Wilkie Bard

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Several plants in the audience would sing a verse in one of his final numbers.
"Hail, Smilin' Morn" "Chrysanthemums" "Opera"
"The audience forced Bard into another number".
He is "an artist of the finest type. His songs are productions". He would do amazingly well in America if he were to stay very long.
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Variety, vol. 32: 8. 24, Oct. 1913