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Managers' report book, July 4, 1915-November 13, 1916

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H. T. JORDAN
PHILADELPHIA SHOW
JULY 5, 1915.
HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 10 min. Fair average of pictures.
KEIT & DEMONT. 10 min. Two men, one in comedy makeup. Open with talk followed with acrobatics and a little dancing. Did fairly well
REGENT FOUR. 12 min. Two men and two women in picturesque costumes. Sing a series of well known operatic selections. Have pleasing voices and were liberally applauded.
HENSHAW & AVERY. 21 min. In "A Vaudeville Table D'Hote." This well known couple offer a series of travesty bits composed principally of talk but with a song here and there. It was all well handled and got considerable laughter. Finished to a good hand.
ETHEL MacDONOUGH. 17 min. Sang five numbers, three of them new, including a medley of popular numbers. Scored fair results with the first two and finished very strong with the last two, closing to a strong hand.
MOSCONI BROS. 7 min. This is a Philadelphia act but the boys have a dancing act that will go anywhere. Open in evening clothes with double and single number and follow with a Charley Chaplin bit that was a riot of applause all the way through. They were one of the biggest hits of the bill and were forced to acknowledge several bows.
THEODORE BENDIX. & SYMPHONY PLAYERS. 20 min. A very high class instrumental music act. Four men including Mr. Bendix at the piano. Offer an excellent selection of classical and popular numbers, all very well played and a real treat for music lovers. Scored a solid hit.
CONROY & LE MAIRE. 21 min. In "The New Physician." This is the same blackface sketch they used with "The Passing Show" and also in vaudeville last year. It held the audience in a scream of laughter from start to finish. 
SKATERS BIJOUVE. 8 min. Very pretty novelty skating act by man and woman in attractive costumes. Their work consists of dancing and acrobatic feats on rollers.
"20th CENTURY COURTSHIP." 16 min. This is a local picture with Marie Post as the young society woman. Tells the story of the meeting and marriage of a young couple, following them around the city and into various department stores, railroad stations, etc., until the finish of their trip. Held considerable interest as a local feature.
GENERAL REMARKS. Well balanced show that pleased a holiday crowd despite the absence of Ben Welch who missed the opening performance on account of delay in reaching the city. Show ran well from startt to finish. For the balance of the week the show will run as follows:-
A Orchestra
B Pictures
C Skaters Bijouve
D Keit & DeMont
E Regent Four
F Henshaw & Avery
G Ben Welch
H Ethel MacDonough
I Mosconi Bros.
J Bendix Players
K Conroy & LeMaire
L Local Picture
CUTS
CONROY & LE MAIRE: Word "hell;" reference to "Twilight Sleep."
KEIT & DEMONT. Expression "Gott in Himmel"
HENSHAW & AVERY: "Hoch der Kaiser."

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW JULY 5, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 10 min. Fair average of pictures. KEIT & DEMONT. 10 min. Two men, one in comedy makeup. Open with talk followed with acrobatics and a little dancing. Did fairly well REGENT FOUR. 12 min. Two men and two women in picturesque costumes. Sing a series of well known operatic selections. Have pleasing voices and were liberally applauded. HENSHAW & AVERY. 21 min. In "A Vaudeville Table D'Hote." This well known couple offer a series of travesty bits composed principally of talk but with a song here and there. It was all well handled and got considerable laughter. Finished to a good hand. ETHEL MacDONOUGH. 17 min. Sang five numbers, three of them new, including a medley of popular numbers. Scored fair results with the first two and finished very strong with the last two, closing to a strong hand. MOSCONI BROS. 7 min. This is a Philadelphia act but the boys have a dancing act that will go anywhere. Open in evening clothes with double and single number and follow with a Charley Chaplin bit that was a riot of applause all the way through. They were one of the biggest hits of the bill and were forced to acknowledge several bows. THEODORE BENDIX. & SYMPHONY PLAYERS. 20 min. A very high class instrumental music act. Four men including Mr. Bendix at the piano. Offer an excellent selection of classical and popular numbers, all very well played and a real treat for music lovers. Scored a solid hit. CONROY & LE MAIRE. 21 min. In "The New Physician." This is the same blackface sketch they used with "The Passing Show" and also in vaudeville last year. It held the audience in a scream of laughter from start to finish. SKATERS BIJOUVE. 8 min. Very pretty novelty skating act by man and woman in attractive costumes. Their work consists of dancing and acrobatic feats on rollers. "20th CENTURY COURTSHIP." 16 min. This is a local picture with Marie Post as the young society woman. Tells the story of the meeting and marriage of a young couple, following them around the city and into various department stores, railroad stations, etc., until the finish of their trip. Held considerable interest as a local feature. GENERAL REMARKS. Well balanced show that pleased a holiday crowd despite the absence of Ben Welch who missed the opening performance on account of delay in reaching the city. Show ran well from startt to finish. For the balance of the week the show will run as follows:- A Orchestra B Pictures C Skaters Bijouve D Keit & DeMont E Regent Four F Henshaw & Avery G Ben Welch H Ethel MacDonough I Mosconi Bros. J Bendix Players K Conroy & LeMaire L Local Picture CUTS CONROY & LE MAIRE: Word "hell;" reference to "Twilight Sleep." KEIT & DEMONT. Expression "Gott in Himmel" HENSHAW & AVERY: "Hoch der Kaiser."