The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
ADJUSTMENTS
Acn dcmy-Dark.
Bijou-"Convict 9D0."
Colonfal-Vaudcvillc.
Notwithstanding.

II Ode LEONARD. "the Richmond
r. boy" enjoyed a rousing recep-
IL ton at the Colonial at the two
performances yesterday AS a
black faced song and dance artist
Leonard stands at the top. his name
being good for the headline position on
any vaudeville bill. He has peculiar
way of singing all his own. and is
meat" dancer, that term best describe
ing his work in this line.
His act, in the Land OF Cotton" has
been called classic in vaudeville. The
two boys Mr.. Leonard carries with him
are great cancers. and each has a
splendid voice. They aid considerably
in making the act the big number
that it is, and their work gets all the
recognition that 1t deserves and SO
well earns.
The Military Octette Though there
are eleven people in alp present quite
q spectacular number It is called a
musical fantasy in three scenes" the
latter being as follows: The Russian
Hussars, the camp of the Royal Flu
sileers, Bengal, India, and the camp Of
the Boys in Blue. U. S. A.
Miss Mabel Keith. the girl with the
baton, directs the Colonial orchestra
during the entire act, and scores quite
| a hit as her own share in the success
of this number. The act is very
elaborate affair, and has been fea-
| tured in vaudeville houses all over
the country.
The big laughing act of the perform
ance this week Is the turn of the kea-
ton family. There are strenuous times
on the Colonial stage from the minute
Buster Keaton makes his first entrance
luntil he bows himself off. Talk about
! knock about teams. this one is 1t. a
| football game is childish and innocent
amusement, only fit for girls in com
parison with the work of Buster and
/ his daddy. The latter says he hates
! to be SO rough He then takes up his
offspring bodily and throws him across
i the stage some twenty feet. But Bus
i ter doesn't mind. lie wears suit that
many boy woult like to borrow wher
he goes home after playing "hooky,'
and meets the stern countenance Of lllt
father, who Is waiting. not at tht
& church, ut in the vicinity of the wood.
: shed. There are two small editions Of
!. the Buster family drought on at the
matinee performances only who arr
: already in training to go through i
similar performance when their con
stitution can stand the strain, TIL,
J Keatons simply make an audience
scream. AS the ladies say, "they ar
9 too funny for anything" Il
All the other acts on the bill ar,
, entertaining. Ben Boyer e. Bro, come
|, dy bicylists and unicyclists. put OF
G one OF the best acts OF the kind eve
tiseen here. Cocela & Amato, tn
Mixer and the Maid" do a cleve
. dancing turn, and Gilbert & Katol
. score well with their PAROLES. Nc
n Grath & Paige are clever banjo play
ers, and their number was very pleas
ing,
9 The pictures OF the kinetoEraph clos
2 ed the bill, as usual
At the Bijou.
o The audience AZ the Bijou last nigh
4; was not as large as Is usual on Mon
day. Tho principal reason for this wa
: the wind-up meeting of the municipal
!. campaign at Sanger Hall, where
!. great audience greeted the candidates
The show, Convict o99." was recetv
ed with much enthusiasm, not onl!
= by the gallery. hut by the orchestra
floor, which followed the adventure
;of the hero and the heroine with TIL
. closest attention. punctured at man
intervals by outhursts, which wev
made more emphatic when the wronge
hero got the best of the situation:
The cast was up to the standard Q
such plays, and in ona or two instance
above the average, These latter wer
George Whitaker, as Dick ThurstoI
the hero, and Miss Gilberta Faust, tn
Judges daughter.
CAPTAIN Kelly. who was member O
}. the Rough Riders" In the Spanish
American War, did some very goo
stunts IN the shape of fancy drill
ana an, a. y, Lang IN his singing and In
Il. a matinee Will be given this afte
noon and the usual performances vi