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The act starts with the “straight” in a swagger white flannel suit; he later changes into a dark street suit. The woman is attractive and so is her wardrobe. The comedian begins in a white suit, then changes to a loud black and white suit for the finish. The first drop shows a huge basket of flowers and the second is the front of a dancing school, the names of the trio in three prominent places.
The singing fills in to keep the comedy and dancing swinging along. The brightest spot in the act is the "little, sawed-off" comedian who looks like Frank Daniels in blackface. He does a bit of everything, but his acrobatic dancing is the best.
"Although these three colored entertainers have slipped into New York on gumshoes its dollars to doughnuts they will be heard from in the bigger houses before long as they are able to deliver the goods." A portion of the woman's first dance could be omitted. The comedian's best work is in the last ten minutes of the act. By cutting a few minutes the act would run that much smoother.
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Variety 22:1 (03/11/1911)