The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

By PAUL COOK
and in every way ursuited to the needi of fashionable clientele.
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and in every way ursuited to the needs ] of a fashionable clientele.
 | George Ober was one of the old-school actors who recently passed away. He had q long and interesting stage career and always appeared to advantage in whatever part he essayed. One of his latest visits to Birmingham was as member of a company presenting George Ade's .grhe College Widow" Mr. Ober played the part of the father of the coun- try pumpkin who soon acquires an amaz- ing polish at college. His performance was extremely laughable and one of the best examples of acting done by any member of the company.
 Much interest is being shown in the recent marriage of Nazimova, who has "signed up with her leading man for what some persons, more cynically in clined than the rest of us, have declared to be a hazardous union. Just why they should question the stability of Madame's affections and her adaptability for mar ried life is not just clear. unless they im- agne that a person who is so highly artificial on the stage must of necessity carry some of that artiflciality into pr- vate life Sothern- and Marlowe seem to be very happy and contented, in spite of predictions to the contrary. Maybe Nazi- ,nova and her liege lord will also give the lie to the gossps by staying married. | -
 We are to have during the coming week | in the person. of Miss Charlotte Walker player of much ability and charm who l has not been seen in Birmingham for several seasons She has been playing dramatized version of John Fox, Jr.s novel, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with considerable success. The scenic 1 features of this play are said to be note worthy and the story itself is one that must appeal to great many people l There is apparently inexhaustible romance 1 in the hills of Kentucky and Tennessee 1 Both regions have found writers who could interpret their inhabitants and DOT | tray their scenes in a masterly way. John Fox, Jr., and James Lane Allen are l famous for their descriptions of Kentucky life while the Tennessee mountain coun- try is happy in the possession of "Charles Egbert Craddock.'
 At frequent intervals the magazines print articles purporting to give some new information about the private life of Maude Adams, but the admirers of
 this magnetic woman who eagerly deyour
 each of these contributions as they are
 published, learn little more than they
 knew before. If Miss Adams has delib- | erately set out 10 make nerseil u HiyS- } tery she has probably succeeded beyond her widest expectations If, on the other 5 hand it is true that she denies herself to the public and to her friends when off the stage, for the sole purpose of re-
 cuperating her strength and conserving : her energy for the work she has to do, then we have nothing more to say. As a } matter of fact, 1t is nobody's business anyway, how Miss Adams spends hef
 time when not delighting theatregoers with one of her exouisite characteriza- | tions. She does quite enough to lead us into fairyland in the guise of Peter Pan or bring back the days of romance 1T ''The Little Minister" without exposing = herself to the curiosity of the idle
 throngs who would pry into her private
 affairs, regardless of the inconvenience
 they might cause.
 Well, Well, Who thought we would
 be seeing Madame Sherry this week al popular prices? The Bijou will no doubt
 be more popular than usual, for the music
 of Madame Sherry simply will not
 grow old. It would not surprise us r
 the least to hear that the delightful and
 melodious -Chocolate Soldier would soor
 be coming along for a weeks visit. By
 the way, when ''The Chocolate Soldier
 was recently presented in Paris, it's satir,
 on the Bulgarian soldiery was deemed
 in bad taste, because of the great prov
 ess the Bulsars have been showing fl their war with the Turks, so the scene!
 of the piece were politely given differ
 ent setting.
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