Alice Lloyd

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26 min. in one. Prolonged advance applause. Miss Lloyd sand an entirely new line of songs this time—“Up in an Aero-plane,” “Mary,” “Ship Ahoy,” the song about the hobble skirt, and “If I Were Master Cupid.” None of these songs has been heard here before. Her costumes are very striking, particularly the last two. “The Cupid” song is supposed to be as much a novelty as the “Lovelight” song with the mirror effect, during which she shoots cigarettes into the audience with a bow and arrow. It is not perhaps as much of a novelty as was the mirror song, or the public’s favorite, “Splash Me.” Nevertheless, Miss Lloyd’s personality is a very charming one, wins everybody from the first and holds the interest. Each song got more applause than its predecessor, each being of the London Music Hall class, but of better order, the “Hobble Skirt” song finding the biggest response from the audience, which had come to welcome her, as she is always a great favorite here.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 13 June 1910-20 February 1911