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Black face comedian who made a great effort to make good but whi [sic] failed dismally at both Monday performances. – He has a line of talk that would be O.K. in New York perhaps, but not for Columbus – I believe his manner is also against him, his delivery failing to make a pleasing impression. He manifested a tendency to roast the audience for not making up with him and was instructed to obliterate this line of comedy as our people are not accustomed to it. I really believe that in many houses he would make good but his act is not the style of monologuist [sic] that Columbus likes. 11 minutes Street.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 23 September 1907-12 March 1908