The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-18
helpful villager instead of being
Pontius PLATE. turned out to be the
"Impertinent Thief"


i At Local. TheQters
"RosaIind At Redgats."
Although the mystery in the new
play "Rosalind at Redgate," is q dis
tracing affair. and the love element
proportionally strong. all but the cas-
ual observer will realize that the feat
ure in which lies it's greatest merit
Ia its character delineation. Here Is
q decent plot, unusual but possible,
and experienced workmanship, two
qualities that 60 far towards a plays
popularity. Chief in the character
studies are Rosalird d, a mystery-trou-
blesome and tantalizing-that will
keep the spectator in doubt almost to
the end of the play; Patricia Hol-
brook-"Aunt Pat'-a delightful wo-
man of middle age, who holds in trust
q large sum of money for her brother.
Henry Holbrook, father of her niece
and ward Helen. Larry Donovan, an
interesting and romantic young Irish
man, is the hero who is appointed
guardian Of the affairs of the ladies,
and in that position gets himself into
q heap of trouble. He proves him
| self stanch and true. however, and is
ably seconded by one Reginald Gil
lespie, president of the button trust"
The character of Gillespie is no small
aid to the brightness of the play. He
Is frivolous chap-ecentirc and
funny. tE'-.
How these rivals, along with a num-
Der Of other people were the actors
in some very dramatic episodes is
entertainingly put forward at the
Gennett theater, September "a.
"Unele Toms Cabin.
A big feature and a taking one
with pretty nearly all classes of the
ater goers is the old plantation songs
and pastimes by genuine negroes,
such as existed in the old south on the
big plantations in ante-bellum times.
Twas in the evening, when the days
work in the cotton fields was done,
and massa had gone to bed-in the
darkened days of slavery, that the
dusky toilers were wont to gather
around their humble huts and there
hold high jollity under the pale light
Of the moon. Almost true to nature
and tradition Is the plantation scenes
presented by Manager Washburn OF
the Stetson Company in Uncle Toms
Cabin" which is booked to appear at
the Gennett theater on September %.
All the old melodies are sung in that
rich plaintive voice so peculiar to the
southern darby. Songs that our dad.
dies sung when they went to the war.
and songs that our fathers hummed
as they rocked the babies to sleep.
THE Old Folks at Home" "Suwanee
River" Picking Cotton" and Steph-
en- Fosters never dying melodies will
all be rendered by large contingent
of genuine plantation darkies, male
and female. A Mississippi landing
with the arrival Of a cotton boat and
the manner of its unloading. also gen.
uine buck and wing dancing will be
shown. In the Stetson company, a
wonderful exposition Of life in the
Sunny South among the slaves Is Civ
en-. It shows the black man in his
joys and in his sorrows 80 realistically
that it is hard to imagine the spec
tator is not actually on the plantation.
The evolution of the negro since the
late unpleasantness is forcibly demon
strated in this great cakewalking con-
test. wherein dusky bellies and beaux
vie with each other to win the strong.
est artistically ever seen in this pro-
duction.
"Girl In the kimono."
New York's loss is Richmond's
gain. "The Girl in the Kimono." most
successful of all farces with music
ever produced in Chicago. comes to
, the Gennett direct from its long sum-
mer run in the new Ziegfeld theater
Of that city. because of conflict in
the booking Of shows on big, brilliant
Broadway. Hence it is up to the citi-
gems who appreciate q bargain to be
out in full force. to attest their Joy
at the good fortune Of getting some
thing stunning and metropolitan be
fore ever stingy New York lays eyes
on It.
1.-The girl In the Kimono" ran for
Chicago habitat. with undiminshed at.
tendance to the last; hot weather and
all counter attractions of the open
air to the contrary Notwithstanding
1t was a wonderful test Of q plays
popularity and . tribute to the art
lists more eloquent than could have
been expressed by reams Of frothy
press agent fulminations. Now. aftel
all had seemingly been arranged FOL
. triumphal entry into New York. FATE