The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-19

on our stage. It was she who made pop ular successes on Tn the Good Old Sum mer Time" ''The Belle of Avenue A, / s'Bedelia," My Irish Mollie O." Waltz Me Around Again Willie,'' "Yip-I-Addy,' and Rings on My Fingers Into her songs goes a great big generous lot of her own personality and she fires her audi ences to such an extent by the dash and action with which they are rendered, that the gallery gods and goddesses whistle them with her, and the whole house, joins in the chorus.
 Miss Ring scored London success at the Savoy theatre few seasons ago in "The Love Birds,'' and at the conclu- sion of that musical play she was imme- dlately engaged for a tour of the London music halls. Other appearances in this country have been made in "Vivian's Papas," Sergeant Brue," Tt Happened in Nordland," Dolly Dollars His Honor, the Mayor His Majesty and with Lew Fields in About Town"
 "A Winning Miss" at Bijou
 The "classiest' musical comedy that has ever appeared in Birmingham at pop ular prices Is due for this week. com mencing Monday night. which will be Shrlners' night. Boyle Woolfolk is send ing his great "A Winning Miss com pany to the, Bijou for the week--a com pany of 50 people, carrying extra musi- cians for an augmented orchestra.
 The musical comedy was seen here last season, at the tail end, but what it was then-and 1t was bowling success-is nothing to what it Is now, for during the summer MT. Woolfolk wrote new music, strengthened his company, reor- ganized his chorus and in many other ways improved the play.
 The result will be a pleasant surprise to tkeatregoers, for they will witness a $4o.- GOO musical comedy, with fresh costumes, fresh scenery, stunning electrical effects and everything else that Is clever-two whole carloads of scenery and costumes.
 One of the newspapers in St. Joseph had the following to say recently about "A Winning Miss:
 Musical shows come and go, and they all want to be quoted as the best of the season. but you can readily see where this would land-you would be getting them too good for this earth. Some of the musical shows are good, some are passible and some arc too bad to men ton.
 There is one of the musical kind at the Lyceum for the first four days of this week that is good. It Is new to St. Jo- seph 1t Is clean, it has several talented people In prominent roles, and it has a chorus that can sing and dance-and that Is where 1t has got some yisitations Of the season beaten.
 This new show is called "A Winning Miss and has to do with yachting. The first scene is at tho Lake Shore Country club near Chicago and the first curtain goes up on a superbly beautiful moon light water scene and the entire scenic ;,,a ic Ioi in a Chi- cago.
 Max Bloom Is featured as J. Bar rington Ham, 'Pinkerton Pink and Yankee Lad" He is not new to St. Jo- seph but he is none the less welcome, for he is funny. He would be funny if he did not utter a word. He has legs like an exaggerated mosquito, and that's fun ny, aint it?
 Hattie De Won, wherever on earth she came from, appears as Anastasia May. ambitious to become a Leslie Carter, and during the progress of the show she per petrates a whole lot of funny impersona- ticns of the grass widow from Michigan avenue, Chicago.
 There is very pretty little bundle of feminty known in the play as Winnie Winton, "The Winning Miss She is Miss Lorraine Lester and she Is truly refreshing picture. She Is cute, can sing and adds much to the life and grace of the show.
 ''The Winning Miss opened yesterday afternoon and will continue until Wednes- day night, with mntinees this afternoon and Wednesday. It is a splendid bill for the half week and will do much to cure you of the blues.
 most pleasing feature of the produc- tion is the augmented orchestra. The company carries five musicians, this making the orchestra a 12-piece organi- zation
 There will be a nightly performance and matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday.