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Other features are a rolling skating act by the Sterlings; Bill Frawley and Edna Louise in a bright playlet "Seven A. M."; Marie and Mary MacFarland the American Grand Opera Stars; Lane and Hendricks in a skit called "Listen Archie"; and La Dora and Beckman, the pair of white birds, who are better on the wing than when warbling...
...Gone, Hughes and company presented an amusing playlet, "A Contented Peggy". Al and Fanny Stedman kept the house in continuous laughter by their sense and nonsense...
...playlet was surrounded by many other good acts. Ray Hulling led off with his "clown seal", a wonderfully trained animal. Jack Joyce did several clever one-legged dances, in which his incapacity did not seem to bother him in the least. Lou and Jean Archer sang, danced, and exhibited several beautiful costumes. Mae and Nore Wilton also sing duets; these two possess excellent and well-harmonized voices. Joe Morris and Flo Campbell in their skit. "The Avi-Ate-Her" kept the house in a continuous uproar. Vernon Stiles. "Our Own American can Tenor," sang a number of classical pieces...
...headliners at Keith's this week, the rest of the performance as a whole is unable to obtain the high standard set by them. This is Miss Gordon's first appearance in vaudeville aluce her recent screen success in the now famous "Humoresque." The action of her playlet is swift, the plot interesting, and the acting, especially that of Miss Gordon herself, is exceptional...
...Another playlet, but of a different character, is "Hard-Boiled Hampton," in which Harry Holman takes the part of the austere but really soft-hearted business man. The play is rather sentimental, but it is kept from being overdone by a saving touch of humor. The three parts are excellently taken...