The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-16
LYRIC BOOKINGS
 FOR WEEK INCLUDE. .
 SPLENDID NUMBERS
Harry Girard & Company Among Topliners-Girard One of the Greatest
 Vaudeville Hits

Theatregoers will enjoy vaudeville treat at the Lyric during the present week as the bookings include some ex- cellent attractions and the entertain- CTS who will be presented are top liners in the vaudeville field.
 Harry Girard and company will be on the bill, and Girard is one of the best known and most capable of vau-1 deville performers. Assisted by Miss Agnes Cain Brown, famous prima don- na, he will present "The Vail of an Eskimo" a pretentious musical com edy and drama. Another superattrac tion on the programme will be Bob Matthews, in "A Trip to Dreamland," novel and entertaining vehicle of intense interest. The Seven Bracks, wcrlds greatest physical cGlturists, the saxo Quintet and other high-class att fractions will be offered.
 On the bill for the first half of the week will be Harry Girard and com pany The Saxo Quintet, John T. Ray and company, in a song and dance of fering, Check Your Hat Ed Morton, vaudeville's pleasing singer and The Three Daring sisters, an aerial thrill Ter
 The Vail of An Eskimo" present. ed by Harry Girard, Agnes Cain-
 
 line attraction for the first half of the. week. This attraction is a happy combination of musical comedy and drama. The story has a strong dra- matic appeal and the song numbers are featured by the singing of Agnes Cain Brown well known prima donna, who has starred with many grand opera productions. The plat of ths piece has to do with the adoption by the sheriff of the daughter of his partner, The treacherous miners soon tell the girl that the sheriff is not her father and scoff at her for liv- ing with him. She decides to leave. but is intercepted by the sheriff, who discovers that he is in love with her. The story is laid in the frozen Alaskan country and there is much to thrill and entertain. This attraction is con- sidered one of the best offerings of present day vaudeville.
 The SaXo Quintet, also on the bill for the first half of the week, is 2 big attraction. This quintet of artists are excellent soloists and they render a most pleasing and entertaining pro-s gramme.
 One of vaudeville's most novel at fractions, "A Trip to Dreamland,Y fea- turing Bob Matthews, will be the head line attraction for the last half of the week. This vehicle depicts beautiful scenes ana IS gorgeous proquctlOn.. The audience is carried through tEe dreams of dreamer and they ara entertained in most delightful man. ner. One of the dreams takes the au-i dience through the golden palaces of the future and the scenic effects are. elaborate Another approximation on the bill for the last half of the week will be l the Seven BraclSs, conceded to be the worlds greatest physical culturistss and acrobats They present a most | wonderful and amazing exhibition and keep the audience thrilled and enter-s 1 tained. Other attractions for the last half of the week include Frank and 1 Tobie in songs, dances and costumes 1 characterisque; Emma Stephens, tho | brilliant soprano, and George and Paul | Hickman in "Blackface Art" l The programme for the week wiils no doubt prove one of the vaudeville | trest of the season, as advance no- , tices indicate that the bills are well l balanced and brimful of high class en-} l tertainment. Mutual news pictures ] feature all performances at the Lyricf 1 and there are three performances i daily.