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Dancing, scenic set, and wardrobe changes.
Singing.
Eva Gautheir and Nina Devie, surrounded by special scenery and a series of wardrobe changes, offer what is programmed as their "original songs and dances." The opening is in "one" with Miss Gauthier (bare-footed) singing in a foreign tongue while her nimbler partner stalks up and down stage with snake-like movements until the finale when the latter reties to full stage and a futurist set to offer the dance of the future. If the future dance is anything like Miss Devie's interpretation, good night! Another song by the prima donna and then to the final scene, a Malayan set with Miss Gauthier in the doorway chanting at her very best while Miss Devie dances herself to a stage death. It was not clear whether Miss Gauthier was supposed to sing her to death or whether the girl died from exhaustion. However, she died and the entire offering went with her. Just what the girls are aiming at is a problem, but it might be consistent to advise the audience. Miss Gauthier has a pleasant voice, but the selections hardly fit, nor does the pedal efforts fo Nina Devie. The scenery and wardrobe, attractive in their way, cannot be expected to carry Gauthier and Devie through vaudeville. The need an act.
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Variety, 40:2 (09/10/1915)