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

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H. T. JORDAN    PHILADELPHIA SHOW    FEB. 7, 1916.
SELIG TRIBUNE. Very ordinary.
FIVE STATUES. 8 min. Four men do all the work in this act, the woman simply acting as an assistant in handling some props. Men do a showy routine of posing and strength tricks, doing well as an opener.
GALLAGHER & MARTIN. 14 min. Young man and girl in a singing and dancing skit with some good comedy and talk well handled. Did very well in the second position.
RALPH DUNBAR'S MARYLAND SINGERS. 21 min. Four girls and a man in a very high-class singing act, the man playing the anjo and one of the girls accompanying at the piano. Their repertoire consists of a medley of old time Southern ballads which they sing with beautiful effect and finish in one with a popular ballad and a banjo number. Act scored a big applause hit. The Southern costumes worn make an attractive appearance.
HOMER B. MASON-MARGUERITE KEELER & CO. "Married." 30 min. Undoubtedly one of the very best comedy sketches in vaudeville. This was its second showing here and it kept the audience laughing from start to finish, closing to a riot of applause.
JOSIE HEATHER. 20 min. The little English comedienne. She sang five songs, three of them new and William Casey, her accompanist, sang one. Each song went very well and she was accorded a big hand at the finish. Made a change of costume for each song and used a boy for her Scotch number.
McINTYRE & HEATH. "The Georgia Minstrels." 41 min. The veteran blackface men were accorded a great reception on their entrance and kept the audience convulsed with laughter during the entire time they were on the stage. They have lost none of their entertaining ability nor their popularity. One of the best laughing hits we have had in the house in a long time.
ORTH & DOOLEY. 16 min. A new team composed of Orth, formerly of Orth & Mack, and William J. Dooley, formerly with "On the School Playgrounds." Their offering consists of comedy talk, some eccentric dancing by Dooley and original songs sung to Orth's piano-playing. It is framed up more for comedy purposes than the Mack & Orth act, but did not get over as strong. Finished to a fair amount of applause. However, allowances must be made from the fact that they have an impossible position following forty-one minutes of McIntyre & Heath.
PALFREY, HALL & BROWN. 13 min. Two men and a woman in a variety act consisting of comedy, bicycle-riding and several dances, the latter by the woman. A big showy act that held the spot all right and would have gone much better but for the fact that they had to follow a long show with a big laughing act right ahead of them.
GENERAL REMARKS. The bill played out in a satisfactory manner surrounding the headliner, getting a good average of applause all the way through.

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H. T. JORDAN PHILADELPHIA SHOW FEB. 7, 1916. SELIG TRIBUNE. Very ordinary. FIVE STATUES. 8 min. Four men do all the work in this act, the woman simply acting as an assistant in handling some props. Men do a showy routine of posing and strength tricks, doing well as an opener. GALLAGHER & MARTIN. 14 min. Young man and girl in a singing and dancing skit with some good comedy and talk well handled. Did very well in the second position. RALPH DUNBAR'S MARYLAND SINGERS. 21 min. Four girls and a man in a very high-class singing act, the man playing the anjo and one of the girls accompanying at the piano. Their repertoire consists of a medley of old time Southern ballads which they sing with beautiful effect and finish in one with a popular ballad and a banjo number. Act scored a big applause hit. The Southern costumes worn make an attractive appearance. HOMER B. MASON-MARGUERITE KEELER & CO. "Married." 30 min. Undoubtedly one of the very best comedy sketches in vaudeville. This was its second showing here and it kept the audience laughing from start to finish, closing to a riot of applause. JOSIE HEATHER. 20 min. The little English comedienne. She sang five songs, three of them new and William Casey, her accompanist, sang one. Each song went very well and she was accorded a big hand at the finish. Made a change of costume for each song and used a boy for her Scotch number. McINTYRE & HEATH. "The Georgia Minstrels." 41 min. The veteran blackface men were accorded a great reception on their entrance and kept the audience convulsed with laughter during the entire time they were on the stage. They have lost none of their entertaining ability nor their popularity. One of the best laughing hits we have had in the house in a long time. ORTH & DOOLEY. 16 min. A new team composed of Orth, formerly of Orth & Mack, and William J. Dooley, formerly with "On the School Playgrounds." Their offering consists of comedy talk, some eccentric dancing by Dooley and original songs sung to Orth's piano-playing. It is framed up more for comedy purposes than the Mack & Orth act, but did not get over as strong. Finished to a fair amount of applause. However, allowances must be made from the fact that they have an impossible position following forty-one minutes of McIntyre & Heath. PALFREY, HALL & BROWN. 13 min. Two men and a woman in a variety act consisting of comedy, bicycle-riding and several dances, the latter by the woman. A big showy act that held the spot all right and would have gone much better but for the fact that they had to follow a long show with a big laughing act right ahead of them. GENERAL REMARKS. The bill played out in a satisfactory manner surrounding the headliner, getting a good average of applause all the way through.