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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 9-December 14, 1908

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could not use on account of the child law. From what the manager tells me, the kid must add a whole lot to the act. The men are good acrobats, although nothing extraordinary. The foot juggler who works with a big umbrella is very good. The youngster who works on a wire is a marvel. He uses no balancing pole and performs some sensational tricks. The perch work, with which they are closing their act, is great. The manager told me that yesterday was the first time the troupe had ever worked on a stage, their previous engagements in America, having been with circuses and fairs. He also told me that they could give a forty-five minutes show, if needed. They had little conception of how to put on a vaudeville act at the afternoon show, leaving the stage bare three times, and not having their routine work running smoothly. Their leader, who is very intelligent and who is most anxious to accept any tips that can be given him, and I got together after the afternoon show. He called a rehearsal and working along the lines we laid out, the result was a smooth, fast running act that held the audience most satisfactorily at night. XX1
Kinetograph. "Doll Making"--A very interesting picture. "Heels over Head in Politics" and "The Secret of the Iron Mask"--Fair comics.
Cuts. Violet Dale-Sheath gown. Hair-lip business (Spitting in face) Business with trouser leg. Word "Hell."
Chas. E. Evans & Co. "One "Damned."
Avery and Hart--Bug picking.
Comment. A crack-a-jack show, really one of the best vaudeville entertainments i have ever sat through. My only regrets are the practical wasting of the Musical Spillers, Londe and Tilly and the Bonesettis, together with the fact that Violet Dale's act is not the emphatic hit it would be if she had proper support.

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could not use on account of the child law. From what the manager tells me, the kid must add a whole lot to the act. The men are good acrobats, although nothing extraordinary. The foot juggler who works with a big umbrella is very good. The youngster who works on a wire is a marvel. He uses no balancing pole and performs some sensational tricks. The perch work, with which they are closing their act, is great. The manager told me that yesterday was the first time the troupe had ever worked on a stage, their previous engagements in America, having been with circuses and fairs. He also told me that they could give a forty-five minutes show, if needed. They had little conception of how to put on a vaudeville act at the afternoon show, leaving the stage bare three times, and not having their routine work running smoothly. Their leader, who is very intelligent and who is most anxious to accept any tips that can be given him, and I got together after the afternoon show. He called a rehearsal and working along the lines we laid out, the result was a smooth, fast running act that held the audience most satisfactorily at night. XX1 Kinetograph. "Doll Making"--A very interesting picture. "Heels over Head in Politics" and "The Secret of the Iron Mask"--Fair comics. Cuts. Violet Dale-Sheath gown. Hair-lip business (Spitting in face) Business with trouser leg. Word "Hell." Chas. E. Evans & Co. "One "Damned." Avery and Hart--Bug picking. Comment. A crack-a-jack show, really one of the best vaudeville entertainments i have ever sat through. My only regrets are the practical wasting of the Musical Spillers, Londe and Tilly and the Bonesettis, together with the fact that Violet Dale's act is not the emphatic hit it would be if she had proper support.