The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-06

&hppANSSA .
-----.---
q splendid bit of acting in the second and
third acts, has a very charming per-
sonality. ,shc WORK OF Mr.. tlale, as Dr.
norton; Mr. Elliot. as Btll Gooding; MI.
Menefce Johnston, as Dave Marble, were
ehtirely capable and satisfactory, ana
the whole company gave Mr.. Drew III
every way proper support.
among those in the boxes were former
Governor and Mrs. a. j. Montague; Dr.
ID. A. Alderman. president of the univer-
SHY OF Virginia; DR.. George Ben Jonn-
sion, Colonel and Mrs. Joseph % WIZARD
MIR. and Mrs. John Stewart Bryan, Mr..
and Mrs. II. c. Stuart, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pelham Blackford, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cole Scott, Col. 10 Lane stern, Mr.
{. w; Scott. Mr.. Brydon Tenant Re. nj. M y
Page and others.
The Boy Behind.
the Boy Behind the Gun" with Harry
Clay Blaney as the boy goes Across the
Pacific" one better in the quantity Oh
powder that Is burned during the piece;
Those who live In tho nelghoorhood VI
the Bijou, who are believers in the cary
to bed theory will have rude awak,
cning every night this week about II
o'clock. when the Calling guns and otheI
firearms arc turned loose In the iasl act
OF the sensational melodrama, m IN w ana
Blaney is playing this season. me sce a,,
in which the din Is greatest is thar rep
resentIng the deck of admiral Togo,s
flagship, In which occurs the great pattie
of the Sea OF Japan Just no" na n,s
gagement of this nature Il not very eien,,
they are employed TO aid In Sanluisil.lis
the opposing fleet and rs tar as ho ,ist
is concerned there use Is ci"'i'''' '
nTbe Man Behind the Gun" Is, OF
course, Harry Clay Bhney, VINO aH .vWill;e
again in his old character no, OF ,o M,,i,e
Live" and lie is very inuch a.iNe ,r 1,a com com
many Is n large one, and includes the
'.Royal Guards OF Japan. squauo, , "
men, who are exceedingly wen ,,,. drr'i' -.
and who give splendlo IN. ,,,ird act
their skill The climax OF the tnirn az. az.
is scarcely less exciting than that OF tne ,
closing one. In the former. the t'o 9S,l,
Guard again show their powers. tilis
time In scaling, the val o, "a hussA''
The production Is In every Way eat tba
m Elancy.s other success. across me
Pacitic.'' and creates equally as n'ueh Gu
th1,siasm did Tint MAY
The School Girl.
The DAILY Theatre production OF me
School Girl is the attraclioh a. tn1 S-,nrles
my my, , .,,,, srst presented "The School
Girl ), the music OF which is oy les ST.
stuart. composer Of Florodora, AT IN
Prince of Wales Theatre, IN Lohao4, a a!..l.
Iater. brought the production To paly
Theatre. New York city, where II ran
for more than 100 nights The entire orig
inal production has been taken on torr'
and with dainty Carrie Reynolds IN !ite
prima donna role, has pscn scoring Z. =
neated triumps In various Southern cites,
..,The School Gill" was said TO be one OF
the hest musical comedy organizations
ever seen in the South by such represeii-
tatiye newspapers as the Atlanta Consu-
tuition and Journal, the Birmingham Age
Herald. the Houston Post, and the Savan-
nah and Charleston dailics In tact:
wherever it has appeared The School
Girl'' has been accorded most emphhtlc
praise by the newspapers, Inc company
| numbers more than sixty metropolitan
| PLAYERS with the original DAILY Theatre
| show girls. and In the big cast are Misses
Carrie Reynolds. Helena Burne, Mabelle
| Raymond, Harriet Merritt, Messrs. Robert
| WHITE Barry Maxwell, Gus Vaughan,
| William j. Smith. Sim Pulem, and others
of almost equal merit.
O'Neill's Last Appearance.
James oNeill, tho. worlds greatest TO
mantle actor. is making a farewell tour
| of the country n''Montc Cristo' and will
| be seen at the Academy Tomorrow night
for the last time in the play that he has
! made famous. a new and elaborate pro-
\ duction and II strong company emphasize
! in a fitting way the end of Monte Girls
to-" for when Mr.. O'Neill gives up playing
/ Edmond Dantes. the play will die a nat
| ural DEATH The company includes james
O'Nell. Jr, the stars son, and Charles
r. Stevens, Richard Allen. John Webb
Dillon, John II. Green. Bart Wallace,
Thomas Edwards, William McKcgney, AL
fred Long, John Parks. Allen o. Meyers
John l.. Green. Ed. Short. Edwin Lane,
James Hall. Ed. Smith. John Benjamine
Robert Lauer. Abigail Marshall, Kate
Fletcher. Sara Leigh. Louisa Miller.
The Tenderfoot Coming.
That delightful musical comedy, "rhe
| Tendcrfoot" with a big company. head
ed by Oscar L.. Fgnlan and Ruth White
| is to be the attraction at the Academy
| Friday and Saturday, with Il matinee or
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Figman was
the best Burgomaster who ever played
the title role In that delightful musica
comedy, and 1t will be interesting TO see
| what he will do with the role of Professor
Pettibone In '"rhe Tenderfoot" Mr.. Fig
man was said by the Chicago critics t.
be better Professor Pettibone than Mr.
Carrie. and Chicago has ever been loud IL
praises of the man who is now starrin.
in THE Mayor OF Tokio.' The compan,
will number nearly seventy people Tn,
sale Of seats for this important musica
engagement began yesterday morning
Personals and Briefs.