The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-12

der stunts that made you positively dizzy while the aerial horizontal bars and the flying rings fairly made your head swim
 Such a cunning little 7-year-old tot was doing wonderful things on a bal ancing pole. and youngester just about as big as minute was doing hand balancing all at the same time. which kept US busy bobbing our heads rom side to side-like we were at A real, live circus sure enough. The flag drill!'' next shouted Mir. Ed. Miles, whose cleverness in all this sort or work has earned for him an envia- ble reputation, and whose past expe- rience in the seven society crcuses he has been connected with makes the whole thing just as easy as A C's Il want you to see our Spanish dance |" said he, which we will rehcarse IS soon as The Masqueraders' do their pretty little sketch" which occupied the sta ge Tor the next few minutes. and is as cleverly acted the Frenchiest of plays. rom which Janet" is adapted, and shows ,hat this organization is composed of a number of unusually talented people. As Miss Parsons struck the first notes of the Spanish dance, La Sonora" A score of beautiful girls in the lovelest or spanish costumes, with the graceful ness and lithesomeness of a Carlnencita Sachetto or Pavlowa. burst upon our view. singing and dancing the accompa- niment to Mrs. Leon Coles beautiful solo, This selection, which I have adapted according to my own interpretation of the song" said MT. Miles, "wlr be sung Tn Marie Cahill's play next week, Betty and the Boys You know, Spanish and Russian dancing are becoming more and more popular each year, and in nearly every show which Is worth while you will see it. For instance, Mir Henry Wood ruff, who was here recently in The Prince of Tonight had a Spanish dance very much like the one we are putting on."
 Do you find it difficult to teach am- ateurs these fancy steps?" I asked
 he difficult steps they catch very easily. which sounds paradoxical," said MT. Miles, "and it is the simple steps that are always difficult to accomplish and mafle them effective"
 T hear you and Miss Gertrude Motion are going to do a wonderful Russian dance.' I observed.
 Tt Is the famous Kasatschak," was the reply, which l did at Chautauoua and at Boston last summer. just after leav- ing Chalif's. and have arranged 1t as duet for Miss Motion and myself. Have you seen the double sextette in Oh! You Bold, Bad Men, from The Love Cure? They do very pretty step in that"
 And just at that moment the sextette appeared and we heard the first lines of the tuneful number:
 Mister Adam ate the apple
 Then he laid the blame on Eve;
 Eve she got the blame.
 Ever since the days of Adam
 Men have been the same,
 believe, men have been the same!
 NOW, then. one, two, three.' came the word from MT. Miles as the graceful young women and men caught the step of the dance, and the music foated through the theatre in tuneful strains.
 Last number on the programmed" was the next command given, and a sextette of dapper young fellows, in white fan nels and college hats. green socks, ties and 'kerchiefs, stunningly stylish, ap- peared upon the stage in that popular hit from "The Dollar Princess,' T Can Sing Truly Rural" which rather made us believe they couldn't be put to the test successfully. as they acted the part so well, staggering about like the fellow whose jag of the night before had been carried over till the morning after, and who vowed that somebody had stolen the keyhole.
 Aren't they just too cute?" said Peggy as she gazed rapturously at them. "l wonder if any of them have ever really felt that way?"
 And then there was an intermlssion, whereupon the whole company fitted to and fro, in and out of fhe wings from the green room, and q bit more of make up was added. while each talked to the other about costumes. stage business, right center" left center" and every body was brimming over with enthusi- asm for the success of the event..
 Here's to the society circus!' ex- claimed Peggy, as group of the par tIcipants gathered around us, "individ- ually and collectively. It's going to Dc a peach, and everybody who doesn't go early and avoid the rush will miss treat"
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