The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-05
At the Lyric

AS dtC AyAN
 It has been many weeks since the Lyric offered its patrons a vaudeville bill that for genuine merit compared with the one this week. Act after act went for encores, and more tan one could have
 easily worked overtime. Five If the
 seven acts offer singing. and inciude
 many excellent voices and as many en-
 1oyable songs. All the way from rag
 time to grand opera the songs go and
 each is worth hearing
 Four acts tie for first honors.
 Colonial Days is offered in a mag
 nificent setting showing the outside of a
 mansion and in the garden appear the
 musicians and singers 10 in number Bert
 Wainwright, tenor, and Estelle Althouse,
 soprano, are heard in several duets. which are excellently sung. William A.
 Galpen joins them with a rich baritone
 for two trios. String and brass instru-
 ments are blended well for several se- lections, and in another just the brass is
 heard The ensembles are strong and
 well selected. It is entitled to the many
 "nSores the act ,recei~>
 Claire Rochestss, e "a her au.a;arca with. her phenos s.saa sopra mo ba r;tons voice, with it's reriArkable range of more than two octaves.4 She is heard first in l two popular numbers, followed by a se- | lection from "Rigoetto." sung in two i voices, and later in a ballad. She is ;,, even better voice han when she was here last season, ana her songs are wei selected. She scored strongly in popular favor.
 It is rare indeed tat a classic an- pears III a one-act sketh in vaudeville. put that IS an apt descrotion of John P.
 Wade.s act. Marse Selby's Chicken Dinner, blending of pthos and con,- edy. Mir. Wade as .Jefsrson JTseSson Monroe, the old slave, ana ae,farles'sy l King as Judge Shelby. offered two ex-' cellent bits of acting, while Mis- Beslev sang in manner to reach tie heart l.
 Comfort and King are the cohedy hit of the bill in Coon Town Divor,ons,. ,n which good singing by Vaughan Comfort is combined with some splendB black face comedy of an original nS,ire bv John King and Comfort The net hoe to do with the efforts of MT. ad Mrs ! Salamander Blue to secure a sivorce. a King playing both parts. It is laugh !, from beginning to end.
 Pollard. comedy juggler, prted an l excellent opener. Cecile Westl and a Louise Leon were enjoyable in piano W and singing speciality, and Abt Ben b 10 Arabs performed a llmber of startling feats in pyramid biding. gun spinning and desertricks
 There is a matinee every afternh and , a performance every night of thweek. ,..
 At the Majestic f
 Rex Beach's great story of the Alaska thrills at the Majestic theatre yesterday afternoon and last night. It will be con- tinued every afternoon and night this week, with the matinees at 2:sO o'clock and the night performances at S:3o o'clock.j
 "The Spoilers" in book and magazine form was read by thousands who ap- | preciated the thrills, the well handled cve story, the pen pictures of masterful ren in lands where merit counts. and the powerful fight for supremacy that these men waged. In picture form the same stories are told. wildly, with augmented action and an acme of realism that makes The picture one of the strongest yet filmed. It is as far different from "Cabi- ria'' as the east from the west, yet in Its way it Is the greater of the two films Or 1t depends on human interest. splen- lid imagination and present story such IS Is happening all the time. While 1t acks the grandeur of old world scenery md immense built up castles and palaces , abounds in a natural scenery that is 'uperb and which is even more appeal- ng to many. Among its strongest scenes Ire snow clad Alaska the dynamiting If an entire town, the volcanic earth Il uake, several fights. the dog teams and wonderful game of chance. The makers if the film left nothing undone to per ect 1t.
 The story is in nine reels and was cted by William Farnum, who created te role of ''Ben-Hur" and other famous ,arts for the legitimate stage; Kathlyn ] Williams, one of the leading emotional \ ctresses for the moving pictures and 3essie Eyton, g Selig star vfose name B we'll known to the patrons of the film ,lays. The supporting cast is one ot he strongest that has been seen here at my time. Possession of the famous Midas" mines is the theme of the story md the efforts of Glenister and Dextry to etain possession of the mines against gang of crooks who seek to secure It brough the manipulation of the courts. | love story. with the ups and downs hat follow the course of true love, is ' powerfully told by the film.