The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-13

Academy.
Matinee and night: Richard Carrie
In Jumping Jupiter"
Wednesday and Thursday. matinee
Tharsday--'Get Rich Quick Nailins-
ford"
Friday and Saturday. matinee Sat
urday-iIowa's Pictures.
Iijou.
This week--"The Girl in the Taxi
Colonial.
Vaudeville and moving pictures.
Empire.
Continuous vaudeville, afternoon
and night
Richard Carrie. i'm Jumping Jupiter
richard Carrie can dancs and nc
has Solemn stvie of saying smile
compelling speeches. Edna Wallace
Hopper Is a. chic as she may he
Hattye Fox has two good reasons for
appearing In musical comedy. not In
GLIDING her voice. IneZ Bauer locks
bright enough TO cheer a pessimtstic
pronpter. and charles Edward
Wright is some coon shouter. as GER
tain singers OF darkey songs are
called
That is the bright side of Jump
ing Jupiter" which was presented al
the Academy last night. For that
matter Miss Isabelle w,nloche and
Miss Helen Raymond might he in.
cluded. for II isn't really their fault
nor yet the rest Of the cast. thai
Jumping Jupiter was written APP
parcntly TO entertain the inmates OF
home for feeble minded.
To be sure everybody had a cold
last night. bur that has been comm or
TO all companies that have come I.
Richmond during the winter. Hattyt
Fox got such a chill with The Fair
Coed" 1t is a wonder she ever re-
covered. Rut even an al-star cast
with Richmond himself again, could
not make Jumping Jupiter any
thing but a fitting entertainment FOL
n box party of Pittshurg mtllionaires
previous TO an attack Of hrainstorrn
Not that 1t would cause brainstorm
II being understood that brainstorms
are due chiefly to lack Of that par
ticular storm material.
Still. clever people can do loi
and the cast OF jumping Jupiter
earned lot OF applause last nigh
Edna Wallace Hopper In the first ac
was really worth going to see. Ths'
fair lady. who in private life is Mrs
A. q. Brown. Is still 1.-THE and lively
The fact that Edna Wallace Hop
per in private life Is Mrs. Brown
should not ordinarily enter into com
ment upon the entertainment II
which she appears. but the fact tina
Mr.. Brown sits through every per
Torrance calls attention TO it. HI
occupied box last night. The won
~. r. ~tn H. III
even with so charming a reason.
THE Girl In the Taxi"
There is a little touch OF Broadwa,
on Broad street this week, and a goot
slice of the Joy" OF the Great White
Way
- A crowded house at. the Bijesa Las
nfRfrf ~pift affect tfffS statement. aI,t
those who were present will tell al
their neighbors that THE Girl in TIN
Taxi" Ia one of the funniest shows pre-
scented the amusement lovers OF Rich
mond this season.
The piece has been seen here be
fore. There was some talk of its sup
preston. because OF the big scream
Il drew when hrst presented in New
York. But the rumor was groundless
although last night many members 0
the detective department and the po
iice board we're present. including tn
chief. and tho captain Of detectives.
The theme of the story is an oil,
one. Exploited by Hoyt and other
years ago, II 10 stiil a topic for TIL
playwright, because It IL 20 fun o
human nature and pitfalls for laughte
and merriment that It will never grow
old. 1t was PROBABLY pulled off Il
the stone age. when father used t
10 down to the granite Inn with hi
uattle axe Of brown stone on hi
shoulder.
A very funny vein runs through tn
three acts, from the time that Der
escapes from the arms OF his mother
10 the announcement In the last ACT
when the father. cousin and BERTH
and all landed in their litt.o decep
tion by the fierce Major Smith, VIII
4 40 DANGEROUS with his uniform on
The company In practically the sam
that presented the play. or rather Tn
farce. at the Academy last season.
n well balanced. and not one membc
OF the cast can b said to be weak y
the part assigned him. AZ q matte
~ fact there are some high class PEG
ple on the list.
Ward DeWoif. as "Bertie." heads tn
Iiat. Frank Kirk. as the father wa
excellent. W. J. Walsh. as Percy.
s the iii man. who had. to 10 to Ney
York from Philadelphia every nov
and then for treatment. was splendid
Miss Gertrude Barthold was charm
ing. Miss Lucille Gardner. The Gil
in the Taxi" 10 very pretty. and hel.
her own splendidly. Miss May Gerald
AZ "Mary Peter" the unsuspectlnI
ana innocent neice. carried her scene
with ! strong touch OF comic pathcs
Miss Leiie 2. Davis. ~ the mothey
Who did not lose confidence in Berti
until The end. was fond parent 2
TO zalleg. On shs - saIs:1