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

mind reader and hypnotist, will hold the boards at the Jefferson theatre Thursday and Friday nights and Friday matinee. Here Is what the Montgomery Times says of the remarkable performance given there:
 To say that the audience was pleased with .'"The Great McEwin" Is not enough. He carried the house by storm. So much so that at times, during the hypnotic, part of the entertainment, he was com pelled to call for order, the excitement engendered by the really marvellous per formance producing a species of hysteri- cal laughter that overran all bounds and interfered with the work of the hypnotist McEwin Is not only master of mes merism, with perfect control over his subjects and phenominal suggestive strength, but, the first part of his enter tainment showed him to be prestidigi- tator of no mean ability After having seen Heller, Kellar, Herman senior, Herr man junior, and all the bright particular stars in this line who have appeared on the American stage during the past 30 years,. one is forced to admit that the wizard at the Grand last night may well take his stand beside the best of them without fear of losing by comparison His palming was exceptionally dexterious, the human eye being entirely incapable 
 The treat of the evening, however, was the exhibition of hypnosis. It Is safe to say there has been no operator in Mont gomery who may claim to approach Mo- Ewin. It took but little time for him to get his subjects under control and then followed a performance wonderful and most Iaughable, which eliminated in the extraordinary exhibition of young sub l1ect first placed completely under the t,A nf then thrown into state of cata1epsy so rigid and intense that the body of the boy suspended. between two chairs, neck on one, heels on the other bore the weight of four men without break or bend. t s&. ,s Nor must the singing of Miss Florence Hartley, mezzo soprano of compas and agreeable quality be overlooked Her method was excellent in the waltz song, | .Il Baccia," which makes no, small de mands on interpretation and vocal exe- cution, and her encore numbers were | fully enjoyed.
 "The Soul Kiss" t-
 ''The Soul Kiss, which will be the att traction at the Jefferson theatre Satur- day matinee and night, is said to be com ing to Birmingham this season Tn; vir- t,jallv new dress. many new features hay | ing been introduced of the brilliant and surprising order, in addition to an entire new acting compay of principals and snrightlv young maidens. gorgeousfy. yet tastefully attired. Ethel Gilmore Is the premiere dancer this season. She has been credited with being one of Europe's most famous dancer-pant tomimists. Dur ing the action of the play she. will in- troduce many novel dances, new to the terpsichorean world. The book is witty and up-to-date the music bright and tuneful. with many new additions. here tofore uhheard. .lss
 The Jacksonville Times-Unio says of this years production of The Soul Kiss :: Two large audiences were noted at the Duval theatre yesterday where they laughed over the fun and applauded the music and the clever hits in the rejuven- ated "Soul Kiss" This mixture of non. sense and melody was enjoying a great vogue last season, because some people | thought the little Advertisement introduced l in the second act, which gives the show | its name, was naughty. But 1t wasn't, at least not so anyone would notice 1t. who lhad seen dances. ips which the dancers posed, and occasioaliy kissed, or pretend ed to kiss each other. The hero or lead: