The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13


 January l.
 One of the dramatic events of the coming season will be the appearance here at the Jefferson on Wednesday, De- cember 30 of Eleanor Robson. She will be seen in Richard Harding Davis new ploy, ''Vera the Medium
 In the eastern company playing .'The Time, the Place and the Girl" the mu- l sical comedy with a record of 463 per formances in Chicago, the part of Mollie Kelly, the nurse. will be played by Miss Josephine Parks She played the part a short time last season, but as she had originated one of the principal parts in ''rhe College Widow" MT. Savage exer- cised the option upon her services which his contract with her provided and sent her to Europe to play her original role in the London production of that play This contract however has now expired and she will be seen in this part the en- tire year
 The double male quartet, always a fea- ture of Denman Thompson's "The Old Homestead" is said to De stronger and better than ever this season. Has man created in Gods image the right of way to happiness?
 This great question is discussed to the full satisfaction of the audience in Eu- gene w. Presbrey's dramatic version of Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, "The Right of Way" which Klaw & Erlanger will present in this city at the Jefferson on the night of December 24.
 Mir. Presbrey stoutly asserts that if he had not been near enough to death to realize that the ambitions, desires, pas sions. the conventions that govern law. society. morals, religion and the usual relations of man to man, are of no i'm portance and have at the opportune mo- ment influence on the human soul. he never could have known the Charley Steele he presents in the play.
 This does not make the play ser mon--far from 1t. Instead it is a DOW erful psychological study of an intensely human character appealing directly to the heart rather than to the head, highly novel in treatment, riding roughly over. vet not offending. conventions.
 A powerful company supports the stars MT. Guy Standing and MT. Theodore Roberts, who will be seen in the roles of Charley Steele and Joe Portueais (the French Canadian habitant,) two of the most fascinating and human char acters now to be seen on the stage
 James K Hackett, who will appear at the Jefferson theatre on January is one of the few remaining actors in this country who have genuine Knowledge of swordsmanship. Coming of a his- torical, theatrical family, MT HaclSett comes by his histrionism naturally and the same may be said for his ability as a swordsman. He has had numerous acci- dents in the course of his career, but it was early this season while appearing in his successful revival of "The Pris- oner of Zenda," at his own theater in New York-The Hackett--that for the first time he was obliged to close down for night on account of an injury that he received in the foot during the stirring duel in the last act of the fla nous Hope drama.
 Joseph Jefferson. the actor. who is starring with his brother William w in '.The Rivals was invited during his last trip abroad to attend house party given by an Englishman. Jefferson glad ly accepted the kind invitation.
 During one of the several shooting ex- petitions Jefferson and several others of the party stopped at a farm house. The son of the farmer, lad about 10 years old, seemed a very bright boy Different people in the party asked the boy many questions-all of which he answered without hesitation. Finally Jefferson asked this little Eng