The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-08
GOSSIP ABOUT
THEATRE PEOPLE
Blancy's "Across the Pacific at
the Bijou This
Week.
GREAT LAFAYETTE LOSES CAR
Was Having Christmas Fire Of
Logs When Blaze
Started.

! The attractions at the Bijou this week
! VIII be that "old friend, tried and true"
Charles u. Blaney's military comedy
drama, Across the Pacific which 10
n mixture of farce comedy, straight melo-
! drama and military drama. Varying cle-
ments that one would imagine could not
be satisfactorily mixed arc thrown to-
gether In n manner that keeps the audi
ence from orchestra circle to gallery on
edge with enthusiastic interest. The con-
| glomeration is Il kind that plcases oil
classes or theatre-goers-from tho small
boy, who liz thrilled by the melodratnatic
touches, to the blase patron OF staHoaru
attractions. The martial muse by the.
Rough Rider pand thrills the. audience
to nm extreme, and the excitement or the
minute abruptly changes to pathos when
the band. after boarding the transport
and as the steamer pulls out from the
dock. plays AUD Lang Sync. One of
the most realistic stage pictures ever at
tempted Is the attack on the blockhouse
in the jungles OF the Philippines. 1t is
from actual photographs. taken ut the
scene of action. 1t is, during this scene,
that a genuine rapid-hring Calling gun Is
brought into use.
The company presenting ACROSS the
Pacific, IL said to be above the ave-
rage, both In ability and numbers.
Arnold Caly Held.
The trial of Arnold DAILY and Samuel
Gulnpertz on the charge Of having main
taned II public nuisance" In producing
Mrs wnrren's Profession at tho Garrlck
Theatre will be transferred from special
to general sessions and tried before
jury. Mr.. DAILY. the manager. and mem
bers OF Days company appeared In the
Tombs court on December sd to answer
the charge against them. Magistrate
Whitman bound Mr.. DAILY and Mr.. Cum
pertz over for special sessions. fixing their
bonds at 500 each Others named In the
complaint were discharged. On applica-
tion of Mr. DAYS attorney Henry j. Gold
smith, 1t was agreed to transfer the case
from special to general sessions in order
to have the morals of the play passed
upon by II jury. Critics who wrote re-
views of the single performance will prob
ably be subpoenaed to give testimony.
Lafayette's Car Burned.
The Great Lafayette will have ,eason to
remember the Christmas of 1905 with re-
greet as on that day his splendid private
car was almost DESTROYED by fire ut
Youngstown, U. 1t appears that among
the other luxuries provided In the car
is an open CRATE, in which>the entertainer
was accustomed to burn logs. On Christ
mas Day he burned a Yule log, and the
sparks from 1t set fire to the car Many
curIos gathered by Lafayette during his
tours of the world We're DESTROYED. but
the dogs and other animals used In his
entertainment, which were kept In the
other end of the car, were unfnjured
The loss Will be heavy, as there was no
insurance on the goods that were burned.
Midgets Married.
Cupid plays many strange prarISs. and
when he was passing through. Coney
Island last summer, he shot his darts
at two of the inhabitants of the Midget
Village, i'll Dreainland. with the result
that they were married at Council Bluffs.
Ia, on Christmas Day. The happy little
r..
who is forty-two and one-half inches high
and weighs forty-fite pounds. and lean
Bregant. an Austrian. who weighs
siXty-siN pounds and measures only forty
five inches. They met In the Midget VII
lage. and It was case of love at first
dancers. and discussions on their art soon
led to chats on more sentimental sub
jects. The bride is eighteen years old,
and her husband is thirty-five. She was
her life in Council Bluffs. The parents
OF both midgets are of normal size, and |
they are the only understood members
of their respective families.
A New Irish Star.
Another new star was launched on New
Years Day by that wel-known author
Mr. Charles L. Blaney, at the American !,
when he offered Fiskc o,Hara. in Mr. !,
Blarney from Ireland. The piece was I
written by Mr.. Blaney. and he has spared I
no expense on its production. The COM |
pany is large one. consisting of over |
fifty people. The peculiar part of the |
play Is. although it is thoroughly Irish,
lions of young freshman. who enters /
the political arena Mr.. O'Hara has writ
ten number of new songs which he /
will sing, assisted by a well-trained cho-
rus, The play will be reviewed next \
week. ~ ~ - |