An older man finds a young “slum-girl” in the street who has been run over by a car and takes her into his care. He becomes her father figure. Just when they are about to be evicted, the child’s ten cent birthday present to the man is revealed to be a valuable Guttenberg bible worth a significant sum of money, which saves them from financial ruin.
The sketch occupied the full stage and ran for thirty five minutes.
“It consists of painting in colors with unusual rapidity a couple of pictures on transparencies through which electric lights are projected, which illuminate his work in a new way.”
The act opened the show and occupied eight minutes.
Harpists (one man and one woman) who play opera, ragtime, and everything in between. They also “sing a bit”. The act was fifteen minutes long.
Miss Guerite is assisted by George F. Moore, who sings, dances, and offers Guerite rapid fire dialogue to hold the interest of the audience while she changes costume behind a screen.
Guerite wears a “very risque costume” during the first number and green velvet pants and coat during “Antonio”, an Italian dialect song.
The act was twenty minutes long on the full stage.
Onetta wears “Oriental” clothing and dances. She also does “iron-jawed” balancing of chairs. For her big finish, she does a “dervish-whirling dance” in which she balances one chair in her teeth and one in each hand. The chairs are all adorned with incandescent globes.
The act was eight minutes long.
Hugh Blaney is an expressive singer who uses effective hand gestures and is new to Broadway.
He appeared second on the bill and performed four songs.
