Eva Tanguay

Singing and comic song lyrics.

"I Don't Care" and "Bird of Paradise."

For more than a half hour the magnetic little dynamo of femininity held that big Majestic audience enraptured, enthralled and entertained and they cried for so much of Tanguay that after she had sung all her new ones and had obliged with "I Don't Care," she came back with a pretty little speech.

Any doubt that the original and inimitable Tanguay had gone back the tiniest bit was swept away when the popular comedienne worked with all her oldtime vigor and proverbial pepper. Miss Tanguay's recent operations upon her throat evidently did her a world of good as she worked with her former might and main and called upon every trick of the voice to help the cause along. There was no doubt that the capacity house Monday afternoon was due to Tanguay for they were still coming in just before she appeared, and may walked out the moment she had left the stage. Miss Tanguay's voice stood the gaff pretty well although the cyclonic comedienne was noticeably tired when she made her exit. Tanguay disappointed no one Monday. In fact those who went expecting to find her a shadow of herself and her voice a remnant of other days were agreeably surprised and they went away fully convinced that Tanguay is indeed the marvel of the present vaudeville age. She changed her costumes like she has in other visits with all but one running much to the abbreviated style, her Bird of Paradise outfit on the second change probably attracting the most attention.

Variety, 40:12 (11/19/1915)