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Singing and comic skits.
"Softly the Agents are Calling Me."
Felix Adler started his diversion by singing "Softly the Agents are Calling Me" and just ran through his familiar routine, enrolling the usual number of laughs. For the finale, where he uses the live dummy (stage hand) Miss Ross, his assistant, comes on and sits on his other knee, and he travesties the two figures talking to each other.
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Variety, 53:12 (02/14/1919)