The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-23
AN OVATION TO
THE MARCH KING
sousa and His Band Took the
Academy Audience BY
Storm.
MARCH NUMBERS FAvoRlTEs
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Miss Jeanette Powers Played
schubert's serenade
Charmingly.
MARCH NUMBERS FAvoRlTEs

Charmingly.
Sousa the uncrowned king OF march
music. added new laurels to his chaplet
last night at the Academy, when from
n house that literally did not contain
single empty chair, he received an ova-
| ton, not one but many times.
There has seldom been seen in Rich
| mond a more splendid audience than the
one that reveled last night In sousa
music. 1t was Sousa they wanted, with
his affectations. his mastery control over
an excellent orchestra, and, above all,
his own music.
Nat Goodwin the comedian. tells the
sad story of how the American public
refused to accept his clever work as a
tragedan. praising it heartily, but~always
wishing for Nat" in HIS old familiar
| plays.
That was the way the people felt aobut
| the March King. They appreciated
the artistic work of the band and ap-
| plauded the conductor when me music OF
Weber and Wagner was played. but their
hearts were fixed on Sousa, and the great
outbursts of applause that greeted tho
| marches echoed with Wild enthusiasm
through the theatre.
Favorites AS Encores.
During the evening there was played
"El CAPTAIN Cleaning STAR Dixie
Land, Hands Across the Sea" king
| Cotton" Stars and Stripes" and Man
| haitian Beach" as encores In addition to.
the regular programme. Perhaps the best
min, tsa, E,l,, o..
fered by Miss Jeannette Powers, the vio-
linist. as an encore. The harp accompani-
ment was especially pleasing.
| Mr.. Herbert l.. clarke's cornet solo,
Bride OF the Waves was good, and the
sextette from Lucia was one of the most
acceptable numbers. An old friend has
always warm place In the affections of
all who love music and the sextette is an
old and very dear friend.
! Miss Elizabeth Schiller sang two selec-
| lions from Sousas works in an attractive
manner that found favor with the audi
ence but the fact that she was suffering
| from q severe cold was very apparent
The excellent concert LEFT nothing to be
| desired and robbed critics of criticism
John Philip sousa IS an artist, and one has
not really heard his music until one has
heard his own band play it, conducted
by the Bean Brummel' of the baton.
Snow Iirl Is ZINE.
The Show Girl at the Bijou last night
broke the record for first nSshra crowd
at that coy little theatre for not II
seat was to be had. and the police had
to be stationed in front of the building
to keep away the throng that clamored
| for admission.
Last night theatrical business broke
the Richmond record. for never before
had people been turned away from both,
| the Academy and Biiou on the same
night.
| Unless all signs fail. there will be few,
II any, empty seats during the week. for
'The Show Girl" Is we'll worth seeing,
| full of new music. new songs, with
chorus of extremely pretty girls, who
dance we'll and sing acceptabiy.
Miss Hilda Thomas who heads the
company, is bright and vivacious, and
equally as good as Stella Mayhem. who
played Miss Thomas's part when the
musical skit last visited these confines.
Lou Hall is funny in the quiet way
that tells. and his specially with Miss
! Thomas went with a rush.
Miss Esther Wallace, who sang several
| we'll received songs, is an old favorite
| though pretty young woman, she did
| a vaudeville act here. In the days not
long ago, with osca sissors.
| In the first act the song Psyc!e.
| sung by Raymond Belmont and the
! chorus caught the audience.
The Kaufman lBrothers also did a
| cclever black face specially in the first
| half of the programme.
In the second act, Miss Grace Cum
| mngs. in a Song of all Nations cap
| tl,red the house. and Miss Wallace, with
1 the attractive chorus in Ching All
| Ling Fong," received encore after en-
core.
Miss Hall and Mr., Lou Thomas. worked
! in an amusing specially that worked
them overtime, and a march of all ma
tons, made charming picture The
| cat was clever. =
| The Show Girl Is good enough tor the
high price houses
elsie Of Spice" Tonight.
| A ST. Louis critic, in writing OF the
| isle of Spice, when 1t appeared there
! last season ut the Century Theatre said
/ mot since Mr.. Bluebeard' was here have
| we had as fine a bevy of girls as seen in
1.-THE Isle of Spice They are all spice
ginger, grace, life, and are beauty enough
| to be stolen.
While Leslie Leigh sings Peggy Brady"
/ In the second act, the pony ballet parades
the stage in a series of formations that
arouse the audience to exhilarating en-
| thusiasm. again, in the first act, When
Herbert Cawthorne sings THE Goo-Goo
Man." these pretty girls come out and
do bit of dainty dancing that fires
the audience with more of that enthu-
1 siasm. which Is always in store If the
people on the stage are clever enough to
arouse it. The principals of the cast in
! clude such well known people as Sam
| Mylie. Harry Watson, Herbert Cawthornc,
Leslie Leigh and Susie Forester.
| The company is alarge one, comprising
i one hundred people, and will be seen here
4 for the first time at the Academy tonight.
Season of Shakespeare.
Il During his coming engagement at the
i Academy Of Music. Mr.. Robert B, Man
i tell will present at the performance Fri
day night an elaborate revival of King
i Lear; at the matinee Saturday, Ham
/ let,' and Saturday night, Macbeth
4 Seats are now on, sale at the box office.