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Dialogue and harmonica playing for comedy.
Rose and Hendricks are two colored men. Opening and starting to talk their appearance is somewhat in composition like that of Conroy and LeMaire, or as Conroy and LeMaire were. There is the tall, severe straight and the shorter comedian, but while they do not, of course, compare with the members of the better known act in any way, they seemed to get the idea
from them. Besides the idea they got material from a good many other teams that have a blackface comedian or two in them. If Rose and Hendricks have anything in their act that belongs to them they should stop long enough during the routine when reaching it to inform the audience. Rose and Hendricks also play harmonicas, just for comedy, the straight man playing the same tune for everything. Their principal talking gag and the act may be named after it is "Tooken out." The gag is of one saying to the other, "You will be tooken out of here," and the other rebuking him for ignorance, claiming the correct way should be "broughten out" Rose and Hendricks have so much matter that has been tested it always cannot be exactly placed, but almost any blackface act of reputation in the business can hear
how their best gags sound if they want to take the trouble to look for this team. They will find it on the small time.
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Variety, 54:11 (05/09/1919)