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"The Silver Bottle" is a "Miniature Musical Comedy" that appears to be a condensed rehash of a musical comedy. The book is written by George Totten Smith and the music by Samuel Lehman. A young artist is engaged and his fiancée decides to test his love by shipping herself to his home in a mummy case. The artist does not recognize his fiancée in her Egyptian clothes. He sees a silver bottle attached to the girl's dress which reads that if the girl's soul-mate breathes into the bottle she will come to life. He proceeds to breathe into it and she is happy. The woman is played by Miss Perry and the artist is Walter C. White. The elevator boy, played by Eugene Moulan, hired by the artist may have saved the act. He is a clever comedian and a first rate dancer. He seems to be a cross between Pat Rooney and Eddie Foy. He should be allowed to do whatever he likes as he out shines all of the other actors.
The musical comedy is very well arranged; it has little story and little plot. The six chorus girls are not well dressed, not capable and not well trained. They do little to add to the act. A big problem with the act is that it comes to vaudeville about three years late; it seems tame compared to others currently on stage.
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Variety 21:6 (01/14/1911)