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She does her best work as a comedienne
grotesque. As a polite songstress she does
not particularly shine, evidenced by the reception
given her first two numbers. But
when she brought forth a travesty of
Harry Lauder and finished with a capital
burlesque on "Salome," a burlesque which
took its keen humor from a solid backing
of character acting, the audience was
moved to wild laughter, and right there
Bliss Preston clinched what should be a substantial American success.
Songs included "Dear Loch Lomond," "Jock McPherson," and "An Answer to 'My Scotch Blue Bell."
The "Salome" burlesque was
next, and scored one of the laughing hits
of the evening, laughs being extremely
scarce on this week's bill at the Colonial.
Source:
Variety 13:1 (12/12/1908)