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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
"The Chorus Lady"

Dressing room scenes in plays are by no means novel, but certain epi- sodes of life in that particular ter ritory," behind the scenes, has sell dom been more effectively pictured. it is said. than in the second act of "The Chorus Lady" which comes to the Jeff ferson theatre next Thursday matinee and night
 Instead of the star dressing room usually selected by playwrights, MT. Forbes has chosen one occupied by dozen girls-such as appear in the en- semble of musical comedy. The stage setting was chosen from the chorus room of the Broadway thea tre, New York city, which is devoted to the pro- duction of big musical shows In the scenic detail one notes a complete re- production of the characteristic order and disorder of such room, detail that may be overlooked by the average playgoer, but which assists materially in creating atmosphere
 In the center of the stage is the long stationary washstand made practical, to use a theatrical phrase, or in other words, supplied with hot and cold wa ter. During the action of the scene fit is used by four of the girls-a bit of natural stage business that adds materially to the general effectiveness of the act
 On the walls are signs, "Silence, Positively no smoking, and kindly turn off the light when leaving the room''--orders that are never obeyed and that are the source of constant friction between the stage manager and the "ladies of the chorus" On the ceiling are to be seen the water pipes and in one corner is very excellent imitation of the steam pipes for the heating apparatus. Other factors that help to increase the Illusion is the hum of voices heard before the rise of the curtain. the constant movement of the oirlss in and out of the dressing room,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
"Soul Kiss" at BijOu

The Biiou offers next week the pre- mere attraction of the season, the great Soul Kiss which has never been seen before at popular prices. That the com panv is excellent. the show pretentious and but little if any inferior to the original, is shown by newspaper criticisms in other cities, as for instance the fol- lowing which was clipped from the Phila- delphia North American and written by the same critic who wrote that of the original performance which was in Philadelphia:
 Harry B. Smiths breezy book and lyrics and Maurice Lewis melodious score seem to have insured a longevity for "The Soul Kiss not common to most musical comedies. This diverting kaledo- the Grand opera house last evening to the evident satisfaction of an audience of proportions.
 The Soul Kiss has undergone a com plete change Of investiture. both scenic and sartorial, since it's last appearance here All the costumes and stage ap- pointments last evening were new A company especially organized for this at traction gave due emphasis to the humor of the librettest and tuneful charm of the music.
 Ut will be recalled that The Soul Kiss was originally exploited as a vehicle fer Adeline Genee and that the piece received its initial presentation in Philadelphia sev- cral seasons ago. That the Danish ar tiste is not indispensable to the success of the offering was easily exemplified last night
 "rhere were not few, familiar names on the programme. Yet the production
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Lucky or Plucky

