Lillian Shaw

Character songs.

"Who Put the Ham in Abraham."

Lillian Shaw uses her dialect stuff exclusively. It was reminiscent of an act of about the name character that had been seen earlier in the season at the house. She used a "wop" song, then "Who Put the Ham in Abraham" and for the finish the one about the prospective bride who can't just make up her mind. She is an artist at this — works her audience to the limit, playing to the boxes and the house orchestra at times. It was an act put over perfectly.

Variety, 54:10 (05/02/1919)