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9 (M. J. KEATING) Boston Show, Week of Sept. 22, 1902. ---------------- Stereopticom, 3 shows, 15 Min. in one--Interesting selection of views. Clifford and Hall, 3 shows, 15 min., full stage--Very ordinary comedy singing act; just good enough as an opener. Lozelle, 3 shows, 10 min. full stage--Capital three-show "sight" act. For a small man he shows wonderful muscular development, and his work on the trapeze and rings is admirable. Some of his apparatus is quite novel and attractive. Will give it a better place in the bill for the balance of the week. F. O. Harrrell, 3 shows, opens in two, closes in one, 12 min.--Magic and instrumental specialties. He worked like an amateur, and we decided to close him, as we had plenty of show, and could do without his act without putting something else in. Charles Merritt and May Rozella, 3 shows, 16 min. open full stage, close in one--From a three-a-day standpoint, a very good act, the acrobatic and dancing specialties being the best feature of it. The singing did not count for much. May Evans, 3 shows, 10 min, in one--This girl is a vocal mimic and whistler of somewhat attractive personality, and always makes a hit in this house. This afternoon she finished quite strong, warranting a better place if we find it necessary to shift her. J. Aldrich Libbey and Katherine Trayer, 2 shows, 18 min. open full stage, close in one--Both very good singers, and made a fairly good impression, especially with their finish in one, in which Libbey makes up as Buffalo Bill, and they do some burlesque operatic singing. We cut one one of his mussy ballads (descriptive). Eugene O'Rourke and Nellie Elting, 2 shows, 22 min. full stage--Presenting "Parlor A," one of the best constructed and most laughable comedy sketches that has been played in this house for a long time. The dialogue is bright and some of the situations indescribably funny. It will make a big laughing hit, and can easily repeat when it is schedules to appear here again in February The acting of Mr. O'Rourke and Miss Elting, and even the colored assistant, was way above the average we get in such acts. Gus Williams, 2 shows, 16 min. open in two close in one--This favorite old German comedian went much better than I expected him to do, for he kept them laughing most all the way through his act, and made a decided hit with his bit of burlesque piano playing. His recitation at the close was a bit too tame, but the act, as a whole can be classed as good. Williams was substituted for Montrell, the juggler, and was not the act for that part of the bill, although that was not his fault, nor Mr. Hodgdon's. Swan and O'Day, 3 shows, 18 min. in one--One of the best blackface comedy and dancing acts we get here. They scored their usual hit, nothwithstanding the fact that they were sandwiched in between some of the best two-turners on the bill. Among the three-a-day turns they are the strongest. Al. Bellman and Lottie Moore, 2 shows, 22 min. full stage-An excellent act in every way; people attractive, clever, well dressed, and have good material. Their novelty dancing at the finish gained form them the most enthusiastic recall of the afternoon. De Courcey Brothers, 2 shows, 18 min. open in two, close in one--The best acrobatic act of its kind in the business. The term "phenomenal" is applied to them quite rationally. Jess Dandy, 2 shows, 12 min. in one-- In a difficult place in the bill he went fairly well, but not so much as the newness and brightness of his material warranted, For some reason he has been falling off in popularity with the audiences here, and will be put on at an earlier hour for the balance of the week. Personally, I think he is an exceptionally clever man, but the people who pay their money do not seem to agree with me in that conclusion. Wormwood's Dogs and Monkeys, 2 shows, 30 min, full stage-- There can be only one comment on this act, it is simply the best animal act in the business, Biograpy, 4 shows, 15 min. in one-- Interesting collection of pictures, the best being, A Spanish Bull Fight and the Rescue of a Drowning Man in Atlantic City. Comment: The show, as a whole, contains too much singing and talking, but none of it can be classed as really bad. After re-arrangement, it will show much better than this afternoon. We had no advance notification of how good O'Rourke's act was, in consequence of which, it got misplaced in our bill, and the defection of Montrell. for whom Gus Williams was substituted, weakened the bill decidedly at a critical point.
