The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-10

grant offense than usual. when .ho
casts him Off. dsinherits him
rhe boy goes 10 New York while ~.
aunt remains OF home presumably TO
grieve. One of his irresponsible
friends writes to tho aunt that tn,
! boy is ILL., whereupon she hastcns 10
MN. Since whan she comes to tho
mouse. she learns that the young rim
Is quite we'll. the boy and his chums
determine That they Will make her
believe that he concocted the scheme
only because he wanted to see her
The plan works, and tho youngsters
proceed 10 show her the town to In.
best II their ability. aided and abcttcd
by the gin who Is the boys sweet,
heart. and the sister OF one OF his
! friends. With the consequence tina, ,he
old spinster becomes cnrapturcd vim
the life the boys friends. ana tho
siri And so her rciuvcnation is ac-
compiished. and. with II, tire happiness
OF the boy and his sweetheart.
II Is all very light. but very anus
ing, clean and wholesome, and VIII
uouo'icss prove one OF the most pop
ular offerings OF the stock season
Besides the temperance OF Miss La vorps
In prominent PARTNERS IS OF course the
most Important role In the play. since sh.
Is the Aunt Mary-which was heartily rccox-
nizcd and approved by her many Ad,nir.r,
"Hich recognition ana approval she. in turn,
rewarded by giving an excellent acting p.r
Torrance several other features marked ths
bill.
Little Parke Patton returned to Miss +.
Nernes winE and played tho boys sweet
heart with girlish ingenuousness ENCOURAGED
ny the cordially with which .he wa, re-.
( eeived upon hor first eltrance Eda Won Bu.
low handled the character part OF I.ucindv
with sustained and clever appreciation
OF the value OF he rnIe
bit as the CIR! from Kalamazoo was exceed
iheiy well done, Percivai Ayimer was az
home and easy as the weii-bred hoy: Fred
erick Beane al a matter OF course, was be-
yond criticism as the hired man. and Nan
Crawford distinguished herseIf by a really
nne minute or two in the hrat act
The chorus singing In tho second act T.,
must be admitted. was pretty bad, bu, il
must also be remembered that the singers
had little tins TO Fehearse. and this " III GER
tainiy be much Improved by tonight
Besides Tho Regeneration OF Aunt Mary.
Is not musical comedy. but as presented
by the La Verne Company. is divertins
farce-oomedy amusingy presented.
See These Wonderful Pictures.
we Selh Rome 'ne grandeur and me horror tina.
shown AT the BiJou this week In a spectacle
i Wd presentation OF sienkewiczs QUO
scale OF magnihcence possibly only In tho
motion picture field OF the drama.
From time to time. versions OF the book
have been presented in dramatic form. but.
except for the effectiveness OF the spoken
woro. none or them has approached this per-
go TO reproduee the strength. the po v"a.
the very life of the book. And. because OF
the remarkable pantomimic ability OF this
men and women who assume the principal
actions are hardly missed.
not only are all these actors Italians.
viHidness to the Imagination that in
,,nn HerHi poppass Aetea' petronils vn-
only are they costumed, all OF them, multi
ae w Oh m IN the os gas or the
not only have they been wisely chosen as
euus SO at amd
hideonsly ereminized beast but the scenes,
sasny are paae fGsns
courts. and streets that exist to-day and
Apart rom the play as ii whole. two of
the scenes exhibited are in themselves "
home burning, with hundreds OF frightened
figures hSrryins through the RED streets.
stumbling railing and hghtiny while hign
above stands the unspeakable Nero singing
emerald that he is said to have used as
In the other and more wonderful seen.
appears Nero with his court in the Circus
AaXimus. Nor Is only that one portion OF
other spectators are shown. IN the rows OF
seats running high aboye the Imperial box
in the central structure around
which the chariots tear
The retiarii with their nets and lrdents,
enter and the secutores with huge helmcta
and short swords. They fight; the fallen
gladiator appeals to Caesar; he turns down
hts thumb and the short sword descends
point down.
Then. into the arena they force the mar
tyrs: they hustle them In dsordered nass
to the FAR end where they kneel and walt.
A trap door is lifted by IA heavy chain and
out siink tho lions. There are dozen or
more OF them and. for an Instant. they
stand, forming for that instant an exact
reproduction OF the picture that fho
world knows. Then they SEQ tho huddied
ciump Of tho doomed Christians and daah-
literally daah-toward those condemned Ia
die.
1t is all well worth seeing. much Of It il
amazing, but this one scene is Incompetent
sible.
Sec these pictures and then explain to
yourself if You why those condemned
TO die-in the picture;-did not die whom tho
lions reached them tho other day, or when.