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...very amusing. Next in the line of able performance comes the crude old man, Nick Van Alstyne, portrayed by Thomas Shearer, who, though a bit forced in the first act, becomes much more convincing and amusing as the play goes on-especially in his practicing how to appear and comport himself correctly in the presence of the snappy widow. The widow Olga Birbeck carries off the honors among the women-folk, particularly in the last two acts...
Jewel Tea-the house-to-house salesmen comport themselves with the dignity of small businessmen, and are really so-profits...
Like the play Petrova's performance was uneven. Yet so very well did she comport herself in the essential moments that her work seemed to many the best of her career...