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

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NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1903.
STEREOPTICON.--Usual selection of views. 6 minutes in one.
SR 3--EDWARD I BOYLE.--Blind pianist and vocalist. Of course there is a large amount of sympathy felt for this fellow; still, he has a very good baritone voice, and, I think, would make good even if he were not blind. He always goes very well indeed in this house. 9 minutes, open in two and close in one.
GRR 3--CROTTY TRIO.--A man, a woman, and a little girl in a singing and dancing act. The singing does not amount to a great deal, but they are good dressers and good dancers. The man and the little girl bring especially good in their line. It is a very satisfactory 3-show-a-day act. 15 minutes, open full stage and close with about three minutes in one.
GRR 3--MR. & MRS. BREEN.--Double juggling specialty. This is the original Breen of Derenda & Breen, and in connection with his wife he has put together a very clever act. He has quite a strong vein of comedy, and while there is nothing especially startling about his juggling work, it is all good and they do a very satisfactory turn. 12 minutes, open full stage and close with about three minutes in one.
GRR 3--ROBERT CARTER & CO.--I was very agreeably surprised in this act after the report from the Bijou last week, for it went extremely well here and got lots of laughs. It is written around the old idea of mistaken identity, but the three people in the cast all did their work cleverly and I consider it a very acceptable offering. 21 minutes, full stage.
HR 3--BELLE VEOLA.--This lady opens her act with a song and a little dancing, introducing high kicking. She then strips to tights and does about as clever an act of contortion as I have seen in many a day. She is inclined to think that she can do her act just as well in a short dress as in tights, but I am a little doubtful about it. She is going to try it to-night. Whichever way it goes, however, it is a thoroughly all right act. 11 minutes in one.
YRR 2--THE WILLIS FAMILY.--Two men and two women in a musical act, and I think it is about the best act of the kind that has ever come from the other side. They have been over the circuit before so that comment is unnecessary. They made a pronounced hit. 22min., open full stage and close in one.
MLLE. HELOISE.-- In a trapeze act, or rather it might be termed an act on a swinging bar as it is suspended from standards in the center of the stage. I think it is about the cleverest act of this kind that I have ever seen done by this woman. She is a bundle of nerves, and from the moment she strikes the stage until she finishes her act she is constantly in motion. Her tricks are all cleverly performed and are characterized by the grace which always distinguishes one of these foreign performers. 8 minutes, full stage.
GHR 2--JESSIE COUTHOUI.--Miss Couthoui has a new act this trip in which she introduces something more on the order of a soliquy than a monologue. She introduces her imitations as usual, in which she was always artistic, and closes with a bit of pathos which, while not especially convincing, nevertheless seemed to strike the audience this afternoon as very good. It is not a big act bu any means, but I do not think that she is quite so coarse as she has been in some of her former efforts. 19 minutes, full stage.
YHR 2-FOY & CLARK.--Presenting their act which they have done here several times before entitled "The Spring of Youth." It appeared to me to go better than it has before in this house. 20 minutes, full stage.

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337 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1903. STEREOPTICON.--Usual selection of views. 6 minutes in one. SR 3--EDWARD I BOYLE.--Blind pianist and vocalist. Of course there is a large amount of sympathy felt for this fellow; still, he has a very good baritone voice, and, I think, would make good even if he were not blind. He always goes very well indeed in this house. 9 minutes, open in two and close in one. GRR 3--CROTTY TRIO.--A man, a woman, and a little girl in a singing and dancing act. The singing does not amount to a great deal, but they are good dressers and good dancers. The man and the little girl bring especially good in their line. It is a very satisfactory 3-show-a-day act. 15 minutes, open full stage and close with about three minutes in one. GRR 3--MR. & MRS. BREEN.--Double juggling specialty. This is the original Breen of Derenda & Breen, and in connection with his wife he has put together a very clever act. He has quite a strong vein of comedy, and while there is nothing especially startling about his juggling work, it is all good and they do a very satisfactory turn. 12 minutes, open full stage and close with about three minutes in one. GRR 3--ROBERT CARTER & CO.--I was very agreeably surprised in this act after the report from the Bijou last week, for it went extremely well here and got lots of laughs. It is written around the old idea of mistaken identity, but the three people in the cast all did their work cleverly and I consider it a very acceptable offering. 21 minutes, full stage. HR 3--BELLE VEOLA.--This lady opens her act with a song and a little dancing, introducing high kicking. She then strips to tights and does about as clever an act of contortion as I have seen in many a day. She is inclined to think that she can do her act just as well in a short dress as in tights, but I am a little doubtful about it. She is going to try it to-night. Whichever way it goes, however, it is a thoroughly all right act. 11 minutes in one. YRR 2--THE WILLIS FAMILY.--Two men and two women in a musical act, and I think it is about the best act of the kind that has ever come from the other side. They have been over the circuit before so that comment is unnecessary. They made a pronounced hit. 22min., open full stage and close in one. MLLE. HELOISE.-- In a trapeze act, or rather it might be termed an act on a swinging bar as it is suspended from standards in the center of the stage. I think it is about the cleverest act of this kind that I have ever seen done by this woman. She is a bundle of nerves, and from the moment she strikes the stage until she finishes her act she is constantly in motion. Her tricks are all cleverly performed and are characterized by the grace which always distinguishes one of these foreign performers. 8 minutes, full stage. GHR 2--JESSIE COUTHOUI.--Miss Couthoui has a new act this trip in which she introduces something more on the order of a soliquy than a monologue. She introduces her imitations as usual, in which she was always artistic, and closes with a bit of pathos which, while not especially convincing, nevertheless seemed to strike the audience this afternoon as very good. It is not a big act bu any means, but I do not think that she is quite so coarse as she has been in some of her former efforts. 19 minutes, full stage. YHR 2-FOY & CLARK.--Presenting their act which they have done here several times before entitled "The Spring of Youth." It appeared to me to go better than it has before in this house. 20 minutes, full stage.