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The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

Remember there will be another
candy matinee at the Majestic Sat-
urday. Eat candy and watch the
show. Admission 10 cents.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

We call for ladies' and gents
clothing. We do cleaning and press
ing of the best quality. We deliver
a. your request. Telephone Black
-662.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

We clean and press ladies' white
wool skirts and jackets and guaran-
tee every garment. The Suitorium.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

One of the greatest and finest pro-
grams ever seen at the Majestic Is
being shown the first half of this
week. Admission 10 cents.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

The ladies of the Relief Corps will
have delightful social on Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock in Fra
ternity hall, Odd Fellows building.
The public is cordially invited
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

There will be another big sale of
horses in this city next Saturday
consigned from Goulding & Company
OF Denver 1t will be held at the
Free corral
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

We want your sewer connsetSoos
J. q. Mckenzie
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

Seed potatoes-Early Acme and
Red NcClure-for sale by D. G..
Rice. Phone Red "a.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

Go to the Majestic tonight. Best
program of weeks.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07
ICE! ARTIFICIAL ICE.

No germs or mud. Clear as crys-
tai. The Grand Junction Electric,
Gas & Manufacturing Company.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-07

Let US give you figures Oh q bug
gy.-Fred Hantey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Majestic Theatre.

Every number on the programme for this week is it is claimed, a distinct factor in high grade vaudeville enter tainment. The headliner is the dramatic playet, 'The AceS of Trumps,'' made famous by the distinguished actress, Miss Rose Coghlan who used 1t seven years over the big vaudeville circuits It was written by Frank Ferguson, and it will be presented here by MT. Ferguson him self, assisted by Miss Lillian Woodward, an actress more beautiful than Edna Goodrich and far better actress. it Is said, than the future Mrs. Nat Goodwin. Musical travesty and instrumental excel lence will be represented by La Pierre, Christiani X Joyce. and the noted ban joist. Frank Markley, is also on the bill. Dainty little Camille Personi will sing and dance herself into popular favor at once, while the noted tramp impersona- tor, W. J. McDermott, will cause unin- terrupted laughter with his ridiculous eff fusions The prettiest of so-called sister acts is that of Adelna Roattine and Clara Stevens. and the two Chinese mu- sjcans and singers would certainly be novelty on any stage today. This pro- gramme, 1t is claimed, cannot be excelled .a an eieht-aet offering.
 "The Ace of Trumps'' the playlet which Fra nK A. ftTgliSOH tiic dutuOlt VIII pAt- sent with his company has long stood as the leading dramatic success of vau- deville. it having been played over the Eastern and Orpheum circuits for several years Miss Coghlan the distinguished star. was in the original production, and manage have pronounced 1t the most artistic playlet ever given in their thea tres. This will be the first time 1t has heen presented in this city. Miss Lillian Woodwards appearance in 'The Ace of Trumps' has received the greatest praise her acting being of the highest order The actress has brought over from Paris several stunning gowns which will de- light the feminine auditors. The striking beauty of Miss Woodward Is revelation
 IaPierre, Christiani & Joyce constitute q trio for a one-act musical comedy written and copyrighted by Frederick La- Pierre called ''The Devils Orchestra. . and is fitting vehicle for the display of the special musical talents of the tal- ented three. MT LaPierre is a prominent panist and his imitation of the lady baritone Is said to he simply ''knoek- out '' Count Fritz Chrstiani is a violin ist and Col. James A, Joyce Is unexcelled as a cornet expert There are bright lines in this bright comcdietta in addi- ton to exhibitions of fetching instsanen- talisms
 Adelina Roattino and Clara Stevens,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
At the Gayety.

