Gus Edwards’ “Night Birds”

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Upon the wires in the foreground are perched eight birds, in four couples, of varigated plumage. The bodies are done in what seems to be real feathers, and their heads are those of the singers poked through the drop. Thin newer treatment of an old idea works a pretty effect, and the song "Birdie" which is thus rendered brings the act to a bright and successful finish.
Nellie Brewster, a young woman with a strong and resonant voice, noticable more for strength than sweetness, heads a company of singers who make tuneful headway with a novel idea.
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Variety 15:14 (09/11/1909)