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Recitation, monologue, and character songs.
Ralph Herz was receiving applause some time after the velvet drop was shown for the succeeding act.
His combination of recitative and monolog, augmented by excellent material, properly projected across the footlights, cannot go far wrong. Herz makes a specialty of character songs, which includes an old legit who is acting in pictures and a former "sport" who is down and out. For both these he changes his coat, the latter one even requiring a bandana as a substitute for a collar and tie. But he doesn't change the intensely creased trousers, nor the highly polished patent-leather shoes. He also stretched a point when he rhymed "smiles" and "Child's."
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Variety, 40:5 (10/01/1915)