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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

music, song and style production; Vas- son, and Sherlock Sisters. in vauGe- villized musical comedy; Allen, Cliff ford and Barry. three charming young girls, in musical bouquet'' and six other headline attractions.
 The headline attraction for the first half of the week will be 'IIit the Trail" comedy that has been big feature on the vaudeville programmes of the big eastern theatres This act is said to be scream from beginning to end and it offers great and laugh h- able entertainment. Hit the Trail" is not Billy Sunday travesty, but is an evangelistic story. It does not tread lightly upon the toes of any evangelist or his followers, but it is mirth pro- voking and wholesome entertainment The story Is merely of those who hit the trail with it's comedy and with Its mirth Austin Webb Is clever actor and he is supported by a capable com pany. This act abounds in laughter and merriment.
 Casson and Sherlock Sisters are also on the programme for the first half of the week and they are clever entertainers. They present a vaude- vilIized musical comedy :ssd furnish high-class entertainment and amuse- ment Allen. Clifford and Barry are three charming young ladies who will also entertain Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. and they will present "a musical bouquet" Their musical ac complishments are both vocal and instrumental Other attractions on the bill for the first half of the week in clude the Four Hartfords quartetts of eccentric gymnasts, and the Bow man Brothers. character comedians
 The feature attraction for the last half of the week will be '.The Fash ion shop one of vaudevilles most pretentious musical song and style shows. The costumes worn in this act are lavish and gorgeous and of the very .atest creations. It Is a big, style and beauty show and has received much favorable comment from the press in all cities where it has ap- peared. This act is considered one of the most pretentious of the kind seen in Rirmineham in a long while. The members of the company are all cap ab,e and talented performers.
 Hill Tivoli Sisters and Hill. a quar- tet of versatile entertainers. will also be presented on the bill for the last half of the week. This quartet dances, sings and entertains in various wRys.
 Adams and Griffith in "A Music Lesson" will offer much entertain r,ent Thursday. Friday and Saturday, The skit offevs much opportunity for lauehable and wholesome comedy.
 Alexander and Fielss will enterton in "The Progressive Pilgrims,'' an act replete with inteEest and entertain- ment and Chivo and Chtyo are dancers and earilihrists. The Mutual news pictures feature all perforni- ances st the Lyric and the test new a events in pictures are ehown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
ANNA CASE, NOTED PRIMA DONNA, AT
 JEFFERSONDEC. IA
Metropolitan Opera So- prano Appears Here Fri day Under Auspices of
 Music Study Club

Birmingham music lovers are eagerly anticipating the forthcoming engage ment of Anna Case. Metropolitan opera prima donna, who will be heard In con- cert at the Jefferson theatre on De- cenber 14.
 Not since the brilliant programmes of the biennial convention of Music Study Clubs last spring has there been such notable offering In a musical way as the appearance of the famous soprano. Anna Case is as well known on the concert stage as she is in operatic circles. though Birmingham never has been giv- en the opportunity to hear her either in recital or in opera. Her concert itinerary takes her from coast to coast every year, and she fills as many en- agreements as time limitation allows. Her present tour has been attended by nota- ble success, probably because she Is an American artist and one of the greatest exponents of American art and musical culture.
 Anna Case sings leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York with Caruso, Amato, Martinelli and the other great singers. Noted artists are happy to appear on the same programme with her, whereas but a few years ago she was struggling for recognition. so frequently denied an American singer, and considered it a great honor to ap- pear with singers of reputation
 The Music Study club anticipates one of the most brilliant concerts of it's current season, and inquiries that al- ready have been made at the Jefferson. by mail and otherwise, indicate heavy attendance Friday. There will be but one appearance of the prirna donna, on Friday night, December If.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
MODERN MORALITY
 !. PLAY, EXPERIENCE, l. COMES NEXT WEEK
Hobart's Brilliant Drama Booked at Jefferson for Three Days, Begin
 ming Dec. 20

