The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

years ago that one kndw anything about
the ''Tanguay. although she has been
OF the stage sir &c she was eleven years
olu. playing all over the country with
her mother who was also an actress.
and appearing with the smaller compa-
MES. presenting repertories consisting Of
melodramas. eomis operas, farees, musi-
cal comedies, anything and everything
that the paying public demanded for their
amusement, but all the while studying
and working to perfect herself in the art
she had chosen as her life work. Gifted
by hereditament with a magnetic person.
alty, pquant face and well-moulded
figure. together with q sympathetic vocal
organ that best finds it's fort IN the sing
ing of syncopated melodies-now so popu-
lar, Miss Tanguay IS today considered
of the foremost condolences on the
American stage.
Perhaps the greatest amount of dstinc-
ton vouchsafed "Tanguay" arose from
her singing the coon song, MY Sambo."
now so familiar to all lovers of rag
time" music, and It is doubtless due to
the success of this particularly rhythmic
ditty that Miss Tanguay decided to have
A play built around il and called THE
Sambo Girl al d it is pleasure to rec
ord that the play is meeting with as
much, if not more acclaim, than that at
tanned by the song which inspired 1t.
In her latest opera. "A Madeap Prin-
cess" Lulu Chaser is said to show to
better advantage than in any of those in
which she has appeared since she started
starring.
Miss Florence Davis will be seen here
in the near future In the new romantic
comedy by Miss Louise Malloy of the
Baltimore American, 1.-The Player Maid"
The story deals with the adventures of
young actress of London, a spoiled
favorite of society. with a keen wit and
high temper who masquerades as young
English heiress under rather unusual
circumstances. The young heiress, who
Is summoned from her foreign school
and is so neglected by her relatives that
they have not seen her for years, comes
to London with the Intention of marry
ing her own love instead Of the husband
destined for. her by her guardian and
begs Eleanor Hallam. the star of Drury
Lane theatre to appear for time in her
place. The actress consents to the plan
| in order to punish the obnoxious bride
groom, who has excited her Indignation
by refusing to meet her. Her plan is
to make him fall IN love with her. and
then 1out him She plays her part we'll,
terrorizes the neglectful relatives and
| succeeds in making her supposed fiance
| fall desperately in love. with her. when
Jealous lover from london for whom
she cares nothing finds her out and
| threatens to betray her, driving her to
her wits end to get rid of him and pre-
! vent exposure of the deception. Her
| tricks and plans to attain this end from
the principal part of the comedy. The
scenes are in the dressing room and on
| the stage of Drury Lane theatre, the
| drawing room, terrace and ball room of
| ar. old ancestral English castle Of great
beauty, while the period affords great
pioturesqueness in the costumlng. Miss
| Davis is supported by an excellent COM
| pany including Elliott Dexter who is
| fast becoming a matinee idol
The Gibson girls N 1.-THE Education of
Mr.. Pipp' are In much demand these days
1 at the hands of ladies who conduct dress
and millinery departments of the news
papers and magazines, and other ladies
who conduct dress and millinery estab-
lishments in provincial cities. OF these
latter there are apparently some hun
dreds in New York at present, buying
Easter finery for their home clients and
customers. and at the conclusion of last
| Saturdays matinee performance the stage
door of the Liberty theatre was beseiged
| by a dozen or so ladies who craved ''only
word or So with Miss Beecher or Miss
/ Draughn and a closer -ie-1 of "those
loves of gownsr'