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Gymansts. 16 min. F.S. close in 1. 2 shows. On at 8:26. Practically the same act as offered here before including only one of the dwarfs, whose comedy was nevertheless the best feature of the act. Mlle Selbini beings with a song, then proceeds with the well-known disrobing act on the bicycle, followed by some fair three-a-day wheeling stunts. The finish of the act with the little dwarf on the burlesque automobile received good hand. This act did not make a hit expected of her the last time she was here, and the little dwarfs she carried with her then saved it from absolute fall-down. On this occasion she depends upon one dwarf and her corsetless stunts on the wheel to save the act. They barely save it. The drop which she carries shows terrible usage and looks bad enough to have gone through the Iroquois fire. It would seem that with all the money Mlle Selbini gets for this act, she would keep her scene-set fresh, and it hurts her whole act. The work in one with Italian Song, and the dwarf and miniature hand-organ and monkey was only fair. Her close was decidedly weak for such a high-priced act.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 23 September 1907-12 March 1908