The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-08
ADJUSTMENTS.
Academy of Arusic-"The Mummy and
the HumminE Bird"
Eijou-"The Joy Riders"
One OF the seuaop., Best

One of the Sca.on's Best.
Like Richard Carrie, Marie Cahiil sur
rounds. herself with good people and
then gives them all a show. Miss Ca
self. and she would satisfy the average
audience II she kept herself on the
stage all the time; but she is good
enough to be beyond that favorite trick
most any company and is not afraid OF
comparisons.
The Boys and Betty" is a modest
title. 1t might better be Betty and
Of the piece. 1t is clever, witty, full
OF clean, up-to-date slang, and Miss
Cahill is the star. but it is because of
her ability. Everybody has a chance to
make good, and that all of them did
make. good is proof of the general
excellence of the company supporting
one OF the cleverest women in musical
comedy. The fact that she has grown
phrase-doesn't detract in the least
from her absolutely fresh and original
line of pure comedy. She never in
dulges in facial contort!ons nor awk-
ward movements-she is Just naturally
funny.
The plot, of the piece is Of no i'm
portance; its success lies in the ,peo..
pie who play il, and they we're all OF
high class, and IN the stage E man man
chorus was nice looking. we'll drilled
and beautifully dressed. 1t is true II
didn't sing particularly we'll. but It's
"The Folies Berseres," reached high
mark. After the first big number, -
Want to Go 10 Paris in which the
abbreviated costumes were handled IN
almost raw" indeed-there was moth
ing to criticize. That one number de-
serves criticism: there is no reason for
it. and it should be cut out,
There were so many good songs, Soou
numbers, that it is hard to choose the
best. During one song Miss Cahill and
the four men who sang with her We're
on a darkened stage. and their faces
could be seen only py Inc i'shl o. S NAV,
held and cut on and off with the utmost
rap!dity. During another the one man
on the stage played the part OF May
pole, while the chorus girls wound
wanna Rim parti-colored ribbons with
unfaltering skill. o,,-
There was an exceedingly we'll
played hurlesque OF a. couple IN a Don
AZ grand opera. done by Miss Cahill
on opera, called The Tetrazzini Fam
Nv" was one of the funniest things
ever seen on this stage, and Marie Ca
hill had several songs that We're worm
the price of admission. one or tnem''
an Arab love song, was whistled by
the rallcry-the supreme test of ap-
proval, Ann Mooney gave one of the
most perfect exhibitions OF grace and
beauty of dancing that have had the
good fortune to sec, and James 3. car
SON. as rudolph Gruber. was about one
third of the show in the unusual part
Of n German comic, That young
man will so far in his line Sam =.
Hardy was excellent in the heavy role
o. Casimir Bardeau and w. G. Stewart,
the stage manager, showed we'll as
singer and actor in the part OF Major
Gordon
and after "Forty-five Minutes From
Broadway" 1t was like a breath of
fresh air. W. r. "
PnuV Gilmore Tonight.
"The Mummy and the Hummins
Birdn which will no presented at the
Academy tonight by Paul Gilmore Is
ono OF the best-known comedy
now before the public, Tie play by
tho interest of It's story. eScites and
maintains by the natural sequence or
it's incidents. by the dramatic keen
ness IN which, its plot Is developed and
by the brightness of Its dialogue, has
Established itself In the general esti-
nation as one OF the best comedy
dramas ever presented before the
American public.