The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-09

c,or,s.,, a,ac+ and member of the consul
tutional Convention, is at the LeXlnS.o
Howard Kyle, whose strlrkllls p W. :, ,,shn
of Nathan Hale that national ne, -
regretted that she had only one ne -
give for his country mas W., sa,rIo tie
for him. was talking yesterudy ~
1obhv IF Nfurphy's of plays IN general general
and of .Nathan Hale in particular
ct h,ve lust come to Richmond from
Hamnton1'' he said, .'and there behave
I witnessed what was to me one y e.is
most remarkable things had ever ;'7s'l
on a stage. And you know - i nay, aee en-
on the stage quite a few days. ana ne
smiled nleasa1ltly anyhow, in one act
of Nathan Hale we. use several supes;
and what was my amazement6 TO 'l,'u,
when Invent on. these supernumerarles. ~
full kilt and regalia, were all OLD solaieis
from the National Soldiers Home.
..such a thing was startling to me. Inc
worn and wearied faces OF the county, :,
servants in her time of need as slpes
was a. new sensation. And every one OIL
them liked the military spirit OF TIE
thing. too. They Strengthened up IKE
two-year-olds on parade when they lett
the rub of the uniform, and played VIII
more dash and vim than any 'supes |
ever heard Of before.
.'This was particularly so in one case.
Among the old soldiers was an old actor
who had served his country, and when
it was found J. needed extra men, he be-
gan to tell how good he was, and the
result was when he went on he had to
make good with his fellows in arms. He
did, Right in the middle of the confer
ence scene, when every one is supposed
to be as stiff and still as wooden Images,
the old actor-soldier began to act, HIS
arms went to the four winds of Heaven.
on J3-1a might call real
tensity in his entire attitude.
81 got one glimpse and burst out laugh
ing. From that time forward Nathan
Hale to me was not SO serious as it had
been,,a the company took it the same
way
Mrs. u. D. Gray, Mrs. c. Fenton Day
and Miss Grace R. Day, all of smithfield,
Va, are at Murphy's
L. II. Chandler U. S. ~, and J. n.
Luinard, U. S. N, are at the Lexington
They are here in the interest Of the United
States Government, for an inspection OF
the various craft now building a t tho
William r. Trigg Companys shipyards.
In the billing of a certain feature at
| one OF the local theatres, the astute night
clerk of the Lexington picked out this
/ enc and handed it over for the identitt-
cationoof the great American public:
Miss -1----s is possessed with q
charming, sweet voice; also a high-class
singer.
1T struck me as being somewhat boast
full he explained.
William Tibbitts. Of Toronto, Canada,
is registered at Murphy's.
VIRGINIANS HERE.
Murphy's-R. A. Ayers and H. ]. Ayers,
Big Stone Gap; Benjamin Green, Dan
| Vile: james W. Orr, Ionesville.
Lexington-H. H. Trundle, Leesburg;
C. II. Taber, Mrs. z. J. .Taber, and Miss
lnez Wright, williamsburg; J. o. Funk
houser, Hagerstown; T. E. Christopher,
Virginia; 7. z. Morgan, Wyllisburg; IL.
NJ Ford Lynchburg; W. S. upshaw,
Newport News.
New Ford sc. L. Vincent, Emporia;
Robert w Blair, Wytheville; D. a. Will
liams, Doswell: B. I. Gordon, Virginia;
Charles S. Bennett and wife, Virginia
j. Bittnar, Virginia.; II. Fleismond, Fred
| ericksburg: Lester Hill. Locust Dale;
| Donal McPhail Randolph.
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