The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-08

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out each. unbeknownst to the other
bears a letter from her telling them
mat IL they marry her she Will relent.
Iney accordingly make desperate love to
her. they think. but when they look up
they find five OF her there. The wells are
thrown back and Marian and her friends
appear IN the sOmbre apparel The
knights have been trlcked. and really get
very. very angry: for they order their
band 10 seize all the girls. Sancha strug-
giles valiantly to help his sweetheart.
but he and Don are badly outnumbered
Where IS the " oman I'm Gray TO helm
you now?" demanded Sir Walter. "here,''
says the Real Woman IN Gray as he
comes down. and throwing Off his dis.
guis-. o~der- tie knights seized and IN
obedience TO the faf-famed Mr Potter. of
Texas. ow-bovs rush on and seize the
knights. He had tilted Lady Annabel in
ner youth. and gone home 10 America
and married. HIS wife being dead now.
Lady Annabel agrees 10 forgive him
and love him. All the girls accept Pot
ters invitation TO come with him TO
America where the color Of their hair
won't be the subject Of so much I'M
pleasant comment. The knights. on &c
count Of their experience around the
table he engages as walters. and he signs
the KING for butler. on account of his
mafastv,s ability as an entertainer. Thus
We are enabled 10 drop the curtain on a
pretty picture Of restored love and peace
and cOntentment.
The NAV Is in three acts, and the author
terseiy remarks that "hve or eleven cen
turtles are supposed to elapse here and
there during the acts. ana 10 relapse
again. Children should not uy 10 f0i-
low the plot in their history books"
TIE CAST.
The cast was as follows:
fyinc Arthur samuel Murdoch Kendrick.
i9G l., of England and everywhe'e).
Sir Walter Raleigh Nv IMAM Ernst, 40
L.. Head and front OF ye Knights OF
We Table Rounde. or,-,. ~.
Sir Roger De COycliey " ldHclS re bdroH
Cramp. '96 c., One OF we knights:
S.r Anthony Absolute Edwin North, ~
ca Knights for this occasion only. -
Don Ouixo.e Robert Coalter Bryan, '95
c.. the mad Errani ,,.,,- ,,
Sancha Panza Games wilson Wlster'
% NJ. his Wise squire.
Sir Potter Charles vest Chuicnmah'
Ienace + Paderewsk. Charles Louis Nc
Kcehan. 'g5 c. Specially Engaged.
Maid Marian (TEomae Roho. ~. ., 60
Mr.. Potters daughter engaSed 10 INlnS
Arthur: First Honor Girl, Graduating
other things
Lady Annabel Lee George Washington
Kendricle 81. % Pm. Provost Of Baden
hill Seminary; she has a little romance
poor one. but her own.
Dulcinea Francis Penn Steel, Jr., % CO,
Ysault QIoward Kaufman Mohr % CO
Patience (Wiram Ridge Allen, ~ CD
Members of the Graduating Class OF
Badenhill Seminary, just as sweet as
they can be.
First Honor Graduates, Knights Of ye
Table Rounde Sweet Girl Graduates.
School Girls. Creditors, Cowboys.
Ballet Dwerbssement HumoresQue GEORGE
Washington Kendrck 3D., Premiere
seconds. Coryphees. Etc. Etc, Etc.
us UxIouLyEst.
The uniqueness Of the play was the
fact that all Of the wells were assumed
~ COLLEGE men, and yet dOnt imagine
or a moment that TIE girls were OF
the "femait impersonator stamp. 50
ffen seen 'n TIE variety play. They
were rot insipd. there were no eXassera-
lions, nor satres on WCmaHs ais ana
graccs. on the contrary, the curtain
bounded up. and except for the iich
bass notes that mingled with the tenor
YOU would have been forced TO stretcn
your mind that some OF tho sweet girl
graduates" before you were women in
reality. There they stood 81 their pretty
knee dresses, court ssyiuf and wing
with the same daintiness and charm that
one would expect from bevies OF pretty
chorus girls with whom "AdOn s. Dixie
ever surrounds himself Then come the
knights in armor-clad. with lance and
callantry interningled. Pretty move
menis of the chorus and bits OF rhymlc
music like far of strains of OfenDach
First 10 one side and then another, the
fifty or more occupants Of the stage
move with a charming precision 'un-
amateurish" and more like one or
Kiralfy's conceptions. \ symphony from
the twenty musicians slowed down in
the orchestra; and then Il dash, bound
q slide. and out upOn the stage comes
maid Marian with che 90 ami vim Of
q Carmencita. Pretty? Yes really pretty.
with blonde hair making fetching con-
trast 90 tho dark eyes. 8 dress OF dark
plum colored silk. with hat. hosiery,
dainty slippers all ia harmony and as
she" sings her opening song there is
not a movement, not q line OF the contour
Of the waist or hips. not q single rise
or fan Of the bust ~ such be posslb'e)
TO bctray ''her" sex. Only the voice a
rich pleasing tenor. undoubtedly mascu-
line. and no attempt on Mr Robb's part
to make IL falsetyo and thereby ruin a
pretty effect
Excellent music o. march tempo
break ont again. aad IA expectancy we
81; and wait FOR the arrva; Of the King
Couriers have already entered. = bare
az royal iruinpets ard then comes the
King. POyerfy-s.rieke1. almost in the
tattefs tha, so c.ear.g distinguished the
king Pomery Sec" as SeabrcOke comes
before US IN that delightful burst Of
melody. IS the pici'.-e we have Of good
King Arthur" ard wnen Maid Marian
cody informs him t.at even his title
and the grandeur OF his court on which
the MORTGAGES are So heavy as 10 have
cracked the plaster. fail to allure her,
one again fOreets the sex ~ Marian. and /
believe in truth that she is girl 1t is,
OF course. contrary 10 what Is right and T.
propc. for an American girl to do any
such thing. and such an idea must have F
been iconoclastic 10 the social satellites 4
that beauthed the boxes aud orchestra 4
chairs; but then, gentle reader. all these 4
things happened even before jamestown |
was discovered. GEO. II. y.