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Three of the turns had what sounded like all new material. Miss Nordstrom was one, with hers written by Frances Nordstrom, a sister. She did a "Hook and Eye" verse, "Hats," "Calling at the Lawyer's" and "Nell of Vaudeville," omitting her "Fan" encore, cutting the time down 16 minutes. Closing with the vaudeville bit rarely escaped stopping the show for Miss Nordstrom. The lyric tells of how Nell, a straight singer who did operatic numbers flopped until the war songs came in, then she had a different one every night. It's a bright travesty, the manner in which Miss Nordstrom did the "war song" thing. One of the lines says, "War may be hell, but it was a great war for Nell." Her "lawyer" bit in rhyme is quite the best in the turn, through its construction, and done so well by Miss Nordstrom it will become one of her lasting bits most likely. The "Hats" is neat in conception and put over through the speed of the delivery, which brings forth several hats of all styles. The opening, "Hook and Eye," is a nice little conceit that tells it authoress is always thinking. There isn't a single woman in vaudeville who now has anything on Marie Nordstrom in material or ability to handle it.
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Variety, 54:3 (03/14/1919)