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Miss Snyder makes two changes of costume before locating her relative. In the first, after her entrance, she is a boy ; the second the stunning girl once more.
Tuesday evening the young woman was handicapped by a severe cold, but managed to get through her songs, all but one, "The Iceman," being musical.
This week at the Novelty, Brooklyn, Miss Snyder breaks into vaudeville with a "man act" called "Commencement Day," prettily staged by Jack Mason. The "man" part involves eight boys, or a double quartet, with good singing ability. The act, runs in two scenes and is held together with a story which may be followed. It is commencement day at West Point. The cadets about to graduate into the United States Army as officers are preparing for the last farewell by promising a "plebe" (first year man) that his "hazing" troubles will be over, when the "plebe's" sister (Miss Snyder) arrives, unknown to her brother, who is at once besieged by the cadets, who insist that he is the best fellow in the world
The boys sing and look well in the military dress, but their song, "Commencement Day," might as well be dispensed with also. One who has a touch of effeminacy about his speech should drop it at once. It doesn't sound well in a soldier's uniform. The act will likely be shortened ; it could stand four or five minutes, some to come out of the opening in "one." Seen at the fourth performance "Commencement Day" can be banked upon as an enjoyable, clean-cut singing act, with comedy of a fair quality. And if the managers do not care to bank upon anything else, Miss Snyder's looks will take care of the box office.
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Variety 10:4 (10/26/1907)