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Miss. Fransioli has a partner named Vinie Henshaw.
Miss Henshaw, for a “sister” act in the olio. Miss Henshaw wears some dress also in the after piece, but unlike the other girl, who has the appearance of sitting in a boat, Vinie had her costume cut so short in the back that she wears a locket between her shoulder blades to vary the broad expanse.
Both girls wear jewelry; so much, in fact, that one imagines a ton of diamonds or several brushes of pearls might be sold to purchase a pair of silk stockings for their finish in “Scenes Behind Scenes,” which is the olio offering, drawn altogether too tough and containing an overplus of “kidding.”
Three of the four in the group of 13 girls are good looking.
There is a working chorus in this organization. They don't chew gum; neither do they tell each other who they've "got" in the audience, but they keep right on working, and always smiling, even after a change of costume.
The director at times "imagines" encores and brings back the chorus.
How low down may a girl wear a dress and yet remain within the limits of burlesque propriety? If you want to see the answer, "catch" Georgie Fransioli with the Reilly & Woods show. It is at the Dewey this week and Miss Fransioli gives her bare skin exhibition in the burlesque.
Mr. Reilly is giving a good laughing, enjoyable show, with adequate attention to the necessary details, and if he is getting the money he is deserving of...
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Variety 5: 3 ( December 29, 1906)