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A pretty little act for an opening spot on almost any bill. Short and snappy and contains a thrill. Challen opens, clad as a girl and after doing a run or two across the wire, changes to a boy. His girl assistant in the meantime prepares the way for his further tricks, the first of which is extinguishing two candles with his feet as he jumps over a table on which they are placed. The able is over the wire. It is effective. His next is jumping over three barrels and the final, climbing and rising a four-seated wheel on the wire. The latter is a corker for a finishing bit. It seems the girl might be put to some use other than just filling in as assistant, if only a simple trick or two on the wire while he is changing.
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Variety, 53:10 (01/31/1919)