McMahon, Diamond and Clemence
The act was thirteen minutes long.
Helen McMahon does some of the best limp “scarecrow” work that vaudeville has ever seen. Maurice Diamond does some mixed dancing and Ida Clemence sings.
The Bounding Owens
The act was three minutes long on the full stage.
The Bounding Owens do a fast routine of ground tumbling, hand-to-hand and shoulder-to-shoulder balancing, and trampoline work.
Close Brothers
The act was nine minutes long on the full stage.
The Close Brothers to a hand-to-hand routine with some pedal juggling. The top mounter acts as the object. The top mounter leaps onto a high pedestal on the side of the stage and lands in a hand-stand. They wear tights.
Ward and Weber
The act was nine minutes long.
Jack Ward and Eddie Weber are young men who dance in front of a beautiful special drop and wear good fitting clothes.
Gladys Vance
The act was seventeen minutes long.
Gladys Vance sings several songs. The first two are in character. The next involves a mirrored dress which was introduced to vaudeville by Mindel Kingston (of World and Kingston) three years ago. She finishes with a “dope” number, supposedly written by a former dope fiend. During the song she describes the effects of the drug and goes into fits about “home and mother”.
Lucky and Yost
The act was nineteen minutes long on the full stage.
A young man and woman quarrel on the street and part ways to the accompaniment of a song. They walk onto a special office set and each sit on either side of a wall. The girl pretends to be someone else and makes a date with the boy on the other side. They meet back on the sidewalk again, fight, and makeup. They do a dance for the finish.
Keefe and Johnson
The act was ten minutes long.
One man plays the piano and the other sings with a good voice in a high and nasal tone. The pianist sings as well and the boys do some decent popular harmonies.
Lydell and Butterworth
The act was sixteen minutes long.
A man dresses as Bert Williams and a woman performs in blackface and a pretty pink dress. They do some comedy talk and the woman does some hard shoe dancing. The man does a soft shoe eccentric dance for the finish.
Diamond and Brennan
This song and dance act entitled “Nifty Nonsense” was nineteen minutes long.
Jim Diamond is a singer, dancer, and comedian who has recently partnered with Sybil Brennan (who was formerly with the Klein Brothers). She wears one pink dress and one green dress. Diamond sings “Somebody Else is Getting It”, and then Brennan has a solo. They come together for two duets for an encore and retain “the kissing business” in “Ragtime Soldier Man”.
The Lansings
The act was nine minutes long and performed in front of a plush curtain.
A man and a woman are equilibrists. The man does most of the understanding, but the woman also lifts the man with ease. She also does some excellent contortion tricks.