Carlin and Otto’s
Al H. Weston and Company
Mr. Weston is the new head of the cast, having bought the act. The sketch remains unchanged in the essentials. The dance is good.
Dan Barrett and Company
Little excuse for the fight with a policeman.
Charles Leonard Fletcher
“Colonel Breeze, a Western gambler, takes passage on the steamship Mystic in pursuit of a widow, Mrs. Redway (May Purcell). Recovering from a siege of seasickness as a nor’easter is brewing, he discloses himself to the object of his affection. The storm breaks, the ship sinks and the gambler saves the widow’s life, the inference being that he wins her hand in the process.” The change from the shipboard to a rescue scene was badly worked. Bad handling of the lights. Mr.Fletcher could be eaisly seen taking his place among the waves.
Walter Jones and Mabel Hite
Miss Hite has a number of grotesque dances in which Mr. Jones takes part but not to their advantage.
Roland West
Aged Professor Scribes is arrested for the murder of a girl and the accuser is his son. The old man confesses but investigation goes in the direction of the son who later confesses under the “sweating” process. Seven characters, three for comedy only. Mr. West was at his best as the old man and the newsboy.
Ethel Clifton and Company
Miss Clifton played in an sincere manner. Thomas Chatterton as a misjudged husband, looked well. Paulina Rona did the best possible as an Irish chef although any other nationality would have been prefered.
Harry and Margaret Vokes
Mr. Vokes wears old time tramp makeup. Supported by Tony Williams who never gets a chance to do anything and Winifrid Spaulding, an exceedingly nice looking girl who is the only one permitted to wear attractive clothes. The chief fun making scene is a policeman beating a man after mistaking him for a burglar.
Dudley, Cheslyn and Burns
Two members attempt Irish characters which are Irish in makeup only.