The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

Acndemy-Thc Strntford- Upon Avon
Players In "l<ing Richard the Third
Bijou-Grayce Scott Company In
'Tho Two Orphnns,' matinee and
night.
Lyric-kcith vaudeville. mntince and
night.
Coloninl-yaudeviile and pictures.
Az nm Artist She In beautiful.
1mpclled by the desire TO see tho
most talkcd-of woman in America"
and holly spurred By the immeasurably
valuable advertising so freely bestowed
upon her by the municipality and other
agencies within the last few days. two
large audiences assembled in the Acad-
enly of Music yesterday to witness the
well-po!iced Interrupted and arrested
appearance OF Evelyn Nesblt Thaw.
What they saw was simply this: q
good vaudeville bin and n rather dull
paEtomime In both OF which Mrs
Thaw was conspicuous. Aside from
her notoricty. sho was prominent as
a performer III tho vaudeville program
because of her undcniable and amazing
personal loveliness. because her act oc-
cupied the place Of honor on the bill,
because it was exceedingly we'll dress
ed. and because her partner In the
ddEcS WHiCn constituted inc act was
an artist In his line. In the pantomme
she played the principal part and again
her beauty made her glow In high re-
lief.
She is in no sense an artist; her
dancing Is rather mediocre and her
pantomime work not particularly con-
vincing. on the other hand. tho new
thought dances In which she took part
were much less suGgestivcly performed
than those OF similar character com
monty exhibited even on the stage,
and the semi-acrobatic. scmi-Apache
steps and figures were only those that
are seen every day In every town in
the United states. except for the fact
that her partner, Jack clifford, exc
cuted his share of them with unusual
grace and strength. In short. her per-
formance was not only unobjcctionable
In every respect. but was dlstlng uished
by extraordinary modesty. And strange
to say. in view of her history, her
beauty is of an appealing quality.
touched by none of tho dlablerio that
ono would expect to SEQ, but rather
by vague, queer hint Of tho Same
modesty that marks her performance.
Furthermore, if she was not bit
frightened and nervous at both per-
formances yesterday, then apologies
are due to her-she is IL better pan
tomimist than she seemed.
Although nobody is particularly In
terested in the other performers, for
the sake of the record it Is we'll to say
that most of them were clevercr in
their work than was Mr. Thaw in hers.
Tho opening act. cycling turn by one
f'ouchere, was Indifferent, TO say the
ieast-in the afternoon 1t was bunglinr
but Popping, that wonder with the
piano accordion, who delighted the pa
irons of the varieties earlier in tho
season. speedily turned the rout Into a
riot speaking In thcatricalese, and the
Courtenay Sisters, ono OF whom is a
coon shouting baritone, kept the house
In run. Then two remarkable Con
tnental clowns, the Arnaud Brothers,
presented one Of the best acts ever
seen here. playing violins and tumbling
at tho same time. and closing with n
sort of whistled dialogue as amusing
as II was novel.
Ana Willie Weston, assisted BY Mike
Bernard at the piano, made the audi
ence beg for more. In the afternoon
lie solemnly announced that his stufr
had been passed by tho National Board
OF Censorship, and at nisn- he added
and by Justice Crutchfeld," where
upon the house rose at him.
he chorus In the pantomine was
hopeless; it Is understood that it will
be dispensed with in a few days. Lut
Jack Clifford played competently op-
nosite Mrs. Thaw and Cissie Hayden
as the Vampire Girl. gave = very good
performance. indeed. She is also n
real dancer. and, after the star was
arrested ia the afternoon she took her
part In the pantomime and Ii Is said
was altogether satisfactory
TO epitomlzc: the vaudeville bill Of
fered by Messrs. Comstock and Gest is
anove the average, and as dancer
and actor Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw is a
very beautiful woman