The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-29
From the New York Telegram.

NO you remember the particularly
 sepulcharl ghost that Edwin Booth 0 had in Hamlet" And how one night. in the midst of a narrowing scene, a harmless, unnecessary cat rubbed her self comfortably against his ghostly legs and upset the house?
 No one knew where that cat came from. And none knows where the new cat at the Hippodrome came from. She was engaged by none of the directing managers. Nobody tried her voice. She simply stepped in and appropriated the big playhouse.
 They call her Archie" She does not mind the error in a place where nick names are frequent and not always wise ly chosen
 Archie is a comfort-loving creature. He--or rather, she-settles down in a neat semIcircle with one ear cooked in the air.
 When Manuel Klein rehearses musical number she raises her head and cocks both ears. Is this a personal tribute to | the charms of music, or to MT Klein per sonally? Who shall say? Cats are so in- scrutablei
 With Archie's approval, the rehearsals have progressed so far that yesterday the whole company held a rehearsal under one roof. Before that the scenic re- hearsas went on in the Hippodrome. while over at the Seventy-first regiment armory the ballet rehearsed in one cor ner. where a ground cloth marked the limits for their advances and retreats.
 Did you ever see Vncenzo Romeo re- | hearse the Hippodrome ballet? He is typi- cally Italian, dark-sldnned and curly haired. Watch him as he walks, and you would say he weighs 1S0 poundds. Watch him when he dances. and he's lighter than feather and smooth footed as a | cat.
 When he scolds a tagging ballet he pours out a stream of the purest Gen oese. Translated into English 1t sounds shockingly profane. Without translation 1t is as suave as Caruso aria. over in another corner of the armory Carroll Fleming has been directing the dramatic rehearsal. But now they have all joined forces, ballet actors. chorus property men, scene shifters and all the rest While feet are flying, laryxnes vi brating and scenes shifting, confusion seems to reign. Gradually order is com ing out of chaos, and Arthur Voegtlin is almost satisfied with the result.
 The Hoppodrome is really village community these busy days. Some of the people actually eat and sleep and spend their whole existence there during ths busy rehearsal time.
 For instance, last night the ballet re- ported at half-past seven. It was hall past eleven before their rehearsal began In the meantime there were rehearsals O. one thing and another and the balle curled themselves up in unconsidered cor ners and fell asleep, conserving the
 strength for their own work. It was afte Ii o'clock in the morning before their re
 hearsal was finishedd.
 When the chorus isn't rehearsing, 1t |
 gossiping. Everybody knows everybod,
 else. Some of these people have beel
 with the Hippodrome ever since
 started
 They tell each other that Name, wh
 was one of the star members of the fly ing ballet last year, is engaged to 'Biily the electrician. They speculate as to tn , origin of Nelly Bs ''grouch." Hear about Tilly Shafer?"g askes on large lady. who shines in the first row
 What about her?" is the reJoinder
 she's got so much money in the pan that they won't take no more from her' :. Is the answer. . In the course of conversation It may J a learned that ono girl has paid up re
 those two lots she bought In Long lsian