue and not due to any ability on the part of performers.
