“College Life”

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This is my latest vaudeville production and I dislike very much to report upon it myself, but will endeavor to be fair to all concerned. I think it is a decided novelty for vaudeville, containing as it does sixteen men and two women. The scene represents the Campus of the College and has been spoken of in a most complimentary manner. The principal characters show a number of types of college boys, one pretty girl and the other eccentric, back by ten College students. There is quite a lot of comedy. There are five musical numbers beside the College Glees that close the act, all five going well and two of them being big hits. A dance by Miss Courtney scoring very heavy in addition. The College Glees at the end finish the act to a perfect whirlwind of applause and, despite the fact that the act ran forty minutes, they took five encores and several curtain calls (not forced) at each of the three performances so far given. Altho running forty-minutes, it doesn’t seem long, and, unless it is really demanded by the managers, I would rather not cut it any further. In spite of its length the audience evidently wanted more. The material of the act is so kaleidoscopic and there is such a general change and so much action every few minutes that the act seems much shorter than it really is. I would be quite pleased if a committee of censors would come down and see the act.

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