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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
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63 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of Nov. 9, 1903 Stereopticon, 3 shows, 10 min. in 1--Interesting collection of home and foreign views. Juggling Barretts, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage--These men are quite clever in the manipulation of Indian clubs, straw hats, etc., but they are very much off in comedy. They would do better in this house if they worked straight, as many of their feats are novel and skilfully performed. Edward Armstrong and Rosie Wright, 3 shows, 13 min. in 1--This team just got by in the 3-show section, all the bad work at the start being forgiven because of the girl's endurance dance on one foot. Good enough for the place they get here. J. J. Desmond, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage--This boy is a wonder. He is only 15 years of age, weighs 105 pounds, but is the most perfectly developed youth whom I have ever seen. He first gives an exhibition of his muscular development, a la Sandow, then does a lot of weight lifting that is astonishing, because not one man in 50 of the candidates for firemen and policemen can accomplish it, I am given to understand. Then he gives an excellent exhibition of various sorts of bag punching. He has a lot of handsome apparatus. The act went well, and could stand for a better place in the bill than we have given it. Johnson and Wells, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1--"Real coon" singers and dancers, but not nearly so showy or lively as Johnson and Deane. They did not go so strong as they have on previous occasions, but I think the fault was with the audience, which was an exceedingly dead one, and not theirs. Milton and Dolly Nobles, 2 shows, 35 min. full stage--Presenting "Why Walker Reformed", which I consider the best thing in their repertoire. It is full of chuckles, rather than provocative of loud laughter. Being capitally acted, it stands as one of the most artistic sketches in vaudeville. The chief fault with Mr. Noble's farces, so far as Boston is concerned, is they are about 15 minutes too long. As a result, we will be obliged to put them on at an hour that will not do justice to them nor be satisfactory to us. Richard J. Jose, 2 shows, 15 min. in 1--The most popular vocalist who ever appears here. Got a big round of applause when he first appeared, and all of his numbers were encored. Cannot say that I am very enthusiastic with the selections of ballads he uses, but the public seemed to be satisfied and it is up to them to choose. Dr. Carl Louis Perin, 2 shows, 25 min. full stage-- (can close in 1 if necessary)--This man presented one of the most interesting and humorous acts that we have had in this house for an age, and it may develop throughout the week that he will go so strong that we shall be obliged to continued him for the balance of a fortnight. It is the biggest thing in the shape of a trial act we have ever had here. that this man has certainly made the biggest hit scored in this house for a long time, and the quality of the audience last night demonstrated the fact that he draws the best people, as our higher priced seats filled first, while the reverse has been the case for several weeks past. His work is unusually interesting, and I never saw an audience give such undivided attention to anybody, from the topmost seat in the Balcony to the Orchestra floor. Not only is his material of interest but it is highly humorous in spots, and one of the contributions to vaudeville that is such a novelty that it becomes talked about by everybody. While I have no doubt that he would draw even better next week than this, I will wait until the later part of the week before finally deciding. There is evidently intense interest in the subject of palmistry of which we have but little knowledge and people are only too glad to avail themselves of an opportunity of witnessing the man upon the stage who enjoys such worldwide celebrity as Dr. Perin. He will stand strong advertising and I think should be booked over the circuit without fail, as this is probably the hardest community he could have gone up against with such an act. M. J. Keating
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63 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of Nov. 9, 1903 Stereopticon, 3 shows, 10 min. in 1--Interesting collection of home and foreign views. Juggling Barretts, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage--These men are quite clever in the manipulation of Indian clubs, straw hats, etc., but they are very much off in comedy. They would do better in this house if they worked straight, as many of their feats are novel and skilfully performed. Edward Armstrong and Rosie Wright, 3 shows, 13 min. in 1--This team just got by in the 3-show section, all the bad work at the start being forgiven because of the girl's endurance dance on one foot. Good enough for the place they get here. J. J. Desmond, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage--This boy is a wonder. He is only 15 years of age, weighs 105 pounds, but is the most perfectly developed youth whom I have ever seen. He first gives an exhibition of his muscular development, a la Sandow, then does a lot of weight lifting that is astonishing, because not one man in 50 of the candidates for firemen and policemen can accomplish it, I am given to understand. Then he gives an excellent exhibition of various sorts of bag punching. He has a lot of handsome apparatus. The act went well, and could stand for a better place in the bill than we have given it. Johnson and Wells, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1--"Real coon" singers and dancers, but not nearly so showy or lively as Johnson and Deane. They did not go so strong as they have on previous occasions, but I think the fault was with the audience, which was an exceedingly dead one, and not theirs. Milton and Dolly Nobles, 2 shows, 35 min. full stage--Presenting "Why Walker Reformed", which I consider the best thing in their repertoire. It is full of chuckles, rather than provocative of loud laughter. Being capitally acted, it stands as one of the most artistic sketches in vaudeville. The chief fault with Mr. Noble's farces, so far as Boston is concerned, is they are about 15 minutes too long. As a result, we will be obliged to put them on at an hour that will not do justice to them nor be satisfactory to us. Richard J. Jose, 2 shows, 15 min. in 1--The most popular vocalist who ever appears here. Got a big round of applause when he first appeared, and all of his numbers were encored. Cannot say that I am very enthusiastic with the selections of ballads he uses, but the public seemed to be satisfied and it is up to them to choose. Dr. Carl Louis Perin, 2 shows, 25 min. full stage-- (can close in 1 if necessary)--This man presented one of the most interesting and humorous acts that we have had in this house for an age, and it may develop throughout the week that he will go so strong that we shall be obliged to continued him for the balance of a fortnight. It is the biggest thing in the shape of a trial act we have ever had here. that this man has certainly made the biggest hit scored in this house for a long time, and the quality of the audience last night demonstrated the fact that he draws the best people, as our higher priced seats filled first, while the reverse has been the case for several weeks past. His work is unusually interesting, and I never saw an audience give such undivided attention to anybody, from the topmost seat in the Balcony to the Orchestra floor. Not only is his material of interest but it is highly humorous in spots, and one of the contributions to vaudeville that is such a novelty that it becomes talked about by everybody. While I have no doubt that he would draw even better next week than this, I will wait until the later part of the week before finally deciding. There is evidently intense interest in the subject of palmistry of which we have but little knowledge and people are only too glad to avail themselves of an opportunity of witnessing the man upon the stage who enjoys such worldwide celebrity as Dr. Perin. He will stand strong advertising and I think should be booked over the circuit without fail, as this is probably the hardest community he could have gone up against with such an act. M. J. Keating
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