Year: 1911

Deas, Read and Deas

The act starts with the “straight” in a swagger white flannel suit; he later changes into a dark street suit. The woman is attractive and so is her wardrobe. The comedian begins in a white suit, then changes to a loud black and white suit for the finish. The first drop shows a huge basket of flowers and the second is the front of a dancing school, the names of the trio in three prominent places.

Emerson and Baldwin

The “straight” man wears a brown sack suit while the comedian is in blackface without any eccentric attire. The stage paraphernalia is modest, but also neat and pleasing, never bordering on the sensational is peculiar and unaccountably pleasing.

Musical Bitters

The woman beings the act in an evening gown, later changing into an abbreviated military uniform.