The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-17

Three TWINS ut Academy.
Three lwins. wnicn was iesarded
some time ago as q IiusiIai .o,,ieoy.
Ai.i.oukn tI.e4e Always mas uren soile
uVuut an resaru 10 i.s tl,n. TO tndt
alsr.ncrlon. Mas prSsCnreu at the
Acaueiny last n,Xnl unuer eA.erua.-
Inx Ola cumdtdnces. Inc eAtenuatinS
cl. sunls,ancsa We're that noOuuy ca
pe1teo 100 mucn anu tnear eApecta-
t.Ons Weta ieaiIxeu. 40 be sue
reueriea Go.ux was a reTnaTkaoiy
hsaoIaio. graceful S.ti ana lnAA AeirS0
svIiie, va ~ u se.c. an tnea.isgoer re-
ma. heQ:
wat lot the average musical
shows and musical show comedians
1--WE " 1rua g. ~Vi.~A.
lnss eA1iatilAtion was occAsioned
by the nest avpearance OF faA. I,son
GAi rstI as ION ntannope. who gave
y uecideuiy o,tuted un.tation OF the
seIf-sunlc.snt. ever -enlc.ent Goot Se.
rrank emi,h was tho uyspeptic gen
eIaI ana tatner.
Maud Lambert was an oasis In
des&I.. Ausle ~ no nosa W specify
the desert, as few persons care 20
be cameis, generally speaking.
5000 s.-su ..ous. saw ...u 1Sttor-
nance. however.
lhe responses to encores that were
never demanuod- were ta~HHet Qua. ---~---
Mrs. Tom Thumb No SuflraRtte.
Mrs. Tom Thumb II no sum sette.
She saia 80 In her dresslng room at
the Colonial last night. just a. sue
was putting the finishing touches 70
her makeup Putting on her pretty
things, she called II, and she maoe
a very brave oispiay with her wonaer-
iul jewels.
Il beueve a woman's place II IN
the home. taking care OF her family.
observed Mrs. ION Thumb with mush
sam plicity III she hasn't any family
that may alter the case. But tor good
ness sake uont say satd 30, Tor !
ueileve this suffragette movement 10
very popular now. IL necessary. 1.
too, wili be a suffragettc, but Tor
business purposes only. II any man
ager insists that / snail ADOPT sui
fragette principles ! certainly VIII
ADOPT them and bring them up IN
the way they should 80.
Really, have not given much
thought to the movement. know
should, but ! haven't found time. But
II II win help matters any put me
down A 4 suffYREet,e a militant ad-
vocate OF votes for women. don't
quite admire women voting but then
you see may be little old-Hashtoneo-
/ am seventy years Old"
she doesn't look It. Indeed. Mrs.
Tom Thumb seems quite capable OK
making another tour OF the ~~-ld.
II have been In every country ex-
cept kussia and Spain. les. ! nave
been in Australia. lnaia. Ceyion. cnlha.
and Japan. I knew the present King
OF England when he was the Duke vi
ork. / was presented to his father
when he was Prince Of Wales, and To
his wife the Princess, now the Dowager
queen Alexandra. l also was pressat-
ed TO the present Queen when she WAS
Nary. Duchess OF 1ork. Oh, yes. 4
have been on quite familiar terms
with royalty.
.Do you think Mr.. Barnum was the
greatest Snowman In the MorldT" the
little woman was asked
ELL" replied Mrs. Tom Thumps
jutliciously, he was q very clever man
out his greatest asset was his ability
TO choose the right man for the right
place. That was the secret OF hts ahs-
cess. He was the William r. Hearst
Of his day."
And then Mrs Tom Thumb proceed
ed to entertain her audience
Brief VhoAtrto4t N0<oes
And they had q riot in quiet Phil
adelphia when the Irish players pre-
scented ''The Piayboy OF the Western
World" But IL was only q Philaoes
phia riot, q very tame affair; even
7. A. DAILY could not set inspiration
In 1t.
Caruso win not sing for Oscar Ham.
merstetn, under any circumstances he
declares. Evidently Oscar did not put
the figure high enough.
Referring to the RussiAn dancers
eminent authority on the ballet uas-
courses learnedly on Greek. HunSxr-
Ian. Hula Hula and savage dances VI
the AsiatIc Oslyaks. Probably saw the
latter on trip with Or. Cook to North
Pola, The Oslyaks are 4 particularly
ferocious tribe Of ghost dancers and
take their name from their famous
chief. Or. Osler.
"The F1yers'' q George Barr Nc.
Cutcheon comedy, was produced for
tiaa Arss -1ine In RochAetAr. New YcrAs
Monday night and II y reported to be
q springhtly play. Had the audience
winginG, u appears. Abe Erianger was
there % Il simply had to succeed.
A Richmond house keeper says that
she 10 glad she saw Mrs. Wiggs Of