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16 Mins.; One. Sixteen minutes of straight songs in “one” is a bit too much time for even the best in modern vaudeville to consume, and Eveleen Dunmore, with due regard to her splendid high soprano, is hardly strong enough for that classification. Three ballads and a medley of time-word melodies, complete the repertoire, with three costumes worn. The opening should be altered to eliminate the present conflict in numbers, two ballards around a similar theme, showing poor judgement in selection. ‘Pick Me a Rose” and “Killarney Rose” follow in the order named, with “Long Way from Home” and the medley coming next. A basket of flowers is distributed by the singer during the “Killarney Rose” number, Miss Dunmore wearing an Irish costume for both this and the succeeding number. The melody is long and, while well pieced together, stands up only through the vocal efforts of the principal. One number should be dropped with the total time not exceeding 10 or 12 minutes. Miss Dunmore’s voice is the sole attraction, her appearance running a distance second. She did quite well at the Colonial, but would have finished much better had she curtailed over offering to a reasonable length.
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Variety, Volume XXXVI, no.8, October 24, 1914