| Beginning Thursday, December 20, George V. Hobart's modern morality comedy drama. "Experience,' called by
 the critics the most wonderful play in I America, comes to the, Jefferson for an engagement of three days. There
 will be matinee on Saturday.
 'Experience" in 10 brilliant scenes tells of the adventures of Youth-the ! average young man of today-when ne goes out into the big world to make
 name for himself. The company that comes here will have a cast of S2 notable players and in the primrose path scene there will be a complete light opera chorus The various vices and virtues which Youth meets. in his adventures are personffied by beauti- ful women whose grace and loveliness have set a new standard of fascinat- ing femininity for the stage.
 Experience" deals with phases of life which are largely unfamiliar to the majority of audiences, but which are pictured and related with frequent touches of convincing veracity. "Ex- perience" has been heartily indorsed by the clergy of all denominations It ran for nine months in New York, five months in Boston, seven months in CHlCdSO ana i've TlOnCHS III EulldueA- phia. In San Francisco and Los Angeles the attendance broke all records. In the various cities of the country more people have attended the performance of Experience" than saw either Ben Hur" or the 'Old Homestead"
 Experience" teaches in a potent manner the eternal lesson that the wages of sin are misery and degra- dation. It has the spark of the wine, but shows the cold grey dawn of the morning after; it reveals the bravery and simmer of the gay and fickls life in the golden cabaret scene, and exhibits the penalty with sincere sim cerity. It grants the ectacy of the drug devotee in the House of Lost Souls, yet portrays the agony of the deluded victim. In the Corridors of Chance it shows a modern gambling house in full operation and yet plain ly shows the folly of trying to make a fortune at the gambling table. In the notable cast that William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest will send to this city will be Leonard Doyle, Duncan Penwarden, Leona Ho- garth, Beatrice Benton, Mae Paul, George B. Miller Fred Mosley. Marie Sinclair. Leota Sinclair, Jennifer Sim clair, Alice Palmer, Irene Palmer, Julia Cobb. Gertrude Dustin, Harold Burnett, William Dupont George Berry, Lillian Armstrong, Aldeah Wise Ruth Farnum. Bernard Craney, Axsl Olson and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
ATLANTA PAPERS
 WARM IN PRAISE
 OF HAVE A HEART
Brown Parks Sees Savage Show There and Agrees With Critics That It's
 the Best Ever

It's the best musical show since The Merry Widow I'll promise you" said Brown Parks, treasurer and publicity man of the Jefferson theatre
 T saw Have Heart in Atlanta Thanksgiving night. and despite the fact that something like 4o0O0 people were storrning Billy Sundays tabernacle out on Auburn avenue to get in, there was a packed house at the Atlanta theatre to sec the Savage operetra, and I never saw a crowd enjoy a show more. It didn't surprise me that the Atlanta crit ics praised Have Heart to the skies, 1t has the kind of tuneful, seductive rnu- sic yuu dream about"
 Have a Heart" will be at the Jeffer- son Wednesday matinee and night.
 MT. Parks brought back some of the criticisms with him, and here's what ap- peared in the obstreperous Georgian, which calls spade spade when 1t comes to a criticism:
 When any theatrical attraction comes to town with the Savage tag, one ex- poets something out of the ordinary, and Q crowd that filled the Atlanta from pit to gallery Thanksgiving night found Have Heart" admirably keeping up the reputation of its promoter This is the second Savage show to appear here this season--the other, Pom -Pom"-also scoring great hit.
 And Have g Heart" got the crowd with vengeance It is beautifully staged, the costumes and scenic effects are more than ordinarily meritorious, the music is tuneful and gives one some thing to hum or whistle on the way home, the comedy is clever and without a raw edge, and the cast is eminently satisfactory.
 Joseph Keno, as the elevator boy, while not the central character in the show, is t're storm center of the humor, and rfe way he has found new possibilities in an old role and made the most of them is indeed refreshing
 Cecelia Wright, as Peggy Schoonmaker. has real voice and knows how to use 1t, and in fact that may be said of every one who attempts to sing in the play. Grace Hoey, as Dolly Brabazon, is a competent actress, and her work with Keno, as also in the scenes with Henry Antrim, the almost but -not-quite- -di- vorced husband, is very clever.
 As always, the dancing probably pleased the most of the spectators last night, especially the whirlwind dance by Keno and. Rosie Green. The crowd liked this so well that for more than five minutes the applause continued, the pair responding for bows dozen times
 Henry Antrim has a varied role and plars it exceedingly well. Humor, pataos, love making. business and bur lesque, all wall to his lot. and he suc- ceeds with each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

