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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912

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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE.
BOSTON SHOW - WEEK FEBRUARY 12, 1912.   (R. G. Larsen.)
(Monday Night Show.)
BERTISCHE. 10 minutes f.s. special drop. A nice, clean-looking chap with a good routine of strong-man feats. Opened the show in very good shape.
HATHAWAY, MADISON and MACK. 12 minutes in one. this team have a new girl in the act in place of Miss Kelly. She does not by any means measure up to the standard of the other people, and in fact, this afternoon was so amateurish in some of her work that we were obliged to eliminate some of the numbers altogether. Cut down to twelve minutes they did fairly well to-night, but would not care to play them any further down on a bill.
CALLAHAN and ST. GEORGE. "The Old Neighborhood." 24 minutes f.s. special set. One of the best little Irish comedies we play. Went very well at both shows to-day.
MEREDITH SISTERS. 20 minutes open and close 6 minutes in one. special drops. Doing pretty much the same style of act as before, but this afternoon did not seem to have the life or songs they formerly had. To-night, however, they went very big.
SAM LEWIS and SAM DODY. 15 minutes in one. An Italian and Hebrew character act with a lot of novel stuff. Went very big to-night.
JOE JACKSON. 14 minutes f.s. without question one, if not the greatest pantomimist, we have ever had in the house. It has been a long time since anyone has made a bigger hit.
FOUR MORTONS. 27 minutes f.s. open in one 15 minutes. This troupe is certainly a drawing attraction, although they cannot be said to be the riot that they have been in years past. This morning, upon arrival, they announced that they would not go on unless the bill was changed. The objected to following Jackson, who it appears was on the same bill with them once before. THE BILL WAS NOT CHANGED. THE FOUR MORTONS PLAYED BOTH SHOWS TO-DAY.
CLAUDIUS and SCARLET. 15 minutes in one. Another big hit.
ALBER'S POLAR BEARS. 13 minutes f.s. special set. One of the most imposing and showy animal acts we have played in a long time.

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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE. BOSTON SHOW - WEEK FEBRUARY 12, 1912. (R. G. Larsen.) (Monday Night Show.) BERTISCHE. 10 minutes f.s. special drop. A nice, clean-looking chap with a good routine of strong-man feats. Opened the show in very good shape. HATHAWAY, MADISON and MACK. 12 minutes in one. this team have a new girl in the act in place of Miss Kelly. She does not by any means measure up to the standard of the other people, and in fact, this afternoon was so amateurish in some of her work that we were obliged to eliminate some of the numbers altogether. Cut down to twelve minutes they did fairly well to-night, but would not care to play them any further down on a bill. CALLAHAN and ST. GEORGE. "The Old Neighborhood." 24 minutes f.s. special set. One of the best little Irish comedies we play. Went very well at both shows to-day. MEREDITH SISTERS. 20 minutes open and close 6 minutes in one. special drops. Doing pretty much the same style of act as before, but this afternoon did not seem to have the life or songs they formerly had. To-night, however, they went very big. SAM LEWIS and SAM DODY. 15 minutes in one. An Italian and Hebrew character act with a lot of novel stuff. Went very big to-night. JOE JACKSON. 14 minutes f.s. without question one, if not the greatest pantomimist, we have ever had in the house. It has been a long time since anyone has made a bigger hit. FOUR MORTONS. 27 minutes f.s. open in one 15 minutes. This troupe is certainly a drawing attraction, although they cannot be said to be the riot that they have been in years past. This morning, upon arrival, they announced that they would not go on unless the bill was changed. The objected to following Jackson, who it appears was on the same bill with them once before. THE BILL WAS NOT CHANGED. THE FOUR MORTONS PLAYED BOTH SHOWS TO-DAY. CLAUDIUS and SCARLET. 15 minutes in one. Another big hit. ALBER'S POLAR BEARS. 13 minutes f.s. special set. One of the most imposing and showy animal acts we have played in a long time.