21 min. This young lady is to be congratulated on her artistic production. She carried a violin and harp, both of which are excellently played, and her own dancing is beyond criticism. The combination of music and dance, beautiful stage set and wonderful costumes made a distinct appeal and she scored probably better than any single dancer we have had in the house in a long while. Will create favorable comment.
In “The Garden of Love.” 26 minutes f.s. Special drop in one and cyclorama in f.s. Very short opening in one. This is a good act. Four men and one woman in an Egyptian operetta with scenes laid at the Pyramids. The singing is excellent, a bit of comedy is introduced, and the production a rather spectacular affair. Held the interest and closed well.
13 minutes in one. Olio drop. Two men and a girl with piano, songs and a little talk. The comedian with this turn is clever. He gets the act over. The other two are merely feeders. A lively turn that woke things up in good shape.
18 min. Two Italian operatic vocalistes [sic] in a distinctly high-class musical offering. Both have splendid voices and their program is made up of popular numbers, each one of which scored strongly. They finished with a duet which brought them a solid round of applause. They were forced to respond to an encore and registered a solid hit.
29 min. “The Garden of the World,” which is the closing number of the new repertoire of dances given by this couple, is undoubtedly one of the most pretentious and picturesque dance offerings vaudeville has ever seen. It is an allegorical story of the war told in pantomime dance and the simplicity of the story and the clever manner in which it is presented make it so thoroughly plain that the audience has no difficulty in following it. The three preceding numbers are also beautifully staged and executed and the act, besides being the best Adelaide & Hughes have ever presented, is a headline feature that fully deserved the tremendous hit it scored.
“The Prediction.” 16 min. A strongly dramatic playlet written around a new theme and therefore takes its place among the novelty sketches we have played. There is enough comedy in the dialogue to win laughs and a surprise climax brings the act to an excellent finish. The characters are all well played and the act made a good impression.
“A Minstrel Revision.” 22 min. This is a local act, all the members of the company, including a singing quartette, two dancers and two end-men, being Philadelphians. They gave an old time minstrel first part, beautifully staged and dressed, with a routine of good songs and jokes. The vocal program consists of popular songs, and a ballad by Mr. Welch. Act went over in great shape and finished to an excellent hand.
Ass. By man who works in audiennce [sic]. Miss Lamar is the best act of mind reading we have ever played and should be a big money getter for us. Went well. 20 min. beautifull [sic] wardrobe and stage setting.
16 young ladies in a musical and singing offering which is very good. Pretty offering with a fine line of selections to please all. Went very good. Full stage 20 min.
Four men in two special drop 15 min. Comedy offering with a lot slap stick and singing in harmony. Act went over very big stopping the show at Night.
