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The scene is set in a restaurant with special drapings and ornaments.
"A Touch of High Life" - This 18 minute act is fast running, bright with "sight" features, full of music, dancing and dash, and headed by one of the prettiest girls on stage. The plot tells enough to introduce the several characters; four men support Miss Francis. A girl in the hope of meeting a theatrical manager, instead becomes acquainted with a "rounder" who shows her as good a time as he can with no money. Finally the theatrical man arrives, straightens out the complications and finishes the sketch agreeably. Throughout there is singing and dancing guests and waiters, solos, duets, and a general round of lively incidents, which sets the act on a basis of excellent class for any sort of a vaudeville bill. The other players include Jack Cavanaugh, Arthur W. Hickey and Walter Stowe.
Harry Newton and Thos. J. Keough's sketch is of excellent quality and ample to supply vocal diversion. Miss Francis was previously a junior member of Keogh and Francis, but has since come into her own; she is the real feature.
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Variety 21:9 (02/04/1911)