Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
ONLY PE p RAKEE

| ONLY Pc z BAKER.
! That Pete Baker made no mistake when
| he determined to take to the stage once
J more as star. after several highly
| successful seasons il vaudeville. is being
| demonstrated wherever he appears by
! rousing welcomes and stormy apprecla-
! ton of his work. The same manifesto
! tons attest that he Was equally wise in
sticking to his old love- the entertaining
and amusing comedy drama Chris and
| Lena" lis charming simplicity, its fire.
auent opportunity for the display OF scnt,-
zfnent and huncr, it's lines both wise and
witty, its situations exciting or nnirtl1-
provoking, appeal as vehen1ently as evec
to his patrons. In this great revival O:
his cid play Mr.. Baker has put it in q
new dress of special and elaborate scenery
and has ernbellished it with new songs
and specialties. His own songs-and his
voice has all it's old chsrms-are the best
he has ever offered but he is just as:
ob1;ging III repeating the old favorites a.:
ever. When he appears at the ACADEMY,
on Wednesday matinee and night his
patrons will find Mr.. Baker genial and
as funny as ever, surrounded by q re
markedly strong array of supporting
players, Miss Bessie Miller is the Lena"
and never was there more charmingly
natural Deutscl1e maiden, and besides sn-
IS conceded to be one of the very best
voca lists on the stage. Then just think Of
John Kernel doing the part of Tim E'lah-
erty. He is to Irish come what Pete
Baker is to the German. For the eccen-
trio role Of Mrs. Smart the enga cement is
noted OF Miss Madeline Winthrop, whose
work in similar lines in the Burgon,aster,
admittedly aided in bringing that produc-
ton its wonderful success The rest of
ri Is ,,oy
is in store in the revival or Chris anu
Lena" and the reappea rance Of Pete
Baker
lines and his band are booked here for
Thursday night at the Academy Apart
from his musical talent, AIR. lines is al.
interesting man. He is good writer, and
something OF an original philosopher. In
3 recent article. he said ne thought very
few persons understood the mission Of
music IN the world. He had talked Il.
said, with few who had learned that
music described the whole field CT human
action, energy, and ambition, just as
truly as current literature. He said the
one whose imagination was most stirred
by music, is the one who understands it
best, that to a musical ear there is a
story Of love, peace, or war, wind, CT
waves, in every selection of good music.
The one who can read it he held to be
the best critic, even though he may not |
know one note from another. All the |
Sreat music writers, he believes, would |!
havs been great authors if their thoughts !
had turned to literature instead Of music. |
1nnes holds that to be great in either art |
requires the same power of ina ginaticn
and the same degree Of intellectual depth
What the author tells in words, the com
poser describes in music. He referred &c
Iounod's opera Of Faust" as a case u,
point Great as is Goethe's immorta;
epic" said he, sis the gay likely to dawn
when the poem will be remembered and
he opera forgotten?;'
It is an established fact that music has
, Greet effect upon the nervous organi
:aticn. Times, the famous band director
S emphatic in his belief that music is a
uratiya for some physical ills. BY natu-
al processes, well known to the medical.
profession, it may produce physical and
mental changes BY acting upon the
leryes, It increases the action ct the +;
leart, and quckens the circulation of the
'lood. That may be the result Of one !
ind of music. Another kind may soothe
instead of exciting. Presumably q patient
vii be treated according to the disease.
Innes IS coming here with his mighty !.
ssenlbly soon. If there is anything IN !,
is theory. his own band ought to be the !,
reatest Of al nerve specialists. Innes
oes strange things with his melody mar
RS. It has been said that his perform
nee of the .Mtsnon'' overture, for in- ,
lance, simply revolutionizes things, by !.
S novel tone effects.
Clyde 1Fitch's romantic drama THE
oWboy end the Lady which scored :
reat hit in the East when 1t was present
3. viii be the attraction at the. Academy
ext Saturday l matinee. and 4 night. Mar i
Teddy North Of Harvard, 49, The 4
astern papers all said nice things Of
lie piece. but it has never yet visited the
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