The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

thusiasm wherever presented. The bill also includes the Four Musical Hodges; Frank Orth and Harry Fern, as the trick pianist and tho comcal messenger boy; Leo carrilla, the famous mimic; Jimmie Wall, one of the real burnt cork humor- ists LeCompt, who eats molten lead and swallows red hot iEon the Belgium lyric soprano, Elizabeth LeMont; new motion pictures and an extra attraction for Bir- mingham, the Alaroon trio of Mexican dancers, street Singers and guitar play CTS.
 The fantastic playlette. Mister Strang- er'' will be presented by the eminent ac- tor, Goldwn Patton and his supporting company. The fact of the matter is one of the novelties of tine act consists in the absence of any member of the gentler sex being in the cast, but "the woman is eV- ident all the time, though never appear ing The tale is about how a mysterious stranger prevented girl from marrying a certain party because he wanted the girl for himself then they both find out she has eloped with the coachman.
 The Four Musical Hodges is composed of three young ladies and one young man, and each one of them is an adept In the manipulation of cornet, trombone, French horns chimes, saxaphones and xyio- phones Their playing ranks with that of the Six Musical Cuttys, and the dress ing of the act and all of the appurten- ances are the best Especially pleasing will be found the renditions of the Amer ican Patrol' march and the Light Cav alry'' overture.
 Two decidedly humorous fellows are Fra 1k Orth and Harry Fern, one taking the part of trick pianist and the other is constant source of laughter as messenger boy, who says in an ininlita- hat hook v Mr Ortl plays the piano while standing on his head and then again with a cloth covering the keys Ferns imitation of bell ring ing by using the cords of the portieres Is a scream
 Leo Carrllo is the Variety cartoonist but he does not use his gifts as a cartoon Is. in his vaudeville act, for he is as cele- hrated as a Chinese and Italian mimic as in the pictorial line. He speaks the Chinese language fuently and this enables nin1 to portray the peculiarities of the sTIeathen Chinee' as no one else can. His imitation of an Italian eulogizlng George Washington will win him lots of admirers. MT. Carrillo will each week draw a cartoon of Majestic theatre man agers for "Variety, that is, while in Birmingham, Manager Gould will be the subject of the picture, then at Little Rock the local manager there, and so on.
 Jimmie Wall needs no introduction to Majestic audiences, as he is big favor ite with them and is to play a return en- gagement MT. Wall is one of the best of the black face comedians and has a new line of songs and jokes. He has something just as good as of There Wasn't Any Women in the Word,h his song hit,
 LeCompt, the wizard of fire, is surely a strange being, for he puts red hot iron and molten lead in his mouth as uncon- cernedly as a child would a stick of can dy and he does many other marvellous things along this line for instance, ig- hitting two cartoons by electricity at a voltage of no and then chewing the ends of the whitest carbon, holding one end in his mouth and putting the other out by rubbing it on his tongue.
 Elizabeth LeMont, a Belgium lyric so- prano will be heard in several operatic and popular selections. Miss LeMont has a voice of range and sweetness Miss Le- Mont will be greatly appreciated by the cognoscenti.
 The motion picture feature will be care-