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Keith-Albee manager reports, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903

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NEW YORK SHOW: WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH:
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STEREOPTICON: - Usual collection of views: 10 minutes in one.
HR-3, HOLLIS & HOWARD:- Illustrated songs: I can hardly see this act to any great extent, although it does no harm at the opening of the bill. The views, i think, are very lurid, and Hollis' voice is not what I expected, from what I heard although he explained that he had just had an operation on his throat and hopes to be in better condition in a day or so. 10 minutes in one; fair act.
ER-3, DALY & DEVERE:- Sketch entitled "The Janitress". It is a little fresher and brighter than the old one but somehow did not seem to reach this afternoon. Will be all right on upper part of the bill. 17 minutes xx xxx. full stage.
NH-3, DAVE NOWLIN:- This fellow does the regulation turn of mimicry, and is quite good. He winds up by singing a song first in a soprano voice and then in a heavy basso. Good act; 15 minutes in one.
(Comb.) THE MISSES. DELMORE:- In an act entitled "The Bridegroom's Reverie" in which a groom on the eve of his wedding sits down in a darkened room and during a soliloquy, sees a lot of his former sweethearts appear in a frame which is over the fireplace. It is rather a pretty act, the Delmore girls themselves, being all right. One of them plays the violin and the other a mandolin, and they appear in a half-dozen characters. The weakest part of the act is a man who is not at all convincing. Can be called a good act. 20 minutes; full stage.
NH-3, FURR & FORD:- Aman and a woman in an act on the lines of the old Sidman act, in fact, it is a portion of the Sidman act, the man having been with Arthur Sidman in his old barn-storming days. I think it is going to develope into an exceptionally good act bye any bye. It went very nicely this afternoon, the only trouble being their extreme nervousness, this being their first appearance on the professional stage. 18 minutes; full stage.
(Comb.) ZIMMER:- Juggler: One of the best jugglers we play, His work with the rubber balls being especially good. 12 minutes in one.
HRR-2, FADETTE ORCHESTRA:- No comment on this act is necessary so far as quality of work is concerned. I think they have been playing a little too long for our New York audiences. They did 40 minutes this afternoon, and I think 30 would be about right. There is no mistaking the fact, however, that it is a great musical organization. 40 minutes; full stage.
GRR-3, LeROY & WOODFORD:- Man and woman in regulation talking and cross-fire "gagging" act. They always go good in this house, but fell down a little this afternoon, as their rapid-fire talk is more especially fitted for evening audiences. 17 minutes, in one.
(Comb.) ROSS & FENTON:- In a travestry in Sardou's "Cleopatra". These people are just as good as they ever were. Their act does not make the tremendous hit that it used to xx, but I attribute it to the fact that audiences get so used to seeing big vaudevilles that it takes a great deal to disturb their equilibrium. They have brightened the act with one or two new situations and carry an extra man and woman so it is really quite a brilliant production. Both Ross & Fenton sustain their characters with their old-time vim. While it is a burlesque they show at all times that they have a true conception of the legitimate acting of the piece. 18 minutes; full stage.
GRR-2, BERTIE FOWLER:- Mimic and story teller: She had a pretty hard place this afternoon, following Ross & Fenton and did not fairly get her gait until she struck the imitation of the drunken man, in which she mad a great hit. 15 minutes , in one.
YNH-2, WILLIAMS & TUCKER:- in "Skinny's Finish." As always, the greatest act of its kind in America. 28 minutes, full stage.
Comb.) JOHNSON & DEAN:- Colored man and woman in one of the hardest places on the bill, where I felt pretty certain they were going to fall down, but they made practically the hit of the afternoon, getting lots of applause on their work, and their finish with the Lobsterscope making a great hit. as usual, the woman's dresses was one of the features of the act. 12 minutes, opens full stage, closes in one.
(Comb.) YAMAMOTO BROTHERS:- A couple of Japanese performers on the tight wire. A remarkably clever act. 12 minutes; full stage.
KR-3, BIOGRAPH:- Usual collection of views: 12 minutes in one.
