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This sketch entitled “Mien Liebschen” and written by Joseph Hart was twenty-two minutes long on the full stage.
The plot revolves around two German men who came to the United States as youngsters to become famous musicians. They did not, and now depend on one of the men’s daughters who works in a department store. The manager of the store eventually asks her to marry him, but the older men doubt his intentions. The manager and the daughter convince the men of his sincerity. The comedy comes from a “shop girl” character who is also in love with the manager but does not get her way.
"The audience at the Orpheum listened attentively and laughed in places, even more than the lines or the situation seemed to warrant but on the whole they enjoyed it."
The shop girl character is too overdone in vaudeville, and is outgrowing its usefulness. The sketch will do for the big houses, but will not replicate the success that the company's former playlet, "Dinklespiel's Christmas", had.
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Variety 26:4 (30/03/1912)