Variety (November 1917)

VARIETY 31 ftOK Another Triumph!!! successfully presents herself in what the public, press and managers proclaim to be the last word in a dancing act ASSISTED BY PAISLEY NOON LOUIS— and with THOSE CLEVER BROTHERS MOSCONI CHARLES w/vtch He was light, effervescent, many-mooded, de- lightful. The skit was written by 8. Jay Kaufman, not by a professional patter-scrib- bler, and It proves again that vaudeville audi- ences will stand for senile and even for .cor- rect grammar If entertainingly rendered. Jacques Pierce and the rest of the support is adequate. The act was No. 8, but could have graced any later berth. Fannie and Kittle Watson (Watson Sisters) came on next and knocked the house dead. The blacksmith one waded in and corralled men, women and children In the grasp of her generous rlgth palm, while the little cutle hung on for her life and sang sweet ditties when she could make herself heard. This act In vaudeville with a capital O—meaning great. The girls harmonize, sing straight ballads and novelty potpourri, dance (and they don't fake the taps, either) and kid along. Matinee and night, on Monday, they took a speech at the finish. "A Jazz Nightmare" (New Acts) followed; then Orace Do Mar with an offering new to these sections, a three-piece talking cycle called "The Eternal Feminine," by Herbert Moore. It surely was feminine; some of the typical femininity sounded familiar, but all of It was pleasant, none of It was rude and plenty of it was new. In a treacherous hole in that Iron- clad bill, Miss De Mar, with little fuss and no hlfnlutln' wardrobe, carelessly spent about 15 minutes on a chair and talked : and everybody sat forward and drank It In and applauded and nodded approval. The Morgan Dancers, seemingly more at- tractive than ever before, drew acknowledg- ment on the opening picture. The artistic girls, dressed like Ounga Din. cavorted and posed and sighed and danced and stretched their arms in nn imaginary tragedy ; and the house was In fine mood to take James Watts and Rex Story, the comical British Impersonator and his burlesquing assistant. It was a pity that this act had to close the bill, though follow- THE LAST WORD IN SCENIC DROPS AND STAGE EFFECTS **»«»»» SktnneW Satin Scenery made with Skinner's Satin reaches the top notch of perfection and adds to the success of yonr act. Have Your Scenic Artist Use These Satins MANUFACTURED BY WILLIAM SKINNER & SONS Holyoke, Mass. 45 East 17th St., New York Established 1848 CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA BOSTON ALVINO'S JAZZPHIENDS NOW AT CONSUMER'S PARK. BROOKLYN. N. Y. A Cabaret Entertainment of Extraordinary Quality—Original Dnnce Music ADDRESS ALVINO, care VARIETY. NEW YORK *■*■ lng the Morgans was its ducksoup. Watts wan taken with shrieks in his open fiasco In "one," and the two-man satire on classical dancing with its kicks, falls, wrestling and monkey-business in full stage. Only s few walked out. Those who didn't were glad they remained. Loit. McVICKER'S (J. Buch, mgr.; agent. Loew). —One thing that acts at this theatre are always assured of Is a good audience, numer- ically at least. The house was only about half-filled when the first act came on, but before It .was finished they were waiting in line outside. Lou and Orace Harvey, in songs and dances, opened. Their Chinese number and a song entitled "A Llttlo Plat.Just Built for Two," were effective. The Randalls.' in their shooting act, using a special Western set. the man in cowboy and the woman in In- diana costume, were heartily applauded. The Dunn Sisters followed. Had they nothing but their appearance they would entertain. One of the sisters, a tltlan-tressed trick, makes you wish, and tno other, an elongated person, built on the general specifications of a soda straw, makes you laugh. They had no trouble put- ting over their songs, and got an especial hand on the burlesque hula dnnce with which they finished. Eleven colored folks—six men and five women, formed the next act, called "A Holiday In Dixieland." It was more than a holiday—It wan a vacation. The gals danced with malice aforethought. Storm and Marsten presented their laughable sketch, "The Alibi." It is almost Incredible thnt a woman can hold the attention of an audience for twelve solid minute, but that In whnt In done In this sketch. Clarence Wilbur, who followed. In discovered sleeping on a beneh. He wakes, and after singing a parody, goes Into a good monolog. Miss Maurice Woods, late of the Winter Garden, Chicago, announces "A Revue In One." She gives Impressions of Gaby De^lya, Emma Trentlnl. Mnry 0ardcn, Harry Lauder, nnd nn Impernonntlon of Eva Tan- gnay which Is remarkable for Its fidelity. "The Phun I'hlends," u fast-going girl net. closed tho show. Hwinii. WINDSOR (I). L. Schwartz, mgr.; agent. W: V. M. A.). -This being one of the 1 argent (from n strictly physical point of view) houses devoted to popular vnud<>yllle In the city. It takeH a lot of people to fill It. There was only about fine-fifth of the house filled (it the Sun- day show. Thnt fine-fifth, however, w.'ih ex- ceedingly appreciative and kind. The show opened with the Flying Howards, a husky male ami n woman who |. far from n clinging vine. They have a well costumed, swift little net on the fly In*: rings and bars. N'o 'J was a sketch rolled "After th" Pall" < Vew Acts) The "V:\cs :>.f M.'w:" f"1I-<wed If "othjpi/ more fhl.s act Is unusual. First, a negro comes out. de- livers a short stieeeh on hi' imv and sings "Old Kenfuckv Home" Then a Hawaiian, who recite^ n r>rlef history of his pi-enle. nnd then likes for n minute and a half lie Is followed by nn Indian, who tells how I/O was hunl<< I out of his heritage for n meos of beads and then sings nn Tndlnn song. A Chinaman come* next. lis -plcls a bit about th« yell»»w rnc*»