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Singing, piano playing and comic dialogue.
In the new matter of the Emma Carus turn, besides Mr. Leopold, her latest "partner," is a discourse written on the coming prohibition, in Jack Lait's own vein, that the higher the forehead the harder it hits. Miss Carus "lectures" it just a bit too much. It's a monolog, not a speech, but she gets it over for nothing could be now more opportune. When she said, "No beer, no work," the audience loudly applauded. Jimmie Lucas later on used the same line. He seems to be doing it in his regular act since he is also at the Colonial this week, where it is employed. It's a natural thought, however, for a laugh by comedy students.
Miss Carus likewise has a neat encore speech. Also an Irish number that she sends over swinging, and a "shimmy" song, besides more talk, with a couple of double numbers that might be reduced to one. She did 28 minutes, with her calisthentics at the finish. While Miss Carus is still thin as figured from her thinness of before, she has not reduced any since her last visit to Broadway. It's no necessary. While there is a stage it will never be forgotten how Emma Carus reduced. Her new act is likewise a matter of salary. It's sure fire, although in this turn Mr. Leopold, who seems more a pianist only, does not mean as much to her as other partners have. Nor is it required.
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Variety, 53:12 (02/14/1919)