The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-27

Bijou-'srhe Goose Girl.
Beauty Adorned nnd-otherwise!
Although billed as a musical en-
tertainment." Miss Innocence" in
which Anna Held and a big company
appeared at the Academy of Music last
night. offers infinitely more entertain
ment than music. To have done with
the musical portion: there is not a
single voice worth considering in the
cast, except that of Arthur Walters.
who played the assistant ballet mas
ter, and sang his small bit with a
very good baritone. The piece itself
IS not new. and. while the song num-
oers were exceedingly well done by
the chorus. after the first scene, much
Oh the music was familiar. or. at least
reminiscent The chorus. especially
tne male contingent. sang with sufti-
cient volume and with a precision that
rejected credit upon the musical d.
rector, Frank Darling.
who care for the odalisque style in
eyes, certain Oriental sinuosity of
BODY. red finger nails and an ultra
Trench wriggling of shoulders. Miss
others of us. she was just Anna Held.
a. somewhat acquired taste, like alb
sinthe Harry Watson. Jr, the prin-
Sipai un-maker. got many laughs by
particularly amusing with his balloon
whistle and his absurd trombone:
Graee Leigh pleased the house as
Ras s ssDseidy With IsS her
was assisted by the whole company
which grizzly beared" all over the
stage. Ernest Lambart made the most
land me Part OF captain the Hon. Ro-
counted on to do we'll whatever part
may be given to him. par
Donald Hall. last seen here as one
OF the advocates in THE Girl In the
Train" had practically nothing to ' dc
as Pierre. but was. as always, strik
ingly handsome while he was not do
Ing 1t. The rest of the cast do not
There is nothing in the piece itself
so far as the story, the lines and the
music are concerned. but, as a spec
sacie; series of pictures. it is big
and beautiful. In the principal scenes,
almost the entire stage, from side 10
side and from foNtlights to back wall
is used. and 1t is always set artisti-
caily and perfectly. The cafe scene
In particular. is wonderfully attraetive
and effective.
And then come the women and their
clothes. It is doubtful II we have ever
seen such chorus girls in Richmond
last night. and certainly we have never
seen women dressed as they were.
Iheir gowns and costumes were un-
S Ghn, ahy.r. handsome and beautiful.
audacity. daring. positive reckless
ness In the matter OF clothing, they
QUESTIONED tine daughter of Herodias 3.
We have all seen the diving girls,
kellerman and Olivia, SO that the arr
lists model in pink fleshlings was
simply an artists model to most OF
us. but tho women in short skirts and
those in long trains In the cafe scene
went TO the very uttermost bounds OF
decency and then edged over, at least
There was one woman in white who
was simply alarming-that is about
the only word that describes heroine
wondered when 1t would become i.eces
sary to throw sheet around her.
The production is beyond doubt enor-
mously expensive: the staging is per-
feet; many thousands of people like
Anna Held, but, after all. 1T is because
OF the chorus women ard their-weII
their ciothing.-that numbers of peo-
pie bought tickets to see "NIiss Inno-
eenee" again ts+1ight. ", d. q.