Ruth Becker
The act was ten minutes long.
Becker sings three coon songs with no costume changes. “Her style runs the gamut from the rhapsodical to the pleading, plaintive and naive, winding up with low-comedy ‘mugging'”.
Dooley and Parker
The act was fourteen minutes long.
The comedian opens with a pantomime and a travesty impersonation of Harry Lauder. The straight man sings a couple of ballads. They also do a gag about King Edward having died. When told of the death, the comedian jokes that he didn’t know he was on the bill. They have a new way of taking bows in which they do so one at a time.
Rosaire and Prevost
The act was six minutes long on the full stage.
Two acrobats wear jockey suits and perform in front of a race course background. One is the comedian and the other is the tumbler. The two were formerly with different partners.
Clifford and Taylor
This “sidewalk conversation” act was twelve minutes long.
A woman acts as the feeder to the man who “returns ‘fat’ comedy answers.” He wears an ill-fitting dress suit that has nothing to do with the act.
Fossatti
The act was ten minutes long.
Fossatti plays classical and rag numbers on an accordion that looks like a toy piano. He wears an Italian street costume.
Goodwin and Elliot
This piano act entitled “The Publisher” was twelve minutes long.
Sam Goodwin has copied the former act of Will H. Fox, who played the piano with his nose and wore Paderewski makeup. Adah Elliot says very little and her only action is to occasionally place her hand on Goodwin’s knee while seated on the bench. The setting is the interior of a publisher’s office.
June Mills
The act was ten minutes long.
A young woman whose voice and figure are similar to Sophie Tucker sings two coon songs, then two others. She sings “Oceana Roll” in English and German.
Lillian Lea’s Trio
The act was fifteen minutes long on the full stage.
Two girls and a man have a musical routine. The man opens with a pantomimic comedy complete with a self-moving bottle and a trick table that blows flour into his face. The girls then play the bottles in a cafe scene. They also play xylophones, which are disguised as the tables.
Carpos Bros.
The act was eleven minutes long on the full stage.
The Carpos Bros. do head-to-head balancing. In one trick, the understander does a head stand on the floor while the top mounter balances himself on the other man’s heels. The understander then lets him down without breaking position. For the finish, the understander plays the piano while the top mounter balances on top of his head and plays the guitar. The top mounter fell three times, but there was unintentional comedy each time it happened. They played enough of the song before falling for the audience to understand and appreciate the trick.
Dennett Trio
The act was thirteen minutes long.
Two boys and a girl sing and do a wooden shoe dance.