The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-24
Babes in Toyland.

Babes in Toyland.
Tho averag cd person 3 Who sees the higher
class Of theatrical productions can con-
4 celve no ID OF the enormous amount Of
money, Energy and time required to equip
them for presen tation.S a.
Babes in4 TOylnnd, rs which Will be- seen
here on Friday and Saturday, with a.
matinee on. Saturday \ re- ssents an !. eK ::
greater than is en3olved in many proten-.
5tious wholesale businesses. }.5 u,
In the first place the book vas 4 writ ;ll
like Mr.. Med onough ask not hundreds. but
thousand OF dollars, for their work. Then!
the music is BY that master, Vie
tor Herbert. and Herbert's work:
dollars. So It will be seen that when 81
firm of managers has secured a musical
comedy ike Babes IN tToyiand at the
very beginning, for { nGthng, bn vt
out Of pocket a small size fortune. This
rs Just ~ starter, though for thee thing
has to be staged. Now comes the$worki
OF putting II on. The mex. thing, the,
the scenery. Here is another outlQy q
thousands, for In, plays like kS'' Babes i,
none: When ali this IS done there IS stilli
actors and actresses. Artists do not hold
themselyes CHEAP and the managsr has
is produced: II lisa success Eke Babes.
in Toyland, the managers Judgment Is
sy!ndIcated and he makes thousands Of
wealthy, he is a bankrupt. Babes in
aToyandnhas paid fn& dividend on the vast
sum q. money put into It, and thatsia why.
y iGnsl! can s sen en- te
Fplc, with a special orchestra and stage
crew, using a special train Of six cars to
carry 1t on Its itranscont!nenttal tour OF
t,oI tSax1r Not ac = N. d
The company NUM- ers over seventy peo-
pie, the press agent says. the most prom
$lnent OF whom are Budd Ross and Grace
from ronara The Majestie Theatre o New YORK
The production I'M point Of rpagnlhcence
sand magnitude has seldom been equaled,
and requires a small army Of carpenters!
and electrical experts to properly mount,
5itIand has made sensat Ion wherever pre-
Babes In Toyland'', is Glen A1cDon-l
story, 'Ba hes In &the Woods" and the
brilliant music Is by the composer, Victor 1s
Mason and Mason.
Mason and Mason. who are classed with
the leading opponents OF comedy. will be
seen ut the BIjou all this week in&.thes
two act musical play, Fritz and Snlts,"8
assisted by a company Of sixty people
Including a big chorus, which is said
~ ~ Ivy ptiiVC4 fySu'l6s
women, The production Is entirely new;
and Messrs. Broadhurst and Gurrie,l the
managers are said to have spared no
expense In their endaYor to- make this
one Of the merrest and most enjoyable
attractions on tho road. Tho music Is
said to be very ca toby, and the dialogue
remarkably witty. The story briefly told,
is as follows; A retired millionaire, as-
iplring to a better station in society, seeks
through matrimonial agent the intro
fduction to his daughter, OF a German
baron. who is Invited to the prospective
brides home, hut who, through an, un-
forseen accident, falls to arrive mt the
appointed time, which greatly worries
the matrimonial agent, In the mean
time Fritz, and shortly following him
gsnitz, two Germans who greatly resem-
BILE one another appear upon the scene
The agent thinks he sees n way out OF
his dilemma and induces Fritz to dis
gliise himself as tho baron, and later
installing saItz for Fritz, he persaudes
the latter to the same course. They
both meet the mllionaire's daughter ut
different times, and she, too, mistakes
one for the other. Both{are endeayorlng
to Win her hand In marriage, when the
real baron arrives, CONSERVATION pre-
walls. but knowing that lthe millionaire
has a great aversion for automobiles,
they dress up the baron as chauffeur,
and he is Immediately elected from the
premises by the servants, Many laugh
able complica tons arise before the iden-l
2tity Of the real baron is finally estab-
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