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Singing.
"Mariuch, Shimmy for Me" and "I Don't Know Whether to Do It or Not."
Miss Shaw took up the pace with precision and scored right off with a "wop" number. It is really a parody on "Minnie, Shimmy for Mo," she doing it as "Mariuch, Shimmy for Me." After the Yiddish name song, the same as used by several other singles, Miss Shaw got down to her own restricted numbers — the bride and wife hits. She made them funnier than ever, and with some new variations put over the comedy hit of the show. The first of the comic ditties, "I Don't Know Whether to Do It or Not," brought opinions from the house upon Miss Shaw's request. in fact, she got real chatty with the audience, and that, as usual, tickled them. The baby carriage bit has been built up. Seated on the bench Miss Shaw, as the slattern wife, crooned the "Blues" as she rocked the imitation kid. Such lines as "a red-headed man made a wreck out of me," and others from the number, brought much laughter.
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Variety, 54:8 (04/18/1919)