The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-15
The Biiou.


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The Bijou.
"Little Church Around tho Corner"
melodrama in four acts, was given ATS
initial presentation before n Richmond
audience at the BIjou Theatre last night
II is a play depicting the trials Of a
vito with a disslpatcd husband She
works as Il stenographer for q lawyer
who seeks to ingratiate himself into her
favor and when the husband inherlts q
fortune he undertakes to separate the
man and woman and to get control or
the fortune and the little girl Of the cour
| pic ISL
There are several thrilling clmaxes, a
rescue OF the child from the lawyer the
| mother climbing down q rope; lunntic
! asylum, In which the husband Is con-
fined, the scene of a fight between the
lawyer and tho husband and father, when
tho lawyer Is pitched through the win
dow.
Jimsie, q street waif Is the friend and
supporter Of the mather and had mum
Der of lines which aroused the gallery to
enthusiasm. The court scene is good
one. Tho Little Church Around the
Corner" shown in the last act is ono
of the prettiest, and most effective seen
III this city. 1t is simply beautiful.
There is matinee to-day. with per-
formunces nightly.
Rogers Brothers in London.
.The Rogers Brothers In London" John
i. McNally's latest vaudeville farce will
be the attraction at the Academy to-
night. 1t will be presented by those cello
brnted comedians, Gus and Max Rogers,
With a number Of popular players assist
Ing. 1t Is said to be tho best Of the se-t
rles of plays In which the Rogers Brothers
,,,, ,ad 10 n n
dance Of fun OF the sort usually intro
duced into their plays,
Since I<law & Erlanger first presented
tho Rogers Brothers as stars, five years
ago, In John ]. McNally's farce. "a
Reign of Error 1t has been the policy
Of this progressive firm to give them Il
larger and moro important production
each season. Marked advancement each
year was shown In in Wall Street, I'm
Central Park" In washington" and
"ln Harvard the great success Of last
season, until 1t seemed that in tho two
latter productions tho limit of excellence
IN entertaining interest, scenic effects
and costuming had been reached espe-
cially In the luttor, which proved the
most successful vaudeville farce the
American stage has yet known. Tho
company this season Is tho largest that
has yet surrounded the Rogers Brothers,
and will include many very talented
players. This organization has always
been known as "a beauty show" This
season ii will become oven moro famous
IL this direction, presenting Il chorus Of
siSty-slx very attractive young girls tho
larger number of whom have been So
lccted from tho eight hundred pupils
IN Klaw & Erangers great free stage
school,.
/ This music this season. composed By
Max Hoffman and Melville Ellis, well
present a wider variety OF catchy, tune
full airs than in the past. Three of the
principal numbers will DO found a dis
tinct departure from the music usually
heard in this style Of entertainment,
Grace George.
Grace George, who Is to be seen to-
morrow night aud Thursday matinee and
| night at tho Academy In pretty Peggy"
| ID ono of the youngest women on the
American stage, yet In q period of thrcc
years she has contributed no fewer than
| four diverse and striking portrayals. llcr
| Honoria. in ''IIer Majesty" the first of
these was as intensely dramatic as her
Leila Crofton, IN Under Southern Skies;
tho second was womanly, and her Gil,
bcrte, IN "Frou Frou," the third, was
| glrlish and ingenious. All these quail.
ties are said to be manifested In her
present delineat'on of the girl Peg Wof-
! iington, In Frances Aymar Mathews
picturesque romantic comedy, "Protty
Ieggy."
Moving Pictures,
Mr. Lyman II. Howe the greatest and
best known moving picture exhibitor,
| will present his new collection Of views
from all parts OF the world in the Acad-