The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-13
'HOITY-T0nY TO
De MONEY MAKER.
u - Z.
Splendid Slow Of Its Kind at
tic Bijou This
Week.
BUSTER BROWN TOMORROW
BUSTER BROWN TOMORROW
Great Demand for Tickets, and
Clever Musical Comedy TO
&c Warmly Welcomed.

Hoty-rolty, one Of the Weber aud
Field productions, showed 10 II packed
house at the BiJou last night That 1t
will show to the same pucked house dur
ing the rest of the week goes without
saying to any one who saw last nights
production.
ono cannot define, or describe the 50
OF show Ifoity-'rolty is. Put together
some spriehtly music and n lot or bcautI-
1ul costumes. form into these same cos
tunes chorus OF ahapely maidens, mix
with tlls an absurd dialogue and "A biltcf
Of good comedians. serve 1t In three acts
and laugh oneself sick. That would about
be the recipe for Holty-Tolty.
q. s. Sharp, Nat Bernard and Max
Bloom ms the three Dutchncn, are as
Grotcsque q trio OF absurditics az one
could well imagine
a man OF any brains feels like kicking
himself for laughing at their mimicry
and pronunciation of the Kings Eng
lish, but he is too busy laughing to at
tempt 1t.
In ,the third, during the poker game
when Sansbeautens hand is called, with
the familiar question, what have you
got?H Iis answer, ~ wife and two
children. to use spielcr's phrase Is
worth the price of the admission alone.
Hazel Edna in her spccialty is n wonder.
She sings songs. But when she opens up.
one grasps his seat and wonders where
the voice came from Needless 10 say.
She can sing eoor song in why that's
a revelation. But IL Is pity swceter
voice had not been assigned to the song,
My Irish Molly" for there are few
songs in this class OF shows that have
more merit. 8ttGf
Harry Richards az General steele and
~ - t.A.lf H. 10
were both good. Madam Frrirbing's voice
is sweet and Richards gets many OF the
laughs Their burlesaue on grand opera
WAS very funny.
'rte rest OF the show was acceptable,
Albert Livingston MS Sir. Harvard Yale.
being particularly so.
"Spangles" Poor Sparkler.
.'spangles, a new play from Plilladei-
phia. came to the academy of Music last
night for an engagement sof one per-
fcrinance The play Is tic effort of
Charles Nirdliugcr. and while 1t is ac-
credited with n run OF one month in
Philadelphia and prospective one in
New York. There Is much yet 10 be done
before "spangles'. viii sparkle as a
necesso. The plot is peculiar and seems
TO unrayel a satire on the Carnegie
library craze ana the church fair. Songs
are introduced at intervals but they APP
pear Irrelevant TO the comedy.
The company does well with the NAL
terial al hand and the cast contains sev-
crai capable actors. The scenery is the
most handsome seen at the playhouse
this season and is too pretty to be
dragged around on the "onc night stand
route
Lyman H. Howcs moving pictures. in
Guiding thrilling scenes in the Alps and
studies OF animal life, Will be seen at
the Academy of Music tonight. Howe's
pictures always have an individuality
about them that no other promoter seems
able to obtain and they furnish an
amusement that Is innocent and pleasing
to everybody.
Buster Brown Tomorrow.
] the sale of seats is "a good prognosti-
cation of business. then Buster Brown"
will fill the Academy ut two performs
ances tomorrow. as the sale in size Is
without an equal this season. The COM
pGny comes here direct from New York,
and in the cast Is Master Gabriel, the
original Buster" and George Ali as
'tTige." 1t Is the same that was seen
al the Academy last September. Buster
made many friends then and the show
for uniqucncss and general atmosphere
OF freshness made an impression at the
time.
The Chaperons.
Isadore Whitmarks pretty comedy
opera, The Chapcrones. comes to the
Academy on next Friday night. The
company was here last season. and the