The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-22
.SQU5A' s MARCHES
At THE ACADEMY .
Isle Of Spice, a Good Comic
Opera, Tomorrow
Night.
SHOW GIRL AT THE BIJou
Mantcll lin shakespeare KS Will
Play King Lear, Hamlet
and Macbeth.
SHOW I GIRL AT THE BIJou

Sousa and his band will BIO heard ut
the Academy of Music tonight. The en-
gagement OF tho famous bandrnaster is
always musical event that attracts a
large audience, and his present engage
inent will not he an exception.
Sotsa is nothing II not original In the
twenty-fifth year of his career as band
conductor he has, without question, heard
u larger amount of music, day for day.
than any other musician the world knows.
A careful calculation shows that he has
appeared in not less than 5000 concerts,
compositions. counting repeats. Every
imaginable harmonic and orchestral corn-
pination have come under his direct and !.
strong enough, and original enough s to 10
ignore them, all and write compositions
from all Others. that instantly their PEE
culiar Qualities are recognized The Lead
Ing I'M music las CRITIC Of Berlin Germany puts
say: This is Wagner: likewise, we must t
h Is fIes sa t. one deIsGts soasa march and
The Show Girl.
success. THE Show Girl or THE Magic
CAP" musical comedy in two acts.
semsS i9 q tie on sjea tonight for an en-
don at Wallaeka Thea5re sss New psssS YORK
f ety.. where WHERE, 1t had a successful run OF
throughout, and two magnificent sets OF
scenery al,,y have s been built.
metropolitan favorItes, which : Incl Includes
Lou Hall. Esther wallace. John Myiie,
Charles Ghi rras, Parcor, Edna Edna Clover. RAYMOND
gurt Eaton, William Fuller. Marie Le-
Claire. the famous "rroubadour Four,
3u a. the Rainbow Sisters. and
"a dom pfyysy i-Ip -NxN
are perttiiy costuned and Who move
Will with charming grace and bewitchlng mans
Fat and Funny. =
Carrying about increased embompont
might he a crime in the world OF fashion.
but being plain, good naturedly fat has Its
conpensations. and 1t Ia not to be despis-
ed. Susie g would be less good
laugh II she were thin. Her plt1mpness Is
as much her stock in trade as her lnimita-
the Isle Of SPICE, at the Academy Academy to- o.
morrow night. in which MISS Forester
plays the leading female comedy role, the
sonality. are much in evidence.
Robert Mantell.
Mr.. Robert B. MantelI has decided to
respect the wishes of q number OF his
admirers here and play Hamlet at the
matinee of next Saturday, instead of
Richelieu.
be strictly a Silakespearean event. offer
ing a rare opportunity to students OF the
English drama
King Lear will be played on Friday
evening; Hamlet at the matinee on Satur-
day. and Macbeth on Saturday night.
Chauncey Olcott.
Chauncey Olcott, who will play at the
Academy on the last day of January,
tells this good story:
"a physician, because n tee-totaler had
red nose suspected the sincerity OF the
mans professions
80 he invited him to dine at restau-
rant one night and ordered champagne
with the dinner.
''rhe tee-totaler did not hesitate at all
over the champagne. He drank half
dozen glasses, and grew gay and bolster
Gus.
"rhen the doctor. feeling that he had
him, said. grufIiy:
- We'll. John. how does al this square
with your tee-tota1 pretensions?
1.-THE prohibtionist laughed and answer
ed:
no such q fool as to refuse what the doc-S
tor orders