The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-05
YANKEE CONSUL !.
0 0 n THE BEST
MIR. Short and Miss Micl,clcna
Are Stars Of tic New York 4
Order.
.TUNEFuL AND HUMOROUS.
.A Large Audience Enjoyed One
o.: the Hits Of tic
Season.

! hi q y
| "Thc Yankee Consul musical COM
edy that had In byGone days set the
| whole country Wild with cnthusasln,
visited Richmond yesterday for tho hrst
time and made one OF The great hits Of
| the season
There is nothing old about the clever
musical comedy cxcept the success which
has followed IL everywhere. 4
The music Is bright. tuneful and far
removed from the terrors Of what are
known. nnhappily, as popular sue
cesscs,. the honor is real and therefore
delightful, the stage settings arc clab-
crate. the chorus is very pretty and
we'll dressed and best and most salts
factory, the principals arc artists.
There is always a tcndency.to indulge
IN odious compa rlson, and there be those
who SILVER at Hamlet" now that Sir
Henry Irving is dead, ard lit up their
voices only In praise Of what "hns BEEN
Mr.. Raymond Hitchcock shed tic ius-
tro OF his Manhattan glory over the part
OF Booze when 1.-THE Yankee Consul"
came first into being and made, tllnt
excellent and hcart-rcachng SON. ooh!
| What a Difference lust a Few Hours
Make" aai;popiIlar throughout the land
Of the d6iar, as the misunderstanding
high ball. OF whose ESTABLISHMENTS llh.
sang. but the hunor and cleyerncss Of
Booze" did not fade when Mr.. lIitch-
cock Jared to pastures new. and turned
over Booze 70 That clever comedian,
Mr.. Harry Short Is
Made Much of the Part.
lit is only fair to say that Mr. Short
has not hidden Ills talents in n napki In.
| but has even made more OF the part
! than did his predecessor. $
.Ile belongs 10. that small band OF
comedians who are born and not made.
even by the syndicate. for his hunlor and
fuh flows AS naturally as very extra
| dry. and tickles alike the laughing bnb-
bles OF favorte wine.
Miss Vera Michclcnn, who sang "I3o-
nita.' pretty. young and charming. pos
sessed a voice that gives promise OF bct-
| ter things. for the clever dark-cycd
prima, donna who has not yet cscarcd
the confines of her teens" is to play
Carmen another season IN. VI.
Miss Mao Bottl, as "Pcpita't WAS Il
charming soubrettc. certainly The equal
| OF her sister, Rosa. from whom she In
herltcd the part, and With a4voce fnr
and away superior.
Miss IIosmer. the buSom widow with
| half million, made the fourth OF the
clover qunrtcttc alul Won a large share
| of the applause with which the large
audience greeted every number of tic
| play s
| That Mr.. John Y r. Soclin has gotten
| together an excellent company Is not to
be denied, and those who failed to make
a pilgrimage TO the Academy missed ono
I$of tho best aud most pleasing offerings
Of tho season.
songs. such MS 'Holn" and MY San
Domingo Maid" sung by Miss Niche
lena: ''In Old New York" "Aint It
| Funny What a Few Hours Make" and
I'm the Days OF Old" sung by Mr.,
Short; THE Mosauito md the Mdgc."
sung b., Miss Botti, and 1--WE Arc Taught
to Walk Demurely,'' one OF tho hits Of
the play, sung BY Miss llosmcr. Miss
Michelena and Miss Hotti.
| tAll OF the cast were good. and thu
chorus was tuncful and comely.
Ryan's Personality.
One OF the many pleasing. features Of
the aatmosphere he G,'i Is able 10 instii into
every performances. His vibrant person.
ALLY seems TO dnuse Itself ,t9 {, Mays and
payIers Rs aer s KIN to
OH tradition when delvlng deep under la
surface for the hidden meaning OF tbs
great literary masters, and ~ must be
has frequently evolved new, inlpressons
and pleasing Mpn1snts f9p ls audt9 X:
matinee to-day and Il1y request "Dr.
|3Jeyklc and Mr. Hyde tonight
Old Homestead.
pcnman 'rhonpson's "Od Homestead"
night, Saturday. What would the season
/ Tic nanies ..The Old Homestead" scema to
emf eat syeneraiion tic ayst exnerienss's at az
f henv,s MIS AS tic years multiply lie
old play seems to lose none the bright
ness and freshness OF tho early days.
lowed IT, Uncle Josh is heartily Welcome
here and SO AFRO all the other friends
Aunt Matilda, ty Prin1e Seth Perkins,
Happy Jack sallcy Tlickety Ann. stupid
Anna MarIa Murdoch, tho prim one, They
viii MI l9a on hand With all their quaint
characteristics, mot overlooking also tho
famous double qllarteltc OF farm hands,
which will he heard IN some new nuns
bcis and some Of, tho old favorllcs.
Athlete Breaks His Rib,
,WhIle wrestling With one of his pupils
In the Sparks and Black Hall yestcr-
day afternoon, Rupert Vaughan Lloyd
broko one of his ribs and this prevented
him from having a try, on the mat last
night with Charlie Kelly, the sailor who
Is willing Ia meet all Corners In Rn,r
mond, nr. Thomas Murrell was callsd
In and treated the injured rib