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Keith-Albee managers' report book, May 11, 1914-July 1, 1915

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H. T. JORDAN    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    APRIL 5, 1915.
HEARST-SELIG PICTURES. About the average pictures this week.
MME. BUSSE'S TERRIERS. 11 min. A very good dog act with a few novelty bits introduced in the way of dances that are good for comedy effect. Did nicely in the opening spot.
CUMMINGS & GLADINGS. 13 min. "A Night in a Cabaret." Clever pair of singers and dancers in a very entertaining act. Have a couple of good songs and finished with some excellent dancing which took them off to a big hand.
HOLMES' TRAVELETTE. 27 min. Holmes' lectures, so well known throughout the country, have been particularly popular in Philadelphia so that a lecture on "Buenos Aires" with Walter Murray as the lecturer, furnished a very interesting number and held close attention throughout. At the finish there was a liberal amount of applause.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON & CO. "Poor Old Jim." 22 min. This is a new sketch in vaudeville and offers an entirely new story from any other that has been presented before. It also furnishes a very good laugh-winner keeping the laughs going steadily, finishing very strong. In addition to being a pleasing comedy sketch, it also lends itself as a good advertising medium with the name of Joseph Jefferson as the principal. It scored a hit here.
HARRIET BURT. 14 min. Sang four songs, each of which scored individually and helped her through to a good sized hit. Miss Burt wore some very handsome gowns, changing for each number, her Scotch song used at the finish being liberally rewarded.
WILL OAKLAND & CO. 19 min. "At the Club." A high-class singing sketch including five men. They have a novelty number which won the warmest favor. All have good voices and offer their material in the form of a sketch which takes it out of the usual line of singing acts. Their numbers were warmly applauded and they finished very strong, making one of the big hits of the bill.
EVELYN NESBIT & JACK CLIFFORD. 11 min. A crowded house accepted this act more as a novelty than an applause number. The couple did three songs, all of which they handled well and finished with some whirlwind dancing of the Texas Tommy variety which deserved considerably more applause than they received. Their encore bit won them a few extra hands, but the act was not a big applause hit here.
SWOR & MACK. 16 min. With their well known blackface act little changed from when it was seen here the last time, scored a big laughing hit, their eccentric dancing carrying them through in great shape.
FLYING HENRYS. 4 min. Good showy aerial act, a fast routine worked with lightning speed and keeping the excitement up all through. Got a good hand.
GENERAL REMARKS. This show opened to a jammed house Easter Monday and while the audience appeared to thoroughly appreciate the excellence of the show they were not demonstrative. The bill, however, is well balanced and makes a thoroughly satisfactory entertainment.

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW APRIL 5, 1915. HEARST-SELIG PICTURES. About the average pictures this week. MME. BUSSE'S TERRIERS. 11 min. A very good dog act with a few novelty bits introduced in the way of dances that are good for comedy effect. Did nicely in the opening spot. CUMMINGS & GLADINGS. 13 min. "A Night in a Cabaret." Clever pair of singers and dancers in a very entertaining act. Have a couple of good songs and finished with some excellent dancing which took them off to a big hand. HOLMES' TRAVELETTE. 27 min. Holmes' lectures, so well known throughout the country, have been particularly popular in Philadelphia so that a lecture on "Buenos Aires" with Walter Murray as the lecturer, furnished a very interesting number and held close attention throughout. At the finish there was a liberal amount of applause. JOSEPH JEFFERSON & CO. "Poor Old Jim." 22 min. This is a new sketch in vaudeville and offers an entirely new story from any other that has been presented before. It also furnishes a very good laugh-winner keeping the laughs going steadily, finishing very strong. In addition to being a pleasing comedy sketch, it also lends itself as a good advertising medium with the name of Joseph Jefferson as the principal. It scored a hit here. HARRIET BURT. 14 min. Sang four songs, each of which scored individually and helped her through to a good sized hit. Miss Burt wore some very handsome gowns, changing for each number, her Scotch song used at the finish being liberally rewarded. WILL OAKLAND & CO. 19 min. "At the Club." A high-class singing sketch including five men. They have a novelty number which won the warmest favor. All have good voices and offer their material in the form of a sketch which takes it out of the usual line of singing acts. Their numbers were warmly applauded and they finished very strong, making one of the big hits of the bill. EVELYN NESBIT & JACK CLIFFORD. 11 min. A crowded house accepted this act more as a novelty than an applause number. The couple did three songs, all of which they handled well and finished with some whirlwind dancing of the Texas Tommy variety which deserved considerably more applause than they received. Their encore bit won them a few extra hands, but the act was not a big applause hit here. SWOR & MACK. 16 min. With their well known blackface act little changed from when it was seen here the last time, scored a big laughing hit, their eccentric dancing carrying them through in great shape. FLYING HENRYS. 4 min. Good showy aerial act, a fast routine worked with lightning speed and keeping the excitement up all through. Got a good hand. GENERAL REMARKS. This show opened to a jammed house Easter Monday and while the audience appeared to thoroughly appreciate the excellence of the show they were not demonstrative. The bill, however, is well balanced and makes a thoroughly satisfactory entertainment.