Vocal and instrumental, 15 minutes in (1). Good act, with fairly good vocal renditions. The bulk of the work centres in the performance of the lady with the violin, which is exceptionally creditable and earns well merited applause.
Comedy skit, 18 minutes, special set. 1 lady. 3 men. Good comedy offering, the laughs following each other in rapid succession from opening to the close. One of the four especially being a very clever comedian, his talk and actions never failing to raise a laugh. Went good.
Monologue and singing comedian, 12 minutes in (I). Good act, his talk being refreshingly new and very original. His songs are well done and the entire act makes a bright spot for any bill. Went well with the house.
Singing act, 16 minutes, C.D.F. Lady & man. One of the best two people singing acts that has ever played this house. Last evening they were a perfect riot of acclaim, the audience evidently could not get enough their demands for an encore bring most insistant [sic], and after taking no less than eight or ten curtains they responded with a particularly effective rendition of ‘The Rosary,’ at the completion of which the house broke into a perfect tumoult of applause. They are the big hit of the bill; would that there were more such acts in vaudeville!
A playlet with singing and a co. of 14 people. 10 girls 4 men, one works in pit. Comedy is poor. Idear [sic] is O.K. but the work of Co. is poor and it will be a long time before it will make good unless there is radical changes in same. Went fair
Japanese acrobatic and foot juggling act, 9 minutes, full stage. 4 men. Very good act, displaying some very clever acrobatic stunts along new and original lines, while their foot juggling has never been surpassed here. The audience was very attentive throughout, and highly appreciative as evidenced by the long and vociferous applause which was the rule at every performance.
Juvenile singing and dancing act 9 minutes in (I). Very good act, their songs being handled exceptionally well, and their exposition of the latest dances is particularly effective. The audience quickly recognized the great merit contained in the act, and tremendous applause was accorded them at all performances. A well costumed act.
Singing comedienne, 13 minutes in (I). Good act, gets of comedy out of her songs which are rendered in a very new and original manner. She also has some good work as the piano. Went fairly well receiving fairly good applause.
Musical farce, 27 minutes, C.D.F. 3 men, 10 girls, musical director. Sometime in the far remote future when the present-day generation of theatre-goers has long since passed into oblivion, they may perhaps have something worth while to offer; but if yesterday’s affair is any criterion upon which to base judgment then surely indeed theirs is a most hopeless task. Their singing is extremely poor, inasmuch as, considering the number of voices, there is very little volume, and as for melody, well, harmony and they are strangers. They fail to sing in unison some of the time and they can plainly be seen groping as it were for a word here and there throughout some of the songs. A few extra rehearsals perhaps would have been very much in order, as there are times when, particularly with the chorus, they seem not to know exactly what move to make next. And as for the comedy, well, perhaps the least said the better. From a spirit of magnanimity we can perhaps afford to be kind, and endeavor to cloak the short-comings and failings of our fellow man beneath the mantle of charity.
The talkative magician, 12 minutes in (I). Good act; he shows practically all of the stuff usually seen in a vaudeville magician’s offering. He is very skillful in the handling of apparatus, and if he has a failing it is his weakness in the pure slight-of-hand business, such as the continuous front and back-hand palming of cards and coins, the ‘modus operandi’ of some of the feats being quite apparent. He went fairly well, receiving considerable applause.
