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An advance press notice of "The American
Venus Up to Date," announced it
was written by Christine Hill and arranged
by the Baroness Von Wrede. The principle woman is Kunhe Beveridge, Ray's sister.
It's not up to date.
The idea has been done to death, and
faded away long ago. The last to attack
the Venus thing legitimately was Alice
Davenport a couple of seasons back.
Vaudeville has advanced since then. If
you want to be a real Venus now, you
must be naked, and if you are naked
enough—just between us—it doesn't matter
whether you are a Venus or no.
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Variety 12:12 (28/11/1908)