The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-13

| entertainers. They seem to understand
the needs of vaudeville patrons and they
| can always be depended upon to offer
| something new and decidedly "up-to-the-
minute" in what they term their original
hodge-podge of comedy, singing and dane
| ing.
| Miss Mabel McCane, who is fitted into
suitable place on the bill, will sing her
own songs and look her very sweetest.
! She is q small, demure lasse, who has
| attained considerable prominence in east
| ern musical comedies Miss McCane's
! rose song is beautiful, and as she gets a
chance to encoure on it, with her face
| buried in mass of beautiful roses, the
charm of its first rendition is amplified
| immensely. Miss McCane has a small
| voice, but it Is wondrously sweet and
| fascinating. One particularly appealing
| feature of her repertoire is the fact that
she sings her own songs exclusively. All
have been especially arranged for her by
| Frederick Peters.
How does he do it?' is the question
everyone asks after they see Creo at
the Bijou this week." says a newspaper
'Creo' Is the headliner of an all-star
bill and is a mystifier that puzzles every
one who sees the act, even to the theatre
attaches, for Professor Boehlke has
cyclorama or circular drop so that he
| cannot be watched by stage hands, as the
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| World lies In absolute secrecy.
| "A woman is formed out Of wood, plas-
| ter and cloth by Professor Boehlke before
| the eyes of the audience. the ingredi-
| ents'' being wooden tripod, a plaster
of Paris bust, some clothes and hank
| Of hair The figure is created under a
blaze of electric light which forbids de-
| ceptive use of mirrors, assistants Sor
| trap doors and the work of creation is
| done slowly enough to give everyone the
| chance to watch it closely and find out
| Just how it is done
Never in the history of illusion acts
| df this may be so-called) or mysterious
acts has anything created the sensation
| that Greco does. 1t seems almost SUI
| perhuman to successfully accomplish the
| production of living woman from a
bunch of inanimate objects as does Pro-
| lessor Boehlke. Seeing Is believing,
however, and the most skeptical ceased
| to be doubters after they saw Creo and
| company last evening
| Carson and Willard, two splendid Ger
| man comedians, present an act they call
.arhe Dutch in Egypt" which title gives
| q very good idea of their offering. The
| idea is as funny as 1t sounds, for these
| two Germans in exaggerated tourist oress
| appear before a drop showing the SPHINX
and the Desert of Egypt In the pack-
ground.
AS the seventh act the management. VI
| fers Bob and Tip, two comedy acropats
who are clever in both capacities which
they essay.
There is a matinee every afternoon and
performance every night.
Playhouse Gossip
Local theatregoers will be pleased to
learn that Florence Davis will be seen
here shortly in her latest vehicle, Are
You a Suffragette?' Last season when
Miss Davis was seen in Under the
Greenwood Tree" the southern press was
unanimous in expressions of most ex-
allied praise concerning the artistic and
delightful methods employed by this little
black-eyed, winsome actress, who was
born and reared in the southern atmos-
phere. A native Of Kentucky, Miss Davis
began her theatrical career at a very