Sidney Landon: character delineator

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Sidney Landon
Character Delineator
Speaking Likenesses of Great Men

Character Studies
From Life


Subjects

Uncle Sam's Family
Our Folks
Man—His Peculiarities




Sidney Landon Character Artist

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A Family Group of Myself—Sid



Announcement
MR. LANDON has achieved success as a character artist.  The secret of his success lies in his genuine and lofty determination to excel.  Richly endowed by nature with a versatility that is extraordinary, he has added much by experience and culture.  He has carefully compiled a program of character sketches which, given in prose, verse and song, are easily recognized as true to life.  Mr. Landon is a close student of human nature and an apt mimic, possessing a keen sense of humor and a faculty of imparting it to others.

THE MANAGEMENT



Press Comments

Brooklyn Mr. Landon's impersonations were very good; his work is artistic.—
Brooklyn Eagle.


Chicago, Ill.  Mr. Landon has done several good things, but much of his success is due to his faithful impersonation of the Swede.—
Lyceumite.


Philadelphia, Penn.  A fine program and enjoyed by all.—
Philadelphia Record.


Saginaw, Mich.  The impersonations of Mr. Landon, of Boston, whose selections were both pathetic and humorous, proved him to be an artist of remarkable ability.—
Courier-Herald.


Orange, N. J.  Mr. Landon is considered one of the best in his line, and he is.—
Orange News.


Memphis, Tenn.  Sidney Landon, the entertainer, is the best characterist that has ever appeared in Memphis.  He presents characters as they exist and appears in make-up for each character, changing rapidly before his audience —
Memphis Reveille.


New York A clever character impersonator.—
New York Telegram.


All character studies are made up in full view of the audience, with an interesting introduction of each while in the process of construction




Descriptive
IN presenting these character studies Mr. Landon uses wigs and paints and has raised the use of the so-called make-up from the realm of novelty to the domain of art.  In his speaking likenesses of great men he impersonates characters well known to all, and with such artistic finish that we are actually brought into their presence.  In the studies from Our Folks and Uncle Sam's Family we recognize people here at home — from the good-natured old tavern-keeper in Vermont to Ole Olson from South Dakota.

Mr. Landon also presents a talk on Man and his Peculiarities, illustrating some of the strange characteristics of the human race.  A treat rare and varied, and best of all, something different.



Chautauqua Comments
Assembly Park, N. Y.  If there is a man you can't make up he must be in some other world.—Fred Emerson Brooks, the California Poet.


Ottawa, Kan.  Happy Sid Landon in his character delineations was great.—
Ottawa Daily News (Chautauqua).


Valparaiso, Ind.  Sid Landon's impersonations showed him to be an artist of the first class in his line.  His delineations of Twain and the Swede were especially fine.—
Valparaiso Vidette, Chautauqua (I. L. A.).


Rockport, Mo.  Sidney Landon in his character delineations, which are the best heard for many a day, was greatly enjoyed by all.  His expression and voice are suited to each character he represents, and his make-up is fine.—
Rockport Mail (Chautauqua).

Princeton, Ill.  My friend Landon is rightly called Happy Sid, an apostle of good cheer.  He scatters sunshine wherever he goes.  Though not exactly a thing of beauty, he's certainly a joy forever.—Maynard Lee Daggy, Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, University of Washington, Seattle.




Stately Statements from Different States

New YorkHappy Sid Landon as an impersonator is without a peer, and he had his audience in an uproar from the opening to the close of his performance.  His impersonations of Mark Twain and German politician were immense, but the portrayal of the Indiana farmer on a visit to his son in Boston, and describing Si Perkins at the fiddle, brought down the house and was the hit of the evening.—
Pleasantville News.


Iowa Sid Landon proved himself an inimitable entertainer.  His impersonation of Mark Twain was one of the best ever presented on a Tama platform, while his presentation of the German spellbinder was enough to throw an Indian Cigar Sign into hysterics.—
Tama Herald, Tama.


Ohio Sid Landon as a character delineator is great.  His impersonation of Mark Twain in his after-dinner speech was a work of art.  He is an expert at quick making-up and is an impersonator of unquestionable ability.—
Coshocton Republican, Coshocton.


South Dakota What shall we say of Mr. Landon?  In the Lyceum world he is known as Happy Sid, and we will express the sentiment of his hearers when we say, Come again, Happy Sid.  He has a rich fund of original funny stories which no one could tell as well as he, and from his character delineations one must think he is a full-blooded Swede, a son of Erin and a native of Die Vaterland.  All combine to attain the perfection in which he handles their thoughts and their broken English.—
News, Lead.


Illinois As a character impersonator, Happy Sid Landon is the peer to anyone on the platform to-day.  His sketches were all true to life and simply brought down the house.  especially the German impersonation and portrayal of the young society ladies.  And no better thing has ever been seen here than his characterization of the Vermont tavern-keeper.—
Morning Enterprise, Beardstown.


Nebraska Sidney Landon made all laugh and he showed himself to be an impersonator of no mean ability.  His make-up on the stage of the old man was marvelous, as was also the Dutchman of New York who wanted to talk politics, and the Swede, who was homesick and in love—Bae yimminy, aye wish aye har hem again.—
Democrat, Valentine.


Indiana Sidney Landon, impersonator, was in his happiest mood and gave some very clever impersonations.  His work places him on the top rank of dialect readers.  He is wonderfully clever in his portrayal of different types.—
Daily Journal, LaFayette.


Wyoming Mr. Landon introduced a line of impersonations decidedly out of the ordinary.  His impersonation of characters, with the use of make-up, was a work of art.—
Sheridan Post, Sheridan.


Michigan Sid Landon, as an impersonator, is easily at the head of his class.  His work is entertaining, without the coarse features that sometimes accompany a number of this sort.—
Escanaba Mirror, Escanaba.


Pennsylvania The second in the series of entertainments in the High School course was given on Tuesday evening, when Sid Landon delighted a large audience with his impersonations.  Mr. Landon's reputation as an entertainer preceded him, and his mimicry and characterizations were enthusiastically received.
All of his make-ups and impersonations were excellent.  His German politician, Mark Twain, and the man from up Vermont were so good as to completely captivate the audience.  He mixed fun and artistic conception so well that he pleased everybody.
If opinions expressed by those present count for anything, Sid Landon is among the very best in his line.  He studies his characters thoroughly and then gives us the best.—

North Wales News