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Did not appear, refusing to open the show. They quit absolutely and would listen to no argument on the question. There has been so much of this going on of late and then the next house playing the act that performers have come to consider that they can violate their contracts and still go ahead with the rest of their work. If we continue in this strain it will only be a matter of time before all performers will tell us what time they go on, how they shall be billed, and where they shall dress and it seems to me that it is time that we disciplined a few of them by refusing to book them until they have shown thoroughly their repentance. For that reason I do not believe that this act should be booked on the Keith Circuit for another six months to come and it is a special request of mine that no manager does book them until I am satisfied.
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Keith-Albee managers' report book, February 4-September 9, 1907