The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-18
moble--General Sporting News

| Fields minstrel show at the Academy
last night had only reached the half
way mark. The second half is fully
| as funny as the first. especially when
| Bert Swor holds a dialogue wNh an
! imaginary cullud lady, from whom he
has been estranged.
"Ah, wants nah cioes." asserts the
| one waiting outside the door, which
| evidently has been shut on him for
ever.
Man. So is standin' in the middle
| of yo trunk" calmly replies the lady
| and the roar that follows Is some-
I thing to gladden. the heart of even
veteran comedian.
Bert Swor's conversations John
Healy's old time darkey, Johnny
| Doves dancing and Governor Bowens
| generalities including his sosg. Rag.
| Rag, Rag" were the big. particular
hits of the evening. not forgetting
| Al Fields himself and his cross fire
! with Bert Swor.
| 1t was Mr.. Swor who assured the
| audience that Columbus did not dis
| cover America, he only discovered the
/ real estate. Bryan and Roosevelt dis
| covered America, according to the
| erudite Mr.. swor. Gr. swor also
| proved that Columbus was a Repub-
| lican because he has tried TO start
| iHonDpbiSt organized STOCK uydnS
J with plenty of watered stock, on
! money borrowed on the crown jewels
| of Spain. Columbus was the pioneer
| Of the get rich quick. frenzied finance,
| big business methods of today, if Mr..
| Swor is right.
His dissertation on Roosevelt served
| TO introduce a clever song, given In
| rough rider costume by Johnny Dove
entitled Terrible Theodore" and
which was written by Robert f..
! otherwise Bob" Golden, of Rich
| mond 1t is clever song, snappy
| and of such rapid fire order that the
| audience misses half the points. It
| went we'll last night. Doves best bit
Is his burlesque drama. which in
| cludes heavy villain with cactus
| whiskers and a -.yonder hewcheous
| maid" Doves dancing is as graceful
| as ever.
John Healys' old fashioned darby is
| without a rival He explained that
| the best man to the groom at n we'd
ding was the best man because he
| wasn't being married. Also ne said
that he couldn't tell. when he had
| dreamed he had gone to heasan,
| whether there were any coiored folks
! there. because he hadn't gone TO the
| kitchen
This created such a riot of laugh
/ ter that II seemed 1t never would
| subside and a youth in the balcony
| kept up such calliepe chorus all
/ by his ionesomeness fram time to
! TIME. thai he attracted almost as
! much attention as the comedians on
! the stage. An usher explained that
/ 1t was only student, or some one
! initiating a sophomore on his return
! from the country, which satisfied
! everybody interested in the unfortu
nate. except those who sat in his i'm
| mediate vicinity.
Eddie DUNCAN, Walter Sherwood,
| Charles Reinhart Jack Richards.
Harry FrfIiman and Herbert Wilson
achieved distinction with their songs
4 Beni Mack gave sort of Spanish
skirt dance with grace, and almos.
7! Julian Eltinge finish and Henrs
Neiser displayed his agility by a great
( contortion act in the guise of frog
Besides all this the automobile act
q Bert .Swor and Governor Bowen.
t with the added assistance of Harry
7 g. Skunk, was It wonder.
/ or course the show opens with
minstreisy past and present and closes
/ with the star Spangled Banner. naval
uniforms and dreadnaughts in the
/ distance doing duty, but the filling Is
| a gorgeous entertainment one long
! laugh from start TO finish
An Unusual Musical Event
An unusual musical event will be
lfhe performance at the Academy on
Ifriday and Saturday, when local
theatergoers will have their first OPP
portunity to enjoy the captivating
music of Werba &Luescher's latest
operatio success, The Rose Maid.
, This delightful operetta enjoyed an all
summers run at the Globe theater in
New York city. when its catchy"
numbers took the town by storm.
The Rose Maid opens with gay
dance, switches To series of haunt
ing vocal melodies, and from time
| to time between laughable comedy
scenes. there are introduced waltzes,
steps and gailops until the OBJ
server Is at a loss to say which Of
/ the attractive numbers is his favorite.
/ IL In said that nearly million copies
/ OF The Rose" song have been sold
throughout the United States and
Canada during the first five months Of
the operas sensa tlonal run at the
1 Globe theater. Kew York
/ Scenes From Howe's Pictures.
Scenes of idyilic beauty will be pre-
sented by Lyman RI. Howe at the
Academy, matinee and night, during
delightful pictorial tour on some
OF the quaint rivers of France. The
views are remarkable not merely be-
cause OF their infinite variety. but still
more SO since they az reproduced In
myriad hues and tints of nature The
subtle d<licacy OF natures own eoiors
Is shown SO accurately that the views
seem scarcely short of miraculous The
same may be said of the scenes of
historic Versailles and TN and Around
Paris"
Whaling, the burial OF the Maine.
the bee industry. a thrilling race be-
tween hydroplane and an sac horse
power motor boat in the harbor of
Monaco and an exciting adventure
with q ferocious lion are only a few
of the other features on a program
that Is entirely new.
Brother Ia Clergyman
The brother of Nell 4Tsvf-tfiestr
author of THE Angelus." is Catho-
lie clergyman. according TO Mr.. Sager-
son. representative Of A, G, Delamater
and Harrington Reynolds. Neil
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