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The act was sixteen minutes long.
Hortense Wayne sings “coon” songs and rags and plays the piano. For her first number, she wears a street costume with a white coat and furs. She then removes the coat and furs for a rag number in which she does some stepping. She sings and plays the piano for the finish.
"Alabam"; "Parisienne"
"The City audience liked Miss Wayne immensely. She was on early and found a listless crowd, but woke them up and finished to the first real applause of the evening."
Wayne is good-looking and is a "capital coon shouter."
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Variety 29:4 (27/12/1912)