Were the man who invented the saying that imitation is the sincerest hattery alive today to see the host of "Salomes which have descended upon us he would soon discover what a very bad phlloso- pher he was. One can quite understand that the originator of this poetic dance La Vive" does not feel flattered Tor her many imitators have lowered the classic dance almost to the level of sheer bul- foonery.
 Some of them have not even a neddlns acauaintance with any style of dancing, and only d few of their gawky inartist'c movements are necessary to make Il eVi- dent that the idea of the 'Salome dance has been copied just to enable them, un- der the guise of art, to attract the crowds by the exposure of their naked ness.
 The prostitution of art IS doing this great Partisan La Nive' good deal of iniustice, for those who nave seen bad limitations without having had the oppor- tunty to see this Paiisian dance get the impression that her performance Is just as crude and offensive. There issas mueh difference between La Nive' and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

the two girls who compose a well known team of refined singers and dane- CTS, are artists in the highest sense of the word and they have an act which is heightened in beauty by special seen cry Miss Roattino sings delightfully."- while portraying different picturesque characters, such as the cute Chinese boy, the sailor laddie, and the Indian girl, and Miss Clara Stevens does fantastic danc- ing to correspond with the harmonious representations sung by Miss Roattino and typified on q screen with spot light effect and electrical embellishments. This novelty singing and dancing act stands at the head of it's class.
 The act of the two Chnamen, Kui Lynn and Sand Don, stands out in the light as unique. There is nothing like 1t anywhere and it cannot be duplicated These two young Chinamen are direct from the Flowery kingdom and were Tn the special entourage of Li Hung Chang when he made the trip around the world. It is a known fact that it is very hard for the Chinese to master American lau- sical methods, but Kui Lynn and Sang Don have done this, and sing American ballads and play American airs with beautiful effect Appearing in their na- tive costumes accompanying themselves on their quaint little Chinese instru- ments they sing q number of Chlnese songs then they also sing number or
 American popular songs and ballads making the act the most remarkable and brilliant in the freak musical line. lt will be a hit. This is their first appear ance in vaudeville, the management se- curing this great prize ahead of all others , in America. n, ~ ,,,;,,. Mir. McDermott shares with Nat Wilis
 
 | of heinz one of the matchless triumvirate ] of tramn imnersonators. In fact, It IS | claimed that MT. McDermott has a htte the edge on the other two artists III the way of original methods and in the iuho | of new anecdotes. s 4,,. l There is no fairer picture penilo ,,,o ,no l footliehts than dainty and sweet Cafnilie
 ro,.so,,i as the hart-stealing little Geisha 1 ,irl from the Land of Chrysanthemums. | Miss Personi Is also very bewitef ilb III | cowbov costume and as her own capelVae- ing self in an imported Parislah crea,iv'i ,i 1 she would be potent as a siren ol oiu III hiring the males of the tribe or oiysees' 1 The lady is a sweet singer ana hel u"a l acter impersonations are aiwass "ei l ceived. .n. ;s 1 The banjo in the hands of master IS | ,s nIeasinpr as any musical offering and ! those who hear MT. MarlSley's man1pula- | tto, of this instrument will not wonder at the high reputation he has achieved. 1 He is at home both in the domain or the l classic and in the more understaiioaple i regions of the popular melodies MT ! Merlslev has just completed the big Chi
 caeo vaudeville houses and this is his first | trip south. ,...oa 1 The motion pictures have been selected
 with tasteful care and trained judgment | They are specially designed to make peo- | nle laugh and no doubt will faithfully iul- 1 fill their pleasant mission There VIII De l a matinee each afternoon at s.So' esp, 1 ciailv for the ladies and children, and | aft s:so every night there will be the us | ual performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
"The Thief" Is Praised.

