The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-20
Hitting the High Spots
At Mccormack Concert

: SELF NOW, mas or hdSu I ne tOnSllS :.
| I've never heard it discussed Doc
| tors say tosils are no good. I'd be-
! leve EN- If John didn't have set.
/ Oh. well, l may never know.
/ ThunderOus Applause
Now for the big moment! Necks
| eraning, spectators bending forward.
! Gee. this is one time 1 wisht | was
a giraffe. What, with a stiff col
/ lar, and those human heads bobbing
4 up and down before me, it'll drive me
/ mad yet. There they come! Thun-
/ derous applausel More applause!
Looks like the applause is like Nc
/ Cormack's popularity-it'n never die
! out. He's getting ready to crank up.
/ The crowd is silent-eXpectant
Everything is so still you could hear
gum drop.
"Oh sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave
/ Ne?" is the first number. Wonder
fuI! They're appiauding their heaas
1 off, mean hands. Now, let's see
t seems like I've heard that song be-
| fore. ooh. Sleep, Why Dost Thou
Leave Me?' Name sounds familiar
Nope, 1 got it all balled up. Was
Let Me Sleep"
That's better now. That woman
has moved her hat. 'Can get finer
view. I'll swami You could cover up
Johns face and just get a view from
the neck down and you'd swear it
was Irv Cobb. Obese? You said it,!
His corpulency. Mr. Mccormack is
right. Built for comfort rather than
speed. But he's ~w more handsome
mush than Irv. And that coal black
manei It's a darb. And that SMILE
Johns breaking the standing board
grin record right now. That smile
! will him aCnnaiOfad with any
| body.
Wearing a black P. a, ana, o.
/ course, breeches to match. [ didn't
| think 1t would be a 2. A. Thought
he'd Tuxedo-re-mi his way through
the program. But what ] don't know
about style and etiquette would fill
an extensive bookcase. l wore a cane
to funeral once. How cruder Not a
thing to do but sit back and ride.
"Ombra mai fu." You're another
But it's merely the name of the song.
1t sounds good, but 1 wish I mad an
Interpreter along. And listen to those
hand claps. He's going to give US
an encore. Great stuff. You get
that extra stuff free.
Well, the first two numbers were
great And the encore was a pip.
Now We'll have something on the
fiddle by Mr. Macbeth. First time
I've seen Macbeth in person. Saw
Bobbie Mantell impersonate him once.
The Macks seem to have it with this
show. There's Mccormack, the star;
Macbeth, the violinist; and Nc
Sweeney, the manager. Calling it the
all-star concert. It's an aH}stag bill.
too Not=a member of the henna sex
with the outfit.
Appreciates Violin
Two numbers by Mr.. Macbeth
Great stuff. They're giving him a
great hand too. That violingo is the
sweetest talk I've ever heard.
Johns coming back. Hip, hip, hur-
rahl When the Dew is Falling"
And. listen to the plaudits He's pull
ing the pianist up from the worries.
Mr. Schneider. That's his name He
composed the thing. And, they're
giving him hand, too. That's
apropos. for he's the hardest work
ing man in the show, He accom-
panies Mr.. Mack on the piano, he ac-
companies Mr.. Bacbeth on the piano
and he accompanies the both Of them
on all their tours. And. John Nc
| Cormack does some trouping, too.
during the course of a dozen months.
/ p" &c" "a" took equally as well.
And now for a trio of encores. The
last one is THANK God for the Flow
ers" Thank Him for the cauliflow-
ers. too. Without ears we wouldn't
be able to hear.
It's intermission. and I'll become a
little intermisslonary. Am crazy to
learn If John Mccormack has tom
sils. You can't believe half these
doctors tell you. If John Mccormack
has tonsils. they're some good to. a
fellow. you beteha!
Now, for sneak back stage to
interview him. What's that? Brother
McSweeny says 1t can't be done until
after the concert, Oh. well. l don't
care. Probably my nerve would have
failed me when 1t came time TO make
my tonsil query, anyway.
The second act is on. We gonna get