The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20

roung wife is sent to get the how to hoal
 the charge; she takes advantage of his
 hopeless, foolish infatuation for her, and
 makes him promise that he will admit
 that he is. the thief. He does, and Is disgraced in the eyes of the family. and the idols husband. Later that night,
 when the husband and the wife are in the boudoir, circumstances, minute in themselves, piece together, and to the
 husband spell deceit.i#
 He forces his weak, devoted wife to confess she is the thief and he believes her unfaithful in addition. The husband vows he will do his duty by exposing the deception and vindicating the boy.
 The abject wife implores him not to take action, and tries to make him see that
 she Is only the criminal through her love for him. The next morning the boy Is to he cont nwav to the coffee fe7-o~-
 scourged district of Brazil for punish
 ment. He bids them goodbye, and the
 husband, by keeping silent. forces his
 wife to break down and confess. The
 sacrificing boy is saved, and the husband
 takes back his wife. and they go to
 Brazil in the boys place.
 Charles Frohman has provided special
 cast for the production here. with MT
 Herbert Kelcey and Miss Fife shannon
 '> tho 1ead'r~ roles hseiet'o" tNeee "
 DIaYerS are ElednOT Jt0nlHRS, EuWdTu
 Mawson, Arthur Lawrence, Leonard Ide and Edward Elsner.
 Florence Davis in Are You SuRrag- ette?,
 Florence Davis, a most estimable ac- tress, more especially belonging to the
 unctious comedy school, and who is a most welcome visitor to the southland, a
 section of the country where she has ap- AL xrytft ftx splendid success. will be seen Friday
 and Saturday nights and Saturday mati-
 nee at the Jefferson theatre Miss Davis
 will appear this season under the direc- ton of A c. Delamater who has pro-
 vided his newly acquired star with a
 comedy vehicle entitled Are You Suf-
 fragette?" in which Miss Davis is said to have exceptional opportunities for the exercise of her fine talents.
 In having secured for Miss Davis Are
 You Suffragette" MT. Delamater firm ly believes that he has struck the popular chord of desirable amusement, fnasmuch as the present season has awakened an entirely new impetus in so-called legiti- mate comedy, hence the countless admir- CTS of Miss Davis will undoubtedly glad ly show double appreciation In her this seasons offering. which it is needless to say will be presented with proper regard for lively cast requirement in order to create wholesome laughter.
 "Are You a Suffragette?' Is brimful of funny situations and complications arising during the action of sad, sad story relating to what might happen to some women who join the suffragette movement at the expense of their home ties In dealing with the subject the au- thor, Frederick Arnold Hummer. has taken upon himself the responsibility of showing just how far reaching the votes for women's cause can be, and he at tempts with large measure of success to show a few side lights in such com- ical vein that the audience can scarcely
 recover from one shock before another explosive of the same character is hurled at them with force enough to keep laughter incessant.
 Miss Davis Is no stranger to Birming- ham and she numbers her admirers by the thousands. Two seasons ago she demonstrated beyond all question her ability In "The Player Maid" and last
 season she scored the hit of her career in this city in that charming romance,
 ''Under the Greenwood Tree" She is young woman of brains, beauty, grace and ambition, and she has fairly won her way by hard work to the position of star. Miss Davis has dramatic genius, a cultivated mind, clear and full round- ed voice and grace which fits her for the ideal stage. her management says, and the statement goes still farther and rares thst no detail has been over looked in the selection of a supporting | company and the mounting and cos l tunes. In fact, it Is claimed that no ac- l tress on the American stage, more espe- | cially those who have achieved wide dis | tInction on account of their splendid dramatic endeavors. can boast of a larger and more varied gown equipment than
 Miss Davis. While 1t may be pleasantly remembered by the ladies who attended
 past performances given by Miss Davis
 tha.t on each and every occasion of her visits to Birmingham she has displayed
 number of creations of the raving kind still from reports received 1t is learned
 that the gowns she wears in Are You a Suffragette?" may be classed as the very achmes of the French aWodiste's art