20 min. This is the first visit of the Australian entertainer in several seasons and this act scored a solid hit. He whistles, tells a couple of stories and sings three comedy numbers besides playing a one-stringed instrument and his material is all handled in an entirely new and novel manner. There was frequent applause during his act and a big hand at the finish.
The famous piano accordeonist [sic]. Went fair this afternoon. Very good tonight. 12 minutes. This show is very good all through. The Lester trip has a fine sketch. The comedy is very good act. Should have went better, but this seems to be a hard audience to move.
I had a talk with Deiro this afternoon also this evening. This afternoon he seemed very much discouraged at the reception he received. He told me that it was the worst he ever received. Said he played last week at Keith’s Philadelphia, and 25 minutes was his usual time. Tonight he went a good bit better but not what he deserved.
2 girls one man work in special set in one and full stage. Singing and dancing and violin playing by man in act. A pretty offering and pretty scenery. Act only fair. Went fair. 12 min.
2 men one woman in a comedy sketch. 13 min. Full stage a very good comedy act with lots of laughs. Act did not do so well as they did when they played here before. Plenty of laughs but only a fair hand at finish. Special set.
13 minutes fs. Special cyclorama. This is a man and woman in a high-class operatic singing act, with scenery and costumes after Billet’s painting, “The Angelus.” All of their songs, but one, Tosti’s “Good-bye,” are in French. A beautiful act, but owing to the amount of singing in the bill, we were obliged to close the show with them. Notwithstanding the hard spot, they went over very well. A good act.
8 minutes fs. Special set. Roller skating by a man and three girls. Good opener or closer, but owing to the preponderance of singing in this show, we were obliged to move them up here to break it up. Went well.
“The Forest Fire” with Sylvia Bidwell and Company. 32 minutes fs. Four special scenes. They have a stage full of scenry [sic] and the electrical effects are simply marvelous. Everybody else on the bill is working in two and a half this week on account of the room required by the “Forest Fire” equipment. Held the audience in their seats until the final curtain, and closed strong.
19 min. This new combination of singer and pianist put over a great big hit. They did five number, all of them new, and at the finish the audience applauded until that stage was set for the new act. Their songs are catchy and very well done. This is one of the nest acts of this kind we have ever played.
20 min. In a series of new and original numbers, these dancers scored the biggest applause hit they have ever registered in this house. Following two modern dances of their own, they finished with a pantomime called “The Cat and the Canary” which is one of the most novel and beautiful that any dancing act has ever presented here and it scored a tremendous hit.
“The Girl at the Cigar Stand.” 20 min. This a new sketch with Miss Regel in about the same kind of character she played in “The Telephone Tangle.” The new sketch carries a little romance story with it, with a semi-comedy atmosphere and while it went quietly, it finished to a very good hand.
