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"Parisian
Widows". Margie Hilton, during a number
called "An Oriental Serenade" tore off
a three minute "cooch" that was the limit. Emily Miles wears tights almost entirely,
making a highly attractive figure
in that sort of dress, and handles two
numbers satisfactorily. Belle Bell,
beside her part in the specialty of The
Musical Bells, is the leading woman and
the Amazonian leader of the patriotic
finale of the first part. Mae Rose was a sort of assistant soubret. Ike Wall becomes the principal funmaker
of the organization. George Niblo was another "straight"
in the first part, reappearing during the
burlesque as an old man. Arthur Bell
did very little with the part of landlady.
Harry Bentley worked in close
partnership with Pierce throughout the
show, and was of the conversation team
of Bennett and Bentley in the olio, a conventional
number involving Hebrew and
"straight." Sam Bennett was the barnstorming
actor and later a "cissified"
tramp, both of which he handled cleverly. Ed. F. Rush, credited with the staging
of the show, has put over a first rate burlesque
entertainment marred only by the
frequency of suggestiveness.
The gallery whistled and howled until the
show was brought to a sudden finish at
10:45 with a march finale.
Source:
Variety 16:5 (10/09/1909)