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"Did you ever see a ventriloquist? The ventriloquist speaks, a mannequin answers. The questions are so adroit, the answers so natural, that everyone, even to the mannequin, thinks that the dialogue is real. Such, Miss Raritan, is love -- a duo in which one of the vocalists grimaces while the other sings for two."
"Mr. Jones, I knew your wit was copyrighted, I did not know it was profound."