A few minutes with Tom Akers (Ala- bama bound.) Several seasons with the Al G. Field show.
 Closing chorus. 'In the Candle Light" novelty song. Solo part by Charles Bartlett, with entire circle on chorus.
 (Curtain.)
 PART IT.
 Beauregard Vinson. with his African Harp" assisted by Captain Shumate. B. Vintson is advocate of the Laugh and Grow Fat" movement.
 "The Hawaiian Serenaders," led by Abe Williams. MT. Hollums with the guitar, MT. Williams with the ukelele. Vocalists, Messrs. Chest, Connor Guyton, Henry w. Cole and Abe Williams Monologue by Henry Vance, "A Shot at Mother Eve"
 Speciality act by Messrs.. Charles Bart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

The programme for Tuesday nights performance follows:
 PART I.
 Opening chorus Indiana
 ''The Jolly Ugly Brothers" novelty song by entire cast (Written especially for Ugly Brothers Minstrels. by Will Glass of Birmingham). Introducing Frank But Ter and Huntington Howell. A few nain- utes with Uncle Hunk" Howell, pioneer of local ninstrelsy and serving his third year with Ugly Brothers.
 Ballad by Forney Gay, ''In All My Dreams I Dream of You.''
 Bass solo by Herchel Chest. "o'er the Billowy Sea- "A Trip to Gagland," with Frank But Ter as pilot. Ballad by James Ruggins, ''It's a Long. Long, Trail" Introducing Abe Williams and Ed Norton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Song by Abe Williams T Love Her, Oh, Oh, Oh!"
 A few minutes with Ed (Ioneyboy) Norton, 'The Koon in Khaki" This Is MT. Norton's last performance with Ugly Brothers for awhile. He has joined Uncle Sans forces.
 Ballad by Charles Turner, Little Grey Mother
 Jokes by Abe Williams. "A Darkey Dialect Devil'' Introducing Tom Akers and Henry Vance.
 Coon song by Tom Akers, Shame on You.''
 A few minutes with Henry Vance. strictly "On the Level"
 Ballad by Charles Bartlett: "All the World Will Be Jealous of Me"
 Comic song by Henry Vance: Father Was Right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

lett and Will Glass A few selections by Ugly Brothers quartet. The Shines from Harmony villee Hershel Chest, bass; Henry Cole, baritone; MT. Heaton, tenor and MT. Dan Heaton second tenor
 Grand finale with entire cast and pa triotic stage setting: '.For Uncle Sam and Dixie.'' and Are You From Dixie "
 End Men-Huntington Howell, Frank Butler. Ed Norton, Abe Williams. Tom Akers and Henry Vance.
 Soloists-Forney Gay, Mr. Chest, Mir. Higgins, Abe Williams, Charles Turner, Tom Akers, Charles Bartlett.
 Chorus Work-Dave Williams, Harry Mullgan, Matthew Henderson, Roger Irving, Connor Guyton, Fl. w. Cole, Sam Parker and Will Norton
 Interlocutor-Jar.as B. Drake
 Musical Director=Ch Bartlett
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
COMEDY, MUSIC AND |S0NG COMPRISE BIC | YR|C PROGRAMME
Screaming Farce Is Austin, Webb & Co. in Hit the Trail''- l''-Fashion Shop
 Feature

High-class entertainment will fea- ture the offerings to be seen at the Lyric this week and the programme includes some of the best vaudeville entertainers now before the public. There will be pleasing mingling of comedy. music, song, beauty and style and the usual high standard of Lyric attractions will be maintained.
 Such acts will be presented as Aus tin Webb and company in "IIit the Trail" a screaming farce comedy; "The Fashion Shop" a, pretentious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

