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Whistling and monologue.
Rudinoff, who follows, has a style that is inimitable, his appearance distinguished, his English broken, wherein lies the gift. Professing limited acquaintance with out tongue, being French, he gets across a number of clever puns, which, in the main, are literal enactments of some of our local "slang" phrases. In gagging his mouth with a handkerchief to demonstrate that he whistles with his throat, he remarks, seemingly casually, "chewing the rag," which the audience assumes is an extemporaneous pun. Opening with his picture artistry on a smoked plate, he delivers his whistling bits. He got across a whistling flirtation as done by two birds, chiefly through his artistic mimicry.
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Variety, 54:3 (03/14/1919)