The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

J | for him. Then starts the dance. Fast music, professor-ragtime, ah, | thank yout" The man runs across the stage and grabs the woman around the waist, bending back her head until she describes a parabola. Then he gives l her a shove which lands her in a heap l on the other side. As she arises the 1 man rushes to her and catches her by | the ankles swinging her around someth- | ing after the manner in which an athlete | swings Indian clubs. The Apatchess, If | that name goes, describes several cir l cles through the air, falling with what l the cub reporter calls dull, sickening 1 thud. This is kept up until both are exhausted then the dance is over. | The onrush of French rlsque plays is on in earnest. We have 'The Bells of | the Boulevard" which has been stopped 1 by the hardened New York police three | times; "The Girl in the Taxi" which 1 is now thrilling Chicago; Paris by | Night" "The Queen of the Moulin l Rouge" not to mention others en route. l Lulu Chaser, who has now completely recovered from her illness, inaugurated her season in "One Of the Boys" in New Haven this week. "One of the Boys is a musical comedy of the present. day standard. In the cast are Nanton | Welsh. Edith Sinclair, William Glaser. Edward Favor and others known to mu- sical comedy audiences.
 Charles Frohman has added another success to his long train of triumphs in his newest musical comedy, "The Ar cadians," first tried out at the Liberty theatre and found good. '"The Arcadians" will be successful for two reasons: First, the delightful music of Lionel Monckton. and Howard Talbot and second, for the endless humor, real humor, of Connie Ediss. Percival Knight, the English comedian, fills the role of Peter Doody, jockey with a wasted life, but we never get a chance to laugh at the woes of Peter; Percival won't give us pause in our mirth. I like "The Arcadians' for the simple reason that 1t gets away from the old stale scenes about Broadway and Forty-second street. The scene is laid fin England and right merrily it shifts from foggiest London to the "Askwood race course. There is no end of dam cing in the comedy and Miss Ethel Cad man, the English comedienne, has more than charmed the critics with her song and the work. There is scarce need to mention the fact that there is no plot It is a musical comedy. you know. Miss Nance o'NeN. David Belascos starette in "The Lily" has found out that a human being is never satisfied After having won success, fame, wealth and exalted position in the theatrical world. she Is now dreaming of the day when she shall enact Shakespearean roles in Paris.
 Isn't it odd that one can't be satis- a flowing yellow and purple Chinese gown in her dressing room at the Stuyve- sant theatre.
 When was a school girl in San Francisco I dreamed of the day when I could be wealthy and independent and famous. went upon the stage and worked very hard and my school girl dreams have come true, but now I feel that I shall never be satisfied until I have acted in the same houses as Mad anne Sarah Bernhardt in Paris, enacting tragic roles from Shakespeare But I shall cheer up. My old dreams came true; why not my new ones?"
 l We have had the fair Maxine Elliott with us this week. sort of inaugural for the season. Miss Elliott opened her New York run in "The Inferior Sex" a three-aet comedy by Frank Stayton, the English author-playwright. Miss Elliott Is appearing at Da1y's. It seems strange that one who owns a theatre never gets an opportunity to play in it. But she has the satisfaction of being her own manager
 
 supply the comedy.
 1 William Morr1s Inc, as he insists on being known, will be ready to open his new San Francisco theatre, the American Music hall. on June 1. It will be vau- devile house. getting its supply from the Morris circuit. Harry Lauder. while in the west. took a keen delight in the plans of MT. Morris. The dour Scot promised ta oy.A rya iv, some day.
 1 Henry F. Dixey, who professes an in- 1 tense aversion to playing outside of New 1 York, is leading brilliant Broadway company in, 'Mr. Buttles,' an amusing ] farce comedy produced at Weber's the- atre under the management of Joe Weber , MT. Dixey is undergoing the sensation of being loaned. for he really is under the contract management of w. N. Lawrence
 Weber and Lawrence resorted to the law over their respective interests in ."Ths Climax In the meantime Dixey began clamoring against a plan to send him upon the road. MT. Weber wanted Dixey for the cast of INT. Butties" but Law rence refused a e260O offer to release him. However. to preserve the peace of mind l of Dixey, MT. Lawrence consented to i lend him to Weber.
 | Mary Garden Is not our Mary any more. ! The opera singer goes abroad every year. and when she returns to this country she | is accompanied with about three score seagoing trunks laden with the spells of 1 many a hard days shopping. The last time in Miss Garden demurred with strong 7, accents against paying duty. The only way she could avoid paying the 5000 duty was to establish her legal residence as being somewhere else than the United States. Therefore. in order to save her 5000. the fair singer, renounced the United States and gave Paris as her permanent home. Miss Garden formerly lived in Chi- 1 cago.
 "A Brace of Burglars" vaudeville sketch. is being tried out here after successful run in the west. The sketch was written by Fred Beaman. whose lit- erary scalp belt is buiging with successes already.
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 Miss Edna May Spooner has entered | upon an engagement which will last in l New York until late in the spring. She l has just finished a long southern tour 1 through New Orleans, Atlanta, Birming- ham, and other cities.