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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904

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Keith's Bijou, Criticism, Nov. 2nd, 1903.
STEREOPTICON: Not used this week; show being of sufficient length without it.
KELTER: Wood in four; 7 minutes. Bounding wire act, doing nothing remarkable, but earning fairly good applause. A very satisfactory opener. 3 shows.
THE SHELLY DUO: Drop in one; 10 minutes. Two very young children, boy and girl, in a singing and dancing act; singing is hardly passable, but they fully make up for it by some excellent dancing, which earned frequent interruptions of applause, and carried them off to no uncertain amount of applause. Very good act in this position. 3 shows.
BATES MUSICAL TRIO: C.D.F. 4, close in one; 20 minutes, 5 minutes in one. Two women and one man. A very good musical act, which was well received, and is doubly acceptable because of the electrical appliances used in connection with the act. They closed in one on the saxaphones and earned a good amount of applause. 3 shows.
LORO & PAYNE: Acrobatics. Two local men, one working straight the other blackface. Garden in 3, 12 minutes. Received a slight reception, and, at the amount paid them, are no doubt better than many higher priced acts we have had, Payne's acrobatic work being exceptionally clever. The comedy work just about gets by. It would seem to be a very acceptable act for the circuit at this price, A.R. 3 shows.
MORRISSEY & RICH: Drapery in one; 15 minutes. The same act that they have lately shown all over the circuit, and which did not arouse much enthusiasm to-day. They just got by, and will possibly do in this place. 3 shows.
SOTO SUNETARO: C.D. Japanese act. Sunetaro opens his act with some  clever magical work, but the interpolation of some Japanese dancing by a small child and some Japanese musical work on a peculiarly contrived musical instrument almost kills the act. The closing trick, in which he produces a live collie dog and a large number of other things from a cabinet, was very convincing and earned for him an excellent hand. 3 shows.
AVON COMEDY FOUR: School room in 3; 24 minutes, 9 min. in one. An act patterned somewhat after that of Al Leach and the Three Rosebuds, save that there are four men doing it, and also similar to the act of the old Manhattan Four. The comedy work, in which each took part, was very strong, the singing above the average, and the dancing unusually good. They earned by far the largest amount of applause to this time, and caused general laughter from a good sized house. It can certainly be classed as a very good three a day act, and full equal to many two a day shows. 3 shows.
FAVOR & SINCLAIR in "Caesar's Angel." Garden in four; 26 minutes. An act which they have previously done here, and which went fairly well to-day. They could hardly hold down this place on the bill, their act being too long and uninteresting, but there doesn't seem to be any other place in which to locate them now. Favor's work, while as good as he has done for several years, is much below two a day standard, and Miss Sinclair


yet had, being far ahead of that of last week and fully equal to that of two weeks ago, and being strong in every department. the Vassar Girls, which we featured and advertised extensively, have given us a novel and unusual vaudeville act, the setting of the stage being particularly beautiful at the close when all the lights are on. If the reception of the show this afternoon is to be taken as a criterion we should play to good business this week, but after the fall down of the Rays last week, would seem unwise to make any predictions along this line.

E.P. LYONS.

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55 Keith's Bijou, Criticism, Nov. 2nd, 1903. STEREOPTICON: Not used this week; show being of sufficient length without it. KELTER: Wood in four; 7 minutes. Bounding wire act, doing nothing remarkable, but earning fairly good applause. A very satisfactory opener. 3 shows. THE SHELLY DUO: Drop in one; 10 minutes. Two very young children, boy and girl, in a singing and dancing act; singing is hardly passable, but they fully make up for it by some excellent dancing, which earned frequent interruptions of applause, and carried them off to no uncertain amount of applause. Very good act in this position. 3 shows. BATES MUSICAL TRIO: C.D.F. 4, close in one; 20 minutes, 5 minutes in one. Two women and one man. A very good musical act, which was well received, and is doubly acceptable because of the electrical appliances used in connection with the act. They closed in one on the saxaphones and earned a good amount of applause. 3 shows. LORO & PAYNE: Acrobatics. Two local men, one working straight the other blackface. Garden in 3, 12 minutes. Received a slight reception, and, at the amount paid them, are no doubt better than many higher priced acts we have had, Payne's acrobatic work being exceptionally clever. The comedy work just about gets by. It would seem to be a very acceptable act for the circuit at this price, A.R. 3 shows. MORRISSEY & RICH: Drapery in one; 15 minutes. The same act that they have lately shown all over the circuit, and which did not arouse much enthusiasm to-day. They just got by, and will possibly do in this place. 3 shows. SOTO SUNETARO: C.D. Japanese act. Sunetaro opens his act with some clever magical work, but the interpolation of some Japanese dancing by a small child and some Japanese musical work on a peculiarly contrived musical instrument almost kills the act. The closing trick, in which he produces a live collie dog and a large number of other things from a cabinet, was very convincing and earned for him an excellent hand. 3 shows. AVON COMEDY FOUR: School room in 3; 24 minutes, 9 min. in one. An act patterned somewhat after that of Al Leach and the Three Rosebuds, save that there are four men doing it, and also similar to the act of the old Manhattan Four. The comedy work, in which each took part, was very strong, the singing above the average, and the dancing unusually good. They earned by far the largest amount of applause to this time, and caused general laughter from a good sized house. It can certainly be classed as a very good three a day act, and full equal to many two a day shows. 3 shows. FAVOR & SINCLAIR in "Caesar's Angel." Garden in four; 26 minutes. An act which they have previously done here, and which went fairly well to-day. They could hardly hold down this place on the bill, their act being too long and uninteresting, but there doesn't seem to be any other place in which to locate them now. Favor's work, while as good as he has done for several years, is much below two a day standard, and Miss Sinclair yet had, being far ahead of that of last week and fully equal to that of two weeks ago, and being strong in every department. the Vassar Girls, which we featured and advertised extensively, have given us a novel and unusual vaudeville act, the setting of the stage being particularly beautiful at the close when all the lights are on. If the reception of the show this afternoon is to be taken as a criterion we should play to good business this week, but after the fall down of the Rays last week, would seem unwise to make any predictions along this line. E.P. LYONS.