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14 Mins.; One. The metropolitan reappearance of Mike Bernard and Amy Butler as a vaudeville combination establishes very little beyond the fact that Bernard is apparently still in his own class as a rag pianist and a very noticeable and general retrogression in so far as Miss Butler is individually concerned. Offering the conventional double routine, the piano solos by Bernard stand out conspicuously and earned the bulk of whatever reward followed their combined efforts. A medley by Bernard is utilized for the introduction, followed by a series of comic and popular numbers by Miss Butler, during the action of which Mike introduces his version of “The Patrol,” a unique solo as offered by Bernard and sufficiently strong to hold up the center of the turn. With all due respect to Miss Butler’s past performances, the present vehicle seems one-sided. At the Broadway, in a decidedly difficult spot, the couple held their own for a while, but toward the finale the pace lost speed. One must wonder where Mike Bernard would be if he possessed half as much business sagacity as artistic accomplishments.
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Variety, Volume XXXVI, no.10, November 7, 1914