When diminutiye. stub nosed, red headed Colonel Funston took the Twentieth Kansas regiment to the Preside on it's way to the Philippines the people of San Francisco polSed fun at the country Jakes' and their red headed colonel.
 That was during the Spanish war.
 A few years later. when eartqualye and fire ravaged that city, red headed Funston was the idol of Frisco.
 Fully 30o,000 people were homeless. Thieves preyed. Harpies stole from dead bodies. There was no authority. Men changed into wolves Anarchy reigned.
 Then Funston and the soldiers.
 The red headed general ordered his men to shoot the looters on sight At the point of the bayonet he put men to work.
 Would the war department support him?
 Yes or no. Funston shut down the lid of hell that raged-and sat on t.
 Suppose some punctilious West Point officer had been in command? He would not have dared take such authority without consulting Washington.
 We'll?
 In order to preserve appearances they put another officer over Funston alter lnt Sbou NOlh NdS uolt. put history can never rob the little brig adler of that supreme hour when he saved San Francisco from itself.
 All of which comes back in memory when one reads an interview with leg- ular officer, who says Funston has ''al- ways been lucky
 Lucky or plucky?
 They also say in the army. that he is a poser. But how could he help it if the correspondents pictured him swim ming the Bagbag river with a rope In his teeth? They did not very much ex- aggerate.
 Lucky or p1ucky?
 Down beneath the swagger the Ma poleonic Funston has both brains and bravery. He has proved that ever since he went down into Cuba to fight with the insurgents.
 Lucky?
 He was lucky as Napoleon was lucky and Charles Mart el and Phil Sheridan. It makes one weary to read the periodical hints emannting from the regulars about Lucky" Funston. Let no American boy read the biog- raphy of Frederick Funston to fortify theory that men go upward by means of llck
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received generally adequate interpretation and there was, moreover, graceful solo dancer to enliven the specially features. Ethel Gilmore was this performer. She combines youthful charm and good looks with due proportion of deXterity She contributed The Dance of the Soul Kiss, a Polka Fascination and hunting dance in the final act
 '.The role of the modern Memphisto, originally taken by Ralph C. Herz, was competently assumed by Thomas S. Van, a facile comedian with a suitable ap- preciation of the sardonic comedy of the character. His midnight datribe on the city of Manhattan as viewed from the Singer building was admirably delivered
 Glenn Ellis was a comely incumbent of the role of the artists modeI-the inva- riable heroine of modern musical comedy and other parts of importance were talk en by George McGarry, Gertrude Harris Harry A. Hinshaw, Jack Port and Jean Walters"
 There are performances every night this week and matinees Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday. Tickets are on sale Monday morning.
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may be said as truly of the nation, as of the individual, that
 Unto each life some rain must fall Some days be dark and dreary." and there have been dark and dreary days, indeed for our nation when not with triumphal march, but with funeral disee and muffled drum and muted horn the Marine band has led the solemn pro- cession as our "Martyred Presidents" Lincoln. Garfield and Mckinley, have been borne to their final resting places.
 The band could only be secured for this weeks concerts by a local guar antee and these are the guarantors
 T. l.. Hutchings, Birmingham Con- servatory of Music, E. T. Guice, H. F. Shaw J. II. Barr, l.. P. smith, George |C. Oliver, Loventhal company. w. V. NJ Robertson, Jr., J. II. Phillips, Dew berry Montgomery Co.,, :. E. Thomp- son. J. F. LarlSin, Birmingham Ledger, W. C. Shackelford. W. P. McCrossin George Ward, Hrsch Millinery com pany Turner R. Weakley, w. F. Key holds, Doster Northington Drug com pany, w w. Crawford, Charles Pantazi w J. Adams, Colman Blach, Eugene Fies F. r. EnSlen, George McCreery Leo Loeb, B. B. Burton. F. L. Grambs, J. W. ONeill, o. ChalifouN, R. II. Ban ister, Fred F. Moore, Paul Cebrat, Robert Jemison, Jr, W. Barnes Nor gan. P H. Linnehan, c. k. Patterson, Seals Piano company, John l.. Parker, NJ l. Wilmington, J. K. Brockman, George B. Tarrant, Hood X Wheeler Furniture Co, l.. Sevier, Thomas Bow ron, W l.. Metcalfe. R. $. Munger, John R. Ryan, W. c. Mcconnell, c. H. Nabb, .C Exum Louis Saks, A. w. B. John son. II. M Newsome, II. M. Burt, !. II [ Ia E'OrhlS Piano Go, J. w. Donnelly, T. w. Will Hams, J. H. Ho1combe William Ryan, Charles Roberts.
 Tickets are on sale at the theatre box office.
 The programmes follow:
 AFTERNOON.
 Soloist. George Frey, euphonium.
 Overture-"Il Guarany," Gomez.
 Scene Espagnole "Sevllana,' Elgar Charasteristic-"W Whispering Flow CTS" Won Blon.
 E,uphonium Solo-Fantasa Believe Me. If All Those Endearing Young Charms MantiMoore MT. George Frey.
 Intermission
 Grand Fantasia-"I.a Boheme," Puc-
 Waltz-"The Debutante,' santel- mann.
 "Reminiscences of the Plantation. Chambers. Grand March-"Entrance of the Guests at the Wartburg" (from Tam hauser') Wagner.
 .'The Star Spangled Banner
 NIGHT
 Solosists-Arthur $. Witcomb, cornet; Hans Joergensen, cornet; Robert E, Clark, trombone; Lee Sanford, trom- bone; Edward McIntire, baritone; George Frey, ,euphonium.
 Overture-"RienZi." Wagner
 Invitation to the Dance, Weber-Wein- eartner (Transcribed for Military band by William II. Santelmann).
 Cornet Solo-Fantasia, 'Le ReNe d'Amour," Hydn- Willard; MT. Arthur $. Witcomb.
 ta) First Valse cop. S9). Durand; Cb) Caprice Hearts Message Sentelmann.
 1ntermission.
 Grand Scenes from 'Lohengrin," Wagner. . Sextette from Lucia Donizetti; Messrs. Witcomb,i Joergensen, Clark, Sanford, McIntire and Frey.
 Les Preludes, Liszt.
 March-"Semper Fidelis." Sousa. (Of- ficial march of the L. S. Marine corps). .arbe Star Spaneled Banner"
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PIayhonse Gnssin

The Authors Producing company, an organization in which many of the coun- try's leading managers and foremost riaywrights are interested; an amalga- nation which cXerts a decided influence for the good of the American stage, will offer the first example of it's efforts at the Jefferson theatre soon, when Charles klein's gripping play.s "The Gamblers" will be seen for the first time locally
 
