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Keith-Albee managers' report book, November 28, 1904 - August 28, 1905

Page 27a

(M. J. Keating)
Boston Show, Week of Dec. 26, 1904.
Stereopticon, 3 shows, 10 Min. in 1 -- Usual selection of interesting home and foreign views.
Trask and Gladden, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Two well dressed young men, who sing one song and give a fair exhibition of dancing. In common with Providence, I cannot see them because of the brief time they fill and the fact that they are in no sense out of the ordinary.
Margaret Scott, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Colored woman, who makes up to look white and succeeds in being ghastly through the excessive use of powder on her sallow skin. She is a good singer and gets away with the better class of ballads in a fashion that lots of higher priced vocalists fail to do. She made good all right.
Rae Norman and John Bryce, 3 shows, 18 min. full stage -- This is a Western team that has appeared in the principal vaudeville houses west of New York but have not done any work in the east, and I put them in here this week with the understanding that it was to be a sort of "tryout." They are both fairly clever and I think if they had a better place in the bill than they can get here this week, would make good. The man makes up on the style of Nat Wills a little more exaggerated, perhaps, and in addition to his comedy sings some good parodies. The woman plays as a soubrette with two changes of costume. If they will continue in the 3-show section at GRR it will be a cheap and good act.
Woodford's Animals, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- This man has two monkeys, two dogs and two ponies, one of the latter being the smallest equine in the world. He is not a quick qorker and the act suffers as a consequence. The material is there, for the simians and canines are tractable enough, but the fellow lacks snap. His stage trappings are taudry looking and his assistant is a sloppy looking individual. With all its shortcomings it made a hit with the holiday crowds, and will go big with the children during the week.
Biograph, 3 shows, 18 min. in 1 -- Same two pictures as last week; went just as well, "An Impossible Voyage" scoring one of the laughing hits of the show.
Juan Caicedo, 2 shows 9 min. full stage -- Greatest of all the slack wire performers. A big applause hit. Too well known to need description.
The show is simply a corking one for a holiday week and there is no possible doubt that we shall do a record breaking business.

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(M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of Dec. 26, 1904. Stereopticon, 3 shows, 10 Min. in 1 -- Usual selection of interesting home and foreign views. Trask and Gladden, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Two well dressed young men, who sing one song and give a fair exhibition of dancing. In common with Providence, I cannot see them because of the brief time they fill and the fact that they are in no sense out of the ordinary. Margaret Scott, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Colored woman, who makes up to look white and succeeds in being ghastly through the excessive use of powder on her sallow skin. She is a good singer and gets away with the better class of ballads in a fashion that lots of higher priced vocalists fail to do. She made good all right. Rae Norman and John Bryce, 3 shows, 18 min. full stage -- This is a Western team that has appeared in the principal vaudeville houses west of New York but have not done any work in the east, and I put them in here this week with the understanding that it was to be a sort of "tryout." They are both fairly clever and I think if they had a better place in the bill than they can get here this week, would make good. The man makes up on the style of Nat Wills a little more exaggerated, perhaps, and in addition to his comedy sings some good parodies. The woman plays as a soubrette with two changes of costume. If they will continue in the 3-show section at GRR it will be a cheap and good act. Woodford's Animals, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- This man has two monkeys, two dogs and two ponies, one of the latter being the smallest equine in the world. He is not a quick qorker and the act suffers as a consequence. The material is there, for the simians and canines are tractable enough, but the fellow lacks snap. His stage trappings are taudry looking and his assistant is a sloppy looking individual. With all its shortcomings it made a hit with the holiday crowds, and will go big with the children during the week. Biograph, 3 shows, 18 min. in 1 -- Same two pictures as last week; went just as well, "An Impossible Voyage" scoring one of the laughing hits of the show. Juan Caicedo, 2 shows 9 min. full stage -- Greatest of all the slack wire performers. A big applause hit. Too well known to need description. The show is simply a corking one for a holiday week and there is no possible doubt that we shall do a record breaking business.