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

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H. T. JORDAN.    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    NOV. 22, 1915.
HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 11 min. A very satisfactory set of pictures.
KARTELLI. 9 min. A very clever man on the slack wire. Routine of showy and difficult tricks with some comedy talk. A very good opener.
SHARP & TUREK. 13 min. Man and woman made up as chocolate candies. A clever stepping pair with a pleasing routine of songs and good dances. Went very well.
MEEHAN'S DOGS. 15 min. This is a great dog act, one of the very best on the stage. A remarkable exhibition of leaping hounds aroused the audience to shouts of approval. Rewarded with a big hand.
BURNHAM & IRWIN. 16 min. Man and woman in a "Song Sketch at the Piano." Man is a very clever comedian and the woman a clever helper in getting some first-class comedy talk over the footlights. They contributed a couple of songs with the woman at the piano. Act scored a hit.
WILLIAM PRUETTE & CO. 9 min. With Charles Orr & Co., in "A Holland Romance." This is a miniature opera in one act with a little love story running through it. The four people employed in telling it have excellent voices and their singing scored quite a hit, especially that by Mr. Pruette, who is a well known and popular American basso. The act finished to a very strong hand.
FRANK NORTH & CO., "Back to Wellington." 26 min. This is the act used last season by Howard and North with a new man in the act. North makes his rube a great laugh winner and the sketch registered a solid hit.
DOROTHY JARDON. 19 min. Making a remarkable stage picture in some striking gowns, she sang several numbers scoring a big applause hit with each one and finished to several curtain calls. A singer who can sing and a headliner that ought to cause talk on any vaudeville bill.
BERNARD GRANVILLE. 24 min. A very classy young fellow and a musical comedy favorite who made good with some songs, bits of chatter and some eccentric dancing, all of which he handled splendidly and with excellent results. He registered a very strong applause hit.
W. HORELIK ENSEMBLE. 10 min. Ten people in a highly colored picturesque dancing number presented in a gypsy camp scene. Dancing is excellent and the act makes a big flash. Was a good closing number.
GENERAL REMARKS. An excellent show both as an entertainer, looks and strength in names. Kept the audience thoroughly interested and amused all the way through and won plenty of applause.
NOTE:- The Harvard-Yale pictures did not get here in time for the matinee but will close the show commencing tonight.

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H. T. JORDAN. PHILADELPHIA SHOW NOV. 22, 1915. HEARST SELIG PICTURES. 11 min. A very satisfactory set of pictures. KARTELLI. 9 min. A very clever man on the slack wire. Routine of showy and difficult tricks with some comedy talk. A very good opener. SHARP & TUREK. 13 min. Man and woman made up as chocolate candies. A clever stepping pair with a pleasing routine of songs and good dances. Went very well. MEEHAN'S DOGS. 15 min. This is a great dog act, one of the very best on the stage. A remarkable exhibition of leaping hounds aroused the audience to shouts of approval. Rewarded with a big hand. BURNHAM & IRWIN. 16 min. Man and woman in a "Song Sketch at the Piano." Man is a very clever comedian and the woman a clever helper in getting some first-class comedy talk over the footlights. They contributed a couple of songs with the woman at the piano. Act scored a hit. WILLIAM PRUETTE & CO. 9 min. With Charles Orr & Co., in "A Holland Romance." This is a miniature opera in one act with a little love story running through it. The four people employed in telling it have excellent voices and their singing scored quite a hit, especially that by Mr. Pruette, who is a well known and popular American basso. The act finished to a very strong hand. FRANK NORTH & CO., "Back to Wellington." 26 min. This is the act used last season by Howard and North with a new man in the act. North makes his rube a great laugh winner and the sketch registered a solid hit. DOROTHY JARDON. 19 min. Making a remarkable stage picture in some striking gowns, she sang several numbers scoring a big applause hit with each one and finished to several curtain calls. A singer who can sing and a headliner that ought to cause talk on any vaudeville bill. BERNARD GRANVILLE. 24 min. A very classy young fellow and a musical comedy favorite who made good with some songs, bits of chatter and some eccentric dancing, all of which he handled splendidly and with excellent results. He registered a very strong applause hit. W. HORELIK ENSEMBLE. 10 min. Ten people in a highly colored picturesque dancing number presented in a gypsy camp scene. Dancing is excellent and the act makes a big flash. Was a good closing number. GENERAL REMARKS. An excellent show both as an entertainer, looks and strength in names. Kept the audience thoroughly interested and amused all the way through and won plenty of applause. NOTE:- The Harvard-Yale pictures did not get here in time for the matinee but will close the show commencing tonight.