 Werba and Loscher. whose production of "1he Spring Maid" operetta is the most talked about success of the year in New York. will bring their second sue cess to the Jefferson theatre for an en- gagenent i'll the near future. This is the musical play, Little Miss FiX-it," by William ]. Hurlburt and Harry B. smith, for which the captivating Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth gave up a lucrative vaudeville contract. Boyes and Norworth are not only the twin stars of ''Little Miss Fix-it," but they furnished the lyrics and music as well.
 Never tip yer mitt by doin a hot-foot when you're broke" Its the fellow with the Prosperity show window who cops all the cheese" Put up a bluff that shows like a searchlight and beat the 'bonehead' to it. Mutt and Jeff will tell the rest of the little story at the Jeffer- son theatre
 Not in many years has any comedy production elcted such high praise from the dramatic reviewers of New York and Chicago as was received by George M. Cohan's scintillating play, "Get Rich Quick Walingford." The New York Globes verdict was: "It amuses imme- 6iately ali audience that is the hardest in America to please.'' The Post said: Tt scored an undoubted success The Chi cago American wrote: Scores another bulls eye for George M. Cohan-every line a scream" And the play made all predictions good by running two seasons in New York and a year in Chicago
 Olive Vail, who appears in the title role of the successful Mort II. Singer musical comedy production Miss No- body from Starland.' is one of Chi cago's favorite prma donnas, and is' a product of San Francisco whence came Alice Nelson, ,ee Tettrazinni and many other stars of grand and comic opera In Miss Nobody from Starand" Miss Vail portrays the role of an adven- panied by a clever cast of well known principals and one of the prettiest choruses in America. Of course every one has heard of the sensational dress rehearsal scene in Miss Nobody from Starland"
 "'rhe Girl in the Taxi" has changed the slogan Bread is the staff of life" to Laughter is the staff of life,' and has proved it's version the truthful one by achieving the greatest success of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
Some Shakespeare Statistics

From the London Chronicle.
 X Shakespearian enthusiast with a turn for statistics has discovered that the plays contain 106.00T lines and S14- ESQ words. Hamlet" is the long ges play, with 3930 lines, and the Comedy of Errors" the shortest, with t777 lines. Altogether the plays contain 1217 char acters. of which l57 are females. The longest part is that of Hamlet. who has 11.610 words 10 deliver. The part with the longest word in it is that of Costar.i in Loves 14abor's Lost" who tells Moth that he is mot so long by the head as honorificab bili litudinitatibus. .
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any play written for laughing purposes produced in many seasons. It is no exaggeration to say that the spectator may prepare to laugh for two and one half hours if a visit to .Yhe Girl in the Taxi is contemplated.
 Henry w. Savages first local offering of the season will be Rupert Hughes episodfcal farce entitled Excuse Me" This is one of the most pretentious Of MT SaVage'S productions. Thirty one characters are employed in the action of the play which is in three acts. MT. Savage has given a great deal of at |tention to the scenic details and has assembled a company of merit.
 MT. Hughes in Excuse Me- has hit upon "a novel idea in the matter of locale-all the scenes being in the in- terior of a Vestibule train and the ac- tion describes trans continental jour- ney, starting from Chicago with stop overs at Ogden. Utah, and Reno, Nev. An amusing love story is un- folded during the progress of the jour ney. In addition to this, there are plots and counter plots, and their ac- ton involves a series of rollicking cpl sodes throughout the three scenes.
 
 The world famous light opera, "The Chocolate Soldier" comes to the Jeffer- son theatre Friday, NOVemDef ;. The music is by oscar Straus, after the libretto by George Bernard Shaw. The comedy numbers are deliciously droll, and the opera, which has now been running for considerably over year in London. is a welcome relief from 1.-the cintinued striving after novelties which has been the bane of the comic opera stage recently and which has re- suited in much of the vulgarity, with which the comic operas have been charged in recent years.
 Thomas Yam, the comedian of the Soul Kiss was formerly a minister of Reading Pa. He was born in Reading and was educated at the public schools after which he was sent to the D. l.. Moody school at Northfield. Mass, where he prepared for the ministry. He grad uated with high honors and received an appointment to small church just out side of Reading. He did not, however. remain long with the mnistry-only one year--for his love for theatricals, which he had had ever since boy, forced it's way to the front. Yam resigned from the pulpit His first engagement was with a minstrel company. Since then he has appeared in leading roles with Grace Van Studiford. Marie Dressler and for three years was the principal comedian with Aborn Opera company. In his pres ent role as J. Lucifer Mephisto. his suc- cess has been most pronounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
IT. & Marine Band

