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Miss Laurence, who played a like role in "Her Own Way," is a light-hearted, frivolous manicure with a penchant for automobile rides and "suppers, the perquisites of her profession, regardless of how accumulated. She is a perfectly respectable manicure lady, and Mr. Fitch makes her say this several times, ever though obliging her to admit that she has been flirting with a good looking chauffeur named "George." There's another "George," however, and a foot-trimmer or female chiropodist across the hall from Miss McCobb's nail clipping sanitarium , drops in to tell the manicurist that if she has become engaged to "her George" in the three minutes of conversation the flirtatious pair had, there will be things doing. To prove that, the two working girls start upon a long distance hair-pulling match, lasting six rounds, and declared a draw. It brought howls of laughter from the audience. There are any number of bright lines which sailed ceilingward at the Harlem house. More smiles are brought out when the young women discover they have been fighting over two
The supporting cast is most adequate, and deserve to have their names listed on the program. Miss Laurence is especially pleasing in the principal role, and the "Miss McCobb" has the great name of "Fitch" to recommend it also. One thing Mr. Fitch should bear in mind when he wanders off Broad- way with his output. That "the alley" hears the slang of the town last. Some of his dialogue which might be a yell amid the arc lights, is a frost where only the incandescents glimmer.
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Variety 10:4 (10/26/1907)