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Rougee dresses plainly, but neatly, in evening clothes.
The cornet imitation with which he opened was exceedingly well done, but the volume of sound was not heavy enough to carry to the distant corners, and there was a rest- less movement in the back of the house. A 'cello selection won the audience over immediately. Rougee catches the 'cello quality perfectly and with the eyes shut one is really deceived. A flute and piccolo solo followed, and the number closed with enthusiastic applause.
Leon Rougee, a foreigner, offers his curious specialty in an unostentatious manner, utterly devoid of setting or incidental, letting the wonderfully faithful mimicry of musical instruments make its appeal unaided. He has the gift of mimicry to a remarkable degree.
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Variety 10:2 (10/12/1907)