The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-26
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StOpi Look! Listeni

The tendency nowadays is to relieve the tired business man of all mental effort whatsoever when he goes to the theatre Stop! Look! Listen,' the Irving Berlin girl and music show a the Jefferson yes- tefday afternoon and last night, is typi- cal of the entertainment provided for this pampered person.
 | There was hardly the vestige of a plot but there were girls in abundance some capable comedians and dancers and a score
 in which one syncopated tune followed another in rapid succession Many cos- tune changes lent color and variety to the performance and the lines, despite ! the fact that they had little or no re- | lation to the alleged plot, were witty
 and kept the audience in a high good
 humor through seven scenes and three ! acts.
 I The first act was a trife slow, but
 after that songs dances and specialties crowded each other, each claiming rec ognition and all winning generous ap-
 plause. No one troubled to wonder what | it was all about, but that really wasn't
 necessary. Irving Berlin, justly styled the wizard of ragtime" provided many
 tuneful airs and some that were really
 quite pretty. All through the piece the
 Berlin music kept the orchestra busy | When the company wasn't dancing it
 was singing, for the most part.
 l The company was strong numerically 1 was agreeably in evidence. Al B. White as ] a press agent, soon won the favor of the l audience by his likeable personality and 1 the air of quiet assurance with which
 he played the part. He is an excellent comedian. whose efforts contributed no
 little to making the show enjoyable. Leo l na Thompson as Violette, George M. Smith as Gideon Gay, Helen Travers
 as Helen Singer and Mary Ambrose as | Mrs Singer were others among the prin- l cipals who acquitted themselves well. {, Miss Ambrose is a cOmedienne of ample
 proportions and plays the violin with l skill. Alton and Allen a team of dancers, who were respectively Hob Ayers, com
 poser, and F'ranS Steele, a librettist, are beyond question quite the cleverest pair l of male dancers seen at the Jefferson the l atre in long while. Their eccentric steps 1 proved one of the most enjoyable fea- 1 lures of the performance. Another mem Der of the cast, who is well known in Birmingham, was Bobby Harrington, who 1 took the part of Van Courtland Parke, a 1 more or less gilded youth, with pen chant for doing good"
 Tn the long list of musical numbers hardly any were without merit, but Take Off a Little Bit More and "Ragtime
 Melodrams'' won the most applause. Cyril Maude, in Grumpy" y"-Jefferson l Cyril Maude, for many years com l handing figure of the English stage, 1 and now in, high repute in America, will on Monday night appear at the l Jefferson theatre in his famous char 1 acter of Grumpy" in the comedy melodrama of similar title. The favor
 in which Mr. Maude is held in Eng Hand is due to the truthful represen- tation of character, to the delineation of a part in all its details, as well
 as to his gifts of humor, and, above all, to his pathos.
 ! Julian Eltinge in Cousin Lucy" Julian Eltinge one of the worlds most popular stage artists, comes to