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13 Mins.;
Full Stage.
Besides the seals, Captain Betts has two monkeys and a fighting cock which contribute their share to the entertainment. A girl works the seals, and Captain Betts takes care of the monks and fighting cock. There is some little novelty to the combination, and also in the fact that the animals work together. One trick in which a seal goes up and down a flight of stairs, balancing a pole upon which the cock is perched, pleased the audience immensely. The monks work well and several very good laughs are gained with them. One of the monks plays ball with the seals and also throws them fish. This is the sort of stuff that Captain Betts should work up to, for it is meat for an audience. The seals, four of them, go through the regulation tricks. The act is a pleasing and entertaining one of its kind and where, an act of this description is needed, will fill the bill very nicely.
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Variety, XII: 13, May 20, 1921.