La Sylphe

“The dancer appears in a jeweled arrangement, respectable appearing enough, although she does not wear shoes and perhaps not fleshings.”

Willie Edouin

Mr. Edouin’s impersonations consist of character studies, possibly, of types strange to this country, and with that in the consideration, counting also the what seemed interminable long time given to each. given

“A Morning in Hicksville”

“In the new number a setting represents the main corner at Hicksville, with a police station and firehouse on opposite sides of the street. In the center is a warning to automobiles to ‘Go Slow or Go To Jail’. The curtain lifting reveals early dawn, with the lights well handled until day arrives.”

“A Morning in Bingville”

The critic commends Reynard’s extensive, immersive set: “He uses a full stage with a very picturesque back, showing a country landscape, with hills stretching away in the vista. The opening is dark, with a moonlight effect, the glistening water of a river reflecting the moon’s rays. An automobile is seen in the distance, slowly passing the horizon, its searchlight throwing a glare ahead of it. […] Mr Reynard is in the driver’s seat, a dummy of a bull-dog beside him, a dummy of a colored boy on the step, and a dummy of a woman in the rumbler seat.”