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15 Mins. One (Special Drop).
Harlem O. H. Huston Ray is a pianist using a grand piano for his playing, which is most strenuous at times. He entered in a velvet tux and flowing tie after Miss Dore had explained the routine and offered a toe dance. Among the numbers Ray announced an impression of a Liszt number as done by “the world’s greatest pianist,” announced by Ray to be Vladimir de Pachmann. Miss Dore had another number in “Fifi.” She is a very cute girl and looked well though her tights wrinkled at the knees. For the finish Ray, announced a medley of hits “employing 15 rhymes of syncopation,” Miss Dore coming in at the close for a toe dance bit. Ray attempts difficult playing and at times “slurs.” He has the appearance of being “there” with the ivories but a re- arrangement of his routine ought to be more effective, for he, doesn’t get the results that his hard work deserves.
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Variety, LVIII: 2 March 1920