Chody-Dot and Midge
Chody-Dot and Midge, two women and a man, were a knockout in third position, having good comedy songs and piano accompaniment. The girls wore pretty gowns.
Hawthorne and Cook
Hawthorne and Cook, with meaningless conversation and gags, received continuous applause, almost stopping the show. They close with various musical instruments.
Herbert Clifton
Herbert Clifton, female impersonator, received tremendous applause for his character impersonations. He has a fair voice for the work and pretty gowns, and brought laughs with comedy attire.
Edith Clasper
Edith Clasper and boys proved the class. With excellent dancing it went big. Miss Clasper is pretty, graceful and has an elaborate wardrobe. The two boys made a hit with interpolated songs.
Florenz Ames and Adelaide Winthrop
Florenz Ames and Adelaide Winthrop, in “Alice in Blunderland,” brought laughs with their snappy comedy impersonations of Russian and Indian life. Closed to good applause.
Wilbur and Morris
[New Act] Talk and Songs, 11 mins.; one. Man and woman recently in from the west. The man is an odd type of comic and so small in stature which lends comparative robustness to the woman. Most of the routine is dialogue which won the team a laugh gaining score. For the No. 2 spot in the pep bills the act shapes up well. In that spot it delivered.
Consueda and La Veda
[New Act] Trapeze, 6 mins.; full stage. Opening the show the first half, the man and woman in white acrobatic costume seemed amateurish, also foreigners. The man went through a simple routine on a single bar, with the stage showing up a skimpy apparatus while the woman assisted in a way at one time interpolating a Spanish dance without just cause.
Patrice and Sullivan
[New Act] Piano, Violin and Songs. 15 mins.; one. Man and woman in alikable routine of singing and violin selections by the woman, and piano playing by the man. The woman makes two costumes changes, both neat. The man wears Tuxedo.
The turn pleased opening the show at Keeney’s first half. Both have youth and ability that will stand development in their favor. Right now they can nicely in the early section of the better pop house shows.
Knowles and Whiteman
No. 2 was Knowles and Whiteman and woman, who first broke in as a new act in 1917. They work in “one” with comedy talk and songs, neither of which brought more than two laughs during their entire stay. The act isn’t there.
Busse’s Dogs
Busse’s Dogs opened and showed that the animals knew what would get ‘em as well as their masters. It is not far fetched to say the dogs know their business as well as their masters. Perhaps the entire novelty of this act is due to the manner in which the dogs perform, for in most instances they are coached from behind the wings, with in instructionists visible on the stage Morton and Dennis followed, and succeeding them in third spot were Murphy and Plant held the fourth position.