This sketch entitled “Little Italy” was twenty-one minutes long.
The sketch is set in New York’s “Little Italy”. A wife convinces her husband to let a male street singer come inside their home to teach her to sing. When the husband leaves, it is revealed that the wife and the singer were lovers back in Napoli. The wife plans to run away with the singer. She will escape through the dumb waiter and he will exit down the stairs. She leaves a note telling her husband to take good care of his daughter through a previous marriage because she has grown fond of her. When the husband returns, the lover comes back into the apartment carrying the body of the wife, who died from falling down the broken dumb waiter. The lover and the husband fight, but the lover convinces the husband not to kill him because he would be taken away from his daughter.
The Great Howard is a comedy ventriloquist. He wears a new kilt and has changed the facial expressions of his dummies.
The act was eighteen minutes long.
Belle Storey sings “straight” songs in a good soprano voice. In one number she sings “flute-like notes” which match those of the flute player who accompanies her.
The act was twelve minutes long.
Miss Gordone recreates fourteen famous statues by posing. She does rapid changes at a rate of less than one per minute.
The act was nine minutes long.
Gebest begins with a song and then tells a long story about a horse named “Rough Rider” and the poor family that needs him to win his race. To finish, she supposedly plays the violin, but when she drops it near the end of the song the music keeps going. She reveals that she was making the violin sounds with her vocal chords the entire time.
This acrobatic comedy entitled “The New Chef” was fourteen minutes long.
The setting is a restaurant kitchen with a real working oven. Frank Spissell works with two capable assistants. They perform a series of acrobatic feats with some comedy in between.
The act was sixteen minutes long.
Chas. Sharpe performs a musical monologue. He begins with a monologue and then plays the saxophone. He wears an “outlandish costume” equipped with medals which cannot really be considered comedy make-up.
The act was fifteen minutes long.
This “Sister Act” was really an impersonation act. One of the girls is a rather good male impersonator and the other simply changes her costume a few times. The impersonator sings “Liza” in the style of Alec Hurley.
The act was ten minutes long.
A male and female duo sings operatic and rag songs and ballads. They begin in evening clothes and change costume several times.
This sketch entitled “Betty’s Bet” (written by Maud Tarlton Winchester) was twenty-one minutes long on the full stage.
A girl named Betty (Ida O’Day) makes a bet with her friend that she can work an entire week in a law office. She has decorated the place with pink ribbons. The senior member of the firm threatens to quit if she is not fired by the end of the week. Through the aid of a mischievous office boy (John Hines), Betty is able to stall and win the bet. O’Day inexplicably plays the banjo halfway through the sketch.
