The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-09

Iclair, Bishop Gaylor of Tennessee, Mrs.
 Phoebe Hearst, Lord Justice Darling,
 Pierpont Morgan. Esq, Alfred de
 Rothschild Esq.
 ! During her stay in England the fol-
 lowing notice by Mrs. O'Connor, wife
 of the famous T. P. OConnor, news paper man and lecturer, appeared in a
 prominent London journal:
 i 'Tt was a large and fashionable
 audience who attended Miss Alexan- der's Glatnee at Lady Ludlow's | beautiful house in Portland Place yes terday. Her repertoire consists of ne- 1 gro stories, poems and songs, and 1 these are done as no one else in the world does them. If a girl can take a l little poem from a magazine, which read by even a good reader means only an ordinary pretty, pathetic little poem; if she can translate the same poem into tragedy, so that the cheeks of her audience are wet with tears, then she has something very nearly approaching genius. It goes straight from the heart of the woman who in terprets 1t to the heart of the woman who listens. I know of no voice capa- ble of expressing as much except that or Sarah Bernhardt. Miss Alexander. like all tragedians, has an unerring sense of humor, so that much of her work creates hearty laughter as well
 as tender tears"
 The following from the Atlanta Con stitution of December 19 tells of her
 recent appearances in that cily; "Of the art of Miss Clara Alexander.
 the well known diseuse and dramatic
 interpreter, many complimentary
 things are being said. Mrs. T. T. Stevens pays her the following trib- ute:
 "'Of all who have heard her in her negro dialect and songs preserving all of the humor and pathos of the old plantation darkey songs and stories, and interpreting them with the skill of the born actress and reconteuse Miss Alexander has made herself a unique place in the amusement field
 Miss Alexander was brought up among the old plantation darkeys in Missis-
 sippi. and with rare skill has caught
 the nuances of tone and accent, which place her work far above that or oth-
 CTS in her line. In her work. Miss
 Alexander always carries a message to her audiencefof hope love and cheer Her message on Wednesday before tn. Woman's club just before reading Tn highly dramatic way Robert w, Ser vices wonderful poem. Young Fellow My Lad was for Atlanta not to forget at this season the wounded soldier the lonely homesick soldier. of whicl, there are over 500 in our midst
 At the home of Mrs. Lucien Harris on Thursday, when Miss Alexander eomplimented Atlanta chapter, United Daughters of the Conrederacy, with q group of songs and stories at a large benefit bridge
 After a meeting little "sRemus'- Harris, grandson of Joel Chandler liar ris Miss Alexander paid high tribute to the genius of MT. Harris and told how in England and other foreign countries Mir. Harris stories, especially the Tar Baby" story, was known to the children. Especially children Of royalty and in the more cultured homes. She offered the suggestion that an Uncle Remus Memorial association l be established in London and that ! Americans, or, better still, southern | girls. who might be in London during the season, tell to the children of Lon l don the wonderful folk tales or our southland. Tales of Joel Chandler liar 1 ris
 Miss Alexander will be in Atlanta for another week or 10 days. then she ~oas to Mempbs. where she will | present programme before one of the ! Fr"e clubs "f that city She will re- ! turn to Atlanta in January to give a | large evening recital at the Capital | City club under the auspices of the | auditorium committee of the Atlanta ! Womans' club"