The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09

ing character or whatever one may
 choose to call the headliner on the bills,
 is supposed to have seen and heard so
 much that he Is blase, and in compact
 made with his highness, the Devil, he is
 allowed to touch the lips of select
 bunch of beauties, to find his souls af
 finity. After a few trials he thinks he has
 caught the perfectly right brand of
 liquid, lip-coloring matter, and then the
 play goes on with diversions and inter
 ruptions that neither border on the
 risque. the dramatic or prosaic In fact,
 1t is mostly big vaudeville show, with
 some excellent acts and fine display of
 pretty girls good scenic effects and mer- ry music The Devil turns up every little
 while and makes himself most agreeable,
 gets a round of applause when singing of a few impossible people whom he pos itively will not have in the lower regions,
 and even falls in love with soubrette
 passed out to him-merely to accommo-
 date some other couples, who otherwise
 would lose wager
 Miss Gilmore as the dancer Is a very attractive young woman, clever on her feet, and responding to every call made her for entertainment. She Is more ac- ceptable to the theatre-goers, apparently,
 than her predecessor, and was often re- called and heartily applauded. Miss Olga
 Roller, one of the entertainers. has a fine voice and made a hit in her song
 with MT. Naughton, who by the way, is clever and entertaining Miss Finlay,
 singing Harry Lauder's songs. was well received, and MT. Carrier made quite an impression as the old actor. George Fox. as Skevensky, is responsible for great deal of the laughter-in- his character work he is as good as they make. One of the hits of the show this season is the Musical Girls ballet. This comprises a score of demurely dressed girls. who
 wear tuned sleigh bells. and with the aid of the orchestra play some fetching mel odies while dancing and posing. This was recalled at each performance half dozen times The scene at the Bal Ia barin on New Years night is very pretty and there were other attractive and inter esting scenes and features.
 sTena Rivers" at BiJou
 In making bookings for fair week in Birmingham Manager Semon was par ticular to select an attraction which he considered one of the strongest that has ever been to the BUou, thereby offering visitors to the fair the best attraction of the season. He selected .'Lena Rivers because 1t is story of the south. a clean, healthy play in which not smutty line has been allowed tO CIccpp duu WAtro any woman may be glad to be seen. It Is taken from the novel of Mary J. Holmes and was dramatized by Beulah Poynter. one of the most popular actresses that visits Birmingham. An excellent com pany has been gathered together and the. rehearsals were und@r the personal |superyision of Miss Poynter.
 Lena Rivers will be seen at the Bitou all fair week, commencing Monday. night and running every night. with mat |inees Tuesday, Thursday and, Saturday. The demand for tickets is considerable, and therefore 1t Is advisable to buy them early in order to get the best seats.
 '.Lena Rivers"'is play that has had n wonderful amount of success.
 It is held that plays derived from suc- |cessful books appeal to two classes of
 people, one being the readers of the book who goes to see it in play shape out of curiosity; and the other the regular the atre- goers, who makes 1t a point to see |everything that holds out promise of good entertainment. If this Is so. 1t is easy to understand that the dramatized version of Mary J. Holmes popular novel,. Lena Rivers" by Beulah Poynter, has
 proven immensely successful. Certainly