The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14

The Academy has seldom offered Mt
fractions more varied In their nature
than those which Will occupy the boards
Z of that playhouse for six nights COM;
& mcncing tomorrow. The week s. bill com.
u priscs, in the order named. war drama, by
& amateurs; the distinguished actor. Mr..
! Richard Mansfield ~. wrestling match for,
& Championship honors, and the cabbage
patch play.
with these offerings at5the Academy.
and tho production OF the play His Last
Dollar, ut the Bijou Richmond theatre
{goers should find ample amusement for
4 tho week.
Tho superlative degree must be used In
y describing three OF tho bills at the Acad-s
Scmy. Mr.. Mansfield Is BY many held TO be
tho greatest actor In America: Miss
Mabel Taliaferro. who plays Lovely
Mary, In Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage
{ Patch, is conceded TO be. the greatest
child actress in this country; NJ. j.
# Dryer, the wrestler. Is said TO have
8 never been defeated, and claims the mid
die weight championship OF America. !.
4 a big sporting event In Richmond should
prove OF considerable interest. for many
arc very rare occurrences. It has been
years since any athletic exhibition has
4. playhouse. The local sports Will no doubt
y turn 4out; In. full force to witness the.
inatth Bet Weeii Pardellar ard Dw per. y,
b The production OF Mrs. Wigs OF the
Cabbage Patch" will be an event Of
unusual interest. Mrs. Wigs has made
herself familiar to the public through
the pages OF the story By Alice Hogan
Rice The little book has been most
widely read. and the public will be glad OF
4 the opportunity to welcome in the flesh
the quaint ana motherly Mrs. Wigs for
L Mrs. Madget Carr Cook Is said to almost
live tho part. SO natural and life-llka
is her portrayal.
Miss Mabel Taliafcrro. who plays
Lovely Mary. will be remembered for her
splendid work III THE Children OF the
Ghetto" and In the fairy play. presented
as curtain raiser when Mrs. LIE Moyne
ard Otis Skinner produced In Bal
cony..', Her work is that of an artist,
and must in no way be compared with
Tho usual exhibition OF the clever child
uctress.', Little Miss Taliaferro sounds
Z every syllable III pronouncinS her name,
4. though her father was n Yirginian, and
when In this State upon the occasion OF
her first professional visit she did not
recognize her name when she heard her
self called Miss Tolliver.'
The coming OF the spring is as sure
to bring out the amateurs as 1t Is the Il
blades Of grass. The amateurs generally
commence to sprout in February, and at
tain maturity with the full grown bios
SONS OF the spring. They flourish
throughout tho summer, and many OF
them survive the melancholy days and
remain IN full bloom throughout the
winter. III s &. f s
There are some clever amateurs In
Richmond, The fact that they are ANA
tours Is no dsparagement. There are
many professionals who ought be am
nteurs. Such professionals belong to that
class which does not require the use of 4
nerve food. They have a supreme confiT
#dence In their. ability and for years have
,heen In the business as professionals"
] Some OF Richmonds amateurs have been
deservedly5 successful in securing a foot
Hold In the professional ranks. AS yet, 4
they are not very far up the ladder, but
no ono over reached the top In day.