The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-09
HIGH GRADE ACTS OF
 KEITH VAUDE
 AT LYRIC THEATRE
Melody Garden" and 'Six Water Lilies" Among the Big Features-Other
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The Lyric will present to vaudeville low CTS of Birmingham during the present week one of the most interesting and en- tertaining bills of the season and some of vaudeville's highest priced acts will be on the programme, which includes such well known and standard vaudeville acts as The Melody Garden" six beautiful young girls in a spectacular musical nov city; 1'The Six Water Lilies" six well formed girls, all expert divers and swim mers; Burns and Kissen, song writers and singers; Van Brothers who write their own songs and sing them; Magic Evans and her banjo boys. and other hgh-class attractions.
 The Melody Garden is the headline attraction for the first half of the week, and this is one of vaudeville's biggest features It is composed of sextet of beautiful young ladies who are excellent instrumentalists and vocalists and they present most pleasing programme
 Burns and Kissen, song wrter-enter- tainers, are also on the programme for the first half. They write songs and then sing them and also intersperse deal of pert chatter The Folles Sisters and Le- Roy, in singing and dancing will also entertain Monday Tuesday and Wednes- day, and they come heraled as clever per- formers Billy Kinkaid, Scotland's nov city artist and the Oxford Trio, novelty comedians, will also entertain during the first half of the week.
 Six beautifully formed women, swim mers and divers, konwn as The Six Water Lillies,' are the headline attraction for the last half of the week, and the act is thriller from start to finish. The girls are among the best aquatic experts in the country and possess excellent fig ures
 "Getem and Holdem'' is the billing of the Van Brothers who have an act that combines good music with genuine come dy Both boys are expert musicians, playing choice selections on the zither and saxaphone and mouth harp
 This act is one of the features for the last half of the week. Mazie Evans and her banjo boys will also entertain Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. The banjoists are very clever and the act ranks well with any of the kind in vaudeville Jack King and Morton Harvey are well known as song writers and they will entertain the last half of the week n a song pro- gramme of unusual excellence Regal and and Mack, in an original comedy en- titled .The Book Shop" complete the pro- giamme for the last half of the week. Pathe news pictures are always a pleas ing feature at the Lyric. The theatre is cooled by iced air and electric fans.
 
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