S.K. HODGDON.

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20 NEW YORK SHOW: WEEK OF OCTOBER 13TH: --------------- STEREOPTICON: - Usual collection of views: 10 minutes in one. HR-3, HOLLIS & HOWARD:- Illustrated songs: I can hardly see this act to any great extent, although it does no harm at the opening of the bill. The views, i think, are very lurid, and Hollis' voice is not what I expected, from what I heard although he explained that he had just had an operation on his throat and hopes to be in better condition in a day or so. 10 minutes in one; fair act. ER-3, DALY & DEVERE:- Sketch entitled "The Janitress". It is a little fresher and brighter than the old one but somehow did not seem to reach this afternoon. Will be all right on upper part of the bill. 17 minutes xx xxx. full stage. NH-3, DAVE NOWLIN:- This fellow does the regulation turn of mimicry, and is quite good. He winds up by singing a song first in a soprano voice and then in a heavy basso. Good act; 15 minutes in one. (Comb.) THE MISSES. DELMORE:- In an act entitled "The Bridegroom's Reverie" in which a groom on the eve of his wedding sits down in a darkened room and during a soliloquy, sees a lot of his former sweethearts appear in a frame which is over the fireplace. It is rather a pretty act, the Delmore girls themselves, being all right. One of them plays the violin and the other a mandolin, and they appear in a half-dozen characters. The weakest part of the act is a man who is not at all convincing. Can be called a good act. 20 minutes; full stage. NH-3, FURR & FORD:- Aman and a woman in an act on the lines of the old Sidman act, in fact, it is a portion of the Sidman act, the man having been with Arthur Sidman in his old barn-storming days. I think it is going to develope into an exceptionally good act bye any bye. It went very nicely this afternoon, the only trouble being their extreme nervousness, this being their first appearance on the professional stage. 18 minutes; full stage. (Comb.) ZIMMER:- Juggler: One of the best jugglers we play, His work with the rubber balls being especially good. 12 minutes in one. HRR-2, FADETTE ORCHESTRA:- No comment on this act is necessary so far as quality of work is concerned. I think they have been playing a little too long for our New York audiences. They did 40 minutes this afternoon, and I think 30 would be about right. There is no mistaking the fact, however, that it is a great musical organization. 40 minutes; full stage. GRR-3, LeROY & WOODFORD:- Man and woman in regulation talking and cross-fire "gagging" act. They always go good in this house, but fell down a little this afternoon, as their rapid-fire talk is more especially fitted for evening audiences. 17 minutes, in one. (Comb.) ROSS & FENTON:- In a travestry in Sardou's "Cleopatra". These people are just as good as they ever were. Their act does not make the tremendous hit that it used to xx, but I attribute it to the fact that audiences get so used to seeing big vaudevilles that it takes a great deal to disturb their equilibrium. They have brightened the act with one or two new situations and carry an extra man and woman so it is really quite a brilliant production. Both Ross & Fenton sustain their characters with their old-time vim. While it is a burlesque they show at all times that they have a true conception of the legitimate acting of the piece. 18 minutes; full stage. GRR-2, BERTIE FOWLER:- Mimic and story teller: She had a pretty hard place this afternoon, following Ross & Fenton and did not fairly get her gait until she struck the imitation of the drunken man, in which she mad a great hit. 15 minutes , in one. YNH-2, WILLIAMS & TUCKER:- in "Skinny's Finish." As always, the greatest act of its kind in America. 28 minutes, full stage. Comb.) JOHNSON & DEAN:- Colored man and woman in one of the hardest places on the bill, where I felt pretty certain they were going to fall down, but they made practically the hit of the afternoon, getting lots of applause on their work, and their finish with the Lobsterscope making a great hit. as usual, the woman's dresses was one of the features of the act. 12 minutes, opens full stage, closes in one. (Comb.) YAMAMOTO BROTHERS:- A couple of Japanese performers on the tight wire. A remarkably clever act. 12 minutes; full stage. KR-3, BIOGRAPH:- Usual collection of views: 12 minutes in one. S.K. HODGDON.