Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-07
PATIENCE REWARDED D:
AUDIENCE AT ACADEMY WAITED
NEARLY AN HOUR FOR IySEs.
JUMPED FROM LYncHBURG.
Band Played at Matinee In Hill City,
and Left ON Special Immediately
After rerformsnce-Rea1 Trent
Awaited Music Lovers Here.

After Performance-Rea1 Trenk
Awaited Music Lover. Here.
a small but patient audience waited for
nearly an hour for lines and his band
at the AGA DENY of Music last night. as II
lacked but a few minutes OF $50 o'clock
when the first note of Litolft.s Robes
pierre, overture sounded from, throats OF
reed and brass. The bandmaster and si.l
blue uniformed musicians played .
matinee performance in Lynchburg yes
te~day afternoon. and Immediately there
after lt:t on a special tr1r1 for this c.ty.
w::cr. they were billed to begin concert
at S.:h ocIeek.
The hand special had the right rf way.
All the railroad officials promised to land
them in Richmond In ample time for last
nights performances. but as lines eX-
plaiEed in his apology. before the begin
ming OF the concert. that railroads. like
musicians. sometimes made mistakes. and
the train pulled into the depot here over
half an hour late The members OF
the band were hustled into carriages al
the depot and driven post haste to the
Academy
Their appearance on the stage was the
signal for outhurst of applause from
the few waiting but expectant auditors,
reading the afternoon newspapers. and
indulging in chit-chat.
But they were evidently music lovers
every one A6f them. and they were not
to be disappointed if they could help it.
on account of a railroad company's neSlt'
gence.
REAL MUSICAL TREAT.
And right we'll were they rewarded by
their patience, for lines gave a concer!
that proved to be a real nluSicol treat
Every member of the band is trained
musician, and their ensemble work was
superb While the programme was not
as brilliant as the majority OF the au-
dfence might have wished. still it was
varied enough to suit the most fastidiou:
critic.
1t embraced every thing from thu
Robespierre overture. with it's pathetic
motifs. to Bucallossi's brilliant hunting
fantasia Tt ran the gamut of emotion,
from Wagner's Funeral Of Siegfrietl. from
'Gotterdammeruns. to the inspiring
lines Two-Step. The latter had Sous:l
swing to it. and many of It's passages
strongly brought back many of the March
Kings compositions. The cornet solo. ht'
kryl, was delightfully."- rendered. as was
the harp work of SevaSta. who played
one of his own compositions.
Miss Frances Boyden proved a disap-
pointment, however q singer: or else her
|
the number she rendered Miss Boyden's
notes. while clear were unsympat hetia
and failed to arouse any amount of en-
thusasm.
lines lead in his own characteristic
style. and was obliging as ever with
his encores which were numerous. Those
who heard lines and his band last might
were amply repaid for the long wait the.
had to endure to realize the pleasure,
those who failed to attend the concert
were robbed of a delightful musical evcus
ing.
OFF AGAIN FOR RALEIGH.
The band left on the special train i'm
medlately after the concert for Raleigh
n. c. where it will play to-day, appear.
ing in another city in the same Stat,
at the evening performance Surely lime.
and his men are wonders of endurance.
as they are OF the art of making sweet
concordance of sound
NO other production the Biiott has exc.
known has grown so steadily in popua.
favor as has the present Bijou Musics,
Comedy production of that merry farce
a Stranger in a Strange Land On tha
opening night the theatre was packed to
the doors. and there was scarcely a seat
remaining. and from that time forward
every performance has drawn a larger
crowd until the last few nights the box
ONCE mas mad to refuse to sell standing
room.
There will be the usual matinee on
Saturday.
Reilly and Woods big show, with a
company of fifty people. vaudevillians
and comedians, is the attraction for tho
Bjou next week.
S. Miller Kent. the handsome young ac-
Ma
win part in The Cowboy and the Lady
which will be presented at the Academy
Saturday. matinee and night is son
of the late 2. NJ. Kent, who was prom
lnent figure in Indiana politics. and at
one time president of the Chicago au.;
Indianapolis railway. hentland, Ind
| was named for him
| The Giffen Company returns to the city
on Monday, and will appear at the Acad-
| envy on Monday and Tuesday. and at a
greatest comedy success. "All the COM
/ forts of Home The sale of seats for this
| event opens at the box-offce OF the Acad-
envy this morning.
| The production OF this famous farce will
be notable for many things. 1t will mark
the first appearance here of the talented
Leading lady of the company. Miss Adele
Block. Miss Block was NOT In the cast
of Under Two Flags. but she made a
Quayle in The Christian" and the press
has spoken of her work in terms of high
est praise. In Norfolk her interpreta-
ton of the part was compared very fa-
vorably with that of Miss Viola Allen.
who created 1t in this COUNTRY