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On at 3.32, 18 min in1, 5 min in 2; 23 min in all. A string of interrogation points would best express my opinion of Miss Lloyd. She is undeniably a great artist and had she made her appearance before Victoria and her sister, she would undoubtedly have made a much stronger impression than she did in New York. Of course, to the pure all things are pure, so I found that some of our audience today could find nothing in her songs at which they took offence. Some others, with more worldly experience, thought that she was absolutely the limit, that every verse she sung was full of suggestiveness. She did not sing the ‘Eh, what, what’ song, and I made one cut in ‘Customs of the Country.’ I am anxiously awaiting the verdicts of the different critics in tomorrow’s papers. I feel quite confident that we will find the same difference of opinion as I found existing among out patrons today. With Lloyd it is practically a case of all or nothing, for if you start to cut it is almost impossible to stop. Boston would rather have one Millie Lindon than all the Lloyd and Victorias that can be found.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 23 September 1907-12 March 1908