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Miss A’Yoe is a pretty girl with radiant charm and a beautiful figure. Her native heritage means she is extremely blonde and possesses “lustrous light blue eyes which seem to enter her songs as much as does her voice.” She was “wound up in pretty blue satin, until only the whitest of smoothly turned shoulders and arms protruded.
She is either from Sweden or Norway and thus her native dialect adds to her charm and vocal offerings. Unfortunately Miss A'Yoe's performance was an uphill battle from the start. Her accompanist slouched onto the stage before her. His type is detrimental to any artist. She started with a French song, then an English, one of her own folk songs, and then "The Philosophy of a Kiss." Her encore was "The Key of Heaven."
She won the audience with her grace and charm in spite of the handicaps which would have killed off any other performer.
Miss A'Yoe did not seem sure of routine and appeared to rely on her inferior accompanist. A woman and artist of her calibre should not have to rely on her accompanist for anything but piano playing. Moreover, the songs did not suit the occasion and are in need of revision. She should not sing more than one foreign language song.
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Variety 21:7 (01/21/1911)