The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
.MME N0DJESKA
SAID FAREWELL
Tie Great Actress Was Only 4
Ghost Of sBygo,lc
Years.
THE PLAY NOT A SUCCESS
a Small Audience Was Disap-
pointcd--Stag Was ll-Sct.5l
tt Was Sad. Il

Vine. Helena AIodjeskn appeared for tn
last tln,c III Richmond last night accord
ing TO hc1. managers announcements !
Mary stuart, tsl,illciss. great. trngcdy. it
THAT ii vas II worthy performance, n
one can deny, but there vas about ]
only the fuintcst glun,or OF the grentilcs
OF other days. like the perfume OF ros
leaves. long after tho rose has witlcred.
Nine. Modicska one OF the greatest ac
tresscs that the American stage has eve
presented. has grown old with the honolr
OF many trlulnphs and itwould have beef
far pleusanter for her many admirers t
have remembered her art Of past years
rather than to have been forced to ndt
sympathy to admiration, OH account Of
this unhnpplly farewell tour"
There is something painfully sad ant
UNPLEASANT about "farewclls.'' for there Is
to say the least, an intimation of dcca!
ana a suggestion Of collapse, y tho mere
mention.
1'hc play last night was staged IN q
manner that fully bore out the idea ct
''f:lrcwell," for some Of the scenery was
ancient and tho rest was out Of keeping
and in bad tustc--an ulinistakable sign OF
no hereafter
Miss Loretta Wells, as Queen Eliza
BETH" Mr.. William Hazeltine as "Ieiccs-
ter" and Mr.. Edwin CALDWELL as Nor
timer all played we'll and deserve an
especial word Of praise.
Mauare Mod icska, not to be unklnd,
showed he weight Of her g. years and
while the spirit was willing. the flesh was
weak
Only d small audience witnessed the play
and the applause that marked the fall
Of the curtain was not enthusiastic. 'I
Maid and tbs M,1r1r11v
''Thc Maid and the. Mummy Rich
ard Carries most succc ssful musical PIECE
might well have been named '',rhc Maids
and the Mummy" for there is only one
mummy TO thirty girls in the cast. The
management has been careful to take
only the prettist girls for the chorus
that is TO- present this merry music!h
nclange. and there never were more
lovely girls than tile Poster Girls, the
Polly Girls, the Julia Girls and the Auto
mobile Girls. The book Of "The Maid anu
the Mummy is by Richard Carrie. tho
music being by Robert Hood Bowers.
The story is an interesting one ana inc
comedy IS only Interrupted when one OF
the seventeen musical numbers is being
sung. or the musical interruptions. the
most popular are ',Pesulinr Julia 81 Fell
in Love With Polly MY Gasolenc Az
tomobile," ''Ol. Gee. It's Great to be
Crazy" and I'm So Dizzy. The cast of
'"rhc Maid and the Mummy Company,
which comes to the Academy on
Saturday, includes Margaret Rrun-
ham, Janet Priest. Fred War
rem Edward Jolly, Edward Groth
and Earl Dewey The company is play
ing almost entirely return engagements
this year. which is the best Indication
OF the favor with which the Maid and
tho Mummy. was received Lost season..
Bijou. Crowded.
The offering the Bijou this week S
The misunderstanding Irish actor, Barney
Gilmore. as Bob Daley in nocKy Road
to Dublin. a play OF Ireland
of to-day, by Daniel l.. Hart, author
of Parish Priest" "Marching Through !
Georgia" THE Man With the Hoe etc.
"a Rocky Road to Dublin is a genuine
Irish play: its characters are human.
offering graphic pictures Of the Emerald
Isle. II Is a play that has l1eart-eatin;
qualities aud teens with humor The
locals is near the city Of Dublin, the
tourists attention IL called to the point
where lived tile famous temperance ad-
vocntc. 'atl,er Mathews, Alessrs. Hnvlin |
and NicOlnl have engaged an excellent
and carry three large scenes OF
Ireland OF to-day as well as n genuine
Irish jauntinG car. The play IS drawing
large audiences.