The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-03
A ~BLOODGOOD.
in "The Truth"
mt the Academy.

to him the older he becomes. 1t will
young again, and a sudden twinge OF
govt will only bring him to his senses.
Just like we used to do" he VIII say
to wife or daughter. and he will re-
ceive II fond look from each.
Mr.. Woodruff is said to lave the best
part he has ever had. He is a Harvard
man, and, therefore. the part ought
said to hardly have to "act" II, every
thing he does is so realistic to him.
Brown of Harvard Will be atgthe
Academy Tuesday night.
Madame SchuInnnn-Heink.
Madame schumann-Heink. the great
singer, will appear in n concert at the
Academy Tomorrow night. This won
derful artist has been receiving an
ovation everywhere she has appeared.
a recent notice read: "Schumann-
Helnk is not only q great singer with
a wonderful voice and Incompatible
artistic training. but she has the happy
faculty of making most attractive n
Interesting programs. In the II pre-
scented to the public this season she
sings in six ianguages-perfect In each
and she has paid particular attention
" d group Ol EuSilSu SOHSSs iuOSIlb
her audience to tears with such num-
bers as Nevin's Rosary" and Bonds
Lullaby" The height of her achieve
ments, showing this grand artists tre-
mendous powers. are found IN the
operate selections. such as Wagner's
''Rienza" aria and the scene and aria
from Meyerbeer's "Prophete." The lat
ter she sings In French. This is one
of .Schumann-Heink's most famous
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IIeinls is a phenomenon in the artistic
world, such as we have but once in a
generation"
a BIancy Melodrnmn.
Charles E. Bianey having introduced
into his numberless melodramas almost
every human type known, has at last
been confronted with an awful propo-
sition-he hasl exhausted the supply OF
human creatures It's mot stated how
many weeks he sat brooding in his
workshop over this calamity. which,
sooner or later. he must have known
would come at last. But like the ice
man. 1t has at last came" but the
Knowledge did not seriously shock
this prolific playwright, for like the
heroes OF his melodramas. he is invul-
nerable. II he has used up every NOR
tai type, then there are yet uneXplored
fields, at least, new to him. Darwin's
works are still on the shelf, but the
shop workers of Blaney ruthlessly grab
a volume. as though 1t were q play
that, had never drawn royalty since its
first season. And behold. there is the
melodrama, His Terrible Secret; or,
The Man-Money." Good for Blaney.
There have been some m~en-monkeysl
on the stage before this, but rareiyI
was this title given them, save by the
audience.
Mr.. William H. Turner has been en-
gagged to play the part Of Melmoth,
the Man Monkey" Mr.. Blaney sell
cured Mr.. Turner for a term of years..
and has written this play for him Per-
haps Mr.. Turner Is wondering now
whether Blaney runs a side show or
a menagerie on the side, and has got
ten him in the wrong department by
mistake. For Mr.. Turner has been
playing in David Harum, and he didn't
play the horse, either, but the title
role.
Anyway, the magician of melodrama.
Charles u. Rlaney, promises some sem
sational features In this melodrama,
and they will probably be there. all
right. There is a tropical electrical
storm, for one thing, that is said to
make the spectators hold to their
hairs. There is 10 use of telling the
story in advance, 1t would, deprive
of keen enjoyment those who will wit
ness Its unfolding on the stage of the
Bijou. 1t may be counted upon as
being n typical Blaney melodrama, and
the thcatre-going public, knowing
what that means, will take 1t for all
that it is worth, and with a great
many people. that valuation is much
in excess of the price of admission.
And those who hold to this latter val
%uation, Of course, cannot fall to get
their moneys worth.
Squire Graves n Veteran.
No nan in Richmond has been con-
nectcd with the theatrical business rs
long as Squire" Lonnie Graves. who
Is now on the balcony door of the
Academy, but who, until the past few
years, HAS spent nearly his entire life
behind the scenes. inttne various capac-
tiles, from assistant property boy, at
The age of thirteen, to stage manager.
He has spent forty years of his life In
this business. No ma Inv Richmond,
perhaps, is Kicker In anecdotes OF the
stage, and has known more players OF
worldwide reputation, than he. The
Squire" Is simply al encyclopedia OF
Information in all matters pertaining
to the stage. but he is not the man to
talk for the sake OF talking.
Indeed, he has the reputation of
being rather reticent. He Is, however,
one OF the most affable of men, and to
know the man is TO like him. There
are many men who, with his knoWl-
edge of matters that have now passed
into the history OF the stage, weuld
feel Il sense of se~lf-importance, espe-
cially us he was on the ground, or
more properly, perhaps, In the scene,
when this history was being made, but
not so with Squire Graves. You might
be with him every day for q week, and
perhaps not get It out OF him, unless
YOU tried vrey hard.
Squire" Graves naturally has seen
many parts played by many actors IN
his time, and he thinks the following
arc tho greatest that have come under
his notice In tho past forty years: ed
win Forrest, ms Nirginius; Edwin
Booth. as Hamlet; Joseph Jefferson, az
Rip Van Winlsle;a the slider salyini, as
.Othello; a, Nv, Couldock, as Luke
ls%ielding: II, ,W, Wallack, as Fagtn;I