Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-04

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| laid in Australia and England Wednes-
! day afternoon and night Miss Wainwright
! VIII present East Lynne" appearing, OF
course in the dual role.
| And 80 we are to have n season OF vau-
deville here. Sanger Hall will be opened
| 10 the public tomorrow night as a vaude-
| Vile house. and five nights in the week
, CFTiday being the exception the varieties
| VIII hold forth. Amusement lars OF
| Richmond viii no doubt, wish 81 bess TO
| this new theatrical enterprise. Whether
| they will assist, in the most substantial
| manner. I'm making IL a success-that Is,
| by patronizing the performances-remain
10 be seen. Those who are interested i'm
| the enterprise are willing to take the
| chances. Some OF those who for so long
time have been deploring the fact that
! Richmond had no house which could be
| called the home of the vaudeville" will
now be given an opportunity of assisting
10 maintain one. 1t is true the enterprise
has not been started on a very large
scale, but the opportunity is now afforded
| Of testing the public, and if the people
| show any sort of inclination TO support
such house, why then better things
| may follow.
On the bill for the first week Of vaude-
vile at Sanger Hall will be Lillian Je-
/ rome, dramatic contralto; Ada Boulder.
champion female banjost. and Rawson
and Baisly. Edison's projectoscope and
! Bonner. the great trick horse, are also
on the programme.
One OF the most clever bits of acting
seen here this season was that given by
Miss Alma Kruger during the engage
ment in this city last week of 1.-THE
Heart of Maryland" The charm Of Miss
Krsger's work is the natural manner in
which She exhibits the emotions that are
called forth in the different scenes OF
David Belasco's famous play. 1t is in the
second act that Miss Kruger is called upon
TO do a most difficult bit of acting and
her work theDe is deserving of the highest
praise. The scene referred to is when
maryland" hears Of her brothers death.
She is stunned by the blow--she can hard
~ realize that the boy, who a short half
hour ago clasped her in his arms, IS now
| lying cold in death. And when the sad
truth gradually dawns upon her. and she
is almost overcome with grief, how elo-
quently do those quivering lips tell Of the
| anguish of her SOUL and her eyes ox-
press more than any words the pain that
IS gnawing at her heart. And then. like
a woman, she breaks down under the
/ shock. and convulsive sobs rack her
| frame. Truly, it is a clever piece OF
work when the actress thus shows the
pity of il ALL" Miss Kruger. when she
| goes through this scene. remembers that
| she is a woman, and she departs from
| old stereotyped methods" Of depicting
such q grief as is then supposed to be
hers, and allows herself to be affected
! Just as any sister would be under the
| circumstances. To thus be true TO nature
requires art, and no one who saw Miss
Kruger in the scene referred to can
| doubt that she is a mistress of it.
1.-THE Golden Horseshoe" the new spec
| tacular play OF the Iiliputians. with
which they will come to the Academy on
| Wednesday. December 18th. surpasses in
gorgeousness and brilliancy all former
| Liliputian productions, and gives an ex-
cellent opportunity TO Franz Ebert, Adolf
! link. Selma Goemer, and all the other
little fayorite comedians 70 entertain the
| audience at their best. The plot OF 1.-THE
! Golden Horseshoe" deals with an i'm
mense legacy which has been left by a
| woman in a western town TO midgets
| less than three feet high. The witty dia-
loglle and catchy music alternate with the
spectacular features Of the production.
The three grand ballets represent a pink
French ball, musical festival. with the
J,niputians as famous leaders and com
posers. and a submarine dance.
Manager Leath has decided 70 serve up
for Christmas-Day and New-year's most
delicious repast. and one that he thinks
viii appeal strongly 10 the appetites OF
his patrons. The vaudevilles from Roster
- I;iars win be the attractions for these
two DAYS OF the holiday week. and some
of the highest saiaried artists In the bust
ness are said to DO numbered In the or
ganization that will be brought mere
william H. Crane Is to make nurri.u
! go a. The eouth in "A Virginia Court
ship" the play in which he has made
such q success.