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Several acts are involved in the full show: The first is "The Great White Way", a succession of songs, including the march from "the Pirates of Penzance". There is also an olio in four acts: There is singing
in each, Irwin garnering his company
with the sole object of obtaining voices.
The hit of the vaudeville end is Gertie De
Milt and the JVatson Sisters (Kittle and
Fannie) in a "three-act" There are a
couple of songs, "Rainbow" and "Mandy
Lane," but the hard-shoe dancing makes the
act immensely strong. The heavier Watson girl is a corking
stepper for her size, bat Miss De Milt
captures the big plum for dancing, as she
does also in the burlesque in a "clown"
dance. It is Bessie McCoy's "Tama Yama"
without the music or the costume. The burlesque is "The Actor's Club." It
is cut up into minute specialties, and is a
"Review." There is one numper in this,
"The Toy Soldier," with quite the neatest
background. It is the best number remembered
in burlesque. Edna Roberts led
a "baby" song shortly after, but following
too closely for any effect, although
Miss Roberts won encores by offering to
k'ss the audience. Singing "Mary" Florence Bennett
claimed she was impersonating Fay Templeton. During the athletics of the
Bennett Sisters (Christie and Margaret),
when a couple of comedians thought they
were doing something funny with a pail of
water while "stalling." The Bennett girls give a fast exhibition
of wrestling and boxing. "The Hebrew Fireman and the
Foreman" is performed by Harry Campbell and Joseph Brady. James Harkins, a "coon shouter," opens
the olio. "Huckin's Run" is repeated by Walsh,
Lynch and Co., without change, excepting
as to the girl perhaps. The same songs
are there. One fits in, but there are plenty
to replace "Take Me Back to New York
Town." As David Warfield,
Livingston has the artistic hit of the
show. In Warfield's famous speech, Mr.
Livingston employs a dog, which he leads
by a string on the stage. In addition to
this improvisation, Livingston has also a
few lines not in the original manuscript of
"The Music Master." Billy Walsh and
Frank B. Lynch both have parts at first,
but are used in a minor way after.
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Variety 13:7(01/23/1909)