The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-02
News and Gossip
Of the Theaters

Lily LSangtry Is the star al the sea.
ioniai theater. New York. Name
seems sort of familiar. Oh. CERTAIN
~ she IL the lady who incurred the
royal disfavor when she dropped a
pice OF Ice down the back of a prime
OF Wales. before he became King Ed
ward VII After that episode the lily
aid not bask in the royal sunshine. A
newspaper dispatch says: Mrs. Lang
try comes back. Shucksi they new
er come back. They only resppear
for a time.
Way Down East" Holds Its Own
1t is years since Way Down East
was first produced, yet tt has made a
million for its producers. II is said
that the author, Lottie Blair Parker,
has made a fortune out of it, Mr..
Brady has prospered through this
play and so has Joseph Grismer, who
helped Mr.. Brady put 1t In shape.
or who put 1t in shape under., Mr.
Rrady's directions. The play sug-
gests that Lottie Blair Parker started
TO write problem play with a New
England setting. but Mr. Brady OBJ
Jected. He had Mr.. Grismer retouch
the strong scenes which might of
fend the susceptibiiities OF the aver
age theatergoer. Then he added a
fight between the hero and the vii
Ian and turned the play loose. In
the vernacuiar Mr.. Brady had the
right dope. Way Down East is
some play even II the heroine wasn't
especially wise In picking out a
clergyman at the right time.
Baby Mime At Academy.
There will be plenty of honest
laughter at the Academy today, matt
nee and night. when Baby Mine, :"
under the direction OF William A.
Brady. Ltd. and coming direct from
its eight weeks engagement at the
Majestic theater. Boston. will be the
attraction. Baby Mine" is consid-
cred the funniest play ever written.
and is putting girdie OF laughter
around the world. II ran for one
solid year at Days theater, New
York. is now in its second year in
London. at the Criterion theater, and
will shortly be produced in Paris,
Berlin, Vienna. st. Petersburg, South
America, South Africa, Australia and
Japan.
Young Mr. Alfred Hardy and his
equally young wife have a tiff be-
cause she innocently Joins mutual
friend named Jimmy Jinks at
restaurant lunch for tvo. Jimmy's
name Is kept out OF the affair, but
Alfred determines to teach his wife
q lesson by leaving her. To bring him
back. Jimmy. Mrs. links and the
abandoned little wife put their heads
together and hit upon a scheme to
bring back the wandering husband.
Then come no end of complications
and amusing situations before the
tangle is finally unravelied.
Rainey's African Hunt
AT the Academy OF Music. begin
ming Friday. viii be presented fer the
first time here, Paul ]. Raineys Afri-
can Hunt. embracing the marvellous
motion pictures taken during his now
famous expedition into the heart of
the African jungle, described by Regi-
maid Darlington. who let's no fact
connected with the great undertake
ing escape the audience.
Mr.. Rainey spent nearly a quar-
ter. Of. a. million dollars On, his .expedi-
ton and II a said that the great re-
suits obtained are worth all OF that
At an altitude Of over 10000 feet
under SUN which averaged l20 de-
grees In The shade, through jungle
and over desert. always within sight
OF the line Of the equator Mr.. Rainey
and his assistants kept at their work
for thirteen months In order that the
American public might have these
remarkable. pictures. In addition to
the pictures Mr.. RAipey secured some
3. QAH xpecimeus which we're contri.
butsd 10 the Smithsonian institution.
And 4 large mum bar 1g liv. Wild M.