The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-12
The Society Circus.

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 Abounding in clever acting and features of local interest, the seventh annual So ciety Circus of the Birmingham Athletic club, given at the Jefferson theatre last night, was a success in every way. l There was not an item of the pro- l gramme that failed to bring hearty ap- plause from the packed house, and every number was encored. The six beautiful Christy girls, the excellent acrobatc work, the Pierrots, the clever feats of pr. J. E. Dedman in his Midnight Mysteries of the Yogi,' and the humorous telephone l skit of Dr. Lorenzo Luckie and Miss Jes- 1 sic Thompson kept the audience enter ] tained from the time the curtain rose until 1t was lowered.
 The circus" began promptly on time and was concluded exactly according to programme. There was one short inter- mission and not a dull moment occurred during the evening.
 l Hill Ferguson sang descriptive songs of each of the six Christy beauties, who were: Miss Mary Gillespie, My Dearie;" Miss Mary Ruth McLester, "I Arise from Dreams of Thee" Miss Jessie Thompson, For This" Miss Ethel Clifford, Sing Me to Sleep;" Miss Bertha Slater, Beau tvs Eyes," Miss Marjorie Catchings, Love Me if I Live" The pages were Louis Coleman and Evans Dunn. The poses of each were strikingy beau 1 tiful, and the resemblance to the great est of Christy's productions was strong. ;, The costumes were elegant and taste full. In fact the entire feature was car ried, out in such a manner that the six young women, considered the handsomest in Birmingham, made decided hit.
 The acrobatic work under the direction of Prof. Ed Miles was the finest exhibi- ton by amateur performers ever given in this city. The work of the Miles brothers and Kissinger and DeVit was especially noticeable. The programme for Part l, consisting entirely of acrobatic work, was as follows:
 Entrance of acrobats, c. H. Miles. Ed 1 Miles, Ed Chairsell, l. w. Larimore will i Robinson, James Bolton. H. c. Kennard, l Hill Ferguson, John Hill Robert Bevill, J. c. Hodges. Spencer brothers.
 Parallel bars, by company i Hand balancing, Al Kissinger and Buck ] Devit.
 Horizontal bars, by company.
 High trapeze, Kissinger and DeVit. | Miles.
 ;, Ground Hog Work" by company. l The "Pierrots, consisting of twelve of the most beautiful of the younger set gave choral dance that was encored sev- ] eral times. The chorus consisted of Miss Mary George Greene, Miss Mae Belle l Cosby. Miss Ruth Gaudin. Miss Virginia White, Miss Grace Blackburn, Miss Madge ! Chisholm Miss Juliet Davidson, Miss Marguerite Ehrman, Miss Edna Miles and Miss Mary Sue Brazeal.
 Miss Mary Sue Brazeal, assisted by a number of girls and boys from the classes of the Athletic club. rendered a club swinging drill The graceful work of Miss Brazeal as the leader of the drill pro- volSed much favorable comment. and the chorus kept together with remarkable ac- curacy. Those taking part in the drill were: Mary Sue Brazeal. assisted by Misses Lillian Hughes, Ruth Gaudin, FL len Norton, Pearl Blackburn, Grace Black burn. Mary George Greene, Maybelle Cosby. Hazel Copeland Madge Chisolm, Juliet Davidson, Helen Rosa Randolph, Virginia Bidgood. Virginia White. Lily Armstrong. Madge Armstrong. Mar EutliAlt EHtAHdL, rhlitS, lOTIlc Miles and Tom Jones. Truman Thomas. Henry Gray, George Carver.
 The telephone sxit, Cupid on the wire.' by Miss Jessie Thompson and Dr. To- ], renzo Luckie, was full of local inter- est. The jokes concerning local men prom inent in social circles were greatly en- joyed.
 The feats of Dr. Dedman a magician would have been creditable to a profess sional. He kept the audience in continual suspense and one surprise followed am | other.