The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30
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Academy--Mntinee and night, "The
Nest EgH."
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An Evening of Rnro Fun.

An Evening of Rnre Fun.
Simply pleasing and pleasingly
simple. The Nest Egg" from tho pen
OF Ammo Caldwell. began tho regular
dramatic season of tho Academy last
night, and served to relntroducn to a.
Richmond audience Lydia Knott,
whose popularity was srtested BY the
vigorous applause she received from
the rather small audience which brav-
ed tho rain TO enjoy two hours of real
fun
Tho Most Egg" Is story of life
IN the upstate reaches OF New York
Hetty Candy (Lydia Krott) Is a
spinster OF uncertain years. Her pot
hen. Minerva, lays an egg. and though
beyond the kittenish years. He.ty has
enough of the romantic left 10 write
her nome upon hinerva's product to-
sether with the date upon which the
nest egg" made its appearance.
Wiley Bassett OF Albany. falls heir
10 tho egg. and discovering the date
written on the shell. showing mat the
relic OF Minerves energy came into
existence just three years previous
files suit against the commission mer-
chant from whom the egg was pur-
chased Bassett is dyspepuo and a
bachelor. and as result OF tho two,
'nanifests great interest in pure
food. His suit Is not 30 much to re-
cover damages as II Is to help hu-
manity by Improving the quality OF
humanity's diet
Hetty. whose name Is also on the
egg. is an important witness in the
case TO be tried. and receives a letter
from Bassett telling her that he is
going to take her 10 Albany. Her
romantic disposition. matured by an
inordinate greediness for modern
novels of the lovelorn type, leads her
hPliava IA ia.
posal OF marriage. and that the com
Ing of Bassett portends her wedding
TO the unseen wooer. She informs her
friends OF her good fortune, and all
await the coming OF the man who Is
10 change Hetty's condition from that
OF shaving spinsterhood 10 one OF ma
tronly athuence. And she gets pres
ents.
There ia much that is pathetic in
tho character OF Hetty. though IL IL
a lefthanded sort OF pathos One
sympathizes with her in her hard lot
especially after she learns that tina
suit is not suit for her hand. but A
plea for dollars. and yet one env!es
her the optimism which can make her
always see the smiling sun. Just to
the rear of the clouds Just because
everybody thought an old maid would
naturally get a cat, fooled EN-, and
sot me girl" she declares, when
asked why she had adopted a walt
Anne Caldwell has written we'll. and
Lydia Knott gets every bit possible
out of the written lines. She is the
very personification of the York
State spinster-kind- hearted ready~
witted. unconsciously meddlesome. al
ways doing the wrong thing at the
wrong time, In an attempt to help the
cause OF others. but above all love
able in her loneliness and charming
In her simplicity
But Lydia Knott is not the whole
show. There are Just ten people in
the cast and each one is an artist
from the sirlish spontaneity of Zyllan
1nez Shannon. as Pansy Eta, tho watf
to the dyspeptic rascilbility of Wiley
Bassett (Charles MacDonald). the pure
food exponent. who finally succumbs
TO the digestive qualities of Hetty.s
apple pies. to the qualification of all
Eden centre.
Deacon Adams Lawrence Wood:
Biff Adams (John H McKenna); Jack
Hamlin Or. F. Hutchins): Herman
Frisbie (John II. Moore): Georgia
wills Qouise Randi; Alice Adams
Frances shannon; Virginia Rodney
Gnez Shannon)-thanks TO each and
every one of you for a grand oven
ing. free from the suspicion of a faint
and gardening in its pure exhilarant-
ing fun.
Lots more could be said about The
Nest Egg" and the people VINO are
playing 1t. but-well. go and see and
enjoy a. NJ. G..