The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
C0Nv|CTs PRESENT
RABBIT FOOT SHOW
Men in Stripes Celebrate Washing
toms Birthday With Min
strel and Vaudeville.
WASH HALL CROWDED
Professional Talent From Local
Theaters Contribute Special
Numbers to Performance.

Washington's Birthday was ceie-
with great rabbit foot show
that brought JOY and merriment to
the hearts OF more than twelve hun
dred men In convict garb. The bill
Included jokes. songs and othor
stunts replete with fun
making qualities.
Motion pictures added to the NOR
riment and SO did special features
furnished by talent from the Colonial
and Lubin theatres.
The show had to be presented in
two sections, owing to the fact that
the great wash hall. where the stage
was set, Furnished seating capacity
for only half of the convicts. The
first show began at $3.50 A. NJ, con-
tfnufng Tor couple OF hours. The
performance was then repeated for
the second batch OF prisoners.
Fully six hundred and fifty men
.n stripes were seated In the hall
when the opening number of the
great rabbit show was put on. Thts
was Moving Day." by Ed. Frayser.
IT, was followed by a duet emitted
rip Ran RtnkIe' or The Lucky Man."
by Nose Martin and Nose billiard.
show by Convict Talent.
The great rabbit foot show. pre-
scented entirely by convict talent was
followed by a couple of very inter-
esting motion pictures. The machine
for these pictures belongs to the pris-
on, the films having been supplied by
several of the local playhouses.
August Linnert, from Suffolk. sery-
ing eight years for forgery, presided
at the piano during the Great Rabbit
Show. When professional talent took
the boards. ne was succeeded BY Pro-
fessor Al Franklin. from the Colonial.
Worth and Walsh. from the
Colonial. made a great hit with sew
eral funny songs and jokes. They were
followed by Tony Lewis. a Richmond
boy. In a monologue. Karl Garrett.
another Richmond boy. sang Rings
on His Fingers, etc" with much sue
other numbers proved
equally as entertaining.
Shows similar to the Tuesday per-
formances are given at the penften-
tiary six times year on the follow
ing holidays: Christmas, Washing
tons Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth
July Labor Day Thanksgiving
Day. The idea was conceived several
years ago by Major Evan +. Morgan,
late superintendent OF the prison.
Scattered about the hall Tuesday
were a number of blue coated guards
to preserve order
Several members OF the Legislature
were among the few visitors present
az guests of Superintendent Wood.
They pronounced the show a first class
performance and evidently got much
enjoyment out of it,
The Program.
Following Is the program OF the
Great Rabbit anow as presented:
Soto. Moving Day" by Ed. Fray
ser.
D,let. zip Ran Rinkle or The
Lucky MAR ny Noses Martin and
Moses billiard,
Scene In the great rabbit foot's
barber shop. Frank Brown, Jim CO.
ms and Neal Braxton.
Buck dance, Henry Bishop.
Soto. Parson Johnson's Chicken
Song" Edward Frayser.
The great rabbit foot's cake walk
ers-George Miller. Jack billiard.
Charles Ellis. Percy johnson. Rob-
ert Turner and Rufus jackson.
Duet, Rags" Moses Martin and
Moses billiard.
Solo. Chicken Song by Huston
Matthew's.
song. "Bil johnson" by entire
chorus
The bag pipe. by t'.Jumbo') VIII
TT ONES
Solo. Sweet Dreams" by. Nick
Wood. -s5...
Clog dance. George Miller and
Henry Bishop.
Quartet. She Is a Cousin of Nine.
Ed. F'rayser, Nick Wood, Joe Jeffer-
son, Sidney Grymes.
Dialogue, Richard Forbes, Matt
Scruggs, Stephen Love.
watermelon Song" by the chorus
Duet, my Jonah Man" Moses Mar
tin, Moses billiard.
Solo, Parody on Hiawatha. Ed.
browns.
~Poeticai Adsices.h by VIII Thomas.
Bass solo, The Deep Blue Sea"
John Green.
Solo, THE Hoodoo Doctor" John
Byrd
.sThe Mule" timpersonated by Geo.
Dixon; song by the chorus.
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