The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-24
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Bijou-"NIy NVife's Fnmily.n
Y Observation-Disclosures AmuselnentH.
The Farewell Week.

The Farewell Week.
s.,2A AS their closing attraction !, at, the
Academy Of Music, Miss Percy 1 Has
we'll and the George Fawcett Company
win present the romantic farce-come-
dy, "Niobe, which made an emphatic
hit when first produced. and which
has lost none Of Its drawing power.
1t has not been given here in num-
Der Of years. and to many theatre
goers will come as a decided novelty.
The Anal performance will come on
Saturday evening. June 10th, and 1t
will be the last time the present Faw-
cett Company will play together. = ISIS
Haswell goes to her summer home, y al
siaconset. for q lnuch-needed rest. for
this season she has played about forty
roles in as many weeks. The other
members Of the company go to differ
emit parts of the country.
+ THEATRE oers here hope to have
Miss Haswell back with them again
next season for a longer engagement,
and to see the members Of the COM,
pany, who have endeared themselves
to Richmond, In the travelling organi-
cation. when they visit this city from
time to time
In "Nobc" Miss Haswcll and each
and every member OF the company are
seen to especial advantage, and are
sure to win greater triumphs, Is! Tho
play affords excellent opportunities for
pretty and attractive costumes for the
ladies, and the stage settings will be
very artistic. 4. e, "a
Az the Dijou.
What Is claimed to be one OF the
cleverest musical farce comedies seen
on a local stage Will furnish the enter
tanment at the Bijou this week, when
4 i,tr al mo 20
OF fun, music and dances, my Wife's
Family will BIO the attraction. It Is
a play that is said to afford unlimited
amusement for the opening act to the
final laughable situation. Although
4 farcical in character, the comedy Is
cleverly constructed, and the various
complications work out with much
Ioriginality. The main situations hinge
! on the mother-in-la theme. and deal
with the attempts OF a festive young
! husband, Jack Gay, to dlslodge his Nn-
welcome relative from his homes Tor
| this purpose he cnlists the aid Of a
keen-witted man about town, known
| as "Doc Knott" whose Introduction
into the Gay household begets endless
4 complications,
Good dill at lakewood. q
with such leaders in vaudeville al
p6lHlOE6i dlltt OIcAtld civ VIZ 4A-S@S>
j Trio heading the free attractions i
the summer theatre In Idlewood Thu
week, the summer park will Doubtless
\ enjoy even larger patronage than las
!, week, when the attendance was rec
A ord breaking. s
A In additions to free vaudeville, NOV
ling pictures and concerts by Kess
nichs Royal Band. mary novel at
ira ctions are daily proving more inter
esting. The bathing pool affords a.
endless amount OF. fun for both bather
and spectators.
Rink to Open.
The big rink at lakewood which wa
closed to skaters during the prepare
E lions for the Conf derate Reunion, ha
been put In good condition again, an
will be open every afternoon, excer
y Sunday, hereafter from to s O'Clock
o lwh!le the rink has been undergoin
B alterations and restoration, the isy
y hundred pairs of skates have been re
\ paired and made as good as new &c
Ii the summer 3 eason, There Will be n
evening sessions In the sl y for SON pm
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