Mr. Haskell was a very agreeable surprise. He held the stage for 20 minutes satisfactorily, and there was very little of an objectionable nature in his monologue, and none of that was serious. He does a much better act than many others getting more money and playing right along. 20 minutes in one.
18 min. In “Closing Quarters.” A very unusual and strongly dramatic sketch, cleverly played, with a most unexpected climax. Mr. Arden is splendidly situated in the principal role and has excellent support in Robert Wayne. The sketch held the audience to close attention from start to finish and closed to a big hand.
20 min. He gave an almost entirely new act from the one used on his last visit. For his national characters, he introduces a comedy stunt on the picture screen that is good for many laughs and finishes with a clever bit of character acting. He was rewarded with a liberal hand applause.
16 min. This baseball veteran and the two girls registered a big applause hit. The audience displayed a lot of interest in his talk on old-time ball players and the girls put a timely finish to the act with a couple of popular song and a bit of dancing. Captain Anson was forced to take several bows at the finish of his act.
10 min. A very pretty little novelty act that furnished a good opener. The troupe of cockatoos perform a routine of tricks under the direction of a man and woman. Attractive staging helps considerably.
“Juvenile Musical Wonders.” Piano and organ; singing; open in two with the oldest girl playing piano and then both play together on organ and piano after which the youngest sings two songs, close in two; 15 min. went good.
10 minutes f.s. Special se. “As In A Dream.” First appearance this season in America. Hardt opens as a tipsy swell in a baronnial [sic] hall, with figures in armour standing about. He falls asleep and in a dream the figures come to life with five lackeys in footmen’s liveries, take part numerous feats of strength. One of the best stunts is lifting seven men at once. Hardt also does muscle posing before a plush drapery with light effects. The finish shows him awaking, apparently having performed all of the feats while in a dream. A novelty setting for a strong man act, and made an excellent closer.
21 minutes f.s. Palace set. A splendid band and orchestra, with an excellent program. They play several Sousa marches, introduce one vocal solo, a cornet solo that is a bit hit, and close with “The Anvil Chorus” with electrical effects. The act moves right along at a fast clip, and put over a decided hit.
17 minutes in f.s. C.D.F. Short opening in one. Olio drop. Captain Anson is a good card this week, with the World’s Series in town and lots of fans in audience. He tells some stories, shows some motion pictures of baseball stars, past and present, while reciting a poem, and dances a buck-and-wing, while daughters sing. Put over quite a hit.
18 minutes in one and two. Open with picture sheet. Close in Palace in two. Mr. Fletcher opens with some impersonations and caricatures of Carranza, Bryan, Roosevelt, Hughes and Wilson. These are followed by the old Mark Twain impersonation and the Park Bench Philosopher, also old. Monday afternoon he closed with a ten minutes impersonation of Billy Sunday preaching his famous sermon on “Booze,” and his entire act ran 25 minutes.
