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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 9, 1912-February 24, 1913

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HUDSON THEATRE, UNION HILL, JAN. 13, 1913.
Tuesday night's show.
Jos. R. Smith.
JEWELL'S FANTOCHES
The act is a stage on a stage. The miniature dummy characters are worked by strings. Dances, songs and jokes are rendered. The voices come from the operators working the strings. Fair opening act. F.S. special scenery 18 Min.
FREEMAN and FREEMAN
two men neatly dressed in evening clothes, who dance talk and sing. Fair number two act. In one 18 Min.
LEW WELLS
Monologist and saxophone player. He has a good line of comedy and renders several poems. He has some good stuff he puts over well. The act went good. In one 20 Min.
"THE LAWN PARTY" Five girls and five boys in a musical revue. Scene lawn in front of a fashionable home. The sketch is about a children's party with each of the boys and girls impersonating a Broadway star. They dress, act, talk and sing in imitation. One of the boys is dressed as a sheriff. He is the source of all the good, clean comedy. He takes off some of the impersonators and being a good tumbler makes some great falls, over chairs and tables. The act went very good. F.S. special scenery time of act 27 Min.
INTERMISSION
MILLER and VINCENT
Man and a woman dressed in the height of fashion. Both possess very good voices and they have a clean line of comedy and humorous patter. The woman is especially nicely gowned and sings sweetly. They get their stuff over in nice shape and went very good. In one 15 Min.
VALERIE BERGERE PLAYERS, present "Where there's a woman". Two men and a woman. Scene hotel room. Husband and wife, both performers, are stranded. Husband leaves to try to borrow money to pay for their bill. During his absence the landlord enters the room and demands his money. The wife pleads with him she is starving for a breakfast. He orders breakfast sent up to her room and while they are talking the husband returns and knocks on the door. Landlord hides behind bed and wife lets husband in. He smells cigar smoke and locates the landlord, who laid his smoking cigar on the dressing table. Drawing a gun the husband threatens to shoot the landlord. The latter tries to save his life with money. He drops the roll of bills to the floor and backs off and out of the door. Husband and wife divide the coin as the curtain descends. There is plenty of clean comedy and the act went very good. F.S. special set, time of act 15 Min.
GEORGIA TRIO
Three men, blackface and one dressed as a woman. They sing, talk and dance. The comedy is brought out by one man and the negress sitting on a bench. They are very rough in their hugging and love making. The eccentric dancing of one of the men was a life saver. In one 14 Min. Fair act.
HANEGAN'S POLO TEAMS
Four men bicycles playing a game of polo. Baskets on the floor at each end of the stage are placed to catch the ball. The players do not use sticks. The balls are batted with the front and rear wheels of the cycles. The object of the game is to drive the wooden ball into the cages. A stage hand at each side of the stage tallies the score. The contest is rather exciting made so by the possibility of a dangerous spill, but the act does not seem suited for vaudeville. It is more of a circus stunt. It only went fair with this audience F.S. 13 Min.
PHOTOPLANE
Satisfactory.

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HUDSON THEATRE, UNION HILL, JAN. 13, 1913. Tuesday night's show. Jos. R. Smith. JEWELL'S FANTOCHES The act is a stage on a stage. The miniature dummy characters are worked by strings. Dances, songs and jokes are rendered. The voices come from the operators working the strings. Fair opening act. F.S. special scenery 18 Min. FREEMAN and FREEMAN two men neatly dressed in evening clothes, who dance talk and sing. Fair number two act. In one 18 Min. LEW WELLS Monologist and saxophone player. He has a good line of comedy and renders several poems. He has some good stuff he puts over well. The act went good. In one 20 Min. "THE LAWN PARTY" Five girls and five boys in a musical revue. Scene lawn in front of a fashionable home. The sketch is about a children's party with each of the boys and girls impersonating a Broadway star. They dress, act, talk and sing in imitation. One of the boys is dressed as a sheriff. He is the source of all the good, clean comedy. He takes off some of the impersonators and being a good tumbler makes some great falls, over chairs and tables. The act went very good. F.S. special scenery time of act 27 Min. INTERMISSION MILLER and VINCENT Man and a woman dressed in the height of fashion. Both possess very good voices and they have a clean line of comedy and humorous patter. The woman is especially nicely gowned and sings sweetly. They get their stuff over in nice shape and went very good. In one 15 Min. VALERIE BERGERE PLAYERS, present "Where there's a woman". Two men and a woman. Scene hotel room. Husband and wife, both performers, are stranded. Husband leaves to try to borrow money to pay for their bill. During his absence the landlord enters the room and demands his money. The wife pleads with him she is starving for a breakfast. He orders breakfast sent up to her room and while they are talking the husband returns and knocks on the door. Landlord hides behind bed and wife lets husband in. He smells cigar smoke and locates the landlord, who laid his smoking cigar on the dressing table. Drawing a gun the husband threatens to shoot the landlord. The latter tries to save his life with money. He drops the roll of bills to the floor and backs off and out of the door. Husband and wife divide the coin as the curtain descends. There is plenty of clean comedy and the act went very good. F.S. special set, time of act 15 Min. GEORGIA TRIO Three men, blackface and one dressed as a woman. They sing, talk and dance. The comedy is brought out by one man and the negress sitting on a bench. They are very rough in their hugging and love making. The eccentric dancing of one of the men was a life saver. In one 14 Min. Fair act. HANEGAN'S POLO TEAMS Four men bicycles playing a game of polo. Baskets on the floor at each end of the stage are placed to catch the ball. The players do not use sticks. The balls are batted with the front and rear wheels of the cycles. The object of the game is to drive the wooden ball into the cages. A stage hand at each side of the stage tallies the score. The contest is rather exciting made so by the possibility of a dangerous spill, but the act does not seem suited for vaudeville. It is more of a circus stunt. It only went fair with this audience F.S. 13 Min. PHOTOPLANE Satisfactory.