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Keith-Albee managers' report book, December 11, 1911-September 9, 1912

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SOPHYE BARNARD: Presents a beautiful picture, wears stunning gowns, and a well developed soprano voice. Good selection of songs and manages to get them over at every performance. Fifteen minutes in one.
W. L. ABINGDON: In the one act play "Honor is Satisfied" by Charles Eddy. The company consists of Miss Fay Browning and Louis Thomas. The story concerns a young man and a woman whose husband is abroad on a year's tour. The woman is indiscreet in her friendliness with the young man, but has done nothing wrong. The husband returns unexpectedly and finds them together. He coldbloodedly suggests that either he or the young man must die and the killing must appear an accident. The young man has not the courage to kill himself and after he has proven himself a coward, the husband shows the revolver empty and that he has not doubted his wife. The play is well written and well acted - not a laugh, purely dramatic, with a novel finish. Very well received. Full stage twenty minutes.
RAY COX: The name Ray Cox conveys to every manager simply "The Girl from Dixie" with songs and funny sayings. The new Ray Cox is entirely different. Her present offering is way ahead of anything she ever did before, really a production. Sings four songs and a change of costume, finishing with an aeroplane song in which she introduces the machine. Her songs are all new, each securing plenty of laughs, particularly "Her First Trip in an Aeroplane". With suitable billing this girl would make good as a headline attraction. She is the American Vesta Victoria. The hit of every performance. Twenty-nine minutes in two.
AITKEN-WHITMAN TRIO: Two men and a boy in a spectacular contortion act using their own scenery and doing the regular routine of contortion work. A good act. Full stage fifteen minutes.

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SOPHYE BARNARD: Presents a beautiful picture, wears stunning gowns, and a well developed soprano voice. Good selection of songs and manages to get them over at every performance. Fifteen minutes in one. W. L. ABINGDON: In the one act play "Honor is Satisfied" by Charles Eddy. The company consists of Miss Fay Browning and Louis Thomas. The story concerns a young man and a woman whose husband is abroad on a year's tour. The woman is indiscreet in her friendliness with the young man, but has done nothing wrong. The husband returns unexpectedly and finds them together. He coldbloodedly suggests that either he or the young man must die and the killing must appear an accident. The young man has not the courage to kill himself and after he has proven himself a coward, the husband shows the revolver empty and that he has not doubted his wife. The play is well written and well acted - not a laugh, purely dramatic, with a novel finish. Very well received. Full stage twenty minutes. RAY COX: The name Ray Cox conveys to every manager simply "The Girl from Dixie" with songs and funny sayings. The new Ray Cox is entirely different. Her present offering is way ahead of anything she ever did before, really a production. Sings four songs and a change of costume, finishing with an aeroplane song in which she introduces the machine. Her songs are all new, each securing plenty of laughs, particularly "Her First Trip in an Aeroplane". With suitable billing this girl would make good as a headline attraction. She is the American Vesta Victoria. The hit of every performance. Twenty-nine minutes in two. AITKEN-WHITMAN TRIO: Two men and a boy in a spectacular contortion act using their own scenery and doing the regular routine of contortion work. A good act. Full stage fifteen minutes.