The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEA1Y-Monday night Sousa's Band
Friday and Saturday nights. and sat
urday Matinee-Otis Skinner in prince
Otto.
B1JOU-Reanal Vaudeville ali week,
with matinees Tuesday, Thursday ana
Saturday.
To the average man it IS always q
source of satisfaction to have his opin-
ions indorsed by competent authority, and
to those who demand the critical APPROX
al OF Europe in matters musical before
accepting them, the success achieved by
Sousa and his band during their foreign
tour will justify acknowledgment OF
the artistic merits cf the Sousa concerts,
in addition to their always admitted pop
ular aspects. The collection of press crit
icisms of the Sousa European tour are
beNorcd question the most remarkable
series of complimentary comments ever
f}rGked Try an American organization.
These favorable notices were not confined
to any particular city or country. but
embraced all of the thirty-five different
communities in which Sousa played in
France, Germany. Belgium and Holland.
In Liege Belgium, La Gazette said OF
the band:
Their musical execution is distinguished
by q correctness. an ensemble, ana IRE
oachable precision as we'll as by q oil
uonal and of which they make use with
striking skill The wood instruments have
idsal purity and refinement: the brass
have suberb strength. In the performance
OF the many numbers or the programme
It was possible, to appreciate no" the
players under the dominating impulse
firm and certain-yf their young leader.
observe the most minute graduations and
the harmonic fusion of the Instruments
Tn '-'Isan user overture the
violin passages were negotiated with such
extra ordinary agility by the clartnetS that
it seemed as il such might have been
Wagner's intent.
It is the same band that won such I'M
stnted praise that Mr.. Sousa will pre-
sent here at his concert 1T the Academy
tomorrow night. The personnel OF the
organization varies but little. md tae
constant playing under the effective disclp-
line maintained by Mr.. Sousa inSures the
completeness Of the ensemble that mas
heen SO much admired. The supporting
soloists. will oe. Bertha Bucklin, violin
iste, and Blanche Duffield. soprano The
new Sousa march-.Hail to the Spirit OF
Liberty''-wil1 be a feature of the pro-
gramnle.
OTIS SKINNER.
Mr. Otis Skinner will come to the Acad-
envy next Friday for az: engagement OF
two nights and a matinee, in his new play
Prince OTTO witch scored such an
emphatic success in New York during us
Engagement there at WaIacks Theatre.
The adaptation is the work Of Mr. SKIN
ner himself, and. while he is said TO have
been forced to discard much of the ma
terial furnished by Mr.. Stevenson. the
author OF the novel from which tfe play
has been taken, il is stated that he has
retained the more important ana dramatic
episodes of the story as well as the
char 2fDon
Stevenson surrounded the children OF has
fancy This is by no means the first at
temp. which Mr.. Skinner has made n the
field of adaptation. for he has already
produced several plays done by himself.
In this play he has developed the love IN
terest almost as quickly as the curtain
rises The Prince has been married some
time prior to the opening of the story to
the daughter Of a neighborinS Grand
Duke.
The supporting company is an excellent