Here is what Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Journal says of ''The Thief,' which comes to the Jefferson the atre tomorrow nig.it:
 Charles F'rohman has produced a play called "The Thief translated from the French by Henri Bernstein.
 "The Thief" tells the story of woman who steals in order to have money for clothes to win her husbands admiration. That, to begin with, is a change from the average play, in which we find a hus- band or wife trying to get as far away as possible from the life partner, trying to drown a past, polish up a present, or do something else along the lines of the divorce courts
 ..The Thief is woman deeply in love with her husband. and tortured by his in- difference. She notices that he has no eyes for her in the simple clothes that she can afford She knows that she would be as attractive and as interesting as others if she possessed their various fancy trimmings, and she is determined that she will be trimmed and decorated as they are to win her husbands atten- ton.
 Women whose husbands find good deal of money to spend with others and very little to spend with their wives, may well take their husbands to see this play. Many husbands might do well to go there on their own account; they might learn some things to their ad- vantage.
 7 They might learn that little attention. a little inexpensive admiration and praise, can help great deal with the bills, and perhaps save lot of expenditure.
 It would do many husbands good to learn that it is idiotic to tie their owrr wives down to small allowance of money, and to be forever expressing ad- miration of those things which their own wives cannot possibly have.
 Richard Is the husband in this play. When he learns how his wife has been bounded. and how she has finally stolen from their best friends to pay for the dresses that he admired. but wouldnt t buy, he goes through many beautiful moral spasms.
 He might have saved himself the .spasms n hs had done one of two things: IBux the handsomess things for his own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
"ln Old Kentucky

A notable instance of the survival of the Attest in the amusement world is the case of "In Old Kentucky" the next at- traction at the Biiou.
 This vigorous, picturesque and thrilling play. now in it's 16th year, naifests freshness and youth that is little short of the marvellous. It seems destined to hold it's own with theatre goers for all time. Perhaps the secret of its power lies in the sweet and idyllic love story, per haps in the exciting episodes perhaps in inc amusing sport and boyish antics of the comical little Ethiopians Be what 1t may, it's drawing powers cannot be ques- toned With tie constant changing in the the public taste and the theatrical managers constant efforts to provide the sort of entertainment demanded by play goere, the average drama of the age of "In Old Kentucky has long since ceased to exist. SD far as possessing any present earning capacity. This bluegrass classic, howeyer seems to have been written for all time Its appeal is lasting and it's fame is perennial The story of the brave little mountain girl and her unselfisf de- votion to the call of duty has touched a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
"Hunfan Hearts. "

Any play that teaches q great moral lesson has tendency to do good to community Some of the greatest ser mons ever preached against evil deeds and association are embodied in plays of the stage The lesson of life is presented to the listener in a way that makes an impression on the mind and gives him food for thought While the spectator is listening to the text of the play, his visual sense is being attracted by seeing the scenes enacted before his eyes, that are being described in the words to which he is listening
 In such a play as Human Hearts" which comes to the Jefferson theatre next Friday and Saturday nights. with Satur- day matinee. the contrast between virtue and vice is sharply drawn. The author has not minced matters in drawing his characters. and as the incidents of the nlav are based on real occurrences, he has not had to draw upon his imagination to invent motive for Human Hearts.
 The characters of Jeannette and Fred erick Armsdale in Human Hearts should be carefully studied by everyone. We meet their prototypes in daily Ire, in nearly all large communities. How often do we see men and women who, with all the advantage of education, com fortable homes, and the loving care of parents and friends, still go astray, and sink lower and lower in the social scales, until they reach the lowest depths of deg radiation We meet them every day.
 Another novel character drawing in this play is that of Jem Mason, a man horn amidst the lowest surroundings, with no advantage in early life, knowing nothing of the difference between right and wrong: osiminal because he has had no opportunities to be anything else But here is a character that coaspres to better things The inherent instinct to raise himself above the level of his sur roundings is lying dormant, but, when the realization of the difference between right and wrong is brought home to him, he chooses the proper path.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
Black Patti Troubadours.

