The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08

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- George sidney nj I'ijo,t. !, u,,o
"rhat funny little fellow, ieorsc
sidney is agan, fomnE 70 we .Jw IN Tie
11n unstnl comedy. dBusy iazy's Boodle.na
Menriy every tiieatre-goer IN Richm,onal
has secn George Sidney certainly, ~ al s "e
the patrons Of the BiJoii ila rnr a aor
Der is with the cornpany Mis- Miss Web a,,
ber, IN private life is MIS-. sid l,nS I hcr
s same mas pr fitfae in typt almost as large
10 'thnt which lieralds the comedian.
AS to the production this season s, dn ne
following Is what one o. tne nup.as
along the line has said OF ' INC perform
people who 20 to musical comedies
and come away making the stationery
that there Is n1,ih,mg t vii 1Is have to-
hedge WREN they see BUSY lzzyis BOO
de- de- ,ow ~,
of business thr. is pTiRn :, h n hi,r.
lcsuue on the first part of ne-n,sht.
stand minstrel company. plnyea . ~
George Sidney. Fred Law ana Ga elrn,
Ivebber. These three performers FORM
n circle. and then, proceed to give an
Imitation of the first part OF y min
strel company It Is one Of me e. erig erer
est bits of burlesqne TINT mas ,.,, awel
Miss Weber is the pompous intter,oru-
tor. with u fondness for using Die
words and striking poses that show or
her abilities. and Is seconued 9S tre
two comedians who aet,as end men ,.,n
Tho humor of the act Is indescribable.
While lieenly satirical IT never over,
steps the bounds Of pure burlesdus: ~
the same lines as the bright burlesdnes
which have made Weber and Fields Ia
nous in New York City.
Mind Render nt MnJcstic.
Professor Neuman. mind reader, ma
gcian. expert at cards and nandcuHs.
will he the leading attraction TINS
week ait the Majestic Theatre, where
there will be also several other ih ,s,
esting numbers on the program. l III,
powers of Professor Neuman are de.
scribcd in the following article, which
appeared with large headlines In the
Daily Conrant. of Hartford, Conn. on
Wednesday. December a 1907;
ant office early in the afternoon ana
offered to find any object hidden by
any designated person In any part OF
the city. a committee OF three was
chosen at random from the Courant
force to hide the object and oversee
its recovery. The committee. after
leaving the Office, decided on small
silver knife as the object to be hidden.
They then drove to u club, to Il hotel.
to the State Capitol and 10 Union sta
tion, making d stop of about the same
length In each place. so that the driver
of the carriage or any other possible
person could not observe their move
ments They hid the knife in the State
Library, in the Capitol. placing 1t on
the top of the frame used to hold the
charter. They then went to Union Sta-
tion and back to the Courant office.
folded, led the way to the street. where.
with the committee. he entered the
open carriage, taking the place beside
the driver on the box. Then. telling
he (the professor) took the reins and
guided the horses through state Street
to Main and down Main to the Athen-
cum. Here one of the committee mem
bers changed places with the driver.
so as to make sure that there was no
professor drove the horses to. point
beyond Capitol Avenue. where he
stopped and said that the occupants
Of the carriage were not concentrating
and as soon as the men In the carriage
began again to think of their goal the
sightless driver asked the coachman to
come up and turn the horses around.
At the entrance to the Capitol
grounds the professor stopped the team
exactly in front of the driveway and
asked one. of the committee to grasp
his wrist and to think hard OF either
the right or left. as the correct direc-
ton might be. The man did this. and
the professor turned into the Capitol
driveway and stopped at the entrance
to the porte cochere of the south door.
He then ordered the party to disrnount,
and. taking one of the men by the wrist.
entered and started on a run for the
elevator. although the committee on the
first trip had walked up the stairs. At
the proper floor he told the elevator