The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-18
E,elS.s 1912 show - Great.


Almost all Of US who nave JESSE
the swaddling clothes age anu
have been accustomed to sandwich!ns
;n minstrel show between the
haavier and more sedate offerings q.
The nlayhouses will begin to roo oui
sves take a peep into the DARK ioo"'
ard wonder whether our senses no
.,one awry or whether our sohe..
srsends of the burnt cork nave
gotten their mission In IKE.
Sot many days ago Conan ana Ha'
,s,t their legitimate field OF en-
da,voT. and without rhyme or Ieaso
owned into the realm OF minst
Tbev took as the subject OF .n
narture George Evans AROUND =,
thav reared a structure hsot rou,
character and wholly ON o,,.a
ANYTHING which had nithel.o ;.strsl-
under the pleasing snise u
ss. NOW comes AL Fields. the one
AM man of whom We haa
anu nore He has left the Diao
80, has out-cohaned Georse 0 vs
20 a;vorced himself from the su,
mas ~. fathers, has assembled a 80,
800 log reads more OF the ;an,
sdv than it does OF tne nas
eo honorable profession ou. go
:, so well that we iausn no
.,d laugh and TRAITORS NC
sbout that we are gao "e
the hrst, false step. orr pleasure
IN years agone 1t was o-sheerS
ustch for Mr.. Field md
IA eight.sheets, his might
his slowing stands. SO tna season
nositive that the thea'fiea' seayon
had begun. Year AFTER ,s.a Greater
after season. AL q: srsd IN the
ana nsnt of bushes at the PIe
comne - tbe summers rest. nav
mouse ,tsrown his other charac'etl
ing sa'.orite son of Ohio now 1e,us
. off the lid. and waits uhu y.
wing period Is over.
throws into our teetn
- which we had tnoosht "'
incapable. ..aen,y
,,st night all of the regulars 60
MORA of the volunteer ~
- a,a seats But that the "a
49, concealed, some OF the 49, -.
have been found dan3hnS -
aos.atic elee from the beams. 1oF '"e'
was g. laugh minute
D., svor h. whom we first kne" an
..rbs Red Mill" carried the
~ funmaking, and even II ne o.u
80 an excellent imitation OF Heo'
Eve he served as many Laughs - ~
co,Id reasonably expect In tne 'eIe
~ time given him. Assisting
80 another OF our old-t1me I!ieo.'
Ioh, Healy. John was mere Jusl
short while ago. trying to coax q
ant ~ an audience at one OF the S~uo
o.s,,s hnu,ss He couldn't get that
,anSb then. Last night he was an
unroar which simply citnches the
-,-osnt that a fish can't 1.-Two OUT o.
wa,er. Johnny Dove and Gov. Bowen
with Eddie Dunnigan- AiseS $500
and lust three minutes OF Al
c,mpIe,e the list OF lauSnmakesS
isn't a very formidable array from .
numerical standpoint but e accv
pl:shed more than twice the huo.
OF less able performers couio ]en
There were Jokes new and the othe.
;rCa tories overripe ard some not
o,,ite done. bu, all were delivered In
brand new packages, and we were de-
lighted to receive them.
The af,erpiece OF the first part was
NO, UNIQUE: IL wasn't even new, out
with Bert Swor and Johnny DIVE
working overtime on . prop. automo-
bile. one forgot the antiquity OF inc
Offering and simply laughed
However. while the comedy element
prevailed. much 20 the liking OF All OK
US. il was in the musical department.
that Sir. Field really won our srateiui
appreciation. In the first place, tnefe
was back la his accustomed place
Charley Reinharc He was missing
last year, and when he sang in that
ringing tenor Of his. "waidn' for the
Ro5er; z. Lee everybody felt more
a; home. Gov Bowen did a crsditaoie
ia!osrsonation OF Eddie Leonard. q
townsrnaa OF ours, while singins rag.
Rag. Rag while Jack Richards. Eddie
Dunnigan. Walter Sherwood-a sweet
voice he h1s-Herbert Willisoa, Harry
F.iuman--w!th = su5dued bass--John
HeaIy. Reginald Mervillc. Enroll Weiss
and VIII II starr added to the enter
tsiHme3t
Summing Up Tor the defense. Al
Held has put together for his season
@. 1871. q performance which Is bound
- bring the dollars home TO the box
cffce and which viii give . mighty big
moneys worth 90 the audience. There
Will be q matinee to-day, and tie en-
=sgenent viii close with the perform
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