The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
UNUSUALLY GOOD
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 FAIR AND REUNION
Special Matinee Monday. Two. Headliners on Pro- gramme for Last
 of the Week

Some extraordinary entertainment will be presented at the Lyric this week for the local theatregoers and for the thou sands of visitors to the Alabama State Fair and the Confederate reunion The management has secured a programme that will add much to tho entertaining features of fair week, and 1t is antici- pated that the Lyric theatre will be the
 mecca for seekers of amusement. Such celebrated entertainers will be presented as Harry Beresford in Mind Your own .Business;' Tony Hunting and Corinne Francis in Love Blossoms" Brenda Fowler and company in ''The Spirit or 117s," and seven other high-class attrac- tons.
 The programme for the first half Of me week, which opens with special falr week matinee Monday, will bring to Blr- mingham Harry Beresford. Grace DeMar in sThe Eternal Feminine;' Mccormick and Irving in ''Sugar-coated Syncopa- tion:" Carson Brothers, defying gravity and Corbitt, Sheppard and Donavan, yer
 satiie entertainers.
 Mind Your own Business" presented
 by Harry Beresford and company. Is one of the seasons biggest vaudeville hits.and
 has caused much pleasing comment.
 Beresford is 8 well known entertainer
 and ranks with the very best on the
 stage, In Mind Your Own BuSlneSS
 he portrays the part of a kindly ana weu
 meaning old gentleman, who gets himseik
 and every one else with whom ne IS con, nected in trouble because he doesn't mlno
 his own business. The fun comes thick
 and fast and the number Is jam full or laughs. Mr. Beresford Is supported py q capable caste of farceurs and the act ls riot of fun.
 There will be two headline attractions on the biil for the last half of the week. They are Tony Hunting ana Gorinne Francis in Love Blossoms" and Brenda Fowler and company in "The Spirit or l l776."
 Tony Hunting and Corinne Francis are standard vaudeville entertainers, anu they are well known and well liked in Birmingham, where they have appeared previously. Hunting was formerly one of the famous Four Huntings. and ne is just as clever as any of the Huntinss and they are all clever. In Love BIOS soms" they have a pleasing vehicle which proves that love lights on any Kind or 1 tree, shrub or vine. and their act is staged in a flower store set. Both pos. 1 sess pleasing personalities and they VIII be big features of the programme .c,S. Brenda Fowler and company In Tne l Spirit of 1776" offer a military sketcn 1 that fs a clarion call of 1917. Miss Fow- Ter portrays the part of an old woman 1 who is not only willing to give up her poy l for her country, but who sells her vaiua- | bles that she might purchase nnertS bonds. The story is an appeal Tor re. | cruiting and is said to be an exceptional l bit of entertainment. ,... Other attractions on tho bill for tne I last half of the week include AlexAndei Brothers and Evelyn, worlds greases' l hall bouncers Pistel and Cushing. .The 1 Stranded Minstrels," and The Three
 chums in "A Few Moments at thu l Club." The Mutual News pictures are always a pleasing feature at the Lyric
 From the programme announced 1t IS m,
 dicated that the great thronss tna,
 crowd into Birmingham this week WI 1 he highly entertained at tho Lyrio' Iner,
 are nr three shows daily. matinee ?. m-
 evenings 7:3O and s:1b D.. m.