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"The offering has a fairly good idea, but its working out is crude. Continued
playing may knit the sketch to-gether, which seems to be the first requisite."
It was "an extremely loose arrangement," with "disastrous stage waits" and "it was evident the dialog had never before been tried out."
It offered "an entirely satisfactory introduction," but "then comes a distracting wait, to be followed by the entrance of a German comedian with inconsequential talk which halts things and fails to hold up interest. The German takes up at least five minutes of time without giving anything in return."
"An incident to this division of the act is a rather novel number, delivered by a girl who comes into view in a "parachute" which swings into sight. The aeroplanists then come to the ground and introduce a small comedy bit involving a stalled taxicab."
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Variety (33:5), 01/02/1914