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VARIETY TO THE PUBLIC AND Younger Generation of Managers and Performers The following article was printed in The New York Clipper, Oct. 30th Reviewing the Show at the Prospect Theatre, Brooklyn I BY HARRY . BARNES and CRAWFORD, back in vaudeville after a brief excursion into the legitimate, received a strong welcome in their familiar "nut" specialty, "The Magazine Man and The Lady." Barnes made several references to the fact that Dooley and Sales had preceded them at this house the previous week. He seemed to be under the impression that Dooley had appropriated some of his comicalities. He is laboring under a misapprehension, and the remarks about the other team were consequently in bad taste. As a matter of fact, Stinson and Merton, and Morton and Revelle did acts similar to the Barnes and Crawford offering years before Mr. Barnes was in the show business. An entire new act would be the proper caper for Barnes and Crawford now. Once before this lucky comedian accused me of taking his material and I ignored him. But now that I have read a criticism of one who evidently knows, I feel it is a duty to myself to let my friends, both in and out of the profession, know the truth. I learned my profession through experience. When I was fifteen years old I STARRED in one of the biggest musical com- edies at that time, called 'THE DAZZLER," and it stayed out all season and not nine days. I appropriate no one's material, but there are a number of acts quite successful with mine. I will follow the lucky comedians on any bill. I have followed the above lucky comedian at his own request at a benefit performance given at Freepprt, and made him look like thirty cents. Ask any performer living in Freeport. * Originally Yours FRANCIS DOOLEY AND* CORINNE SALES (The best man and woman comedy act in vaudeville today. Bar none.) P. S.—The widow of AL. STINSON could well use royalty on any material or ideas that her husband ORIGINATED. Why doesn't the user of this material pay it to her ? JUST FOR INFORMATION J. Francis Dooley has been in vaudeville for 24 years. Dooley and Sales have been a team in vaudeville for 10 years. The reason why Dooley and Sales have remained in vaudeville for 10 consecutive years is because they refused every produc- tion offer that did not call for the team. Sometimes they headline us and sometimes you can't see our names on the billing, but we are seldom not working. So why pick on ut young people who must be novices, after all of these years? Make a name for yourself as Dooley and Sales have, and then you won't have to worry or apologize through attempting to belittle anyone else* We have only had one agent, always the same JAME.S E,. PIAJNKE,TT