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

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REPORT ON COLUMBUS SHOW FOR WEEK MARCH 7, 1910.
W. W. PROSSER, MGR.
SIX SAMOIS: Whirlwind Acrobats. This act is quite good of its kind and seemed to please the audience very much. Gained quite a lot of applause and finished strong. Landscape in 5, 7 minutes.
DAVE NOWLIN: Monologist, mimic, etc. He went very well from beginning to end and offered an act that seemed to please them all the way through. The work consisted of songs, monologue and imitations, all of which found favor with the audience. 12 minutes, olio in one.
THE MERMAIDS: This is a very novel and exceedingly pretty act, and the feats of the two girls in the tank gained the closest attention from the entire house. Every trick they presented was warmly received and they finished strong. Both are pretty girls and refined and modest in their bearing. This act should cause a lot of favorable comment. Nothing lacking that I could see. Wood in 2, 10 minutes.
LAURA BUCKLEY: Protean monologist. Miss Buckley presents the same act she did the last time here and it went quite well. She secured the attention of the house without any trouble, was rewarded for her work by quite liberal applause and finished fairly strong. Opens in 1, closes special in 1 1/2. 14 minutes.
PORTER J. WHITE & COMPANY: In "The Visitor". Two men, one woman. This is a dramatic sketch well presented, and one that proved of thorough interest to the house. Was perfectly satisfactory and finished strong. The work of Mr. White and the other two members of his company was all that could be desired, and the act must be voted a success. C. D. F. in 3, 22 minutes.
HOWARD & HOWARD: This well known team came on and hadn't the slightest trouble in establishing themselves as the hit of the show. They were a riot all the way through and to them must be given the distinction of being the first act that has ever played this house which went so big that they stopped the show. They took any number of bows at the finish and the audience would not let them go, and simply would not permit the introduction of "At the Waldorf" to be heard. The orchestra was compelled to call it off while the boys came on and took another bow or two. 21 minutes, street in one.
"AT THE WALDORF": A big act with a lot of scenery, a very good comedian, Knute Erickson, and a very ordinary company. Erickson was the shining star of the offering and had it not been for him the act would have been an awful frost. None of the musical numbers won even a half-hearted hand, and the dialogue was quite dreary. I haven't received the salary for this act yet, but if it is very much we're cheated. Special set in 5, 40 minutes.
MOVING PICTURES: O. K.

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REPORT ON COLUMBUS SHOW FOR WEEK MARCH 7, 1910. W. W. PROSSER, MGR. SIX SAMOIS: Whirlwind Acrobats. This act is quite good of its kind and seemed to please the audience very much. Gained quite a lot of applause and finished strong. Landscape in 5, 7 minutes. DAVE NOWLIN: Monologist, mimic, etc. He went very well from beginning to end and offered an act that seemed to please them all the way through. The work consisted of songs, monologue and imitations, all of which found favor with the audience. 12 minutes, olio in one. THE MERMAIDS: This is a very novel and exceedingly pretty act, and the feats of the two girls in the tank gained the closest attention from the entire house. Every trick they presented was warmly received and they finished strong. Both are pretty girls and refined and modest in their bearing. This act should cause a lot of favorable comment. Nothing lacking that I could see. Wood in 2, 10 minutes. LAURA BUCKLEY: Protean monologist. Miss Buckley presents the same act she did the last time here and it went quite well. She secured the attention of the house without any trouble, was rewarded for her work by quite liberal applause and finished fairly strong. Opens in 1, closes special in 1 1/2. 14 minutes. PORTER J. WHITE & COMPANY: In "The Visitor". Two men, one woman. This is a dramatic sketch well presented, and one that proved of thorough interest to the house. Was perfectly satisfactory and finished strong. The work of Mr. White and the other two members of his company was all that could be desired, and the act must be voted a success. C. D. F. in 3, 22 minutes. HOWARD & HOWARD: This well known team came on and hadn't the slightest trouble in establishing themselves as the hit of the show. They were a riot all the way through and to them must be given the distinction of being the first act that has ever played this house which went so big that they stopped the show. They took any number of bows at the finish and the audience would not let them go, and simply would not permit the introduction of "At the Waldorf" to be heard. The orchestra was compelled to call it off while the boys came on and took another bow or two. 21 minutes, street in one. "AT THE WALDORF": A big act with a lot of scenery, a very good comedian, Knute Erickson, and a very ordinary company. Erickson was the shining star of the offering and had it not been for him the act would have been an awful frost. None of the musical numbers won even a half-hearted hand, and the dialogue was quite dreary. I haven't received the salary for this act yet, but if it is very much we're cheated. Special set in 5, 40 minutes. MOVING PICTURES: O. K.