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...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. He well deserved the voluminous applause that he received. Schutl's Royal Wonderetles, a very original marionette ended the effective program...
Prohibition is still a popular source for vaudeville quips. Last night at Keith's the billtoppers, Billy B. Van and James A. Corbett, had the house with both hands in their skit. "The Eighteenth Amendment", and Percy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin presented a one-act fantasy, picturing the effect of a bottle of scotch on the young man of 1971. Nor did others neglect the opportunity for occasional dry humor...
...Jimmie Barry present a humorous and well-acted skit, "The Rube." The Baroness de Hollub (Harriett Lorraine) is most entertaining in a comic sketch with Harry Crawford entitled "Fifty Loves." Songs, dances, a running fire of jokes, and an exhibition of different types of vamping compose this act, which receives considerable applause...
Sybil Vane, the Welsh prime donna, scores a hit with her four songs, one in Italian and three in English. She possesses an excellent soprane voice with considerable range to it, and receives much applause. Charles O'Donnell and Ethel Blair are uproariously funny in a comedy skit called "The Piano Mover"; the act is new and all their stunts are well-executed Gertrude Vanderbilt, "the only Vanderbilt on the stage" has a song and dance number that is as fresh as a sea breeze; with her catchy songs, jokes and personality she proves a great favorite. Others...
Miss Margaret Young, "versatile comedienne," was perhaps the most enthusiastically greeted and her captivating manner and clever songs brought down the house. Hermine Shone offers a bright musical skit of the Emerald Isle which was interesting and sparkled with vivacious musical numbers...