The Black Patti Troubadours, recog- nzed as among the most popular and s,,ooassful stage attractions in the United States. presenting a varied style of enter tainment will be seen at the Jefferson theatre next Thursday matinee and night.
 The company consists of 40 Afro-Ameri- cans. headed by Mime. Sissieretta Jones, popularly known as the tBlaek Patti and considered to be the most accom- nlished singer of her race, and Tut
 Whitney. the unexcelled droll comedian, renuted to be the funniest colored man alive. Black Patti has appeared with great success in Europe, singing in Paris. Berlin, St Petersburg, London and other music centers, and enjoys the distinction of having sung by command for the pres ami king of Great Britain Her success in the United States with the Troubadours covers d period of Il years. During that lime she has appeared before the largest audiences that ever assembled to pay homage to d diva. Al the Madison souare Garden, New York City, she at tracted an audience numbering over 16,0Oo >and at the great Pittsburg Exposition, 93 oo0 people assembled to hear her sing
 She has been the stellar attraction Of tbe .erroubadours'' for 12 consecutive sea- sons and the unprecedented success of this company is due; in large measure to the remarkable vocal accomplishments of this distinguished artist. There are two score other singers, dancers, come dians. vaudevllians. specialists, refined coon shouters. comprising the Black Pat ii Troudabours," who appear in a stage show that Is as varied as it is entertain ing and the kind that is understood and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01


 spicnous success, however, according to inc critics who found fault with the role as not being adapted to suitable DOT traval bv the star The faults which were complained of in her case do not hold good in the case of Miss Davis
 Three of the fouis acts of the play take place in the ''greenwood,n whither Mary, who has thrown conventionals to the winds. has gone to wander as q gypsy The experiences of the heiress in the for est are of a novel and diverting character and give opportunity fer number of humorous sitlauaps, in which Mss Da- wis and her faithful secretary, eXceilently played by Miss Theodora Dudley, are at their best.
 In her wandering the heiress falls in love with the squire, upon whose lard inc eypsv van chances to be, part which is given suitable expression by Elliott Dexter who in, addition to prov ing a marvelously successful lover, has an engaging presence that lends itself well to the somantic role in which he IS cast.
 MT. Edwin Van Sloan presents Sir Kenneth Graham. with fair concep- tion of the possibilities of a part that might be. better played. With the ex- cention of those members already men, tioned the work of the balance of the cast. while not notable, is sufficient to make the play slip along to the inevita- hle Announcement which is the eulmina- tion in the house in Park Roy of the TO- mantle loves of Mary and the rural squire and of her faithful secretary, Peggy, ana the little lording Sir Kenneth.
 The play is refreshing and mas con siderable of the dash and go that giVes it a tonic quality especially in the early na,.t of the season when the lingering ,ernnants of summer are to be noted in the readings of the thermometer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

 responsive chord in the hearts of Amer ican playgoers that time cannot efface.
 No performance of 'In Old Kentucky would satisfy without the score of little piclSaninnies that always form an 1nte- gral part of the play, and whose dancing, singing and general hilarity go far to tighten the more serious. thread or the story For the present season of 190S-09 a sumptuous new scenic outfit has been prepared and Litt and Dingwall who con trol Tn Old Kentucky" have secured one of the best companies that has ever been seen in the piece Miss May Stock ton will appear for the first time in the role of Madge Brierly and two players who have been Identified with "ln Old Kentuck'' for so many seasons that a performance without them would not seem complete, Charles K. French and Bert G. Clark, are still in the organiza- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
"under the Greenwood Tree"

Here is what the New Orleans States said of Miss Florence Davis and her pro- duction of '.Under the Greenwood Tree, ,'' which comes to the Jefferson theatre on Tuesday matinee and night:
 Miss Florence Davis, a winsome and dainty little actress whose face is a new one to local theatre-goers, made her bow to a New Orleans audience last night She was received like an old friend, her reception being cordial in ths extreme a tribute to a reading of lines whchi, interpreted in a less faithful and
 painstaking actress, would have been commonplace.
 Given a more or less mefitorious play, whose chief charm lies in its unconven- tonality, d quality that attaehes to some of the lines which strangely suggest Bernard Shaw, Miss Davis invests the part of Mary, the unconventional heir ess in .'Under the Greenwood Tree with a penchant for startling her friends by doing unexpected things, with consider able of her own personal charm and vii vacity, and while at times her work is a trifie intense. this is lost sight of in the general excellence of her conception of the part and her skill at interpreting 1t to the best advantage.
 ''ITnder the Greenwood Tree is a woodland idyl in four acts, each well staged and handsomely embellished, lt is the story of Henry V. Esmond that in it's dramatic form was essayed by Maxine Elliott. not with the most con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01
PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.

