The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-05
ADJUSTMENTS
THE BAT PLEASES

With a cast considered to be superior to last seasons cast '~rhe Bat" play written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, began three-day run at the Jefferson theater Thursday night.
 The popularity of this gripping mys- tery drama has been the cause of its return engagement to many southern cities as well as Birmingham. The plot is based on the disappearance of sums of money from the bank, which could have been taken by any one of q number of people.
 Miss Cornelia Van Gorder, played hv Mary Lewis, happened to rent the Elem ing home for the summer season, and which was recently in the possession of the bank owners.
 Miss Cornelia Van Gorder's attempts to reach the bottom of the mystery, were more methOdical than is usually attributed to woman, but even in the end she is fooled, as is everybody see ing the play.
 The mystery drama is written to keep suspense until even the last line of the play, and judged by that standard ''The Bat is technical masterpiece.
 Dale Ogden, played by Barbara Ladd and Brooks, gardner and bank cashier are well played.
 Everyone who has not seen The Bat, in its other appearances will see 1t on this engagement at the Jeffer- son. Aspirant detectives. philosophers and even very ordinary human beings declare The Bat" an excellent success and delightful entertainment"
 AT THE LYRIC
 The Lyric has one of the best vaude- vile offerings in months for this last half week. It is diversified entertain ment of the appreciable sort, well presented and well received.
 There is a headliner act of the type wholly worth that distinction in Mo menis Musicale" starring Cali Rini and sisters, Victoria and Cleo. Their act Is done with a number of instru- ments, including cornet, trombone, pie colo, oboe, clarinet, flute, violin, saxa- phone and others. Their numbers were principally modern popular music but there was q sprinkling of light opera, well rendered.
 Fred Pisano and Jack Landauer fur niShed most of the comedy. Ii was of the laughagie variety and worked into an act labeled Boom Boom," consist ing of some comedy singing and talk ing.
 Bernice Howard and Jack White in 'SThe Gadabouts" is offered as the spe- cia feature and is an enjoyable comedy playlet introducing some original and novel laughs.
 Jerome and Newell in "A Chink Epi- sode" also are good actors, better in fact than usually is seen in this class of offering. Doris Roche in some spe- cial songs proved a pleasing number. The usual pictures are shown.
 AT THE BELLE THEATRE
 (ENSLEY)
 Sheridan Percival Scott, the "crime deflector," has been called in by John Blake to exercise his powers of prevent ing crime in the case of Ruth Carson. Ruth is the abducted daughter of a powerful railroad magnate, who since the discovery of her identity, has been subject to mysterious and terrifying warnings of impending death. The cause of these warnings is Ezra, the half-crazed inventor brother of the girls father. who has discovered process by which he can transmit his voice through the use of red light rays. He hates his brother because he had won the girl that Ezra himself was in love with, and he is now attempting to get
 JOSEF HOFMANN
 The appearance of Josef Hofmann at