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There is little to say about the production. The opening set is a little more than a bare stage. The setting for “Fun in a Restaurant” and “The Girls and the Judge” are two shabby interiors. There is very little to them. The girls perform some costume changes but none of them are new or elaborate.
"I'll Love My Honey in the Springtime" and a few other's went by without a ripple; discouraging for even a music publisher to hear these "Old Boys" still doing service. There is some "rube" comedy which obtain some small laughs, but nothing big. David Lerner is possibly the lead comedian, but does little to bring himself above the ranks of the others. He does some work in the restaurant scene and some singing, but he is not very striking as a Hebrew comedian. He does an impression of Ben Welch with an Italian song. He does well, but the talk is not there. Leo Doherty does some clever dancing in a talking and singing speciality with his wife. The best comic of the burlesque is Chester Nelson in a line of "rube" comedy. Robert Deming, possibly an Irish comedian, has no distinctive style. Carrie Thomas has a nice singing voice, but her costumes are not up to par. Beatrice Haynes is the soubrette. Beatrice is a pretty girl with a cute chubby pair of legs and does her best to put over a couple of songs which were old when she was a baby. The audience liked her and amid different environment Beatrice should be able to shine. Viola Doherty was the other female principal. She did as well as the rest. George Howell supplied some good comedy in the after piece as an eccentric policeman. The olio is split up. Lerner does his specialty between the review and the opening piece, after which comes intermission, and then the remainder of the olio. The American Quartet with an act along the Crane Bros., "rube minstrels" lines pulled out the hit. "A Golden Wedding" with Teddy Symonds, manager of the troupe, as star is a disconnected bit of melodrama that should do well in the burlesque houses. Miss Thomas did the best work. The Dohertys finished off the olio and passed nicely.
Miner's "Americans" is very scattered. The concept for this burlesque is outdated and over done. The show has a sad opening. "There may be a little excuse for the review, but there is none for some of the numbers." There is not really a good number in the entire show. While the girls are split up into eight "ponies" and "show girls," the material they are given never left them a chance.
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Variety 21:9 (02/04/1911)