The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17

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costumes decided improvement n over ~ Il
the conventional variety. The first part
of the performance Is especially praise.
worthy. Kersands has some excelieh'te
balladists and the songs sung are ne"
and catchy. There is a total absence . o.
sugyestiveness in the numbers succeeding
the f1rst part and all Of the performers
are first class. The work OF craig Inc
contortionist, is worthy of special men
lion. He is All acrobat OF rare anlllly
and contributes materially 10 the SUCCESS
} of the performance.
Academy Saturday, matinee and night.
The Coming Of Patti.
In, a few days Adelina Patti VIII pc
headed for the Pacific coast. rom rom
Minnea polls she makes clean Jump NJ =. g
Shit Lake and from there to San Fran
cisco. ~.
Madame Patti has not visited that city
for about fourteen or fifteen years It
was there that on the occasion or her
first visit she played the famous engage,
ment OF three weeks duration that netteo
q larger sum OF money than had ever&oc-
Cured In the same length or tline any
where.
Madame Patti, who will be heard here
next month, Is now about to revisit the
Golden City and all the indications point
to another wondrous engagement.
The Show Girl.
B. C. whitney's production Of Rice, S
Show Girl" or '"The Magic Cap company
which will be at the Bijou Theatre all
next week, is a revival of r. a.. Barnetts
cadet extravaganza, transformed into q
regular attraction by that veteran 1nusl-
cal extravaganza producer Edward y.
Rice. It is described to US as a jolly
bit Of tomfoolcry" In two acts The BOOK
is by the author of those former great
successes such as 1882, ! Excelsior
"The Girl From Paris, Little
CHRISTOPHER" etc. III. IL, Heartz,
author of "The Tenderfoot." and p.
Corliss have contributed most Of the
music. the tunefuness of which is largely
responsible for the cordial reception ac-
cord ed the piece In New York, and all the
other large eastern cities where IT has
been played. i.
The action OF the play ccnters mainly
about captain Il. Ross Armor. an English
officer on tho Northumberland Guar ds,
on leave, and Cecilia Gay, The Show
Girl, OF The stranded troupe. The ma
lives Of the island are full OF supcrsti-
lions and believe in the old legend that
PSYCHE. Goddess OF Love. will appear In
a shrine near the sea during the month.
Lord Cadwallader Dyce, High Cons
missioner Of Cyprus, Wagers a hun
dred quineas with Captain Armor that II
he (Armor) will wait by tho shrine at
dusk he will see Psyche and fall a victim
to her charms, Town the wager. Dyce
seeks the aid of Manager Fly, the
standard theatrical smanuKer,{who ny the
agency Of his Wishing cap, causes Cecella
einoJ t,,rr Io11 VI n
appear, much against her Inclination, IN
| the shrine. Armor sees her and be-
comes ennmorcd with her. Psyche claims
| SO suddenly that Armor Is led to believe
| that she Is delusion. In his efforts to
| again find her the aid Of many characters
! in the play is solicited, the three come
dians and the wishing cap mixings things
up into apparently hopeless tangle.
The music la very tuneful With catchy
melodic turns and stimulating, though
simple enough to be caught by the audi
Pommery Foan,.' psyche" Somebody
Somebody champagne and Terlap1n,.
nThe Sunbeam and The Rose" Under a
Panama." the latest New York novelty
sung by Stel Mayhem and chorus OF
twenty pretty and stunning girls,
The cast, which Is q large one. includes
| Stella Mayhem, Sam Mylle, Fern Melrose
Fred Trllesdell r. II, Warren, Josephllle
!! Floyd, Sid Forester Ada ST, CAR, CAas'
| r, Hatgh, May Sweeney, chns, p Parcor,
Catherine Tanner, Edna Sweeney, suzette
Beatty, Three Faust Sisters, and ffty-flye
! others, Including thirty singing and
dancing girls, The musical numbers are
Under the pei .;onal direction Of Harry y,
Ma connell, the we'll known producer q
good music,
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