The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-06

/
Joseph Bryan. .......'...--..''.'....'.. sSI
John p. Observation-Disclosures. $50
a citizen. ...........-...'..'.''.'. SIo
j. Taylor Ellyson. Observation-Disclosures. Sl2
II. +. Malowney. Observation-Disclosures. sll
Total sl5s
A thousand dollar house is more than
probable, and If the house is crowded, as
is expected, and as 1t should be- this figure
| will be eclipsed
! The box office will open tomorrow
| morning at . O'Clock, and the scale of
prices will be as follows:
All seats in the orchestra and two rows,
| j and ., in the orchestra circle, are 81.
! All other seats down stairs are 70 cents.
The first three rows in the family circle
| are - cents and all other seats in the
| family circle win be 80 cents.
Admission to the gallery will be %
] cents. to the family circle 80 cents, and
| down stairs 10 cents.
STRICTLY ORIGINAL.
The Times Charity Vaudeville IS a
| strictly original entertainment, full of
| novelties and few precedents, and if it
receives the largest patronage of any
| similar enterprise. 1T will only be in keep
ing with its character all the way through
No encores. no waits no expenses. no
free list, are striking points, which in
themselves are attractive.
Although Il great mass of Job printing
has been furnished. expensive stage ac-
| cessores prepareds and all the mechanical
and artistic talent necessary for a great
entertainment secured, not one cent of
expense has been incurred, and not one
cent VIII be deducted from the gross re-
ceipts which VIII be turned over to the
treasurer OF the City Mission entire at
the close Of the vaudeville.
The entertainment will be refined and
chaste, as becomes such an occasion and
! The genteeI character of the audience.
Although the field of athletics. music.
humor, life picturng and posing, Iitera-
ture. art and specialties have been search
ed for novelties, their tone and color will
be shaded and tinted by the light and
brush OF refined conception, until moth
ing is left but what is clean and pretty.
POLK MILLER.
Probably no feature of the evening will
be more thoroughly enjoyed and appre-
ciated than the single story and song by
the now famous dialectician and enter
tainer, Polk Miller. Mr.. Miller promises
something new in the way of a story
and as for the song, ii possesses, beside
It's inherent merit, the additional attrac-
tiVeness of having been written specially
Tor Mr.. Miller 10 sing on this occasion.
and II is to be sung to the tune of "The
Old Oaken Bucket:
DE OLE BATTERED BANJO PLAYED WIEN .
BOY.
By Benz B. Valentine. Jan. 6. 1897
When lone, TO de fire. | sets i'm de evenin,
An studies bout pictures | sees in de
naTe,
l feels like Is back on ole marster's plan
tation,
An lives wild de darkies at quarters
again
l smells de cook possum, l tastes de
1 sees de gals GRIMM an dancin' wild
joy,
An den 1 reach out for to finger de
banjo
De ole battered banjo 1 played when
De sweet singin' banjo, de clear ringin'
banjo
De ole battered banjo 1 played when a
boy.
low dat banjo wan much for to look at.
Kase niggers and chillun had handled 1t
rough.
But Marster and Mistiss dey love for to
An playin' for dem two was pleasure
sho nun.
For all de big parties and dances and
weddins
An how dey did dance when dey hyer
me picking
Da. old battered banjo played when
De fun nlnging banjo, de gal singing
banjo,
De ole battered banjo I played when a
boy.
o! gone is de days of the dancin' an
Singin'.
De quarters is ruin, dc great house is
clos
An whar in de ole times de music was
ringin
De high grass is CROWN round shet
cabin dOhS.
De banjo heads busted de strings is all
broken.
De chilluns done taken its frame for a
An all de sweet voices whar jined in our
chorus
Is hush like de banjo 1 played when a
De low sobbing banjo. de tear bringing
banjo.
De ole battered banjo 1 played when a
January 5. 1895.
A PRETTY FEATURE.
novel method will be employed In
connection with the announcement of the
programme. on each side of the stage
placed framed cards. bearing the title or
the attraction to be produced. These
frames will be changed prior to each num-
Der by Master Tyree Baylor. as Little
Lord Fauntleroy and Miss Belle Baylor,
as Princess Maud. Upon the programme
sheet, corresponding with these announce
ments from the stage will be a description
OF the particular feature presented.
Mr.. w. Carleton Adams, in a beautiful
series OF statue poses" illuminated by
tinted calcium lights, will illustrate we'll
known lines sung by an invisible quar-
tette.
LADY PATROSEsSIs.
The most influential ladies or Rich
mond are heart and hand I'm the cause,
and the following are the authorized pa
tronesses OF the entertainment:
Mrs. G. II. O'Ferrall, Mrs. X. NJ. Taylor
Mrs. j. II. Ellyson, Mrs. Jno. Addison,
Mrs. A. Y. Stokes Mrs. j. III Claiborne.
Mrs. Alex. Cameron. Mrs. NJ. Miiiniser,
Miss Maria Blair, Miss Lizzie Grattan,
Mrs. Il. Powers. Mrs. Il. ID. Hotchkiss
Mrs. A. j Harris. Mrs. j. ID. Mcintyre,
Mrs. G. ID. Langhorne, Mrs.J. b. Lightfoot.
Mrs. Samuel Cohen, Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
Mrs. X. Mcguire, Mrs. Il. r. Robinson,
Mrs. c. NJ. Shields, Mrs. Park c. Bagby,
Mrs. Harvie Blair. Mrs. =. Darlington,
Mrs. Jas Patterson. Mrs. p. H. Mayo,
Mrs. Thos. Carter, Mrs. W. q. Ferguson.
Mrs Hugh Taylor.