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9 (M. J. KEATING) Boston Show, Week of Sept. 22, 1902. ---------------- Stereopticom, 3 shows, 15 Min. in one--Interesting selection of views. Clifford and Hall, 3 shows, 15 min., full stage--Very ordinary comedy singing act; just good enough as an opener. Lozelle, 3 shows, 10 min. full stage--Capital three-show "sight" act. For a small man he shows wonderful muscular development, and his work on the trapeze and rings is admirable. Some of his apparatus is quite novel and attractive. Will give it a better place in the bill for the balance of the week. F. O. Harrrell, 3 shows, opens in two, closes in one, 12 min.--Magic and instrumental specialties. He worked like an amateur, and we decided to close him, as we had plenty of show, and could do without his act without putting something else in. Charles Merritt and May Rozella, 3 shows, 16 min. open full stage, close in one--From a three-a-day standpoint, a very good act, the acrobatic and dancing specialties being the best feature of it. The singing did not count for much. May Evans, 3 shows, 10 min, in one--This girl is a vocal mimic and whistler of somewhat attractive personality, and always makes a hit in this house. This afternoon she finished quite strong, warranting a better place if we find it necessary to shift her. J. Aldrich Libbey and Katherine Trayer, 2 shows, 18 min. open full stage, close in one--Both very good singers, and made a fairly good impression, especially with their finish in one, in which Libbey makes up as Buffalo Bill, and they do some burlesque operatic singing. We cut one one of his mussy ballads (descriptive). Eugene O'Rourke and Nellie Elting, 2 shows, 22 min. full stage--Presenting "Parlor A," one of the best constructed and most laughable comedy sketches that has been played in this house for a long time. The dialogue is bright and some of the situations indescribably funny. It will make a big laughing hit, and can easily repeat when it is schedules to appear here again in February The acting of Mr. O'Rourke and Miss Elting, and even the colored assistant, was way above the average we get in such acts. Gus Williams, 2 shows, 16 min. open in two close in one--This favorite old German comedian went much better than I expected him to do, for he kept them laughing most all the way through his act, and made a decided hit with his bit of burlesque piano playing. His recitation at the close was a bit too tame, but the act, as a whole can be classed as good. Williams was substituted for Montrell, the juggler, and was not the act for that part of the bill, although that was not his fault, nor Mr. Hodgdon's. Swan and O'Day, 3 shows, 18 min. in one--One of the best blackface comedy and dancing acts we get here. They scored their usual hit, nothwithstanding the fact that they were sandwiched in between some of the best two-turners on the bill. Among the three-a-day turns they are the strongest. Al. Bellman and Lottie Moore, 2 shows, 22 min. full stage-An excellent act in every way; people attractive, clever, well dressed, and have good material. Their novelty dancing at the finish gained form them the most enthusiastic recall of the afternoon. De Courcey Brothers, 2 shows, 18 min. open in two, close in one--The best acrobatic act of its kind in the business. The term "phenomenal" is applied to them quite rationally. Jess Dandy, 2 shows, 12 min. in one-- In a difficult place in the bill he went fairly well, but not so much as the newness and brightness of his material warranted, For some reason he has been falling off in popularity with the audiences here, and will be put on at an earlier hour for the balance of the week. Personally, I think he is an exceptionally clever man, but the people who pay their money do not seem to agree with me in that conclusion. Wormwood's Dogs and Monkeys, 2 shows, 30 min, full stage-- There can be only one comment on this act, it is simply the best animal act in the business, Biograpy, 4 shows, 15 min. in one-- Interesting collection of pictures, the best being, A Spanish Bull Fight and the Rescue of a Drowning Man in Atlantic City. Comment: The show, as a whole, contains too much singing and talking, but none of it can be classed as really bad. After re-arrangement, it will show much better than this afternoon. We had no advance notification of how good O'Rourke's act was, in consequence of which, it got misplaced in our bill, and the defection of Montrell. for whom Gus Williams was substituted, weakened the bill decidedly at a critical point.
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