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15 min. This boy is a sailor on board the U.S.S. Michigan and was given a special leave of absence to play this engagement. The League Island Navy Yard lent its aid by sending a recruiting squad which opened an office in the lobby and one of them introduced the sailor from the stage, making a short appeal for enlistments. The sailor did a very good pianologue, singing three of four numbers and proving himself an excellent entertainer. He was an applause hit and could have made good on his individual work.
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University of Iowa, Keith Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 13 November 1916 – 21 January 1918