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On at 2.21, 23 min, full stage. This is the act that I substituted for Cecilia Loftus & Co. Mr. Wilson is a great favorite in Boston and New England, having been a member of the old Boston Museum company. He is a capital actor, one of the best of the American character comedians. The sketch he is presenting, called “That Old-Fashioned Motto” is not worthy of him. Although it contains some good material, it needs rewriting. He plays the character of the type of Josh Whitcomb and plays it well. The act would not, of course, be worth the money we are paying this week, in any other house on the circuit, but I firmly believe that Mr. Wilson will draw us as much or more money than Loftus, and then the difference in salary is considered, I think it fortunate to have him this week in place of the rather unreliable Cecilia, although she always makes good here in her impersonations.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 30 April 1906 – 4 February 1907