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The act was seventeen minutes long.
Gladys Vance sings several songs. The first two are in character. The next involves a mirrored dress which was introduced to vaudeville by Mindel Kingston (of World and Kingston) three years ago. She finishes with a “dope” number, supposedly written by a former dope fiend. During the song she describes the effects of the drug and goes into fits about “home and mother”.
The mirror dress number would have worked much better as the finish. The dope song should be entirely eliminated because it is inappropriate for a matinee crowd full of women and children. Anyone could use the mirrored dress to popular effect, so Vance does not have anything original to offer. She has to change her act and complete her costumes before she can be considered for any show, big or small time.
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Variety 28:6 (11/10/1912)