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

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H. T. JORDAN    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    SEPT. 25, 1916.
SELIG TRIBUNE PICTORIAL NEWS. Fair.
ERNETTE ASORIA & CO. 12 min. Two girls and a man in a variety of dances showing enough originality in the numbers to be classed as a novelty. The act is nicely dressed and in the opening spot did well.
LILLIAN CONNE & BERT ALBERT. 14 min. Starting a little slow, this act picked up with a comedy song by the girl and finished into a first class laughing act through some "nut" stuff. They closed to a good hand.
EMMETT J. WELCH & CO. "A Minstrel Revision." 22 min. This is a local act, all the members of the company, including a singing quartette, two dancers and two end-men, being Philadelphians. They gave an old time minstrel first part, beautifully staged and dressed, with a routine of good songs and jokes. The vocal program consists of popular songs, and a ballad by Mr. Welch. Act went over in great shape and finished to an excellent hand.
CECIL CUNNINGHAM. 15 min. With a bunch of new descriptive songs all of them having a comedy touch, this girl was a good sized hit scoring with each number and leaving the audience applauding for more at the finish.
HUGH HERBERT & CO. "The Prediction." 16 min. A strongly dramatic playlet written around a new theme and therefore takes its place among the novelty sketches we have played. There is enough comedy in the dialogue to win laughs and a surprise climax brings the act to an excellent finish. The characters are all well played and the act made a good impression.
CLARK & VERDI. 17 min. Doing about the same act they used last year, consisting of comedy dialogue in broken Italian and finishing with their burlesque quarrel.
ADELAIDE & HUGHES. 29 min. "The Garden of the World," which is the closing number of the new repertoire of dances given by this couple, is undoubtedly one of the most pretentious and picturesque dance offering vaudeville has ever seen. It is an allegorical story and the clever manner in which it is presented make it so thoroughly plain that the audience has no difficulty in following it. The three preceding numbers are also beautifully staged and executed and the act, besides being the best Adelaide & Hughes have ever presented, is a headline feature that fully deserved the tremendous hit it scored.
CARMELA & ROSA PONZILLO. 18 min. Two Italian operatic vocalistes in a distinctly high-class musical offering. Both have splendid voices and their program is made up of popular numbers, each one of which scored strongly. They finished with a duet which brought them a solid round of applause. They were forced to respond to an encore and registered a solid hit.
JACK & KITTY DEMACO. 9 min. A very nicely set up ring act by a man and woman. Their routine of tricks is of the familiar character but are nicely handled and the pretty staging adds novelty. In the closing position, they did very nicely.
GENERAL REMARKS. This show is strong on class and with plenty of comedy and variety surrounding the headline feature, it played out to a very satisfactory entertainment.

GONNE & ALBERT: Elimination of gag about "sparrows."
EMMETT WELCH: Elimination of joke about parts of a chicken.
HUGH HERBERT: Elimination of the word "hell."

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW SEPT. 25, 1916. SELIG TRIBUNE PICTORIAL NEWS. Fair. ERNETTE ASORIA & CO. 12 min. Two girls and a man in a variety of dances showing enough originality in the numbers to be classed as a novelty. The act is nicely dressed and in the opening spot did well. LILLIAN CONNE & BERT ALBERT. 14 min. Starting a little slow, this act picked up with a comedy song by the girl and finished into a first class laughing act through some "nut" stuff. They closed to a good hand. EMMETT J. WELCH & CO. "A Minstrel Revision." 22 min. This is a local act, all the members of the company, including a singing quartette, two dancers and two end-men, being Philadelphians. They gave an old time minstrel first part, beautifully staged and dressed, with a routine of good songs and jokes. The vocal program consists of popular songs, and a ballad by Mr. Welch. Act went over in great shape and finished to an excellent hand. CECIL CUNNINGHAM. 15 min. With a bunch of new descriptive songs all of them having a comedy touch, this girl was a good sized hit scoring with each number and leaving the audience applauding for more at the finish. HUGH HERBERT & CO. "The Prediction." 16 min. A strongly dramatic playlet written around a new theme and therefore takes its place among the novelty sketches we have played. There is enough comedy in the dialogue to win laughs and a surprise climax brings the act to an excellent finish. The characters are all well played and the act made a good impression. CLARK & VERDI. 17 min. Doing about the same act they used last year, consisting of comedy dialogue in broken Italian and finishing with their burlesque quarrel. ADELAIDE & HUGHES. 29 min. "The Garden of the World," which is the closing number of the new repertoire of dances given by this couple, is undoubtedly one of the most pretentious and picturesque dance offering vaudeville has ever seen. It is an allegorical story and the clever manner in which it is presented make it so thoroughly plain that the audience has no difficulty in following it. The three preceding numbers are also beautifully staged and executed and the act, besides being the best Adelaide & Hughes have ever presented, is a headline feature that fully deserved the tremendous hit it scored. CARMELA & ROSA PONZILLO. 18 min. Two Italian operatic vocalistes in a distinctly high-class musical offering. Both have splendid voices and their program is made up of popular numbers, each one of which scored strongly. They finished with a duet which brought them a solid round of applause. They were forced to respond to an encore and registered a solid hit. JACK & KITTY DEMACO. 9 min. A very nicely set up ring act by a man and woman. Their routine of tricks is of the familiar character but are nicely handled and the pretty staging adds novelty. In the closing position, they did very nicely. GENERAL REMARKS. This show is strong on class and with plenty of comedy and variety surrounding the headline feature, it played out to a very satisfactory entertainment. GONNE & ALBERT: Elimination of gag about "sparrows." EMMETT WELCH: Elimination of joke about parts of a chicken. HUGH HERBERT: Elimination of the word "hell."