The Tom Jack Trio

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Some comedy is in evidence, inconsequential in spots. All the melodies excepting "The Wedding March" are strange but tuneful. The “march" might be replaced by some- thing more lively if possible.
Their finish won out in face of the handicaps. Opening with freak brass instruments the man in grotesque makeup and two rather pretty girls play differently disguised instruments, closing in the full set by throwing woollen balls at tambourines strung in rows at a distance of about ten feet from the throwers. It resembles the Coney Island device of "hit a nigger baby and get a cigar." The trio were unerring in their aim and played a tune perfectly.
The act deserves a more favorable opportunity to "show goods."
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Variety 9:3 (09/21/1907)