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‘Nearly a War Correspondent.’ 28 min, FS. This is an acceptable head-line, though nothing of the top line class for a long run. While Dailey is more or less the whole thing, (without him the sketch would languish, I fear) nevertheless there is diversity and good lively songs and dances, and the act is beautifully costumed and set. Six girls appear alternately in cow-boy and scarlet Spanish costumes. Their work gets a good hand. Dailey takes the part of a war correspondent and organizes the Opera Buffe army into a union, teaching them to quit work at 4 o’clock. He gets into a mess over a woman, and the General of the island condemns him to death. Just as the guns are leveled at his breast and the time call out, the town-clock strikes four and the army lay down their guns. This is a very laughable finish and brings good applause.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 23 September 1907-12 March 1908