Frank & True Nice
Acrobatic comedy act of rather light texture. 8 Min. in One.
Karl Emmy & His Pets
A bunch of small dogs. Mr. Emmy has a very beautiful apparatus, which is the feature of his act, although the dogs are clever. At Sunday afternoon’s performance Mr. Emmy lost patience several times and used his and his small whip so frequently as to cause comment from ladies in the audience. He was urged to cut this out.
Melville & Higgins
In a sketch entitled “Just Married”. 17 minutes in One. Advance hand. This team has a good deal of new stuff and some old. A tremendous laughing hit. Big favorite here.
Carrie De Mar
Songs. 27 minutes in One. Advance hand. Miss De Mar has an elaborate act, with a special drop for each song. Her costumes are also elaborate. She singes “Trouserettes”, “For Sale—A Widow”, “The Matinee Girl”, “Three Days on the Ocean”, and “Lonesome Flossie”, all being new here, except “Three Days on the Ocean”. Every song was a hit. The act can really be called a production in itself. Every song was heartily applauded, and at the close the applause approached an ovation at both Sunday performances. High class work throughout.
Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich
Songs. 17 minutes in One. Good songs, and both are good singers. A classy act—went big.
Hastings & Wilson
“The Lunatics.” 10 minutes, full stage. They do some clever acrobatic stunts, grotesque dancing and burlesque strong man. Good comedy, plenty of laughs. Went good Sunday matinee and big at night.
“Scrooge”
An adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Time of act 28 minute, work full stage and use own setting. While the audience did not show any unusual amount of enthusiasm at the finish of this act, nevertheless I think it pleased them. It held attention throughout and with the preliminary advertising we did it ought to get us some business this week. The story is well acted, everybody in the cast being unusually capable.
Al Lawrence
Songs and monologue in “one.” We were somewhat disappointed in the work of Mr. Lawrence. He did not go very well. His act is entirely too talky—in other words, he goes at his stories in a roundabout manner and deals out too much explanatory matter before he gets to the laughing point.
Wallace’s Cockatoos
Trained birds. Work in full stage. This not only makes for us a good opening act but it is one that held the attention of the audience throughout. It is a turn that is too good with which to open a bill. Notwithstanding this handicap it went unusually big this afternoon.
Linton & Lawrence
All week. Comedy sketch The Piano Store, singing and dancing 15 minutes. Going big same as first three days.