The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-28

gentleman frien' would take you to see
 Henery sth l like to died laughing at
 Lyn Harding as the King; no, of course,
 it an't a comedy; that's the funny part
 of it; but he's the funniest thing I ever
 seen; his legs look like they've been done
 up in curl papers for q week. and the hang
 Of his skirt would fill bowery dame
 with despair; and his stummick Gee!
 it's a big, fat round one; but then they
 say Henerey Sth wasn't much on figure;
 he just fascinated the ladies. plain so. My gentleman friend said he wisht it was the fashion to propose now like it
 was in Henery Sth's day, because fel-
 low married his girl first and then 'axed her Now, aint that a sight? Well, anyway, the scenery of Henery Sth is something grand, believe me;
 Paines fireworks amt in it; and ,ne langwich they talk is that nice old fashioned langwich like they talked in them days, but you couldn't hardly un- derstand it because it was polished up
 like stove. I understood old Barnaby
 Iii 'Erstwhile Susan'-that play that Mrs
 Ffske is staccato-ing in round at the Gaiety-when he handed out langwich like this: Say, boys, I've gotter go now
 and take bath; I'm expecting visit
 
 son, knowing in that section of Dutch Pennsylvania Saturday night is the auspi- cious night for such performance and it wasn't but Tuesday of the week, then" In the first scene of Henery Sth the 1 curtain goes up on as comedy a bunch or noblemen as l ever did see; they'd stack up in shape with the Ziegfield
 trohc girls atop the New Amsterdam roof when it comes to pedal extremities Ia believe me, it was some bunch of mo- blemen, with puffy little trunks and sil- yer lace er-hanging out of their sleeves r looked like a suffrage meetin' be-
 cause there was low undercurrent of dissatisfaction going on like just before an election when the suffra gists are electing new president or something: it turned out that the whole bunch of noblemen, headed by the good looking Dock of Buckingham, was er-knoclxing cardinal Woolsey and wondering whose head was coming off; now wasn't that sneaky, underhand trick in them swells? The Cardinal was played by Sir Tree hlsself and he put the kibosh to | that whole bunch. believe me: he had em Buffalo-ed to beat the band: Henerv Eth jes ct out of his hand and the way that preacher-man was grating the taxes money made the old-time Tam | many ring look like a bunch of pikers | Well, the lords and things standing around gossipng like a set of old women uecloed, flnaIly, that Buckingham was the one which had better Watch His 1 Step and just as he was making that lovely speel and wfmmin' folks and chil- dren was er-crying and er-weeping- be- cause you know Buckingham was some thing of killer with the ladies. why. the Cardinal he steps out of the church and glves buck one look, which if looks could nave slew him, would have killed him deader than door nail. From that moment the lords and things knew that ! their dope was straight
 Just let me tell you about Woolsev,s c'othes; he was all dolled LID like Nazi nova With trailing robes that kent on coming in on the stage long after he'd got there, they were so long: the color
 was red and his hat was the most be- coming thing l ever seen. Say, Name. would nave went splendid with that White sport suit I got trimmed in red Woolseys whole get-up was different
 rom all the other Cardinals that come in
 from Rome later on; he was the cocl, O the Walk, believe me; I can't heJn thlnklng about that hat of the Cardinals. ofoad-brimmed and flat-crowned-exact ctlv what they are wearing now-looked like It might have come from Litchensteins Or hurzmann's, but it didn't because I askt next day; in fact, I've been all over New York looking for one; however, T ain't been to Macy's nor Greenhut's vet.
 maybe I'll find it at one of them sbons they always have the latest of evar,, thing
 But to resume our narrative. as the
 poet says, in the next scene Henerv atb comes in; Gee but he's the gay guy. too cute for anything is that old boy: and flirt-believe me, he was a Nor