The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-10

TOltDNI A6 bfsH great SuiItSS thHt
week esta bllshed by the Jolly Wild
company. in lover Might in Boston.
the vaudeville bill which last night
opened AT the ETnFtrn Rad n hard rev;
to hoe, and one Is not deprecating
the value OF any style Of performance
that has preceded the current week $
offerings to say that in general ex-
cellence the latter has never been sur
passed.
About the breeziest and funniest OF
original si1its is The Information
Bureau" in which the Sully family Of
1--WE people are engaged. The two
elders must yield the palm TO the three
younger ones, There is q diaphanous
touch To all the humorous lines in the
piece that makes them carry double
and the Cohanesdue method of deliv-
cry and action adds to the effect OF 1t
all
The three young members Of the
family are verftable whirlwinds In
terpsichorean execution.
Every line went home. each dance
was unanimously encored. and the
songs were thunderously received
In wire walking. slack and tight, the
Yamamoto brothers are in a class all
by themselves. To appreciate the diff
ficult nature OF their feats and real
ize the marvellous manner of execution
one must needs, see their great per-
Torrance.
Classic numbers over a musical route
and popular dstties via double track
arrangement. vocal and instrumental.
is the feature Offering Of the star
trio, three men, one playing "a piano,
another a violin, and the third sing
ing and supplying the comedy.
kipp and kippy, in a comedy Jug
nfE "a rf 1r-ffA-
ance, The man is dexterous and anbi-
dexterous. IN addition to being Il clev-
er comedy entertainer. The lady.
dainty bit of feminity, added consid-
erably to the value of the number
one song sung by the girl in the
Williams and Held pair showed an ar
tistic bit of character studying. Will
liams is rough black-face comedian.
one Of the picture stories. Les
sons In Courtsaip." was highly anus
ing and introduced popular players, all
of the stories being interesting.
At the Colonial.
\ gale of merriment conferred it,
self i'm the Colonial last night. and
the new weeks bin may be said to
have paid large dividends in laugh
ter.
Dewar's comedy circus proved to be
the big laughing act, as was expected.
Indeed. though several numbers Of a
similar character have been seen az
this theater, trained dogs and PONIES
and the not easily forgotten bucking
mule, together with the revolving ia
BILE. this latest seemed to be funniest
Of all. Certain is 1t that no mule nas
been more strenuous in the effort TO
demolish humanity. and this long
cared quadruped in addition TO kick
ing at the moon, apparently, had a
habit Of sinking his teeth in his an
meyers His ohstreperousness was un-
and he is still unridden
after tossing four daring young men
into a heap.
The Aerial Bartletts proved to be
the nearest things to perpetual motion
seen on this stage. A young man and
woman doing acrobatic and contortion
feats in mid with a precision and
perfection that We're remarkable were
greeted With renewed salvos of ap-
plause, an honest tribute to their sur
pa ssing skill.
The Girl from kokomo" would be
Just as sweet by any other name Per-
haps Miss Isabelle Grey, the lady in
the case. began life at Kokomo, since
she names the skit after that far off
Indiana town. and also sings about it.
ltNi SIS Ilophihs SpSSiAilS IL CIeNer,
and the singing of the men added
to the number, which was
well liked.
Inez, young and pretty miss. OF
ability in playing the violin, as well as
making her pretty eyes carry mes
sages to the audience and her feet to
step to the music she plays, got
warm reception.
George Watson and Florence Lit
lie. offering "A Matrimonial Bargain"
showed the mans ability to yodel and
The beauty of the woman, their bright
dialogue making their different STYLES
much enjoyed.
The picture plays were excellent. one
with John Bunny as the STAR being al
most as amusing as any of the vaude-
Vile acts.