This sketch entitled “Mien Liebschen” and written by Joseph Hart was twenty-two minutes long on the full stage.
The plot revolves around two German men who came to the United States as youngsters to become famous musicians. They did not, and now depend on one of the men’s daughters who works in a department store. The manager of the store eventually asks her to marry him, but the older men doubt his intentions. The manager and the daughter convince the men of his sincerity. The comedy comes from a “shop girl” character who is also in love with the manager but does not get her way.
This sketch entitled “Honor is Satisfied” was seventeen minutes long.
The plots concerns a man who returns home after a year’s absence to find his wife eating dinner at the home of his best friend. The man concludes that to save the family’s honour, one of them must die. They draw lots and the friend comes up short. He attempts to shoot himself with a revolver, but misses. The man then agrees to die instead. Before he can shoot himself, however, his wife clings to him and insists that she is innocent and loves him and no one has to die. The man agrees and gives his friend the empty revolver as a souvenir of his scorn. He then takes his wife home.
This instrumental act entitled “A Night in Venice” was eighteen minutes long.
This all-male quartet includes a notable harpist and a talented violinist, who seem to overshadow the two younger boys. They play classical numbers until the finale, during which they play “rag” songs. The setting changes from a pretty Venetian scene to a church interior.
Leonard and Russell sing and dance. Leonard “danced until he reeked with perspiration and sang until he was tired.”
This “old-fashioned quartet” sang several songs as they did some slapstick comedy. One of the men wields a huge club and the straight man kicks the comedian’s stomach.
Ethel Lorraine sings and is supported by four girls, who take up the time when she has to do a costume change.
The act was nine minutes long.
Viola Duval sings with a French accent and French mannerisms.
The act was fifteen minutes long.
Coffman and Carroll are a male and female team. The man does the comedy and the woman plays straight. The woman sings a solo and the man does an eccentric dance. They conclude with a coon song.
This “mistaken identity” sketch was fifteen minutes long on the full stage.
The company consists of two men and a woman. A woman arrives in the city to look up her married sister, but finds herself at the house of a bachelor with the same name as her brother-in-law.
The act was eighteen minutes long on the full stage.
The group consists of four men and four women. They open with a Japanese number, then a Mexican song and dance. They finish with a wooden shoe dance. During the dance, three of the group play the piano and one of the girls dances as she plays.