The King of Siam has bodyguard of 4oo trained atd armed women doing service in his capital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Warsaw was beflagged and flower decked for the celebration of the Kos ciusko centenary. Archbisohp Lakon- ski conducted a special commemorative service in St. John S cathedral, at which the reconstitution of an Independent Poland" as now projected by the Ger
 mans and Austrians, was presented as
 the realization of the ideal for which
 Kosciusko strove. The burgomaster of
 Warsaw unveiled a statue of Kosciusko in the city hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09
A Hard Knock

From the Florida Times Union.
 q think your husband has such an open countenance."
 Especially in his sleep. You ought to hear him snore."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-09

Driving a. Diesel engine with gas made from peat is one of the developments of the coal and oil shortage in Den mark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
NO MONEY IN "M0VIES,"
WILLIAM A. BRADY SAYS
Too Many Theaters, and System of
Distribution Is Termed
a "Joke."

NEW YORK, January 26.--The NOV
ing picture business today is almost
cruel" and there is no money in 1t,
William A. Brady. theatrical manager.
has told the legislative committee which
is investigating the industry to deter
mine if it should be subject to a state
tax.
Producer and distributor of pictures
as president Of the World Film Cor
poration. Mr.. Brady said his company
had put s1.o0o.o0O into the business
within the past six months. Asked If
much of that money was his own, he
replied:
No. I have been too wise to buy
moving picture stock. The business has
been expanding, but in a disastrous
way"
Asserting there was a great over
production of pictures, he continued:
''The business looked so easy that four
times the number of theaters needed
were built. / think there is a great flu
ture in store for il, but there is no
when there is a total, reorganization.
The business today is almost cruel.
some day there will be real motion
pictures. when the ear. the eye. the
=
everything educational will be pic
torially preserved. Then the pictures
will be in every schoolroom. There is
more talk going into pictures than
money. and the industry must pass
through the same ordeal as the oil
feds. automobile business and other
industries.
Mr.. Brady said he believed public in
terest in moving pictures had decreased
during the last year. the trouble being
there was as many picture theaters as
saloons. He said the system of dis
tributing films lis joke" owing to the
great waste As to salaries paid stars
he was asked what he thought one &C
tress gets. "On paper she gets between
a thousand and fifteen hundred week .
he replied. an reality she probably
gets between five hundred and seven
hundred and fifty
Many stars who were paid $40 or $50
a week on the legitimate stage and
now draw ten times those amounts
have had their heads turned and
temperamentally speaking. fail to de-
liver what was expected" Mr.. Brady
declared. my own daughter" he con
Guided lis paid so much money that
have to take half of her salary and
put il in trust for her Otherwise she
would spend ii recklessly and fooIishly. -
Adolph Zukor of the Famous Play.
ers-Lasky Company deplored the over.
production Of films and told the COM
mittee that losses in moving picture
ventures would, in his opinion. pre-.
vent capitalists from investing in thai
business until more stable basis has
been developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
Fart of Fe-shing's Army in U. S.

Ell PASO, Tex. January 26.-Part of
the field headquarters equipment and
baggage has reached Columbus, n. NJ,
from Colonia Dublan. together with
quantities of supplies and munitions,
passengers from there said. After a
brief rest there. it was said, the plan
was to move the troops to FL Paso,
Douglas and other border points. where
cantonments win be provided for them.
Gen. Pershing is expected to make his
headquarters in Ell Paso and will COM
man0 the border troops In this district
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
u S. May Accept Shadow Lawn,

resolution authorizing the govern
ment to accept Shadow Lawn as a
permanent summer White House has
been introduced by Representative
Scully of New Jersey. Representative
Scully explains that residents of AS
bury Park. n. j.. have underwritten a
project by which the estate would be
turned over to the government without
cost. conditioned upon the use of the
place a summer residence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
Finds His Wife Greatly Agitated.

