The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
At the Academy.

AT the Academy.
Tuesday Night and "Wednesday Matinee.
aud Naht-"5abes In Toyland,
Thursday, Matinee and Ni0l1t-'"The
silver Slipper
Friday, Matinee and Nsht-Mss Helen
8 GrantIey In Her Lord And Master
Saturday. Matinee and NIeht-Jeanne
il FOWLER in "lr!s.'
At the Bijou.
Foxy Grandpa" all the,week, with the
a usual ,natinees. il
This will be a big week in the amuse-
,nent linc in Richmond, # opposition
lis the life of the trade. it may, also,
( lave "a stimula ting effect IN the Samuse-
ment field At any rate, there are four
high class attractions at the Academy,
which will occupy that house every night
Il except Tomorrow. while all the week gay
X old ..Fcx Grandpa and his gran1sons
VIII play their pranKs on TIC Blot
Y stage.
Interest OF Richmond theatre goers vii!
centre largely in the big production of
35a.tBabes in Toylnnd," mo. only on account
81 OF the success of the Grainatized fairy
tale, but because the two principals in
the cast are Mary Marble and Little
Z Chips.#the old Bijou savortes Imagine
Little Chip as Alan, the manly little,
stNllat VIII nc 10 EWllHOttl Ills
\ whiskers and his German dialect?
1.-THE Silver Slipper. '.the big spe&acn-
4 lar extravaganza,.. will be the Offering
{ Thursday, matinee and night.
54 Miss Helen Grantley In ''lter Lord
4. and Master" will play an engagement at
The Academy Friday. matinee and might.
%"Iris, 5Pincro's problem play, will be
presented Saturday, matinee and night
AllEof these attractions, except Babes
lin Toyland.'' can stand upon the verdict
& already given them in Richmond. ms t.y
have been seen here before BABES
sfin Toyland" is such q big production
that everybody has heard Of 1t,
and Mary Marble and Little Chip would
draw crowded houses even If the big
musical comedy were not SO well known.
Babes in Toyland.'
Babes in Toyland." the great musical
comedy, the vogue In New York as well
as Vienna and Berlin, will be seen hero
at the academy. Tuesday night and
Wednesday matinee and night Babes
4 in Toyland,' is Glen Electromagnetic
Victor He1berts decentralization Of the
fairy tale. Babes in the Wood. 'Hs TO
children It is the event Of lifetime; to
the grown personsit is the sublimation
of art
Mary Marble and .Littlc Chip, both
old favorites here, play the principal
roles. Jan. the lovely little girl; and
4 Alan, the manly little boy--Chips as the
manly little boy think of 1t.
There are Twenty-Five stage pictures,
showing fary-land, ana every orc Is NE
acme OF art. the work OF the celebrated
John Young. 'r%c pic+nrss are all SO
5 lovely and init'lcale in design that To-
decide which Is the most gorgeous one.
must Judge FOR one's self.
Besides Mary Marble and Little Chip,
tEltdd Ross. the flmoes comedian; Miss
avn Hale. late Of Anna lIeld's forces,
Florence l3e,Gcrc. who made 50 pro-.
35I,aut.ced a H. in Tho American and Lon
don productions Of the Prince of Pilsen;,
there are many other prominent people
X in this great musica! comedy There
arc In all fourscoft girls with this cnorm-
Gus road company, ana the company car
,ies an auxiliary orchestra, which makes
1t most pretcntiors musical comedy
The comedy Of Mary Marble and
Little Chip Is Irresistible It Is all III
the way they say a line tho Very way
that ,hey are silent Indeed although
they talk all evening. ii is often not
81.n the least what they say that delights
their audience as il Is what they are.
Just how magnetic these artists are
us already known Il6rc and when they
appear here in Babes in lpyandl they
Will receive a ronsns welcome.