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291 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF JULY 6, 1903. STEREOPTICON. -- The usual selection of views. 5 minutes in one. KR. -- THE TANNEANS. -- Two men in a musical comedy act. The music of this act is all right; in fact, they are very good musicians indeed. They play in tune and their execution is all right. The comedy, as in acts of this kind usually, does not amount to much. There is nothing about it that will offend, and the act can be classed as all right. 12 minutes, open full stage and close in one. MH. -- REDA KAUFMANN. -- A young girl who does a couple of songs and finishes with some toe dancing. The act does not amount to very much, but it got quite a little bit of applause (especially the toe dance) and, while it would not do for the circuit at all, with the thermometer in the 80's it is all right for an opener, in New York at least. 7 minutes, open full stage, and close in one. SR. -- WEITZELL. -- Hoop roller and juggler. He does about everything with the hoops that any single performer who has been here does, and while there is nothing startling about the act, it is all right in an unimportant place on the bill. Lo minutes, full stage. KR. -- TRASK & GLADDEN. -- Two men in songs and dances, and they are to be commended on the fact that they make no attempt whatever on doing comedy. They are both dress3ed very neatly, singing fairly good and are clever dancers. 11 minutes in one. GRR. -- EMERSON & OMEGA. -- A man and a young woman in a German comedy sketch in which the man plays the burglar. It is probably about as old an act as there is in vaudeville, but somehow it always seems to go fairly well, and this afternoon was no exception to the rule. 19 minutes, full stage. AR. -- FRANK FOGARTY. -- Irish comedian and vocalist. He appears without any makeup at all, and does two or three very good songs and tells half a dozen "gags", some of them old, and some of them new. I think if it had not been for the intense heat this afternoon, he would have made quite a good impression; as it was, he got around all right and can be considered a fair act from the three-show-a-day standpoint. 11 minutes in one. YRR. -- ERRETTO TROUPE. -- Four men and one woman in an acrobatic act. the act is a very strong one, and went fully as well as it did on its former visit. 16 minutes, full stage. KR. -- GARRITY SISTERS. -- Two young girls in a song and dance act. They are quite lively, very good dancers, make a modest appearance, and sing as well as any performer who tries to dance, as dancing invariably ruins any voice. This act is a good three-show-a-day turn. 10 minutes in one. GHR. -- MR. & MRS. ROBYNS. - In their old act "The Counsel for the defense." Somehow it seemed to me that the act did not go as strong this afternoon, though it may have been occasioned by the wilted condition of the audience. There is no question that it is a good act with strong heart interest and is always acceptable on almost any bill. 32 minutes, full stage. GYH. -- MAYME REMINGTON AND HER PICKANINNIES. -- I consider this one of the best pickanniny acts in the country. She has four little "coons", two made up as boys and two as girls. They are all good singers and dancers and the act is full of life from start to finish. 14 minutes in one. GHR. -- COLLINS & HART. -- Two men in an eccentric comedy and acrobatic act, with a lot of grotesque acrobatic work in which one of the performers is assisted to accomplish all sorts of rediculous feats by the aid of a wire. It is really a very good act. feats on the wheel. It is a good strong act. 11 minutes, full stage. AR. -- VITAGRAPH. __ They give us a fairly good collection of views this week, the feature of which is the departure of Sir Thomas Lipton from the other side, the film of which runs probably three minutes, and while it is a remarkably good piece of photographic work, there is hardly sufficient variety in it to warrant such a long film. 28 minutes in one. After a slight rain this morning, it cleared off remarkably hot, the consequence being an audience who would hardly lay a fan down long enough to applaud. It is, therefore, pretty hard work to get a really correct impression of the show, but I think that it will be an average summer bill so far as quality is concerned S. K. HODGDON
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291 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF JULY 6, 1903. STEREOPTICON. -- The usual selection of views. 5 minutes in one. KR. -- THE TANNEANS. -- Two men in a musical comedy act. The music of this act is all right; in fact, they are very good musicians indeed. They play in tune and their execution is all right. The comedy, as in acts of this kind usually, does not amount to much. There is nothing about it that will offend, and the act can be classed as all right. 12 minutes, open full stage and close in one. MH. -- REDA KAUFMANN. -- A young girl who does a couple of songs and finishes with some toe dancing. The act does not amount to very much, but it got quite a little bit of applause (especially the toe dance) and, while it would not do for the circuit at all, with the thermometer in the 80's it is all right for an opener, in New York at least. 7 minutes, open full stage, and close in one. SR. -- WEITZELL. -- Hoop roller and juggler. He does about everything with the hoops that any single performer who has been here does, and while there is nothing startling about the act, it is all right in an unimportant place on the bill. Lo minutes, full stage. KR. -- TRASK & GLADDEN. -- Two men in songs and dances, and they are to be commended on the fact that they make no attempt whatever on doing comedy. They are both dress3ed very neatly, singing fairly good and are clever dancers. 11 minutes in one. GRR. -- EMERSON & OMEGA. -- A man and a young woman in a German comedy sketch in which the man plays the burglar. It is probably about as old an act as there is in vaudeville, but somehow it always seems to go fairly well, and this afternoon was no exception to the rule. 19 minutes, full stage. AR. -- FRANK FOGARTY. -- Irish comedian and vocalist. He appears without any makeup at all, and does two or three very good songs and tells half a dozen "gags", some of them old, and some of them new. I think if it had not been for the intense heat this afternoon, he would have made quite a good impression; as it was, he got around all right and can be considered a fair act from the three-show-a-day standpoint. 11 minutes in one. YRR. -- ERRETTO TROUPE. -- Four men and one woman in an acrobatic act. the act is a very strong one, and went fully as well as it did on its former visit. 16 minutes, full stage. KR. -- GARRITY SISTERS. -- Two young girls in a song and dance act. They are quite lively, very good dancers, make a modest appearance, and sing as well as any performer who tries to dance, as dancing invariably ruins any voice. This act is a good three-show-a-day turn. 10 minutes in one. GHR. -- MR. & MRS. ROBYNS. - In their old act "The Counsel for the defense." Somehow it seemed to me that the act did not go as strong this afternoon, though it may have been occasioned by the wilted condition of the audience. There is no question that it is a good act with strong heart interest and is always acceptable on almost any bill. 32 minutes, full stage. GYH. -- MAYME REMINGTON AND HER PICKANINNIES. -- I consider this one of the best pickanniny acts in the country. She has four little "coons", two made up as boys and two as girls. They are all good singers and dancers and the act is full of life from start to finish. 14 minutes in one. GHR. -- COLLINS & HART. -- Two men in an eccentric comedy and acrobatic act, with a lot of grotesque acrobatic work in which one of the performers is assisted to accomplish all sorts of rediculous feats by the aid of a wire. It is really a very good act. feats on the wheel. It is a good strong act. 11 minutes, full stage. AR. -- VITAGRAPH. __ They give us a fairly good collection of views this week, the feature of which is the departure of Sir Thomas Lipton from the other side, the film of which runs probably three minutes, and while it is a remarkably good piece of photographic work, there is hardly sufficient variety in it to warrant such a long film. 28 minutes in one. After a slight rain this morning, it cleared off remarkably hot, the consequence being an audience who would hardly lay a fan down long enough to applaud. It is, therefore, pretty hard work to get a really correct impression of the show, but I think that it will be an average summer bill so far as quality is concerned S. K. HODGDON
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