The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-15

Commencing Tomorrow evening the t!i-
fen Company that has entertained flci.,
mend so well, viii enter upon its faFe"'sii
syeek. after one of the best series Oh peI
1oT!nancs ever known here MI On t's
came To Richmond as u stranger aNu
very few IF any placed 4 great deat o.
credence in his promises, or pei4eNeu -
his faith in a stock company was Sfouhaen
upon anything but talk OF kno"iense u
The city and a misdirected enlhaS sI"I2,..
but the record OF the past SN ~
STANDS as n conclusive proof thal All.
s;iffeE's confidence AMI Judgment were
not misplaced. Though Richmond mas
not done all she could, yet the aPprecia-
ton for the most part, has been seIiu-
inc and liberal, and every member OF 'iie
company will be glad to play in Richihoho
again.
The bill selected for the good bye week ,
is John Drew's famous comedy, ne
Butterflies which is from the pen OF
Henry Guy Carlton, who wrote "a Gi!ded
Fool" Richmon5's favorite play. ne
Butterflies" is similar, to some extent,
TO "a Gilded Fool and it did as much
Tor MI Drew as the latter pay did Tor
mr.. Goodwin 1t is written in Mr.. Carl
ton.s we'll known vein and has. besides,
strong high and low comedy, a good, con-
sistent, and well-woTked-out love-story-
Two or three Of them. in fact. The play
IS an interesting as well as an amusing
one and although q comedy, is quite
dramatic in several scenes There is u
certain up-to-date quality about Mr. Carl
toms PLAYS. and It is especially prominent
in THE Butterflies TIE play is a
splendid one for a stock company, and
one in which the Giffea Company should
appear to excellent advantage. Miss
sEitzaIlan VIII have q congenial role in
Miriam, although the part Will not require
much OF a strain upon the talented leading
laaz,s ability Miss Scott Will have a
part quite like Kitty IN The Wife," one
OF girlish comedy, but also with a seri-
pus side In Suzanne, one OF the best roles
this popular little favorite has played
Miss Rei1ner, as Mrs. Stuart Dodge,
cisagreeable woman, who IS IN constant
trouble lodging the bills incurred in
frantic, effort 10 keep IN the swim until
she can land q wealthy husband for her
daughter, viii have a part that will not
ne at all sympathetic, but Miss Relmers
portrayal can be depended upon TO be arts
tic Miss Wilcox, from the exisencies OF
the cast, viii appear as Mrs. Osslan,
and will try to look as diGnlned ana
snotherly as her youthful race ana is uie
zyill hermit Mr. Pascoe, in the role
,t-ritten fer John Drew, should score more
extensively than in any previous play. MT;
,Zaarnev as Ossian's English friend, Will
he well placed. while MI. Carr will have
foy all odds the best character he mas
vet 7Ilaved-that of Hiram Green. Dig
hearted genuine self-made man, who
,r,or-g right and wrong, if he doesn't
know that vase is pronounced 'VaWs.
Mr.. Hawkins as q tailor. whose whole
,osScian seems to consist of measuring.
or attempting to measure, everybody ne
meets, will .thelp things along MI.
pawn viii play dudish swell VINO is
ashamed of everything about his father'
excent MS money, and who receives d
,-eII-,nerited lesson. MIR. Holland VIII
comrlete the cast as Coddle, butler
who acts as a sort of self-appointed social
mentor 10 his employer, Hiram GTeen.
With such an attractive play as ne
Butterflies and the last opportunitS ~
rnfov the work of the company, the attenu-
nnce should be up to the capaclts " W. "a
Academy. Matinee will be given Weo-
resday and Saturday.
AT the Casino.
The Casino has presented some great
acts and the headliners OF bills TO CONF
are away up in the profession
Two GREAT acrobats and a female Won
,7Ar-UorLler. the Wilton Trio. Will De the
feature OF the bill this week. 1Lls ael ia'
never been played in the South. 1t mas oeeli
the special cardLof large co Iiipilis1't H1.
that mas played or the Pacitic coast loi
80 1-asrs aud that recently closed in
'
New York The Wiltons Will pay onlS
a few dates, and viii then join the the com oli.
hina1ion to go 70 the Continent Inc -
,,arrorm a sensational act that will be the
talk of Richmond. Allan and Deim nam
with a comedy sketch built for lausn-ll,ah-
ing purposes, Will be one OF the craving ..sii!t
cards. Mr. Allen acts the part OF c.uo
man His wife catches him ~, upon ON ms sa .t
-,Irn from a might, and the iun goes Last
rIatoy and Dunn, a good dancihs coii.e
dian and a pretty woman, will DISGUISE Use
themselves with burnt cork, and DO .o'
of down-on-the-levee dancing and Cake
walking. .+ ,,ra
William Muzuz and Adeline Mazett nave
an act entirely different from me "s a,,i
run AIuzuz is made up as tramp. anu
Miss Mazett as a railroad man 1hey en-
terrain in a novel way for q quarter OF "a, an
hour, ana have never failed to score d NJ
Barr and Evans. in their COMEDY Sketch
are fayorites They are clever
Ida. Russell, the popular leomea'elh mn,
and character actress. is also on the Dull
The usual matinee and night perform
Rnces Will be given.