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female impersonators. The impersonations are carried to the extreme of having two boys dressed as girls in the opening chorus and afterwards doing a “sister” dance in the olio.
Three comedians.
Three girls of the ten making up the background have songs/
A Wise Guy
Take Me On the Rollers
De Kabrys
One Little Soldier Man
What's the Use of Loving?
What's the Use of Working?
Encores are taken by the orchestra leader on the slightest pretext. No one else in the audience clamored for any repetition.
Even though "The Jolly Girls" constituted an entertainment, Edmund Hayes can not last forever for over two hours without better comedy and dialogue. Now the best he offers is slang and vulgarity while sitting on a lounge with another and the fourth female impersonator in the piece.
The Jolly Girls is the cheapest burlesque company that has played New York this or possibly any other season.
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Variety 5:1 ( December 15, 1906)