“Night Follies of San Francisco”: “Touring Chinatown”

The act was twenty-six minutes long on the full stage. In this sketch, a group of white tourists engages a tour guide to take them through San Francisco’s Chinatown. The background changes to a street in Chinatown. Twelve ponies stand behind four Chinese actors who sing an old newsboy quartet number in Scotch highland costume. The men also dance with the white chorus girls. A Chinese boy and girl then do “a rather interesting ‘Turkey Trot'”.

Josephine Rellis

The act was nine minutes long. A tall and attractive woman announces that she is a character comedienne. She sings three songs, two of which are character numbers.

Willis Family

The act was fifteen minutes long on the full stage. Two men and two women play classical numbers on the flute, violin, piano, mandolin, guitar, drum, kettledrum, banjo, and xylophone.

Stern and Vance

The act was fifteen minutes long. A man and a woman sing solos and duets of popular songs. The man plays the piano.

Carrie Reynolds

The act was ten minutes long. Reynolds sings four operatic songs in a pleasing soprano voice.

Miller and Zollman

The act was sixteen minutes long. Miller and Zollman play a married vaudeville team who fight about the wife’s love of her little black dog. They continue to fight and threaten to leave each other until a fire breaks out in their hotel. They see a picture of a dead baby when the fire subsides and vow to return to their home in the South and quit vaudeville. The comedy includes the man wearing a bedspread as pants because his only trousers are at the cleaners.

Two Belmonts

The act was seven minutes long on the full stage. A man and a woman perform on rings and stilts. The woman has a “rather startling holding strength and strong muscles.”

Lads O’Melodie

The act was twelve minutes long. Four men dressed as college boys do a short routine. Three play the piano and one does most of the singing.

The Temple Girls

The act was thirteen minutes long on the full stage. The Temple Girls is a female quartet who sings and plays instruments.