Portia and La Flure closed the show. The woman opens the act with a back-bending stunt, going into a Roman ring novelty, where both display excellent feats, also a little iron jaw work. It is a crack opener, but too weak to close, although they held ‘em in pretty solidly here.
Poster Pirouettes, six girls in a classical dancing novelty with a pretty special full stage set, danced their way into three big curtains. They dance toe, classic and several other ways, in singles, duets, trios, quartettes, and finish with all six girls dancing a snappy Russian dance in very pretty costumes, The girls make a change of wardrobe for every dance, but at times the dances become monotonous. A good flash for the small time. This act was formerly the Ruloff and Ruloawa act without the principals.
Blighty and Nolan open with a weak song that puts them in for some tough sledding for a good part of their act. They go into a dance that in an extra long one, the audience beginning to let their attention go astray. They dance several singles, then a double, the girl making two very pretty changes, and the man changing to comedy makeup, doing several comedy steps, and hop off with a poor finish, getting almost nothing. With proper routining, this part could easily hold deuce spot on the better small-time bills, both being good dancers, having looks and personality to help put them over.
Al Barnes and Company opened the bill, the company being a woman in clown garb attempting comedy. Barnes went through a routine of magic tricks, the tricks being exposed by the woman, most of the conjuring easily detected by the audience before the tip-off. He has several good tricks and got a lot of good laughs, but his finish was weak and he walked off, the audience not knowing the act was over.
Another big hit was scored by Lea Carle and Dolly Inez, They get laughs from the start with a nifty talk arrangement finishing with steel guitar playing by the woman and the man’s nifty acrobatic.
Rubina and Rosa were another girl team with violin and accordion and went on fourth, finishing to good applause after some interpolated singing and comedy attempts that got little.
Austin and Delaney, providing practically all the show’s comedy, appeared next to closing for a well deserved hit with a routine of talk and songs, comedy bits and exceptionally clever dancing.
Virginia Lea Corbin headlines with a neat arrangement for a vaudeville appearance. The classy child displays some singing and dancing ability, but scores with fine pantomime in the skit and wears keen gowns.
Troutner and Heffner, two men in blackface, one a comedian and the other straight, received a fair return for their comedy talk. “Oh, Look,” the King offering, was replete with laughs, making a good impression as the closing number. A feature that brought much favorable comment was the scenery in the background.
“Spivin’s Corner,” a well balanced rural act in “three” consisting of three men in rube character, one straight and a pretty girl, is the hit of vaudeville. Hoke comedy by the rubes beings laughs in the early part. The dancing of the girl and the offerings of the rural trio which put over several good number were well received. Especially good is laughing.
