The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-16
these pictures as only so marvellous a word painter is capable of doing.

1 these pictures as only so marvellous a word painter is capable of doing.
 
 Martin Harvey, the English actor, con tinued his legendary romance ''The Children of Kings at the Herald Square theater until Wednesday evening. when he presented for the first time in this country "A Cigarette Makers Romance" ," adapted by Charles Hannah, from Marion Crawfords novel. In "A Cigarette Max ers Romance" MT. Harvey appeared in the role of poor Russian count who has lost his memory and, deprived of his es- tates in Russia. is earning his living as a cigarette maker in Munich. By a strange blank in his memory he has forgotten his name and his home, but every Wednesday he Is convinced that his friends are com ing for him, and every Wednesday he takes a holiday and makes preparations to receive them. Each moment of the day he hears footsteps and carriages driving up to the door. As midnight approaches he becomes more and more nervous and excited. Around this interesting and pa- thetic figure Is woven the love-story of the cigarette girl Viera. who sells he hair that the count may redeem debt of honor.
 Mabelle Gilman, one of the youngest and by no means the least wlnsome of | the InuSlctl-cOHeuN SQuDTetIeS or t0ls 1 day and generation, stepped blithely for ward as a star at the Bijou theater Mon day night in a comic opera entitled "Tht Mocking Bird" written for the purpose l by Sidney Rosenfeld and A. Baldwin Sloane. The new star will be remember. ed by her clever work in "The Geisha, ''The Runaway Girl'' and other musical comedies, and the Messrs. Sire believe she is sufficiently popular to warrant her be- frcr ,,Io at 1ao of pany. The authors have come home for a plot, a procedure which is quite unusual in comic opera. It is laid in New Orleans about a century and half ago, when France ceded the Territory of Louisiana to Spain The heroine, who will be i'm personated by Miss Gilman and called Yvette Milet, is a patriotic French girl who does not take kindly to the terri torial transfer. For the sake of love in- terest she is represented to be the sweet heart of the French governors secretary, but also espoused by her elderly guardian, who Is bent upon making her his wife.
 The French governor is a vacillating person who endeavors to serve both the Spanish and French kings. The citizens and citizenesses are far more patriotic, and led by Yvette, the join an uprising which causes much trouble. Yvette bravely pulls down the Spanish flag and thereby greatly offends the Spanish envoy who is there to proclaim the early arrival of the new governor of the territory. This action Is sufficient to cause enough trouble to keep all the characters em- broiled until the happy outcome in the final act Much elaborations is promised in the way of costumes and scenery which were designed respectively by VIII S. Barnes and St. John Lewis. There will be chorus of sixty people and list of principals including Frank Doane, Sydney Deane, Edgar Atchison- Ely Robert Rog- CTS, Roland Carter, Walter Shannon, Hat the Forsythe, Violet Holls and Sarah Os 1 good.
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