23 min. in one. Good advance applause. Leonard won the big house today completely with his songs, and especially his dancing on the sanded mat. Introduced a good line of comedy talk with Miss Russell and closed with his old minstrel favourite, “BeeLee Eyes.”
16 min. F.S. We were very fortunate in getting as typical a Christmas act as this for our holiday bill, and it went with its usual popularity with the children, receiving an advance hand and applause and laughter all through with a good close. In addition to much of the former routine, they have added a French head that made a great hit with the kids.
17 min. open F.S., close in 1 ½. Went quite as strong “alone” today as he has done on previous occasions with a more pretentious act. He has introduced a lot of amusing cowboy talk which gets the laugh all over the house, and his tricks with the rope are better than ever.
14 min. in one. Most gingery musical trio in vaudeville. A hit from the start and maintained their speed right up to the big class after two encores.
12 min. open in one, close F.S. An excellent act, appearing here for the second time and thoroughly making good. Both pretty, with several stunning changes of costume. Full stage act brilliant, and trapeze work well applaused. Closed very strong.
9 min. This pretty act won the crowd today, particularly the children whose laughter and applause could be heard everywhere through the house. Particularly good for a holiday week.
In “Graduation Day.” 14 minutes, full stage, own set. Closing in One, five minutes. The same old act. Lots of fun, and a good Christmas week feature.
16 minutes, full stage, own act, in “Into the Light.” Park stage and darkened house, while spotlight showing only one character at a time. It is the story of a woman on trial for murder, Miss Parry assuming seven different characters. It is a novelty, but is gruesome. Although Miss Parry was very cordially applauded at the close, it is apparent her work is not as fully appreciated as it was in “The Comstock Mystery.” The act is altogether too sombre and solemn for this house, where people come to be amused and entertained. It is unfortunate that we have this act here this week of all weeks, when people are looking for gaiety an pleasure, and when the balance of this week’s bill answers these purposes so admirably.
20 minutes in One. Fox in his songs is a riot, and the dancing of the girls went big. They have a rousing finish, and are a tremendous hit.
22 minutes. Opening in One, with a six minutes picture, then to full stage, with an olio drop in One at the end of each song of Miss Chretienne. The moving pictures show Chretienne, the father, and Louisette, the daughter, on a street in their native village in Holland. She is dancing and he is playing the accordion. A theatrical manager joins the crowd of onlookers, and then induces the girl to come to America to go on stage. The father objects. The girl runs away, and he follows. There is an exciting chase though Holland and Germany. The picture ends when the steamer lands in New York with both father and daughter. The picture produces a lot of laughter, and prepares the audience for the real act. Chretienne and Louisette, at the end of the picture, rush down the aisle from the rear of the theatre and on to the stage. After a short colloquy Chretienne goes into the orchestra pit and leads the orchestra, while Miss Louisette sings Italian, Spanish, French and English songs, with a pretty costume for each song. While she is changing her costumes, Chretienne, form the orchestra pit, repeats each song. He also characterizes orchestra conductors of various personalities. For the finish Chretienne returns to the stage, and they sing a duet in Dutch costumes, and, for an encore, sing another duet and do an eccentric wooden shoe dance. Both are good singers. The girl’s costumes are very pretty. The whole act is a novelty, and one surprise follows another throughout. It is a good act, and was well received, the applause throughout being very liberal.
