Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-04

F, the tricks of the two kids, Johnny Boston
! Beans and Feeders, and the two walters.
| Tumble Tom and Happy Hooligan, and
| the schemes Of Foxy Grandpa.
| The second act is at Rocl1away Beac Oh
| where is located the famous Loop the
Loop lAiphonse and CASTOR have cap
! tivated the hearts of the college maid
| ems by theirtitles. money and polite man
| ners. Foxy Grandpa Tumble Tom, Hap
Ply Holigan. Johnny Boston Beans, and
! Feeders, make life burdensome for the
! counts by getting them into all sorts
of cmbarra ssing funny situations. There
| is reward for anyone who successfully
Loops the Loop and everybody is out
| for it. Happy Hoolisan finally makes a
| sensation by successful Looping the Loop,
| and gets the reward. This finish is q SEN
| sation.
| The third act introduces a banquet
| scene given by Mrs. katzenjammer in
| honor of the departure of the counts, AL
! plonse and CASTOR. 1t is full of action
| and the uproarous fun is continued at
| all expense of the two counts. Everybody
! gets mixed up in fast, repeating, ludicrous
! clinaXes in the brcakaway scene which
is the happy ending OF the laughing hit Of
| the season. The show. is one big laugh,
| two hours and a half long.
"a COMMENTED WOMAN
| Manager Wells could not have selected
a better Offering to fill N the vacant part
| of this week than that ever popular Bijou
! Comedy Company. To accomplish this
| fact he was forced to cancel a week of
| one day engagements that had been map
| ped out, and to give the patrons of the
! Bijou a treat out of the ordinary, he has
| arranged with the Hoyt estates for per-
| mission to produce the Hoyt success, "A
! Contented Woman" and to make the visit
| Of the popular favorites all the more well
| come he has engaged the service of Miss
| Agnes Rose Lane to play the leading
| part.
Miss Lane was the leading lady of the
| company last season. and resigned at the
| opening of the season to take a pronli-
nent part in a piece that was produced
| in the West, and very recently purchased
play from a well-lnoWn playwright,
| and has been devoting her time to pre-
| paratIon for tour at the head of her
own company next season. Mr.. Wells
| offered her a special inducement to play
in "a Contented Woman" for just three
| days here and three in Norfolk and for
i the pleasure Of again associating with
her old companions on the stage. she
accepted, and when she makes her ap-
pearance at the matinee on Thursday
she will be greeted with a. reception that
will tell her better than words that she
is entirely We.cOne.
, masterpieces, and it is one Of the best
productions to the credit Of the Rilou
Musical Comedy Co., for without doubt it
gives the favcrite principals of the organ
ization exceptionally goods parts, and al
lows them exceedingly rare chances to
| portray clever characters that no other
show has afforded.
The I4oyt comedy is a satire on politics.
and the story is one of a tangled affair in
a politics saturated home for the head
OF the house is being opposed by the high
Office of Mayor of Denver, by his talent
ed and beautiful wife, who has been made
the nominee of the yVoman's Rights
party. and by. his butler, who is the ronai-
nee of the Jim Crows" OF course, there
are the heelers, the advisers, and those
who enjoy the situation. Miss Lane Will
play the lead with a dashng grace that
stamped her rine actress when Hoyt
himself picked her to head one of his
companies, that produced the piece. Otis
Harlan has a part that suits him from
! the ground UP, and John w. Dunno as the
head of the family, the candidate who has
so much, and such strong opposition
will have his first real chance at acting
for this season. Little Chip. as, one Of the
political advisers, has Il part ,.lat he was
| almost created for in the original produc-
ton it was simply a bit Tony Hart
has one of his star parts. and will bid
strong for one of the real hits of the pro-