Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-01
"LIBERTY BELLIES" CHIC,
CHARMING AND PRETTY.
K1av and Erlansers Troubedours
Delighted Large Audience at
Academy Last Night.

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lating costumes, both dress and negligee,
| pink pajamas, and a potpourri of non
sense and you have 1.-The Liberty Bellies, =
They were as ripping water, eferyescent
wine this bevy Of -Klaw & Erlanger beau
ties at the Academy last night.
! They sang, danced, cavorted, and did
all other stunts in the vocal ulary Of gen
uine amusement.
! The Liberty Bellies were an oasis
| in the theatrical desert.
The performance was risque without the
! slightest tinge of vulgarity. From the
ensemble in the dormitory scene to the
finale at the fall of the curtain it was
| original in versity.
Harry Smith never wrote catcher n1u-
sic. Klaw & Erlanger never produced a
more diversified or entertaining skit.
! Harry Gilfoil was a whole show in
| himself. He initiated every wild animal
illthe African jungle, he Knocked every
| song bird in the Arcadian forest; he re-
produced sounds from human phono-
graph that would have put Wizard Edi-
son to the blush. He sang topical songs
| and sprang new and original jokes His
! rendition of Beautiful Fairy Tales was
| encored until it looked as if the large
audience would never tire of the tuneful
verses.
! Miss Violet Dale, pretty, yivacious. al
together charming, artfully initiated
| several well-known footlight favorites,
| including Miss Marie Cahil in her inn
| mensely popular song hit Nancy
| Brown, The Mccoy Sisters were win
some and sprightly. But what's the use
! to individualize, there are only two words
| in the language to fit the tout ensemble,
charmjngly captivating.
So heres to you Liberty Bellies and the
| girl in the Pink Pajamas. Come again,
| real soon. and very, very often. We crave
! the sight Of just like you.
| "a Hot Old Time" which Mr. Gus Hill
| sends to the Academy for two perform
| ances to-day, has been built up as a, mod
eern musical comedy in all direction, and
! has d big chorus of fine singers and a
! quintette Of mixed voices, Of which re-
port speaks highly. The cast is headed
Mcmahon, Ada Henry, the Three Racket
| Brothers. Nellie Nichols, Maude Sohlke,
Clara Douglas, and George Scotty. The
| speclaltles are said to be exceptionally
| season.
| If you contemplate matrimony, see Her
Lord and Master" If you are a married
| Mortons delightful comedy, Her Lord
| and Master will teach you how to cure
it. 1t you remain single. see Her Lord
ana bo t dn you can tel year
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| sure how Lord Canning brought his viva
cious Indiana to love and respect him. A
sumptuous production Of Her Lord and
Master will be given at the Academy
| tomorrow night.
| Miss Helen Grantley will be seen In
diana and Lionel Adams as Lord Canning.
! They will be supported by company Of
| experienced artists.
TYRANNY OF TEARS"
| Several years spent starring in romantic
dramas like Don Caesar de Bazan,"
Three Musketeers," and 2! H., Under the Red
idol, but better still developed him into
a capable and finished artist, worthy to
stand in the forefront Of the younger
generation of theatrical stars. Haddon
Chambers delightful comedy of tempera-
ment, THE Tyranny of Tears will be
the play In which he will appear at the
thor, well known novelist and drama
| tist has chosen one OF his own fraternity
as the leading character Of the play, and
has drawn splendid type of man for
Paul Gilmore to assume. Nor are the
other characters less interesting, and the
plot Of this comedy Of temperament IS
highly amusing and constructed with
much skill, so that the auditors are mys-
| the final curtain falls on situation which
is a credit to the author, great oppor-
tunity for the players and pleasure to
the audience, who, if they, are so inclined.
can find a moral and obtain as many
pointers as there are in the majority of
pulpit sermons, for Hadden Chambers
breaches what is practically a sermon
! under the merry guise Of comedy.
Next week comes the merry Bjou Com
edy Company in it's first play of the sea-
son, Lost, Strayed, or Stolen" which
has shown wonderful drawing powers in
Norfolk and has been pronounced the
grea test production the company has
| made.
Otis Harlan, John w. Dunno, Little
Chip. Tony Hart John W. Early. Mary
! Marble. Eva Burnharn, Florence Mcneil,
Pearl Tornie. and all the old favorites
are in the company. which has this sea-
son new leading lady, Miss Jane Len
| nOx.
Quiet in Lackuwannn.