The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-04
Empire.
Continuous vaudeville.
Colonial.
Vaudeville and moving pictures.

Have today arranged with Jake
Wells for the appearance at the
! Academy OF Music, Richmond on
March IS, of Gertrude Hoffman and
the imperial Russian ballet. This
stupenduous attraction, coming by spe-
ciat train. carries one hundred and
| fifty people. including our own syru-
phony orchestra. After playing to trs-
mendous receipts all summer OF the
New York winter garden and long
transcontinental tour the organiza-
ton Is to appear in Richmond at thu
earnest request of Miss Hoffman her
self, who remembers that she made
her first success in Richmond. and
whose ambition il has been for years
TO appear again at the Virginia capt.
tai at the head OF her own company.
| The performance will consist CT the
| presentation OF three ballots. Eleopa-
| tire. Less Syiphides and Sheherazado
| and as a special added feature MISS
| Ho3mans new revue
! Such is. the telegram from Norris
! Gest. managing director, dated New
| York Mr. Gest may be forgiven his
| enthusiasm. according to all the re-
| ports at hand OF this troupe Of Rus
| sian dancers. Aside from the state
lnent that Miss Hoffman wishes to
| entertain that dear Richmond" above
| all other cities. the fact remains that
| the Hoffman troupe of dancers hap
] pens to be the genuine article the play
| bills announce.
| Even the eminent critic of the daily
| magazine frivolously referred 10 by
| the New York sun as 1.-THE little old
| lady in black bombaz zine. declares that
nobody has ever seen the Russian dam
| GERS until he or she has seen The Hoff-
| man troupe.
The Russian dancers seen hither-
! to have been merely the solo perform
| ers with chorus picked up In New
York, and from the East Side appar-
| entity The Hoffman troupe just re-
| verses the usual order. the solo dam
/ Ger being American while the main
| body consists of dancers trained in
| the Russian method. II they are not
| all Russ they are at least Siav.
Anyone who can tell the difference
| between a Russ and a Siav may re-
! port to Leo Wise.
However, 1t Ia stated on indisputa-
| BILE authority that DR.. Osler has re-
! fused TO let any of his proud and
! naughty tribe of Asiatic Oslyaks to
appear with the HOFFMAN troupe.
The ballots announced are very in
teresting: Cleopatra, Les Syiphldes.
and Scheherezade. most suggestive of
! warm climate and n freedom in the
| matter Of wearing apparel which APP
! pears somewhat characteristic OF Ger
/ trude Hoffman.
4 t1Sslslaa audience st.soesI55atsif. Ar
| thur Wing Pinero's new play. 1.-THE
! Mind-the- Paint Girl" and from the
/ comment OF the reviewers this action
on the part Of the audience was not
! surprising, considering the propensi-
! t. OF London audiences to boo. Prof
| Baker. of Harvard, sees no reason
why disapprovai OF play should no,
be expressed in booing. but the ave-
| rage American agrees with Senator
| Tillnan that IL is the nature OF geese
and serpents to hiss while mock-tnr-
| ties boo.
7 '''rhe Third Degree" Is said to have
/ been developed to it's highest state OF
| perfection by Inspector Thomas
| Byrnes. OF New York. now dead. Ju-
I liam Hawthorne gives an example OF
/ 1t in one Of his murder mystery stories
| taken from the diary of the famous
detective. The third degree does not
/ consist of the brutal methods OF the
old-time inauisition. although some OF
| the gentlemen who put the question
had very ingenious ideas in the line
OF refined torture.
| The water cu~e'' famous In the
! Philippines. ia one OF the third degree
| methods which dates from the inqut-
sition. Placing victim where drop
! OF water fell upon his head from a
| height at regular intervals was an
| other more or less refined piece OF
/ cruelty practiced. The Chinese to-
day use small. hard cord. like whip
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