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Before we criticise the act I want to say that they carry a large tank and it takes six men and one half hours to put the tank together. The tank is so large that three people dive it at the same time. The theater can’t start to put the tank together until the mechanic arrives from the last town, and as he is also the announced he does not leave the last town until Saturday night. The act carries special velvet front and back draperies and opens with the two women and Conroy in artistic poses. Then Conroy poses alone the way Sandow used to do and he uses the same tune “Hearts and Flowers.” He is a well developed athlete and makes an excellent showing. A dark change then gives opportunity to pull away the draperies and the tank, which has to stand in the same spot all week is shown to the audience in a wooden setting. It is well masked in and has anything that Anette Kellerman ever produced beaten a mile. The two girls are excellent. They are good looking, well formed and as far as diving in concerned they do mare stuff than Kellerman ever did. Without exaggeration I think it is the best diving act I have ever seen. It is a splendid closing act and should be put on the big time exclusively. (Atlanta)
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University of Iowa, Keith Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 9 September 1912 – 24 February 1913.