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Piano playing.
"Dress My Grandma Wore," "Jazz Baby," and "The Battle of Argonne Forest."
Maybelle Best, a dainty little girl, opened after intermission and had tough going at the start. Maybelle, In hoop skirts and panties opened with the "Dress My Grandma Wore,'' then went to the piano for "The Battle of Argonne Forest," announced as her own composition. It was a piano solo and didn't seem to have anything to do with the Forest. It was well rendered anyway. A song recitation to music followed with Maybelle sitting at the piano and accompanying herself with the left hand.. A medley of old Southern melodies brought enough song returns for Miss Best to return and modernize her repertoire with "Jazz Baby." This got the most.
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Variety, 54:10 (05/02/1919)