The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
Notes of the Theatres

Ruth St. Denis, spoken of in Europe
 as "The Danse Artiste," will be one of the closing attractions at the Jefferson
 theatre for the 191S-19l4 season. The title of dancer alone seemingly
 originality and charm of her perform ances. Her success was so great that the damand for her appearances in the
 numerous European capitals compelled her to remain abroad four years, play ing repeated engagements in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, also appear | ing by special command before King
 Edward, the German Emperor and the Emperor of Austria. She will be seen
 in Birmingham with her full company i and with a full programme. Klaw & Erlanger and Harrison Grey
 Fiske's production of "Kismet" with Otis Skinner in the role of Hajj the next month.
 The play, by Edward l<noblauch, has
 had the widest success in short period
 of any work from the pen of an Amer ican dramitst
 The story of the play is founded upon ''The Arabian Nights" though it is not a direct dramatization of any of the tales. It possesses all the richness of romance; the variety of episodes and the oddly mingled tragedy aM1 humor that char acterizes the famous stories told by Schecherezade, and 1t is doubtless pe- cause of these qualities that "Kismet'' has found favor with audiences all over the world
 The calibre of the organization pre- senting Adele" the musical sensation
 which comes to the Jefferson for an en- gagement of three performances next
 month may easily be estimated when it is known that the running expenses ex- ceed 5000 weekly. Adele" has the dis tinction of having the metropolis at the beginning of the current season almost without an advance notice and of having
 made the biggest hit of any musica organization in the past 10 years. Tho
 piece Is French operetta in three act by Paul Herve and Jean Briquet, au- thors of the big success of three years ago, Alma" and was translated for the English stage by Adele Phillips and Ed ward Paulton. who also Americanized Alma
 Little Chip, Mary Marble and John Dunne are coming to the Lyric next week in ''In the Land of Dykes" which is a
 musical Advertisement with plenty of com edy and lots of interesting features The friends of the little entertainers will have the first opporeunity in several years to see them and enjoy them. Not since the 1 days of the Bijou Musical Comedy com pany have Chip and Mary Marble been in Birmingham for any length of time. Once they were here in Babes in Toy land.' but ever since they have been in vaudeville, and they are one or the big Keith headlinesr. There probably isn't a woman on the stage who can present similar parts quite so well as Mary Mar ble, and Little Chip is in a class by himself when 1t comes to offering com edy.
 Those who enjoy the latest society dances will have opportunity to see them danced by an extremely graceful and Al- ented company next week when MartisNl and Frabini are one of the features oS the Lyric bill.
 The fastest moving comedy sketch seen
 here yet will be that of "A Business Pro-
 posal'' at the Lyric shortly, offered by
 Jack Kennedy and company
 The New York Hippodrome contributes
 one of next weeks features in the Hill
 and Sylviani trope. remarkable bicycle
 and acrobatic novelty, in which the old
 time high bicycle is used.
 Next week Little Emma Bunting will
 present Anita. the Singing Girl" which
 will be seen for its first time here, and
 in which she has an excellent part. The
 play differs widely from any in which
 she has been seen before, and is very
 good in every way A complete produc-
 ton is promised.