The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-23
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday
niEhts-''Thc Fortune Hunter"
Friday ni'sh II OF the Circus.o
BIJOU THEATRE.
''Thc Wolf" all week.
LUBfN THEATRE.
Vaudeville.
aThc Fortune Hunter"
Ynude


The Fortune Hunter" by WinchelI
Smith, one OF the greatest successors
or the American stage. Will be nrc
scented under the direction or Afe..r.
Conan and Harris. with u pcrfcc, oon,
pany OF players tomorrow. Tuesdav
aho wednesday matinee and night. at
the Academy of Music.
r, inc story OF The Fortune Huntarn
90 OF young man who goes 10 - co,,n
-. Town 20 win a country heircss and
i've luAuriously. IL not hapDily on bor
money. He meets lovnbIn a. IN
lager who invents things, but whn
cfhhot make dollar. His drug storh
i6 ABOUT to be closed up for nnpaid
notes at the bank when the fortuna
nunter, Nat Duncan. interfcres. Win
out In the least understanding. hta I'm.
Pulse. nc uBeH part OF the money which
MS rich friend has loaned him for IN.
He.ress- hndlng venture TO pay tho
notes. In short. old Graham is ira
first creature Nat has ever found moro
helpless than himself in the world
OF business. and he just naturally and
nurnaneiy begins to take care of him.
comedy thickens fast. and the end Of
IL all Is that Nat makes u big succnss
OF old Sam Graham's drug store ana
patents, and marrles Gruhan.s daugh
Ter Tor love. II is a dcliciously Inter
esting Story, and underneath It's humor
IT is very true. Nat Duncan is not the
first disheartened young man VIM ba q
been rccrcatcd just through nnding a
weaker brother 10 care for.
But IL Is not only the 'Lycaknr
nrothcr" that turns the fortune hunt
err into a man. 1t is getting away
from tapestricd walls and Wallets. and
from highballs and false values. 10
work that Is simple enough and right
enough to be done Just for works
sake and manhood's sake, and nor TO
make q headline and IA front-nnpe
story. Ho couldn't do less under the
influence of old Graham as Frank
bacon plays him. This rare artist in
character painting presents the old
rillagcr as simple. naive. dreamer
and gentle enthusiast one who natur-
ally trusts and loves his fellowmen
with that sweet serenity OF affection
which is content just to be and 10 flow
out silently toward all. never !ntrud-
Ing. never thinking Of return: tIgni-
ned. not proud. grateful that God is
good and all men kind. and Just be-
cause 1t is always pouring out so
much for others-Eunic ient for itself
This Is something of what Frank
Bacon portrays with ripe, sure, au-
thoritative art. and war.is with the
/ mellow light Of q genuine and dis.
ciplined temperament.
s"Polly of the Cfrcus."
In Polly of the Circus" which comes
sto tho Academy on Friday, Miss Ida
st. Leon plays young circus rider
tAll the life OF the girl has been spent
In the circus. The show with which
she travels comes to tho little Middle
Western town. The circus tents arc
pitched adjoining the church and
parsonage. The pillars of the church
protest TO the minister against the
sacrilcgc. The little circus rider Is in
jurcd and is carried into the minister's
home. A motley crew OF clowns.
riders, acrobats and canvasmen flock
TO the parsonage. where they are all
we'll received by the minister He
agrees to care for the girl until she Is
we'll enough to return to the circus. lie
soon learns that the little rider is an