The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

the play, around whom IL revolves. For
once an author has drawn Il man of tho
world and has not made him entirely q
cad. Although the character appears in
but two acts of the play, it Is one that
is generally remembered Mrs. Fiske
will be at the Jefferson theatre shortly.
The romance in the lives of the people
of tho ring is wildly and pleasantly dis
closed in "Poly of the Circus given
by the st. Leon family, who arc them
selves true followers of the sawdust, and
will be seen here shortly.
The fascination OF the pursuit has al
ways been recognized, and there is
scarcely anything in Dickens more anus
ing than his picture of the circus folk
the riders, the clowns, the acrobats, the
manager and the rest-so dear TO the inn
s8ination of childhood that they seem
to belong to an enchanted world A GER
tain simplicity of disposition and innats
Kindness of heart seem to be the special
characteristic of the circus people.
Pavlowas career was decided the first
time she went to theatre. She was
years of age when her mother took her
to see Christmas performance of "The
Sleeping Beauty" at the Mariensky the
atre In st. Petersburg. This is the the
atre in which pupils of the Imperial In
stitute Tor the Ballet gives exhibitions.
Pavlowa decided then and there to be-
come dancer and her mother was UNI
able to put the idea out of her head
Pavlowa pleaded until her mother took
her to the director of the institute to
see about entering it. She was told she
would have to wait until she was 10
years of age. The child's determination
remained unchanged, and on her 10th
birthday she again applied for admit
tance and was accepted. Her rise to the
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the highest that can be attained in the
Russian Imperial ballet, was surprising
ly rapid, much quicek than any other
dancers had ever been. Pavlowa will
be at the Jefferson theatre this season.
The peerless danseusc will be assisted
by a notable company.
The Christmas night audience. at the
Knickerbocker theatre was transported
from its holiday mood into a land of
eternal fesdyity as it watched "ISismet,
unfold its beauties for three hours last
night to the gIoating eyes of work.
aday world. said Lawrence Reamer in
the Sun. Edward Knoblauch has caught
in this play, made from a story in the
"Aribian Nights" tho spirit of the an
cient east, with only it's splendor and
color, its pageantry and its SETTLING life
to surfeit the eye with their beauty.
This idealized picture of existence in
the days In winch ScheneTaznde spun
her tales IS of course draped over a
dramatic structure which serves its pur-
pose well enough to set tngiing other
faculties when the sense of sight has
had it's fill
The bazaar was a scene Of stirring life
and action, but most sensational was
the harem, with its two nude girls splash
ing in the pool in which the beggar was
soon to wreak his vengeance on the son
of his enemy.
The throne room of the Callphs palace,
with the towers and roofs Of Bagdad iy-
ing below the windows. and the court
yard of the beggar's house, with the
domes of the mosque bathed in sllvery
lieht beyond the dull brick walls, were
other views that delighted the audience
among the many that won for "Kismet''
last night such a genuine artistic tri-
umph, and the popular success was never
for second In doubt.