Beeman and Grace, musical and skating arrangement, opened. The pair make a good impression at the outset. Nice looking boy and striking pretty brunet girl and odd duet, with girl at the piano and boy playing harmonica, the boy later accompanying himself with a ukelele [sic]. This feature of the turn is a whirlwind skating finale. That boy has a one-foot whirl that is a wonder and all his maneuvers on the small mat are striking, particularly the dance on rollers with this girl.
Maude Allen, a big stately woman, walked on and sang several ballads in a good voice accompanied by a man at the piano. She got good applause.
Pasquale and Powers, a girl violinist and a man accordionist, registered a hit, encoring with a comedy talk medley on instruments to big laugh results.
The Three White Kuhns, next to closing were a tremendous hit, their vocal training and string instrument work, with good comedy injected, going over strong. They took numerous encores with their own composition, “I’ll Be With You ‘Till Clouds Roll By,” with a girl plant in the audience.
James Mullen and Anna Francis came next to closing and began to good laughs with bright talk, though Mullen’s speedy semi-nut delivery doesn’t belong in so late a spot. They went well until the souse bit, when Miss Francis makes the mistake of deviating from straight. They finished lightly.
Lubin and Lewis closed the bill with their blackface offering, in which the clever hard shoe dancing of one of the member’s proved the biggest feature and a good applause winner. The talk is along old lines and accordingly was only moderately received despite the fact that the comic and straight man are both good.
The Jean Gordon Players, two men as Scotch Highlanders, a girl in army uniform and character woman, offered a pleasing singing sketch. The good voices of the men and the attractive girl, who has a pleasing voice, together with the character woman injecting just enough comedy to break the monotony, sent the act over nicely. One of the men also displays considerable ability with dancing.
Maye Hunt announces by slide her entertaining activities “Over There.” Starting with a laughing song, Miss Hunt gets some laughs with talk that follows, in which a plant in an upper box is used to advantage. She finished to good hand with a comedy number, where she distributes flower among the audience.
Henrietta Crosman, that beloved artist, stage gentlewomen and expert high comedienne of legitimate school, carried “Every Half Hour” again to a fine point of entertainment. The laughter was not at her call whenever she reached her gifted hand for it. The character was a cameo, human, yet high-lighted. Albert Chianelli. In a brief episode in which he enacted an explosive Frenchman, was a power. Four honest curtains – and oh, how Miss Crosman knows how to take curtain!
Jack La Vier opened. The reviewer missed the turn at the matinee, but the house manager reported that La Vier amused and scored far beyond general results in that position. La Vier has always impressed here.
