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Talk and songs.
"How Do They Fall For Those Guys."
Mr. Lait furnished both acts [Jack Lait also wrote material for the Emma Carus and J. Walter Leopold act that followed after Dresser and Gardner] with bright material, in talk at least; whether he also wrote the lyrics of the songs is unknown, especially of the Dresser act. But whoever wrote the music had a memory. For Miss Dresser and Mr. Gardner Mr. Lair gave them a scheme of co-starring for the first time that is in a natural vein and allows them to be natural, so much o that a colored maid on the stage speaks just as though she were in Miss Dresser's home. The Gardners give some publicity to Mt. Vernon and Miss Dresser sings a song about her neighbors up there. Mr. Gardner has a dandy nut number in an English rag. It got over and will do better with repetition. Miss Dresser's wise song, "How Do They Fall For Those Guys," is strictly a laugh number for any audience. The act runs easily, tells how the couple though married nearly 11 years have never before appeared together; how they canceled individual vaudeville routes to do a double act for one season, and barring some reference to drink by Mr. Gardner while on the road, the turn just fits. They are a great looking pair upon the stage. Miss Dresser did a curtain speech that was short and snappy. It brought several laughs. She said during it the reason why her husband and herself had never previously appeared together was to save argument, and that her "support-no, co-star" and she were even now experimenting. With the Dresser Gardner act it's merely a matter of settling the salary question. No vaudeville bill can afford to disregard them if offered. There is too much to the turn from every angle that vaudeville wants and its patrons pay for.
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Variety, 53:12 (02/14/1919)