Clarice Vance
She can sing coon songs very good but has never been a favorite with the audience in this theatre and does not go very well, all in one, 7 minutes.
Alburtus & Millar
Comedy club juggling act. Both Alburtus & Millar are good club jugglers and Miss Millar is an exceptionally good cornet soloist; makes a splendid opening act, full stage, 13 minutes.
Hassan Ben Ali’s Toozoonin Arabs
The greatest act ever brought to this country and a sensation here at every performance. All of the newspapers today pronounce it marvellous. Audiences at every performance fairly go wild over it, full stage 9 minutes.
Robert Fulgora
The Transfigurator. Fulgora’s changes are done in a remarkably quick time and get considerable applause but I do not think his characters are as well selected as they were last year. He carries considerable stage setting, works in full stage, time of act 22 minutes.
Ford & Wilson
Two fairly good black face comedians who introduce some eccentric dancing and with several changes of costume seem to god quite well with the audience. This act could work entirely in one but am using them to open the show this week giving them full stage and close in one, time of act 16 minutes.
Tenbrooke, Lambert & Tenbrooke
A very good comedy and musical act in which there is some very good singing. Lambert is an exceptionally good piano player and violinist. Full stage, 17 minutes, closing in one for 3 minutes.
Dave Edelle
This is a little Buffalo boy who sings coon songs quite well and whom we had to press into service on Tuesday in order to set the show, as the National Trio was so bad that we cancelled them after the first performance. There was no apparent reason for the National Trio being on the stage although they had a lot of scenery and tried to give a picturesque act, and the audience were going out asking where the joke came in. Little Dave is on for 6 minutes and does fairly well.
Mme. Melich’s Birds
These birds are as well trained as any we have ever seen and would go much better were it not for the fact that Rosa Naynon was here last week and gave a much bigger show, although her birds were not so well trained. Full stage, 12 minutes.
Albert Chevalier
It would indeed be a very nervy writer who would attempt to critise this artist. What he does is done perfectly and while his material may not appeal to the unintelligent theatre-goer he made an instant and emphatic hit with our audience. He was recalled repeatedly at both performances on Monday and a splendid week’s business is assured. Nothing in his line has ever been seen here before and he is drawing the very best people in the city, although the larger part of the audience is always made up of this class. A return date of this man some months from now, say in the fall would bring very big returns, works in one 24 minutes.
An Indian Romance
Written by Mrs. V. Mott Pierce, daughter-in-law to Dr. R.V. Pierce the famous patient medicine man. Mrs. Pierce being a resident of Buffalo the sketch is one of unusual local interest but at the same time carries considerable merit as well as being artistic. Mrs. Pierce has gone to the expense of special scenery and light effects which are as beautiful as anything ever seen in vaudeville. There are three people in the act, one and [sic] indian [sic], one a cowboy, and one a supposedly indian [sic] maid who afterwards turns out to be a white girl. Miss Young who plays the maid is a sister of Mrs. Pierce and Mr. Fred House who plays the cowboy is Miss Young’s husband. Mr. House closed with the Providence Stock Co. to open here with this sketch. The idea of the act is entirely different from any other and it is well played. I believe it would make a good attraction in any theatre whether Mrs. Pierce was known there or not, full stage 18 minutes.