The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-29

gregation has secured one of the latest
musical comedies of French author and
it is said that the production as far as
comedy, music, scenery, costuming and
general equipment Is concerned. will rank
most favorably with those seen in the
Broadway play-houses. In fact, there is
nothing In the whole makeup of the of
fering to remind one of the former at
fractions presented on the burlesque
stage.
'"roo Much Isaacs" is the very catchy
title of the "Bowery's" new extravagan-
"a, in which Ben Jansen, the popular
Hebrew comedian is portraying the stel-
lar role
A universal store dealing in almost
anything from an automobile to pins fur
nishes the setting of the first act. A
matrimonial bureau is connected with the
store An Irishman seeks the services Of
this department in his desire for wife.
Among the many patrons of the universal
store Is Mrs. Maggie Isaacs, a very
wealthy woman who has just increased
her fortune by selling her oil farm for
S., 600, 900. She meets the Hibernian and a
marriage is arranged. On the scene ap@
pears Teddy Coughdrop, a young chorus
girl who requests Madam Cackiyack, the
owner of the general store, to provide
her with a substitute for he'd, Toddy's,
husband, who has been dead for several
years, and who prior to his marriage was
disinherited on account of marrying girl
from the stage. The deceased was the
son of very wealthy Brazilian coffee
planter, who was not aware of his SON s
death. In order to raise money, To-day
communicated with the Brazilian and in
formed him that he had become a grand
father and that the baby as we'll as she
and her husband were in very poor cir
cumstances. The old gentleman took
mercy on their poverish condition and
weekly remittances were Forthcoming.
Teddy in fear of losing the revenue If
ever the planter were informed OF his
sons death, used every possible scheme
to conceal this fact. Everything went we'll
| until news reached her of the sudden
death of the Brazilian, who left the en-
tire fortune to his son and baby
Madam Caokiyack promised to pr9vide
not only a husband, but also baby
which both were essential to claim the
inheritance. AT the same time Solomon
Isaacs, and HIS brother Abraham, en-
tered the universal store and informed
| the proprietress of the blowing UP of an
| automobile which they hired from her
| Unable to pay for the damage, Madam
Cackiyack threatens to send them to jail.
| The two brothers offered their services in
| the department store until they had
earned the amount due for the damaged
| auto The offer was accepted and Solo
mon was engaged to represent the de-
| ceased husband of To-day. In the mix UP
Mrs Maggie Isaacs re-appears and claims
him as her own husband, who deserted
( her some years ago. Madam Cackiyach
! told Solomon IL he acknowledged to be
| the husband Of Mrs. Isaacs she would
\ place him behind prison bars. He. how
| ever, insisted that he is married to Tod
| DIV Coughdrop. On the strength of this
| statement Mrs. lsaacs secures war
| rant for his detention on a bigams
| charge Teddy, fearing Solomon's arres
| would interfere with her getting posses
| sion of the fortune. takes him out o.
| town and hides him at some countr,
| place. Casey, the Irishman, displays {
/ great fondness for Mrs. Isaacs and II
busily engaged in getting solomon out o