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this is a young club entertainer from Boston, who was recommended to me very strongly by Will M. Cressy. There is no mistake about it, he has got a lot of bright original stuff and knows how to tell it, and during the first part of his act he had the audience laughing about as hard as I have ever heard them in this house, at [sic] a monologue performer. Everything he does is original, and he has three bright new songs evidently written by himself, which are both brilliant and catchy. He was handicapped terribly this afternoon by his nervousness, which was only natural, as this is his first vaudeville engagement; and he is still further handicapped by his finish, which while not bad does not keep up to the standard maintained during the first two-thirds of the act. There is no question but what he is going to make a valuable performer. He works in Yankee make-up and has the Yankee dialect perfect. 16 minutes in one.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports,, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903