The climax came, he said, on the
evening of July 20. when his wife and
Mrs. Butler went upstairs in the Hol-
land Hotel and were quickly follow ed
by Butler. Spaniel testified he followed
in a few minutes and found his wife
alone and greatly agftated. He said he
believed she had been offered an insult
while Mrs. Butler was out of the room
for a moment. He invited Butler into
his car, in which Mrs. Spaniel already
was seated. and after going a few
blocks demanded of Butler what had
happened in the room. A fight ensued
Spaniel said, in which Butler tried to
use Mrs Spaniel as a shield. He could
see flashes from Buffers pistol as he
stood behind Mrs. Spaniel. and could
see Mrs. Spaniel trying to free herself
from Buffers grasp. Finally, he said,
he saw Butler fall and found his wife
dead - concluding his testimony with
the statement. Butler had killed her."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
SPANIEL SHIFTS BLAME
FOR DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Fatal Shot, He Says, Was Fired by
Col. Butler, Whom He
Killed.

| SAN ANGELO. Tex, January 20
Harry ]. SPANIEL in his trial yesterday
for the murder of his wife, Crystal
| Holland Spaniel. testified that Col. NJ C.
Butler, U. s. A., fired the shot that
killed Mrs. Spaniel. At the adjourn
ment of court the state announced that
! the CroSS-eNamination of Spaniel was
completed for the present"
! Spaniel also is under indictment for
killing Col. Butler. but the case yes
terday was put over until February l.
Mrs. Spaniel and Col Butler were killed
| at Alpine, Tex, the night of July 20
last in motor car driven by Spaniel.
| The defense rested today. Testimony
was introduced to corroborate the story
| told by SPANIEL yesterday, and to show
| that Lieut.. Col Butler was known among
! soldiers as Bull Butler. Two witnesses
| testified that Butler had the reputation
| of being a woman chaser" even with his
command. The first witness for the state
| on the rebuttal today declared Col But
| ler's reputation regarding his attentions
TO women was good"
Shot Fired by Butler, He Says.
| Spaniel said the shot that killed his
wife was fired by Col. Butler while he
and the army officer were engaged in
a pistol duel in the darkness. Col
| Butler. the witness said, had followed
and paid undue attentions" to Mrs
| SPANIEL. trying to show her off, be-
| fore other army officers, and the de-
PENDANT had protested to Col. Butler,
asking him to be careful. because he
did not want unfavorable comment
made about his wife.
AT one point in Spanells testimony
relating to his love for his wife and
1Dr n fa.~ Nt1N,,r
him, court took recess of few min
utes to relieve the tension in the room.
Some jurors were in tears, spectators
wept and the defendant witness him
self sobbed frequently. During the
brief intermission Spaniel partly re-
gained his composure and continued
his story, telling of what he claimed
were the actual occurrences on the
! night of the shooting.
Spaniel said while he regarded his
wife as being "as pure as a flower and
| just like an innocent little girl" he re-
garded Butler as bold, persistent
| man, and dangerous to women. All his
efforts previous to July 20. he said. had
been to shield his wife from Buffers
advances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
"FIRST-HAND STORIES" !
OF FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Maj. n. Spender-Clay Of the British
Army Addresses the National
Press Club. 7

Several frst-hand stories OF tho
fighting at Ypres and along the Somme
were told at the National Press Club
last night by Maj. H. Spender-C7ay of
the British army and an attache of
the British war commission.
Maj. Spender-Clay, who was a MEM
Der of the house of commons before the
war broke out. congratulated this
country on deciding at the outset to do
away with the volunteer system. the
evils of which. he said. resulted in the
wasteful and unnecessary loss of thou
sands of British lives in the early
months Of the war.
When asked by one of his auditors
how long it would take Uncle Sam to
go in and clean up the job. the major
replied:
THAT depends altogether upon Uncle
Sam himself"
Heavy applause greeted this frank
statement.
The officer told the press club men,
recrea ton to keep their spirits from
tagging through the monotony of the
daily life at the extreme front.
Plenty of musicians should be part
OF any American evolutionary force
that may be sent to France" the major
said. Early in the war We British
made the mistake of not providing rec
reation for men in the trenches Now
we have all sorts of entertainments
behind the lines to relieve the strain
of fighting, and we find it pays"