Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-16
OCEAN VIEW VAUDEVILLE.

Next week will close the season. so
TAR as the vaudeville performances are
concerned, at this popular resort. 1t
mas Deen the most successful one in
the history of the place, and the various
performances throughout the season
nave all been of a high class and re-
nned, and have been witnessed by
thousands of our best citizens.
The show there this week is q good
one-one that will close the season with
hurrah and leave good impression
on The minds of the patrons. The
Kimma Sisters, the Japanese wonders.
mead the bill; Castellat and Hall, in
Geo. NJ. Cohens latest comedy skit. "a
Eriend from Wall Street." will make
good, as will Riley and Hughes. the
black face comedians. Collins and Nc
Dell ara geea s4fttsiic5ri cU1r1utttuns and
an especially pleasing number will he
Bush and Gordon, the eccentric clown
| acrobats.
me afternoon performances are free
to everybody. At night reserved seats
can be secured for Is cents.
Preparations for the production ne
Janice Meredith" at the Star Theatre
In Buffalo, October LIST. are going for
ward rapidly. Mary Mannering and
her supporting company are rehearsinr
daily at the Madison Square Garder,
theatre, In New York. under the dircc-
ton of r. a. Roberts. The dramatic
version of Paul Leicester Ford's story
Will be told in four acts. The opening
scene will be the farm of Squire Mere.
dlth. Greenwood" In New Jersey.
Here the leading characters are intro>
| duced-Janice; Charles Fownes. the
bondman; Squire Meredith, the
staunch Tory. and his Calvinistic wife
Tabitha Drinker; Squire Hennison.
Meredith's sly, scheming neighbor, who
seeks to secure Janice for his son, Phil
emon, country pumpkin who after
wards develops into a fighting major
in the British army; Lord Cloves. the
British spy: Lieutenant Mobray. an
honorable soldier in the kings army,
and Joe Bagley. the trimming. time,
serving captain of the village militia.
The finale of the first act is the arrest
OF Charles Fownes and his escape to
General Washington's lines. aided bv
Janice. with the gunpowder purchased
for Bagleys company
The second act shows the homely
life of the revolutionary time in n scene
which represents the living room M
Greenwood. Here Fownes, now
known as Col. John Brereton of Gen.
| eral Washington's staff. is met again.
now hard pressed by Lieutenant Mob
rays patrol. Janice aids him to escape
the British.
The third act Is laid in the headquar-
tiers Of the drunken Hessian comman-
der. Colonel Rail, at Trenton. Janice
is under arrest for aiding Colonel Brer.
eton to escape. Brereton comes there
disguised as a Hessian soldier to secure
plans and instructions which Washing.
ton dsires. Aided by Janice he secures
the papers, but is detected and con-
demned as spy. He is saved by the
Continentals. who Unexpectedly cross
the Delaware, despite the ice, and sur
prise the hireling Hessians.
The locale of the fourth act is York
town, the day of CORVALLIS surren-
der. The latter scene will be unusually
elaborate in mechanical and lighting
effects. The dramatic version of ia,
nice Meredith" will be particularly
strong in its love interest. The mutual
attachment between Janice and Fownes