The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
Acndemy-Mme. Lipzin. in "The Holy
Song"
Lyric, matinee and nir},t-ISefti,
vaudeville.
Bijou, matinee and night-"A Mans
Game"
ColOninl--yaudeville.
Empirc-hine nacoIor.
Lyric,s Third NycnL


COlOninl--yaudevilIe.
Empirc-Ninc macOlor.
Lyrics Third Week.
Even the muggy heat of an early
september afternoon cannot it seems,
ctounteract the lure of the Lyric. for
the largest Monday matinee audience
tnat Jake Weiss youngest theatrical
child has yet attracted gathered yes
terday afternoon TO witness tho infinite
variety OF its full-grown enticements.
Opening the bill are The Vidas.
comedy wire artists" AS this act was
shown SNOW yesterday afternoon, only the
art were unfortunately omitted
But nobody expects much of an
Op @a per :. a,ny,how, and the second act i'm
Dig City Four" all men, ali dolled up
In evening clothes, and all apparently
good -humored, sent over some of the
closest harmonies in male quartet form
That we have heard in several seasons.
Somebody took The Rosary to pieces
again. changing tho melody occaaional-
~, but assembling it in manner
harmonious and unusual. to say the
least, SO that the, house sat back and
listened in an absorbed silence that
delighted the quartet anC would even
he had felt no annoyance at the tin
kering with his tune. Each OF them
sang solo, and then they got together
thread out OF several rags, when the
audience reluctantly allowed them to
leaVc the stage.
Nine. Besson, supported by Charles
Dodsworth and Company, presented
sorrowful sketch called The Woman
Who k ,hew n. 1t is a doieful affair,
heaviest tragedy form, relieving the
gloom only at the very end BY a flash
IDENTITY an English comedian accus-
toned to reading blank verse with
| appropriate gestures. and Nine. Besson
! initiates his style OF reading.
Mae west sings rappS song N
which she claims that she has n style
al her own. one Tanguay works in
Miss West doubtless does not seriously
claim that her Intentionally tough"
methods are altogether original. How
ever, whether they are her invention
or not. she undoubtedly got the house
by them yesterday. With tousled hair
dying. bare back cleaning. and trous-
going" so why worry whether her
neck is smooth or--not?
which n famous old-tmer, John c.
Rice, appears with Sally Cohen. open
ing after, n, slow curtain and "Adeste
into sketch which closes we'll
Ben Deeley Co, a man working
In blacle face. assisted by another man
and woman, succeeded in drawing
hearty laughter from the audience. and
me Three Alex" exhibited striking
over it's innumerable contrivances OF
Slistening nickel and white rope. And
not ono of them strikes n circus pose,
Pathe Weekly films show every
thing from women swimming races to
the Car of Russia reviewing his kind
~ troops.
Douglas Gordon.
Unusually Good Company ut the Bijou.
1t has been n long time since the
management or the Bijou Theatre has
offered to its patrons a better straight
a Inc nm,
production OF Owen Davis's "a Mans
Game, in which Estha Williams is
Occasionally better plays are seen
here. as when some famous success
has outlived its. usefulness in the
higher priced houses and is sent
through the small circuits. but rarely
Is even one OF these plays presented by
Such n company as that which appears
week
In brief. tho story is that OF man
who deserted years before by his wife,
has gone to Western town and has
made himself a power in the com
!munity., At the time the play opens
he Is about to be elected to. Congress
ter, whom he had committed to the
care OF an old friend, arrives suddenly
shock Mt her fathers outward rough
ness has worn away, she comes to
realize the man that he Is, and all
But at this point the mother comes
upon the scene, with the record OF ff-
teen years. of reckless living written
upon her face. The fathers opponent
compels him to withdraw from the con-
test by threatening to tell tho young
girl of her mothers life, and the play
becomes tense
The first act and a large part of the
second are comedy, with only touch
of the. serious, but the remainder of
the piece is straight drama, rather
heavy, and at times boldly tragic, con
Guiding with genuinely narrowing
scene.
Estha Williams does not appear until
late in the second act-there are only
throe-but her personality dominates
tional power, skilled in the use OF
tho voice and facile in tho employment
of the telling gesture. she plays with
q sure touch that is a thing Of de-
realizes that when sho broadens'
bit she does Il with full knowledge
and understandins OF her audience.
Edwin Walters performance rs the
father is forceful. sustained and CON
vincing-very evidently an actor OF
schooling and experience, while w. ~.
Whitccar who has played heavy roles
admirably here often enough to war
rant mention of him rs ~ favorite, does
his usual excellent work. Rita Harlan
Is SOft-VoicCd, easy ana Pleasant In her
Iiersome roads so we'll the lines of the
secretary that orc regrets that an
apparent touch OF effeminacy slightly
mars his performance. Harry l.. Dun
so infectious that his sudden transfor-
nation toward tke end OF the play into
y stern and rcveNgeful man is startling.
Mr.. Dunkinson. too, broadens into low
comedy intentionally.
The ingenuc and the Juvenile are un-
important which is fortunate. though
the young girl reads intelligenuy.
Presented by an excellent company,
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