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13 min. in 1—I must say that this singer was a great disappointment to those who heard her, and by Boston patrons of vaudeville she will be considered something in the nature of a gold brick. She does not make good for the tremendous amount of advertising we have given her, and everyone here joins me in this opinion. I was obliged to place her in one, and think now that she was too late on the afternoon bill. Tomorrow I will shift her position to 3 and 8. 45 respectively, in the afternoon and evening shows. When Mme. Mantelli came off in the afternoon she put up a holler about not having full stage, but the real grievance, I know, was the cold reception she got and the fact that she had a scant applause. She threatened to cancel, but when I quietly told her she could do so and it would be no loss to the bill whatever, she promptly took it back, and will, probably sing without further trouble, for the balance of the week.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903