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Black face comedian. This is a performer whom I have never been able to see personally, but as it is evident that no one else agrees with me I presume that I must be in the wrong. I have not played him for a couple of years solely because I cant see where he amounts to anything, and I felt the audience, the last time he was over the circuit, felt the same way. I heard of the big success he was making in the West, however, and took a chance of booking him, and it is evident that he has made a strong impression in all the other houses and he went very nicely here this afternoon; so that is about all we care to know about him. 20 minutes in one.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903