The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-27

Noqko 40ctAt re8iNtNf ~ the III
". ms c1i1Af event of which VS.
u snsat performances On estpraay
ss1nine OF Mrn aassy s,s.,. w, wa 4
e oaaaent Of Mrs. John Phelps. Of Bali
a316ofe. herselfr an amateur thespfaA
III no mean degree. The persona
kl0n Of the various characters which
the wax -hgures' we're supposed to
rnn6ueent, received most enthusiastic
aDplausA from the large audience that
crowded the pGrlors, n each figure
sbelng "Wound up performed its time
hOiS0red characteristic act, or in mod
Urn accspted parianee, did It's stunt"
Nrs. JArIey's collection was extreme
y motley. .'Bluebeard' was most
convincingly rendered by Theodore
6onoist. Jr.. Of st. Louis, the bloody
heads OF whose seven wives hanging
Of, the wall being dumb witnesses to
hte cruel scimitar. The heads were
furnished by Bette Carter. OF WASH
inSton; Katherine Durham, Of Dayton;
Alice Wright. of New Orleans: May
Winstead, OF Goldsboro: Dorothy Min
stsf, Marjory Plat, OF washington,
and Virginia Baker, Huntington, w.
Va. Charlie 6peer, of Memphis, a.
s'JAck Horner." gave most energe-
tic illustration o. the famous plum
pulling possibilities OF his thumb and
little Billy Winstead. Of Goldsboro.
chnrmingly impersonated Little Boy
Hiue." Emerson Councilman. OF St
Louis, and Brookenboro Evans. OF
washington. delighted the audience
With their ferocious Interpretation,
respectively. Of Captain Kidd and his
vtcAdm: Turner Clarkson, OF st. Louis.
almost RooeeveItian In his effective
ness a. 3 Rough Rider" Florence
Hawkins. Of Richmond. az Little
George Washington" was one OF the
bNe& 1uveni1e hits OF the evening.
Phyllis Irwin, OF Washington. made
: VERY picturesque Dolly Warden and
Masie Evans, Of Washington. RED
Riding Hood" that no wolf could
have the heart to eat. Katherine ana
CORTLAND walton. Of Richmond. made
such an adorable Jack and Jilr' that
they were forced to respond to q cur
tain call to show themselves intact
aftef their historic fall" Mother
Ooose," with her sky-sweeping broom.
vns very quantity rendered by kath-
crime Anderson, OF Washington. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spratt N acted
by HalsteAd Plat. of washington, and
Marie Clarkson. Of at. Louis. were
delightful. particularly in their plat
ter licking act. Hinnuian Bigelow. OF
HAllA0EtpufhAv 1uAdo hu 0AANbVhN ~ " .ss
and when "wound-up" did hand
spring with almost thurman" agility.
MrN. Wallace Newton, OF San Antonio
(wf,o, ~ queen OF last years carnival
there, was 40 much admared(, in her
grace and beauty made 4 perfect
aCueen OF Fairies and WAS attended
by little Mary Carter. of Washington,
who, with her exquisite Titan col
oring, made beautiful picture.
Miss Louise buckingham, OF Mem
phis, A. Queen OF Hearts" was very
enthusiastically received and the
Two-Headed Girl represented by
Mics Lyman. of Richmond. and Miss
Wright, of New Orleans, furnished the
real comic note of the performance.
Miss Jennie Gibbs. of Washington. in
makeup and action" as the Gig
cling DOLL" was voted one OF the
best figures In the show. and Miss
Clark, of Norfolk. made a very grace
full Madame Butterfly" in an ex-
ouisitely Japanese costume. "Fatima-"
a. pArsonated by Miss Sheppard. of
Huntington. w. Va. was perfect IN
her Turkish costume and very real
cigarette, while Mrs. Wright. of New
Orleans gave a very majestic inter
probation Of Lady Macbeth In the
sleep walking scene Miss Mayo. of
CHICAGO. and Palmer Stacy. OF West
Virginia, In their performance OF The
Modern Dancers" brought down the
house and were forced to respond to
encoreA Mrs farley Was personated
by Miss Anderson. OF Hanover. who
introduced the figures" which moved
TO SLOW music furnished by the Old
sweet orchestra
The excellent condition of the
Al ga
pleasant objective points have made
the past week.
chief Justice James White. who II
summering At tho White Sulphur
uotored over on Tuesday with a party
OF friends and spent the day at Old
Sweet.
Another distinguished guest here Ia
Col John 8. HARDWOOD. OF Richmond.
State senator-eiect, who. with Mrs
here en- route from Rochester. where
Colonel HARDWOOD has received most
succeesfal treatment at the skillful
hands Of the Mayo Brothers.
Mr.. and MrA Dan Talley Mr.. and
MrA Granville Gray afe other de-
lightful Richmonders who are warmly
welcomed here.
DR.. l. A. Caxenove. q former
Richmonder: Mr.. and Mrs l. A.
Cassnove. Jr., Mrs. ]. II Caxenove
are I pleasant family group having
little reunion here.
Other arrivals for the week are:
Mira c. M. Shields. Mrs. I. N.
vaughn, Mr.. r. r. Cartoln and fam
nv. Mr.. Granville Gray, and family
Richmond: Mr.. and Mrs. George Fer
mold. Sanford. Fla Mrs. Garland
Peed and family. Mrs. r. M. Pres
colt ana children. Norfolk: DIR. J. NJ
EontAine. Mr.. J. II. Sterretf, Charles
ton. W. Va; DR.. James K. Gardner.
retired U. 8. N. surgeon. Mrs. and
Miss Gardner, Mrs. George WinsteAd,
Miss winstead and James Wfnstead
d. Louis: Mr.. George Cunningham.
Of New York city. and Richmond
boy. and Mrs. Cunningham spent the
last Weekend with Mrs Cunning
hams mother, who is summerins
here.