The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-03

1 wherever it goes if it continues the high
 class performance given here last even | ing"
 The "Three Twins"
 l The Three Twins" which will be the
 attraction at the Jefferson theatre | Wednesday night, is offered without fear
 of contradiction. as the most gigantic
 musical comedy on the road It had
 he distinct honor of receiving the uni
 versal press criticism on it's opening in
 New York at the Herald Square theatre.
 It also had a run of five months at the
 Whitney opera house In Chicago. It is
 the most elaborately staged production | in America and is said to contain more
 novel features than all the other musical
 comedies combined. The faceograph and
 tine electrical aerial swing are distinct
 novelties, the latter being one of the most
 wonderful pieces of stagecraft ever per | petrated. It Is a steel structure weigh l ing over 4000 pounds. and illuminated
 with over 2000 electric lights. It requires | three machinists. which the company
 carries, to handle this one wonderful
 electrical effect, and takes three large
 trucks to transport it from the baggage cars to the theatre. This is only one
 of the many novelties.
 1 There are many musical numbers thai
 are hits, tThe Cuddle Song, showing the Seven Ages of Cuddling, is one of the
 most elaborate and sentimental stage pie
 lures that has been produced in recent years The "Yama Yama' girls and their funny clown suits is distinct
 novelty, and Ashton Stevens, of the New York Journal, said it was the most tittil- lating piece of business that had been produced on Broadway in many years, and he devoted an entire column to this one musical number. MT. Gaites has spared no expense in staging the attraction, and the New York Telegraph said that it was the hand somest costumed company on Broadway. It requires two baggage cars and three coaches to transport the Three Twins special train. The company is headed hy Victor Morley. who was associated with Richard Carle in "The Spring Chicken" until he created the title role in the Three Twins" at the Whitney Opera House, Chicago. Others in the company are Bessie Clifford, w.. H. Woodside. Florence Kolb, Harry Hon. lon, E. P. Bower. Frank Smith, Harry. Johnson, Albert Livingston, Minnie AZ len, Helena salinger, Ada Bateman. Lii liian Sadler, Ada Clifford and a chorus of sixty people The orchestra is under. the direction of Ivan Rudisill. Seats for the Three Twins on sale tomorrow morn ' ing at g o'clock. ,l, -g-,- at4 "The old Homestead"
 The play, "The old Homestead which comes to the Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday mati-
 nee, has a more interesting history than any, rural drama known to the Ameri- can stage For this reason IF. W. w"
 the dramatic critic of The. Denver. Times. told its history brienN, during weeks enga cement of the play there in February and in conclusion said of this years pro- sduction:. Asss e,s
 ..The Old Homestead is really fine
 old play. It defes all the canons 'a of tiramatics reconstruction It Itiisfwithouts the tender love interest and marriage which Is regarded as essential to all stage sue cess; it Is at times impossible. and drops into the purest farce. But for all that there is a5rough,' kindly poetry about the story, a. vast human touch which breathes goodness, cheerfulness; faith. in man and the glory of the elemental being. s},1
 Its homely pictures, it's genial humor, It's types of character are given with marvellous truth and felicity. and any one who has known the trees, sthe fishing pool the new mowps hay of the country
 will rejoice in seeing again and again this reproduction of mildly diverting days. ;stssf
 Just as droll as he, was a. quarter or a
 century ago is Joshua, w Whitcomb this
 week. One laughed yesterday heartily at his doings in the city. when he visited the fashionable Hopkins family and met their magnificent butler and was attract ed by the novelty of knee brooches fnak- ing this homely criticism. .ass Got his trcus- CTS gaIlused up pretty high. Outgrowed 'em little. guess K |, Later, when he comes in and talks
 about. the farm in the fashionable. house his innocent. mirth is delicious. {. "Gosh. I tho't | sot on a. cat" as he iumps from the first chair he touches.
 The. farm yield is not So good as it used
 to be-."rhen we've had a good deal to
 contend with. The season's been drys
 and we've had two ,circuses and bal loon ascension and wrestlin' match and
 one thing and another, and old Abe Hlil
 always scontended such things hurt crops wuss than grasshoppers.' v ''' E ts 2. 2, .iss ,
 And to the query. Are the Peterson boys. all livlng?' All slivin@ but Bill. ana I guess he d a Din if he'd staid at home Bill always was of a rowing turn of, mind. and he took a fancy and went out west sowherep out to. Montany. guess it was--and he got tangled up with politics and whisky and a piece of rope, and 1t kind O discouraged him little And when he comes suddenly upon the nude stetue--the. Venus de Medic the nserrIn,ent swel!a to 2 roar IT I'd put ut that up in my corr phkld, ,r he says,
 het rd be arreSted aforsi nlkht." And