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She composes a trick which "has a spectacular effect for the finale, that of a fire engine coming head on to the audience. Three prop horses are driven by two men and a girl."
She opens this part with "her former single specialty of trick bicycle riding in a bating suit."
The illusion of final act, "The Lion's Bride," "seems to have been newly built, excepting the lion, perhaps. It is well put on, has strength and force, runs quickly in the manner Lafayette formerly worked it, and carries a horse, also a prop elephant."
Variety praises her tricks but notes that "Lafayette always interjected into everything he did," while "Lalla is somewhat deficient in this regard, mostly because she is a woman, but the girl works sincerely and very hard all the time."
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New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, Robinson Lock