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Singing and piano accompaniment.
An act carded as Betty Payne carried a pianist who ruined it. Miss Payne did not do so badly with straight songs, though a couple were away from her, since she is operatic, and a bit of a dance disclosed she was not in any way a dancer. Still Miss Payne might have held the house if it had not been for a studious looking pianist who played a solo, reading the notes from a sheet, taking a slow measure that almost sent the gallery after him. He probably has less idea of vaudeville than anyone who ever has been in it. It looked more like a combination of a teacher and pupil.
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Variety, 53:11 (02/07/1919)