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Managers' report book, October 25, 1909 - May 3, 1910

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Keith's Hippodrome.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Oct 18th 1909
Ned S. Hastings.

HASTINGS & WILSON. 2 men. Time 13. Special exterior in 3. Excellent eccentric dancing and grotesque acrobatics. Several startling twists and turns. Very good act.
THORA. In 1. Time 11. Man dressed as woman doing ventriloquial work. Technically the work is good, but the act lacks action and variety, Thora working with only one "dummy", seated at the table throughout.
SCOTT & WILSON. Time 8. 2 men. In 1. Acrobats. The act opens with one man appearing announcing that the act cannot appear. The partner, a rube seated in a box, begins to call the one on the stage down. Then follows a good line of comedy interchange that wins frequent laughter. The "rube" goes on the stage and the two offer some fast flipflops somewhat original.
CLARA BELLE JEROME & CO. 2 women. 1 man. Time 21. Special exterior in 4. Presenting "Joyland." This well known musical comedy tabloid is considered improved, but retains many of the old, good features. It is going equally well as it did the first time when it proved a distinct hit. First class throughout.
SELMA BRAATZ. In 2 garden. Time 14. Assisted by older woman who does a little soap bubble juggling. Miss Braatz does the conventional line of work with hats, billiard balls and cues, and rubber balls,-all well done. She finishes in the dark juggling torches with pretty effect and closes to big applause.
FOUR RIANOS. 3 men, 1 woman. Time 14 min. In 4 special interior. 2 men represent monkeys. The same excellent act as of old. Full of individuality. Going well.
MRS EVA FAY. 1st part. Time 17. In 1. Male assistant. In this part Mrs Fay does the old cabinet tricks of the spiritualistic order. Only a mild success with this.
BERT LESLIE & CO. Time 16. 3 men, 1 woman. In 3 spec. "Hogan in Society." A thread of a plot about which Mr Leslie hangs a flow of really funny slang. He had the audience roaring from start to finish with some great slang lines. Support good.
MARION GARSON. In 1. Time 10. Classical and popular songs. this attractive young is singing better than ever. Very pleasing but not great.
MRS EVA FAY. 2nd part. F.S. special interior. Time 30. Fay answers questions written down by the audience, and she is apparently working by some new method. She gave over fifty answers at the Monday matinee and was a huge success. Her constant flow of humor helps out greatly.

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12 Keith's Hippodrome. Cleveland, Ohio. Oct 18th 1909 Ned S. Hastings. HASTINGS & WILSON. 2 men. Time 13. Special exterior in 3. Excellent eccentric dancing and grotesque acrobatics. Several startling twists and turns. Very good act. THORA. In 1. Time 11. Man dressed as woman doing ventriloquial work. Technically the work is good, but the act lacks action and variety, Thora working with only one "dummy", seated at the table throughout. SCOTT & WILSON. Time 8. 2 men. In 1. Acrobats. The act opens with one man appearing announcing that the act cannot appear. The partner, a rube seated in a box, begins to call the one on the stage down. Then follows a good line of comedy interchange that wins frequent laughter. The "rube" goes on the stage and the two offer some fast flipflops somewhat original. CLARA BELLE JEROME & CO. 2 women. 1 man. Time 21. Special exterior in 4. Presenting "Joyland." This well known musical comedy tabloid is considered improved, but retains many of the old, good features. It is going equally well as it did the first time when it proved a distinct hit. First class throughout. SELMA BRAATZ. In 2 garden. Time 14. Assisted by older woman who does a little soap bubble juggling. Miss Braatz does the conventional line of work with hats, billiard balls and cues, and rubber balls,-all well done. She finishes in the dark juggling torches with pretty effect and closes to big applause. FOUR RIANOS. 3 men, 1 woman. Time 14 min. In 4 special interior. 2 men represent monkeys. The same excellent act as of old. Full of individuality. Going well. MRS EVA FAY. 1st part. Time 17. In 1. Male assistant. In this part Mrs Fay does the old cabinet tricks of the spiritualistic order. Only a mild success with this. BERT LESLIE & CO. Time 16. 3 men, 1 woman. In 3 spec. "Hogan in Society." A thread of a plot about which Mr Leslie hangs a flow of really funny slang. He had the audience roaring from start to finish with some great slang lines. Support good. MARION GARSON. In 1. Time 10. Classical and popular songs. this attractive young is singing better than ever. Very pleasing but not great. MRS EVA FAY. 2nd part. F.S. special interior. Time 30. Fay answers questions written down by the audience, and she is apparently working by some new method. She gave over fifty answers at the Monday matinee and was a huge success. Her constant flow of humor helps out greatly.