The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
"7EhE JUNIOR FOLLLES or 1919"

l UDGING from the title of this little
 III story, ''The Junior Follies of 1919" Dolly can almost imagine
 herself in gay New York writing about the swishing, glimmering, shimmering, dashing "Ziegfeld Follies so famous the world over for beauty and artistic effect. say almost imagine but not quite, for 'The Junior Follies of 1919,' which will be presented here next Saturday aft ernoon at a matirtee performance at the Jefferson will differ in many respects from the "Ziegfeld Follies" in New York First and foremost of all, there are 115 little tots, "al under 15," which is to
 "copy cat MT. Raymond Hitchcock and his "Iitchy- Koo'' when he announced
 "a chorus of 40, all under 20," but as l
 was about to say nice Mrs. Ned McDa- vid, who is the general chairman of Inc stunning little "tea party which is
 60 be given next Saturday, just talks too
 charmingly for words about the "Follies and with her sweet enthusiasm and won
 derful taste and ability, she is promoting and carrying on to success, this very
 unique and attractive entertainment. "Of course, I don't know just what you
 want me to say about our Folies party" said pretty Mrs. McDavid yesterday.
 Indeed, it seems to me that everything
 has already been said, but I'll just begin at tho beginning, as they do in the fairy stories, because this is a fairy play, and tell you what kind of show we expect to have.
 'Tn the first place." she continued ''the little play is given by three units of the Church of the Advent, Mrs. Robert Jemi- son, Jr., Mrs. George Wheelock, and my own unit composing the trio. We have the most wonderful Of directors; new conner to our city Mrs. George z. Tyler, while Mrs. o. L. Stephenson is our very capable musical director. And just here I want to tell you something about this wonderful Mrs. Tyler. Everybody knows Mrs. Stephensons lovely voice, so it isn't necessary tp sing her praises, but Mrs. Tyler being something of stranger, I must tell you that she is very talented and very clever. She and her husband came here from Chicago With their two charming children gsome months ago, as MT. Tyler has business interests here, and we found her and coralled her services for our 'Follies,' and she is putting on the best snow you ever saw.
 The Follies is, fairy play made up of II vaudeville acts, and. taking part in these acts are 115 children. Did you ever hear of such a crowd? An interest ing thing is that most of these follles are real juniors. History repeats itself, for wien one hearkeNs back 25 years, or less, and finds the fathers of these same fol- lies junior follies themselves, and who knows but that some of them are not dear old senior follies now. Nothing personal, just rerniniscing and suppos1ng The Junior Follies are in part the Zeig- field Folies, and while the Juniors boast of a 115 beauty chorus noted for theil tender age and perfect form, are the
 dolls of fad and fashion. The Kewpies, clad only in glove fitting, flesh tinted tights, and wearing a pair of small wings at the back of their necks, they dance and act with a sangfroid of their beau- tiful elder predecessors, although they have been in this world only three short years"
 Never was part better fitted to per former than the cunning, wriggly cater nillars in the persons of J. c. and Tommy Smith, Eugene Munger, Herbert Tutwiler, Robert Cotton, Sam McDon-