The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-07
ADJUSTMENTS
THEATRES

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 Jefferson-Three-act farce, Some Baby"
 Lyric-Keith vaudeville and photo weekly.
 Loew's Bijou-vaudeville. photodrama and weekly
 PHoToPLAYs
 Alcazar-Comedy, "The Geezer of Der lin;" Herbert Rawlinson in Smashing Through"
 Trianon-'"The Cavell Case.'
 Strand-"Sporting Life; also Fat ty' Arbuckle in The Sheriff"
 Colonial-Enid Bennett in Fuss and Feathers Hearst-Pathe News
 Odeon One-Helen Gibson in The Dead Shot, and new Nestor comedy.
 Alcazar-HerbertR Rawlinson in Smash ing Through"
 Princess-Geo Walsh in Jack Sur lock- Prodigal.'
 Odeon Two-Comedy programme, Billy West in "Playmates." Bill Parsons in Camping Out" and Charley Chaplin in Tough Luck"
 Some Baby"
 The funniest farce seen at the Jeffer- son theatre in a long time was pre- sented at the opening performance last night of Some Baby" Even the flu" was forgotten in hearty laughter, which was almost continuous throughout the most preposterous series of incidents that could well be conceived. even in farce comedy.
 If one is prepared to forego the proba- bilities, which playwrights quite often ignore, but rarely to such an extent as characterizes Some Baby,' there will be nothing to prevent him from enjoy ing the absurd situations developed in this farce and packed into three brisk acts.
 A doddering old scientist, a doctor who has neglected his practice and become poverty stricken in the quest of the elixir of life, thinks he has at last dis covered the secret. He and his pros- pective son-in-lawv persuade a neighbor. the elderly Gen. George Burbank, who is also enamored of the doctors petite daughter and would grow young again. to try the mixture. Just when the gen. eral has the bottle and a spoon poised to take the prescribed dose, the doctor is called across the street to attend his sole remaining patient. During his ab- sence the general knocks over the bot tie and spills It's contents. In the mean time fiery Spaniard whom the gen. erals son has married against his wishes, appears on the scene, thinks the 6CACldl iS III HIS OWli liOilC anu lCdNCo her baby. The general rushes out after her, the doctor returns, finds the baby, sees the empty bottle-and the mischief is done. The general has swallowed the whole bottle and become an infant of 65 years and 3 months. After that the com plications are many and varied. Noth-. ing of the sort could ever happen In real life, but 1t happens at a rapid rate on the stage, including the appearance of another baby.
 The company is unusually well bal anced and gave capital performance. Teller Covington presented fine char acter study of an old gentleman who has become so absorbed in his scientific researches that he has lost what little common sense he ever had His high voice, his quaint mannerisms and his makeup were thoroughly realistic. Rob- ert Robson was an amusing figure as the general whose affections are fixed on Sylvia Relyea, portrayed with spirit and charm by Viola Faust Isabelle Winlocke was well cast as Sylvia aunt, Alvina Relyea, who has designs on the general, and Kenneth Bradshaw played Philip Stanton, Sylvia's lover, with ease and naturalness. Harry Jackson was a convincing judge and Rose Wilbur made the fiery Spanish lady quite capa- ble of doing deadly work with stiletto. The other characters of the play were creditably impersonated.
 There will be a matinee this afternoon and another performance tonight. With the proviso mentioned aboye. that ono must expect scenes and situations which never could be met with outside the most exaggerated farce, Some Baby can be cheerfully recommended as dispel- Ter of gloom. No matter how sophsti- cated you may be in things theatrical and regardless of any notions you may have held regarding the proper technique of writing plays. you Tare bound to laugh,