The great musical event of the week ard one of the greatest of the season will be the nited States Marine band, Lieut.. William H. Santelmann conductor and Walter F. Smith sub-conductor, at the Jefferson theatre next Friday, mati- nee and night. It Is conceded by critics tn be the finest military band in the world and one of the few great concert bands in this country. Sousa won his reputation as conductor of the Marine band and his immediate successor, Signor Fancuelli, kept the organization up to the same high standard. But Congress re- gently increased the pay of the. members Of the band and it is in even better form now than at any time in it's history.
 Organized way back in 1891, this great band is now in the one hundred and tenth year cf it's existence, and is all most as old as the national capital itself. When the city of Washington was a toddlng infant just born on the banks of the majestic Potomac, this band, then in reality but fife and drum corps, was it's chief plaything and means \ of diversion This is why the national cap ital has aIways been so proud of it's ma rine band. They have grown up from infancy together. and if today there is no other capital in the world which equals Washington, there is, likewise. no other government band in the world that equals Uncle Sans pet musical organization.
 For more than 100 years every inaugural procession that has left the great dome
 capped capital escorting the nations new chief executive down Pennsylvania ave nue to the White House has marched to the martial music of the marine band. At every inaugural ball, at every state hanouet, at every presidential reception, in fact, on all fete days when Uncle Sam turns host and invites his own fel- low citizens or the representatives of other nations to be his guests, he relies very. largely upon the sred-coated mem- bers of the Marine band to add to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-15
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
JEFFERSON. THEATRE.

. JEFF ERSUNI. TIIEAIRE Thursday Matinee and Night The Chorus Lady.
 Friday Matinee and Night-The United States Marine Band.
 BIJOU THEATRE. All the week and matinees Tues day, Thursday and Saturday-The Soul Kiss
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the robing and disrobing, the borrow
 ing of each others makeup, the use of hand lotion, rouge, lip salve, eye brow pencils, the voice of the stage manager excusing the late arrival or the show girl with money in the show" eXpostulating the next moment with Patricia, humble member of the chorus without, pull" the cry of the call boy, half. hour fifteen min utes,' overture" acts on," and as the curtain falls, the sound of the girls singing a bright, jolly chorus. in con trast to scene of Patricias grief.
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merriment and happiness of the occasion.
 But all days are not 'fete days" It may be said truly of the nation, as of the individual, that
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WOMAN LAUGHS IN GLEE
AS HUSBAND IS DYING
Supposed He Drank Poisoned
WhiSkGy

Little Rock, Ark, March 11.-Let-
ters written TO Claude Johnson, under
arrest here, led to the arrest in Chi
cago yesterday Of Mrs. Stella Schnel-
der, charged with having poisoned
her husband, Fred Schneider, al
their home in Argenta Friday night.
Before her marriage to Schneider,
the womans name was Futter.
Schneider died in agony on the
doorstep of his home, after drinking
beer with his wife At the inquest tes-
timony was given that Mrs. Schneider
tainted him as he was dying. She
then disappeared and the next heard
of her was when letters written 70
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in Entire
WORKING In BEHALF OF
PARDON OF STRIBLING
Americas XGOpIG In Sympa.
thy Herewith

That Americus people sympathize
deeply with Edgar Stribling is fully
evidenced in the monster petition for
his pardon, secured here within a few
hours. Ordinarily a petition repre-
sents little, as any one, generally
speaking, will sign a petition for any
thing, but in this particular instance
it was different.
There is no maudlin sympathy in
this case 1t is a strong appeal for a
man who already has suffered Sc
verely and perhaps unjustly.
The people of Georgia and Virginia
have a great deal of sympathy for
Edgar Stribling, recently arrested as
an escaped murderer at Danyille
where he was chief of police. Strib-
ling escaped fourteen years ago from
the county Jail of Muscogee.
He was tried and convicted for
shooting a man whom Stribling has
always maintained was ruthless de-
stroyer of honor. After his escape he
has lived an honorable life An as
sumed name was necessary.
He was made a member of the
police force and his ability and in
tegrity were quickly recognized, SC
that within few months he was
promoted to the head of the service
lStribling lays his exposure at the
hands of fellow officer whom he
says got him out of the way to pave
road for himself.
Whatever may be the cause of the
exposure the fact is that Striblin2
is in Jail and a pardon is now pend
ing to secure his release. He is not
bad man. His late years show this
beyond dispute. He has conducted
/ himself in a law-abiding manner and
his term in the penitentiary would
have been ended long ago.
When the Americas petition goes
forward to Gov Brown there will be
few others sent exceeding it in length,
and none that will surpasse it in SIN
certify
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-12

Do not drink to get tight.
Try this motto instead:
Be sure you drink right,
And you won't get a head.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-12

When you have rheumatism in your
foot or instep apply Chamberlain Lin
iment and you will get quick relief.
1t costs but a quarter Why suffer
For sale by all dealers.
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It's just human nature for an Old
bald head to want young girls with a
mass of curls to pretend they can toll
crate him.
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Johnson were Intercepted.

Johnson were intercepted.
Johuson's arrest followed when 1t
was ascertained that he had secured
. license to marry Mrs Schneider, a
week before the death of her hus-
band