For years Frederick Paulding. who will stage his new play, The woman Hour" for Adelaide Thurston when Francis X. Hope produces 1t this coming season, has been putting big produc- tions before the public both "on the road and in the foremost stock theatres of the country for a long time. There is scarce ly one of the Shakesperian plays Of which he has not given one or more elab- crate productions during his career and his list of plays and parts directed and enacted is of curious length and variety, embracing every form of entertainment from musical comedy to classic tragedy. Little Chip and Mary Marble, in His Honor the Mayor the musical play which has run for four months in New York. will come to the Jefferson on Nov. 12. His Honor the Mayor is in many re- spects the most successful entertainment of it's kind, having broken all records both at the New York theatre and Wal lacks theatre. during it's run at these houses, and again for four weeks at the Circle theatre last winter Added to this is it's record of six months in Chicago. The production in it's entirety, with many new features added, will be brought to the Jefferson.
 For the position of leading woman with Al. H. Wilson in his new play, When Old New York Was Dutch" manager Sidney R. Ellis has engaged Miss Irma La Pierre, who supported the late J. D. Stoddard in Beside the Bonnie Brier Busb," and who later created the char acter of Annie in Way Down East" and the widow in "The College Widow"
 The escape from the mill by means of the revolving fans is the climax of the first act in T'rhe Red Mill. No more in- spring picture has ever been shown than when Con Kidder. supporting the Burgo- masters daughter by the waist his right hand grasping the blade slowly descends with her to the stage where both make their escape. It is so intensely melo- dramatic a to call for curtain calls with out number.
 "The Girl Question:" the musical com edy which scored the phenomenal run of 339 consecutive performances last winter at the LaSalle theatre, Chicago, will be seen at the Jefferson on November 19. It is by the authors of '"The Time. The Place and The Grl'' and is under the management of the Aslxin-S Singer Co, while it's cast includes Paul Nicholson. Henrietta Tedro, Marguerite De von. Nina Collins, Russell Lennon. Thos. De Vassy and Lewis Wood. There are 12 songs. and the piece was produced under the direction of George Marion, producer of The Merry Widow" "rhe Sultan of Sulu." 'The Prince of pnsen,' "A Stub born Cinderella" and a dozen other big successes
 When Charming Pollock and Thomas Dixon Jr,. had completed the manuscript of ''rhe Traitor. the dramatic sequel to The Clansman.H a number of the mosf prominent Broadway managers com menced negotiations for the play. After hearing the manuscripts read they offered unusually liberal royalties for the pro duction rights. After careful consldera- tion. however Messrs. Pollock and Dixon decided to place the play in the hands of George II Brennan. whp had achieved such wonderful results with The Clans man" "'rhe Traitor will be the attrae- ton at the Jefferson November 9 and 2s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

majority of her imitators as there is be- tween the sun and a tallow candle. lm- tations are good bad or indifferent ae- oording to the limitations of the imita- tors and the limitations of some of her imitators are such that their limitations begin and end with the costumes. Clothes do not make the man. nor do they, or lack of them, make the classical dancer. Imitat rs may copy the costume. the scene and even the music used by 'L4 Vive' in her "Vision of Salome' and yet they get no nearer to the real thing than a German telegraph in a gorgeous frame does to an old master. It is doubtfui ln- deed if some of these copyists have ever witnessed one of this great dancers per formances. A picture of her as "Salome
 and description of her costume propa- bly supplied them with all the classical education they eyer had. la Tive VIII appear with the Golden Crook ENtraVa- ganza company at the Gayety this week commencing tomorrow matinee.