The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31

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reductions on other seats, including a two bits" gallery both afternoon and night. The performances will begin at 2;S0 and S:15 p. m. and seats for all of them are on sale in advance
 It should be borne in mind that ''The Birth of Nation is not likely to be shown in Birmingham again. Producer D. w. Griffith has stated that he will soon withdraw it from the road to make way for his new spectacle, Tolerance" now running at the Liberty theatre, New York, and which will probably be seen at the Jefferson later in the season.
 Produced during the fiftieth anni- versary of the closing events of the civil war the Griffith picturization Of The Clansman" offers an unusually vivid portrayal of of those epoch-mak- ing events. It is just over half a century since Lees surrender to Grant and the terrible assassination of Pres ident Lincoln in Fords theatre Wash. ington Both of those events that stirred the nation to it's depths are depicted by Mir Griffith in so real lStic menner as to startle with their realism even that fast scattering few who were themselves a part of what was done in those momentous days.
 The first half of the picture covers the entire period from 1860 to 1865 with massive battle scenes which. by their horror accentuate the blessings or peace. The second half Mir Griffith deYotes to the soul-stirring drama of reconstruction. He shows the south in the clutch of the carpetbagger and the scalawag and how it was saved by the scottish clans of the Carolinas. Here the dramatic power reaches it's zenith. The eyes of the spectator look back ward for 50 years and see history in the making.
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 There will be much to entertain and amuse on the vaudeville programme at the Lyric during New Years week. and the entertainment will be ushered in with a special matinee Monday, New Years Day Among the chief attractions for the nrst week in the new year will be Spen- ser Kelly and Marion Wilder and com pany in Melodies Past and Present. the Ham Tree Mule, a pretentious animal comedy act; Rita Mario and her talented orchestra of 10 charming girls, with charming voices, and the Chung Hwa Four, the only Chinese vocal quartet in vaudeville In addition to these feature attractions there will be six other high class Keith acts and Pathe pictures
 Spenser Kelly and Marion Wilder pre- sent high-class instrumental and vocal entertainment. Both Mir Kelly and Miss Wilder are musicians through and through. In Melodies Past and Present. they offer a little concert that is exceed ingly beautiful. The Ham Tree Mule is one of the big animal comedy acts of vaudeville and is a roar from start to finish.
 Rita Mario and her orchestra of 10 pretty girls is one of vaudevilles fea- ture entertainments. In addition to the ensembles of the orchestra there are solos on the xylophone, French harp and flutes and vocal solos.
 The Chung Hwa Four is composed of four Chinese who sing and sing well and who entertain in other ways. This quar- tet forms the only Chinese singing quar- tet in vaudeville.
 Other acts for the week include John E. Henshaw and Grace Avery in "A Vaude- vile Table DTote;" Peggy Bremen and brother in "The Imps' Playground a spectacle on unsupported ladders, and Ed Morton, vaudeville's pleasing singer Rita Mario and her orchestra is the headline attraction for the last part of the week and as co-entertainers there will be the Chung Hwa Four Selma Braatz, the re-