Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-04-09
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"P0lly" Is All Right.

Richmond Times Dispatch: "Polly
Of the Circus" at the Academy last
night made decided hit before an xu-
dience large enough to comfortably fill
the playhouse.
If applause means anything every
one was pleased, for curtain calls came
so thick and fast that only lightning
calculator could count them.
"Polly' is what might be called, in
the language OF the theatrical tribe, a
''human interest play" for there is
laughter plenty and tears net few
sprinkled through the three acts, SO
ladies with treaeherous compilations
had better keep away, for tears are rad
destroyers of the artistic-and how
those of tenn permanent did take chances
last night!
Here's the story in q word:
Outside young parsons house in 8
village, q circus il in progress, when
Polly, a young circus rider, falls and il
badly injured. Into the rectory she il
taken, to the horror of the village busy.
bodies. The circus goes on its way, but
Polly stops for year and grows into q
charming woman, forgetting tho call
of the sawdust and the tingls of ap
plause. But the busy bodies are moi
idle, and SO Polly goes back to the cir.
Gus in order to save the parson from
criticism and dismissal.
Back the show comes to the village
and Polly, disgusted with the life in
the tents, begs that she be not forced to
ride before the people she knows
Wretched and broken-hearted she de.
cidss at last to do her act, but the par.
son takes the spotlight, saves her, def1ea
the slanderers and begs her to be his
wife. As the final curtain falls the
lovers stand beside the rectery and
watch the long line of show wagons
disappear in the distance.
That ends it. Whether or not Polly
in the fulness at time longed for fat
"Bingo," her ring horse, who can tell
1t may be that the hungry cry of the
animals came as lure to her in the
watches Of the night or during prayer.
meetings or long sermons, but Miss
Margaret Mayo, who did the story, lett
each one paint the ending to suit his
or her fancy. No matter how it ends
It's good play, with good moral and
it's way out Of the ordinary, which Ii
also 'good."
In the third act q ''real circus il
presented, with = ring full Of clowns
ringmastsrs, tunblers, and all name
of "artists, +" not forgetting trick poodlsi
and several educated ponies. It's 8
good tent show, and many a man hal
taken his children Gust to see tho ami
mals) to bareback act not half q,
good, or in fact any more bareback.
Miss Edith TaliaferrO Ia both charm
ing and beautiful as Polly. She il
clever, too, and won her way to thu
hearts of the audience as quickly az hel
sister did in ''Ths Cabbage Patch, ,
when In other days she played Lovely
Mary.
The rest OF the cast is very satisfac
tory, especially Kate Jupson AZ Mandy
the colored servant and Earl Ryder q,
the parsen.
"Pelly" will be played tonight, a
matinee Saturday and again Saturday
night.
If you enjoy circus 60 and see Polly
if you hold the canvas show in abhOr
renee, 80 anyhow and get converted.
You never can tell till you try"
"Polly of the Circus" will be seen a
the Beverley next Monday, matine
and night.
For the benefit of our friends from
the county, there will be big matine
of ''Polly of the Circus" Seats can b
reserved at the Beverly Bookstore.
Prizes for Matinee-Entirs lowe
floor, $1.00. Dress circle, 75c; gallery
soc. Night prices-50c, 81 and S1.50