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These people gave us their new act to-day which they call ‘Winning a Queen.’ It is decidedly away from anything we have had, and after some of the rough edges are worn off, it will be decidedly worth while. The act opens with Gardiner in tramp make up, talking with a sentry inside of a fort. Evening comes on, he goes to sleep inside a mammoth cannon. The cannon is fired. By means of the moving picture machine he is shown going through the clouds until he reaches the moon, when he is swallowed by the moon. This brings him into his second set, representing the interior of the moon, where he meets the Queen of the moon. After some good comedy with the headsman, an eccentric character, he persuades the Queen to go back to New York with him. They then take positions on a big star, and the picture machine is again used to show them falling from the moon to the earth, where they crash through a skylight, and down into a dining-room. After some comedy here, the act closes with an eccentric dance on the order of the one used by Guyer & O’Neill. The act is a decided novelty, and well worked out. The comedy introduced is good, as is also the singing. Held the attention of the audience this afternoon, and three curtain calls at the finish, showing that the act was appreciated. 20 mins. Spec, in 1/2/ & 3.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 4 September 1905-23 April 1906