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No author is programmed but the piece is sponsored by William A. Brady.
The scene is the rear platform of an observation car on a west-bound train, running at high speed between Rochester and Buffalo. The characters include a New Yorker (Mr. Evans) with a healthy bank roll, an adventuress (Mabel Frenyear) who plans to relieve him of his wealth, and a Pullman conductor (Alexander Carlton). The girl makes a grand-stand demonstration of a mild badger game, pulling her hair down and opening her clothes to crate evidence of an attack by the man. This happens after he refuses to present her with $500 on request. The conductor hears her screams. He falls for the ruse but Evans displays the ashes of his cigar as sufficient evidence of his inactivity during the ride. There is a surprise finale at the end when the girl, after listening to Evans' braggadocia anent the impossibility of "trimming a New Yorker," displays his purse, which she had plucked during the scramble. There is an additional kick when she discovers that the bag was empty; Evans had collected the collateral before she located it.
The dialogue has light comedy throughout the playlet. It carries many good laughs. The finish is handled a bit fast, Miss Frenyear bumping the anticlimax and the climax into a combined laugh where two belong together with the natural surprise. The idea for the playlet is quite unique. The car-end set in the dark background is both realistic and novel. It maintains the illusion of a rapidly moving train. The act will probably be listed as one of the season's best vaudeville productions, principally because it is a novelty, something very rare in sketches. The cast is excellent for this piece. It was a smashing big hit.
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Variety 36:1 (09/04/1914)