The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-04
ADJUSTMENTS
Excuse Me"

Rupert Hughes unique comedy, "Ex
 man Carnival" was presented at the
 Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoo l and last night to audiences that en-
 joyed the play immensely. A capable
 company and the admirable staging
 which makes Excuse Me- a novelty,
 were both so much in evidence that even
 those who had seen the play several
 times before entered thoroughly into the spirit of the divertiug incidents DOT trayed during three Imaginable acts.
 The numerous characters who appear in Excuse Me" are all travelling types
 and drawn with amusing sincerity.
 There is an unctuous black porter, a gentleman with a jag his firtatious wife route to Reno for a divorce, a parson and his wife on a vacation, de termlned to be devilish just once,' | would-be pair of honeymooners who miss getting married at the last moment and are making frantic efforts to find a preacher all the way from Chicago tJ point somewhere in the wilds of the | west, beyond ogden; an Englishman of | lit usual Sldst type, WllI d great utdi
 of luggage and a high-keyed voice. two | old-time sweethearts who meet again | after long separation and get married
 on the train, and conductor who is sJ
 ealiatic that his identity is completely lost sight of in the part he plays. These are some of the many characters who make that particular trip of the Over | land Limited one not to be forgotten. All kinds of funny misadventures be- fall the passengers in tho San Francisco sleeper and when we take leave of them, still speeding on to San Francisco, we
 do so with feeling of regret. They are
 the jolliest and most human crowd of people imaginable and even the poodle is a bowling success. Laugh follows | laugh in rapid suco esson, one amusing l situation trips upon the heels of an
 other, until every humorous phase of | travel seems to have been touched upon. | The company was one of those cal,-
 ; ble, well balanced organizations whose | George w. Day as the large ''culu i | pusscn," who presdes over the desti- nes of the San Francisco sleeper as tn. porter. left nothing to be desired in a highly numerous mpersonation. He is
 a ftiie and convincing exponent of neg
 character, especially of the fat, good
 natured Pullman porter type. Charles J. Stine as Little Jimmy Wellington, tn man with the transcontinental jag. shared in the honors of the performance
 and was responsible for much laughter.
 Miss Reeva Greenwood as the young woman who just misses getting married
 and feates a continuous uproar by her
 tantrums and her spasmodic appeals f.. her poodle, played a difficult role ex- tremely well, while Robert D. Frazer az Harry Mallory, the intended husband of
 Marjorie played the opposite role very acceptably. William V. Strung as Ira Lathrop, first a woman-hater and than a huuy-up bridegroom. gave a capital i performance, while Charles Chappelle as | he conductor was thoroughly realistic. | Miss Brownel as Ann Cattle, Enid Gray as Mrs. Temple, Hazel Voorhees, as Mrs. | Wellington, Ethel Weir as Mrs. Whit a -~elie Jeffries as Kathleen. Harry Mills as Dr. Temple, were others in the company who acquitted themselves we'll | In fact, the entire company deserves credit The smallest parts were in capa- | able hands.