The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-05
A DELIGHTED AUDIENCE
WERE THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE
NATINEE PERFORMANCE
And Saw the Second Prod uction Of "Our
Boys" ut the Mozart-Thoss Who Took
Part in the Play.

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an audience delighted, and again was
Our Boys laughed over and applauded.
Many who did not have an opportunity
OF witnessing the performance Wednes-
day evening were there, and among the
audience could be seen many who had
seen the play once and wished to again
witness 1t.
The audience was large one. Not the
audience Of Wednesday evening, for rare
iy Is an audience OF such beauty and
brilliancy to be seen In Richmond or else
| where, but II was a large audience, even
! ming the lower boxes, and the Mount
vernon Building Fund is much the
| gamer.
The tableau was perhaps even more
beautiful yesterday afternoon than pre-
Viously The lovely girls taking part were
| perhaps more accustomed to their poses.
and as the curtain arose the light from
the calcium fell upon the scene and the
sort. sweet strains of Mozart's mlnuet
arose from the orchestra, and the pic
| ture presented was one OF indescribable
beauty. Miss Mary Stuart Hayes was
the central figure with Mr.. Henry F.
Laube as the dancing master.
The audience drank In, as Il were the
beautiful sight, and as the curtain fell
unbounded applause came from the spec
tators. The tableau was thoroughly ap-
preciated and received an encore.
few moments after the tableau the
Italian dance took place and the beauty
Of the stage was Enhanced by the young
ladies who took part in the tableau
grouping themselves in rear of the stage
In graceful poses. The dance was SPLEEN
| didly DONE Miss Hayes being at one end
Of the line Of young ladies and Miss
Emma Maxwell Barksdale at the other.
Both OF these young ladies are charming
In the graceful rendition of the dance
and as they act as the central figures
While their companions dance around
them, the picture is like one culed from
some old portfolio of engravngs telling
the story Of the dance in times long
ago. The vociferous applause which
greeted the dance forced them to respond
to an encore.
The play followed the dance, and was
splenddly done. Some portions of Il was
much better than on Wednesday evening.
though the production at that time left
but little room for Improvement On yes
torday afternoon Mrs. Charles c. Walker
assumed the character OF Violet Mel
rose. Miss Irene Langhorne having gone
to Philadelphia to visit friends. Mrs.
Walker did splendidly in the part, and
when one considers that she had only
four days to study IT, and that she had
Only one rehearsal. the rendition OF the
role was most excellent. She had thor
ough appreciation OF the lines. and her
acting was free from those unnatural
mannerisms so often possessed by the
amateur.
Mr.. Henry l.. Cabell as Charles Mid
dlewick. was splendid. Mr. Cabell has
decided talent. and, like Mrs Walker,
tnOrOuQhlV nndorCtood ha he
sayed. His love making is not arduous,
as has been stated but ardent. and
throughout the play he acts with a ma
turalness that draws forth sincere ad-
miration from his friends and the public.
or course. on yesterday Mr.. George
Gibson gave another excellent rendition
Of the role Of Perkyn Middlewick. He
has proven himself TO be an actor of no
mean ability, and would shine on the
professional stage If he were so inclined.
Mr.. Allan Potts reminds one forcibly
Of +. II. Sothern, and the scene he has
with Miss Elizabeth Macgill Bridges in
the second act Is worthy OF that Justly
celebrated actor. The scene is where Mr..
Potts, Talbot. makes love 10 Miss
Bridges as Mary Merose. The lines are
clever, and Mr.. Potts and Miss Bridges
deliver them with a piquancy on her part
and a charm on his that makes the
Miss Bessie Pace. as Belinda. was excel
lent. and as she came upon the stage
yesterday afternoon she broke into song
about Sal Skinner who, by the way, is
a young lady who let her shoestrngs
hang on the floor, and who did her hair
up in curl papers. In the scene between
the two fathers. Miss Pace was thor
ough artistic.
Mr.. Roosevelt Page yesterday was the
holland and George Gibson were vocifer-
oUsly applauded for the amusing roles
the played in the third act.
Miss Judith Darlington as Clarissa gave
to her audience a rendition Of a difficult
character, but she did so in manner that
was charming and amusing and made one
Of the hits OF the play
Before the performance Yesterday the
ladies and gentlemen were photographed
in their costumes at Fosters.
After the performance Mr.. and Mrs.
James Peasants at their beautiful home
on east Franklin street rendered those
who participated and the ladies who pcted
as committees. and who by their arduols
labors are responsible for such great
success. an informal reception. Besides
the cast. named above there were present
the young ladies who participated in the
tableau and those who participated in the
dance, as follows:
Miss Mary Stuart Hayes Miss Emma
Darlington, Miss Carrie Elicit Miss Mary
Rogers. Miss Julia Morton, Miss Kizzie
Drewry. Miss Virginia Snclaire CABOT.
Miss Elizabeth Macgill Bridges Miss
Anime Hammer. Miss Lillian Yarbro Ugh.
Miss Mary Mcleod Howard, Miss Louise
Brander Miss Mary Thomas Miss Kate |
Montague. Miss Emma Barksdale. Miss
Florence Stanley Atkins, Miss Nellie Boy |
kin, Miss Annis Howard. Miss Helen Male |
Rose, Miss Carrie Acele Coleman, Miss |
Nellie Perrin. Miss Helen Bate FLOYD of |
Louisville, Captain and Mrs. John Coke, |
Mrs. Raleigh Coston. and the Misses |
Steger, Mrs. Junius Morris. Mrs Benja- |
min II. Nash. Miss Mamie Winston, Mrs. |
James Armstrong Welch. Miss Lily Pleas
ants. Mrs. James T. Pattison and Miss |
Mary Lewis.
A charming collation. was served, and |
most pleasant afternoon was spent
Mrs. Peasants was the most charming |
Of hostesses. and ali present were indeed |
fortunate at being present.
Mr.. w. A. Graves. stage manager, and |
p. j. Quinn. property man, lent valuable |
aid to the production Of the tableau, dance
and the play.
Arrangements will shortly be made for
the "Our Boys" Company. with the tab
leau and dance, to go to Norfolk A train
o. Pullman cars will be used, and the
performance will be given for the benefit |
o. the Virginia Historical Society. II is
the intention of the ladies having the