The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-29
THEATRICAL NOTES

Damaged Goods" play that made
 great hit in New York this and last season, will be at the Jefferson thea | tre shortly.
 Ruth St. Denis, the weird dancer who | is given credit foi being the only woman vie can give unaided and alone complete evenings entertainment. will be here next month at the Jeff | ferson theatre. However. in order to present complete production of her original Hindoo and Japanese dance plays che carries on her tour the same company of native actors and assist ants who nave supported her in all her successful appearances, both in this country and abroad.
 Adele" one of the biggest musical
 successes in years is by Paul Nerve and Jean Briquet, authors of Alma It will ie at the Jefferson theatre shortly. Adele" is a dainty young miss
 who is n love with the son of her fath- CTS business rival On account of par ental objection and the necessity of obtaining their corsent to marriage she
 schemes tc secure the aid of her fath- CT in settling upon member of the French nobility a large sum of money to marry her. She determines, if suc- |cessful, immediately after the marriage 10 separate anu secure a d. vorce, then marry the man she really loves, since by provision in the French law, once having been married, the sec ond time she is free to marry whom she will without obtaining the consent of her parents. At first the nobleman demurs, brt finally consents to become the husband of Adele. He too, is in love with a young girl. but cannot marry her because he has no money. The ceremony Is performed and they proceed to Trouville, fashionable French watering place, and the plans to separate miscarry and this creates a comedy full oi amusing complica- rives that the original plans can be successfully carried out Adele finds herse1e in love with her husband and he with her.
 UnliiSc most musical comedies of French origin. Adele" is free of vul- garity and bases it's appeal on story that remains throughout the play and it's 20 sorg numbers. which form part and parccl of the story.
 One of the greatest difficulties en- countered by Henry Stillman. the stage manager of "Kismet." is in keeping | up the hest of supernumeraries in the bazar scene to concert pitch. Mir. Still | man employs very crafty device | which always has the desired effect | When the Caliph hbdallah enters the l bazar, accompanied by his retinue. his | purse bearer throws handfulls of coin | among the kneeling, multitude. and the | moment the Caliph is off the stage there is a great scramble among the merchants flower sellers and camel boys for he pieces of money. The coins ordinarily used are of very small value; in fact. they are pennies MT. Still mans scheme is to put in the purse a F<x hal <1r1J v n<xs< gold piece. The effect is always elec- trifying. The scramble ceases to be make believe and the only difficulty is to prevent some of the more ac- quisitive members of the mob from coming to blows. "Kismet," with Otis skinner in the cast will be at the Jeff ferson theetre shortly.
 Emmn Bunting will continue several weeks longer at the Bijou and several new plays are to be staged by her, MT. Schiller. her manager. Is in New York now selecting some new pieces for Miss Bunting anc some excellent treats are in store.
 Theatregoers Of Birmingham still talk about the sood old days of the Bijou Musical Comedy company and the Wells-Dunne- Harlan company, 1 practically the same company. which were the frequent visitors to the Bijou theatrc and comment on the ex- cellence of that same organization. Two 1 of the old stars will be here this week | in Chip and Mary Marble-incidental- | ly his name is Sarl chip-and they are | apcaring in vaudeville act. Of the | old company Gertrude Hoffman. then | a chorus girl has won widespread fame l as the scnsati tiorai dancer and high | priced vaudeville star: Max Hoffman, her husbnNd. and musical director of l the compans, has become one of the | biggest national figures as a musical | director. and song writer; Otis Harlan | went to Broadway and remained there for xenra as the star of great com-