The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-12
An Opinion il Slack.

When Frederick Bechtol was in town
announcing the appearance OF John w.
vogels Big City Minstrels at Gennett
theatre, March q, he was in an anec-
dotal mood, and related of local
mascot OF Manager vogels at his
home city, Columbus, Ohio Ever
since that enterprising minstrel mag.
nate first started on his own account
he has seen to 1t that Uncle Josh, a
professor of whitewash and wood-saw,
is eligibly placed in preserved
seat" at the opening performance.
Uncle Josh counts himself as rare
judge of minstrelsy, and nothing out
of the ordinary moves him to ap.
plause or commentator. Knowing
this the performers play at the an
Gent darky and feel that they are
safe in general approval if they win
his favor. At Columbus, when the
troupe returned from the parade, I'm
Gle Josh was committee. Of one to
welcome them. You see, Uncle Josh,
said Manager vogel, that the com
pany is much larger than ever.
"Yaas," returned the old man. defer
entially doffing his hat with the air oil
a sage whose opinion was of value
"Yaas, it is perceptibly swollen"
MRS. Temples Telegram.
Laughter. that begins with a ripple
grows into rumble and ends with q
roar will be the portion of the audi
ence which is in attendance at the
Gennett theater on March Is wher
Mrs. Temples Telegram" will be en-
acted by a splendid company headed
by Miss Rose Evans. From present
indications, this sparkling farce com
edy, scintillating with clean, whole
some fun and lacking anything often
sive will attract one of the largest
and most fashionable audiences of the
season, as it is we'll remembered as
by far the cleverest comedy seen here
last year or for that matter in many
years.
The fun begins when Jack Temple
arrives home in the morning after
having been accidently kept out al
night. His wife has been pacing the
floor all night moistening her jealous
~ with angry tears. Instead of telling
her the truth, the whole truth ant
nothing but the truth, as all good hus
bands should, he takes refuge in a fiji
Ia little innocent sort Of lie, harm
less enough in itself, but which alai
sets in motion series of circumstan
hof h~iv in<4
most embarrassing complications
plunging the hapless young husband
into maelstrom of entangling pre-
varacations in which is also engulfet
his friend, Frank Fuller, modern An
anias, who had come to his assistance
Truth, after having been shameful.
crushed to death and trampled in tn,
mire eventually rises again and in tn,
end the highly diverting snarl, which
has hopelessly entangled those caugh
in its meshes is unraveled. Messrs
Charles H. Small and Thomas Hall
the managers. have provided the pla,
| with one of the handsomest setting
ever produced.
| The New Phillips.
Those who miss the bill at the Ney
Phillips for the last three days Of thi
| week will have cause to regret it. ]
Richmond people were going to Sc
! Pauline Fielding & Co., alone, it woul
be enough to satisfy, but OF course tina
Is not all. Miss Fielding is a charm
ing little girl with good stage voic
and an excellent solo voice. She use
them both to advantage. Mr.. Cam
eron, her leading man, comes in wit
a tenor that takes. There are thre
members Of the company and thed
rendition Of Rose of Virginia"
among the first rank.
| Monsieur and Madame Nello have
new line OF juggling. They are goo
and amusing. carrying more paraphe1
| MALTA than a European tourist
| Petite Mademoiselle Raymond is
child imitAtor. She received severe
encores yesterday and last night TIL
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