The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-22
Mr. Wallace C. Chambers

l IF you have an idea tucked away in
 the back of your nice little head that
 the matinee idol' type is extinct.
 and that there are no more Donald
 Brians, and Charles Purcells, and John Charles Thomases, and George Damarels, just disabuse yourself of the idea. for right here in Birmingham we have to our credit our own Mr. Wallace C. Chambers
 who registers 100 per cent matinee idol. Q although he refuses to be heralded as a
 professional singer. Mir Chambers, be-. sides having all the good looks the splen- 1 did physique the youth, the voice and I the personality, adds to this list the re- markable gift of being a composer" of songs as well as a singer of songs. 1 This clever young man, who is really of English ancestry, and related to the popular author, Robert W. Chambers has a dash and a style that is quite Broad wayish in it's originality, and yet with all his accomplishments and talents, Mir Chambers, to my mind, possesses the very best gift of all. and that Is an utter lack of conceit.
 In fact, he is almost too modest, as I found out when 1 went "a-interviewing" for it was almost impossible to get him to talk about himself; sort of like rowing upstream against the current, as it were because he would talk about almost everything else under the sun except himself, and that is the one thing under the sun that l wanted him to talk about
 Maybe you've heard some of Mir. Cham bers' attractive. songs. I mean the ones he has written himself. One of them es- pecially is very much in vogue now for weddings, and the title suggests it's aproposness. Perfect Love-" and reveals the beautiful sentiment:
 
 When the heart has found it's mate on
 earth
 And sombre loves have fled,
 mere is hope for perfect peace at soul
 With one God gave to wed:
 Then in love you bow before the throne
 As music whispers low
 And your steps give way to wedding day
 And you say we part no more"
 MT. Chambers has also written Mem ory's Vision,' T Want You.e a rag-time 7ditty, entitled, Hold Dat Train,' and a number of others, and in each he shows the skillful use of his knowledge of har- mony, the meliffluous melodies appeal- ing to the ear and enchanting the imag- nation
 Birmingham will have the pleasure of nearing this talented young ni4n in the leading role of The Circus Girlp which 1 VIII be given under the direction of MT. |
 IVY ,1pSiiSS Ndil, With an elaOOTata | cast, and very large chorus, Friday | evening, the premier performance. It 1 Will be one of the most preteutio,s and | ampltlous amateur musical affairs which | birmingham has ever had, and when Mir. | Chambers makes his bow in this melod l lous Ivan Caryl opera he will give if | a professional" atmosphere which win De attractive and altogether charming.
 or course you understand" said~ the handsome Heading man" of 'The C,irc,Is Giri, when I was talking to him few | days ago. that music with me is not a. I procession, but a pastme. love it and | ehJoy II; in my leisure moments if is recreation, diversion, but 1t is only ' slde issue, as my affiliations with inc olg united States Rubber Company hav- iHs charge or the packing departnent for .,he .he entire south, keep me busy practical ly all the time
 nave the pleasure of being the Of nciai entertainer for the United States [, tuoper Company, and at all the convent 1ions ol Farlous kinds where my com l pa pa ny IS represented, I do the entertaining ms or course, brings me in contact wi,n great many big business men as well as with men who like myself ara Iond Nof music, art and the beautiful things of life" ''i ui
 some or the well-known neonla u,;+n II whom V, l nave appeared on programmes u Mr chambers said "are Freq IJiota,, l WHO IS Very popular on account of bis ,i 1pienuld work with Life and ..Judga., F oopoy Jones, the New York tenor who is 'opuidr wherever he goes Billy Murrav l. acme are located at Glendale. and write 1f |