The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-17

tcademy-Dark.
Dijou-"Tbe Gambler and the Po-
itcc."
toionisi-t audeviiie.
Empire-Miniature Musical Comedy.
Lubin-y audeviIie.
Heish. Here Come 'Leeceman.
Aha Little did you know, "Gib the
Blood" what was In store for you and
Lefty Louie" and the rest Of you
gOnOns when you croaked Rosenthal
You thought that even II they raped
You hard FOR humping of that knight
II the round wheel you would draw
only Il speedy death In the electric
chair. And now look what has hap
pened to YOU kllint & Gazzoio have
got you and are showing yen up at
the Bijou this week. holding yuu lp
To ridlrule laughing at YOU. butcher
ing you. twanging your heart strings
To make holiday week stand
And YOU. S;rong-Arm Becker. when
you sent word down the line. had YOU
heard that Klimt * Gazzolo were go
ing 10 pat on THE Gambler and the
Police Surely you had not or you
would have let Eosenthal sQueal 70
the district attorney. and would have
taken your medicine
dice only with death and took no ac-
count OF kiimt & Gazzolo. you are
winning the wages Of sin in the cruel
est caricature tina; ever made a re-
vengefui public laugh
For The Gambler and the Police
is the most amusing farce tina; has
been seen in Richmond In many a day.
Becker-in the farce he is called
sometimes Mecker. sometimes MeekeT
is represented BY 4 little man with
gray hair and Il timid manner. who
wears frock coat and broad ribbon
to his eyeglasses Later this little
man doubles az an old drunkard. who
appears in the play because he is on
the program. 4 patr0imaH. wearing a
helmet that went out OF date in New
York with the wa chmans rattle.
comes on In the last act a. the driver
OF tn murder car one snort, fat
youngster enters Posenthais gambling
rooms. which are deliberately furnished
with tables and chairs belonging 10
;hc house wearing an anarchistic
beard that makes him look as II NJ
had swallowed. not a tooth brush. but
pair OF hair brushes and then
-neezed. In thu next act this man
/ sheds his beard and becomes n genial
Glib the Blood who. in some sort
J Of den. mods 20 Nose Stein and bursts
3 into song wi;hous invitation. There
: j. also a musical comedy bell-boy.
I neither musical nor comic. who
.obiiges" with = song-tbis Is in Neck
3 er-s house. just after Posenthal has
gone out with the afidavits that viii
disgrace a plain clothes man who -
E IN. sweetheart OF Neckers adopted
daughter. Mecker loves the girl. too
Just as II she were his real laughter.
even though he does steal $4,000 fron
her.
Stnl he has to save himself. so ha
consents to her marriage with Posen-
thai. who has a wife already. only hen
name Is Mrs. Wayburn. There l got
lost. b-t understood everything during
the last act. except al Of the first
part OF a.
! Anyhow. Posenthsi comes on. IN
front Of the Metropolis 'carfay. a.
ne calls il. and But. before that or
inst then Lefty Louie" sees the girl
, Then Whitley Louie" sees nis, olacA
iautomob.ie-you can hear the norm
-ou I'D OUTSIDE. Then everybody hides
+ especfaIlr ths. beII-hop. who has got
cadet uniform this time and mas JUST
had A comedy scene with the maid. wn"
naturally wears her house clothes OUT
of doors Glib the Blood says t"@'
the big gray autOruODHe = t"0
,hinr and then he hices. Posenthai
comes back to md the girl OF TO :"
AWAY. or 10 smoke. or something. anu
then everybody shoots him. The plain
! clothes man enters. says he won't ten
any body think he said that. but t"e
house was laughing 80 J couldn't nea
him distinctiy-anl takes the siri III
his arms. And the curtain falls with
4 chucklc.
II - all indescribabiy ludicrous-
one man deserves high praise; Marcus
p r Hoefs. real actor. tried 10 Pi@S
his ridiculous plain-ciotnes man
riousiv. and SUCCEEDED In restrsinins
his laughter throughout the perform
arce.
II Won want to see meloprama Dur
lcsored until your sides ache. roh
miss The Gambler and the Police,
W Douglas Gordoa-