Charles Henry’s Pets
Charles Henry’s pets opened interestingly with canine posing. During a lowering of the curtain a live animal assumed the pose formerly held by a stuffed dog, fooling many during the change.
Maurice Powers and Vernon Wallace
Maurice Powers and Vernon Wallace started slowly with talk on a bench, but the good verses gradually lifted the pace and they finished to good applause with a comedy wedding number.
Nelson Story and Elsie Clark
Nelson Story and Elsie Clark registered strongly in third spot. Miss Clark offering special comedy songs and stories, accompanying herself on the piano and also giving a selection on the xylophone neatly disguised as a piano.
Eva Arnold
Eva Arnold came on and did themselves credit. Jack, a handsome juvenile with a pair of extraordinary pipes and feet, did all he could to cheer the audience from their sleepy apathy. Miss Arnold, a sweet songbird, made a futile effort to out her songs over to make ’em like it. They would have done more with a better spot and surely deserve it.
The Breen Family
The Breen Family closed. Two peachy girls who danced variously and lightly scored and came the nearest to the Fairbanks Twins seen in these woods. A brother did some hard steps, and he took them hard, though the audience took them rousingly. A clown, probably the father, got laughs, but is very old-fashioned in method, out of tune with the rest of the attractive mélange, yet he gets it by.
Gallerini Sisters
Gallerini Sisters, two nice looking babes, with piano accordions, one changing to a violin, cut their turn here. They have been seen elsewhere with a saxophone accordion finish which they eliminated at this house. There isn’t a great deal to the act in this form and though it pleased, it came home only fair.
Bentley and Walsh
Bentley and Walsh opened. This two-man team works in “one” and does some very easy and neat hand balancing. This understander is a powerful man, who looks more like a home body than a performer, and the topmounter is in character, a green bellboy’s outfit being his costume. It worked smoothly and went over.
Elsie Schuyler
Elsie Schuyler, assisted by Janet Audrey, who does a maid, followed the mind reader with four restricted number, the best being “Jinx Wedding Bride,” and Bungalow Land.” For the last number Miss Schuyler used a miniature bungalow set showing the newly wed couple in the “Love Apartment.” While Miss Schuyler makes changes Miss Audrey fills in the time with a couple of nifty dances.
Joveddah
Joveddah, using a full stage oriental setting, mystified and puzzled the patrons. He is a Hindoo [sic] and a wonderful showman. While Joveddah goes through the audience picking up questions, asking for descriptions on coins, the “princess” sitting on the stage blindfolded answers almost before the question is asked. For a finish he is asked to sing a number, which he does, displaying a fine operatic baritone.
Eddie Dyer and Mabel Walzer
Eddie Dyer and Mabel Walzer came next. Dyer is a neat appearing juvenile, while Miss Walzer is a nut comedienne of the comedy clumsy type, having earned quite a reputation in this section with Boyle Woolfolk’s Tabloids. She leaves an impression that she is imitating Harriet Lee of Ryan and Lee, but she should get out of the habit, as she is clever enough to impersonate no one. Their chatter is nifty, and a soft shoe dance by Dyer and a kid number by Miss Walzer got them off with big returns.