The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-23
BEAUTY AND FASHION
SHOW AT LYRIC TODAY

Jesse Lasky's gorgeously mounted
beauty and fashion show. programmed
as Laskys Society Buds. will be the
feature extraordinary at the Lyric for
the latter half of the week, COM
mencing with the matinee perform
ance today Lasky's Society Buds In
one of the most widely known vaude-
Vile productions OF the year. Here
tofore II has been presented only In
the metropolitan cities of America.
Following the Lenten season. the So
eiety Buds will return to New York
for an extended engagement. The en-
tertainment Is a musical extravaganza.
There are thirteen beautiful and
gorgeousiy gowned girls in the beauty
chorus.
On the same bill will be seen the
celebrated English juggling harlequin.
| CASTOR Palmer, the most original man
of his time in the line of entertain
| ment he provides.
CASTOR Palmer IL juggier with a
| sense OF humor. The humor. how
| ever, Is of the silent variety, but is
| just as quick as are the feats accom-
| plished. Palmer has beer called the
man who makes juggling an art. At
| any rate. he avoids the stereotyped,
and has just put together a series Of
| tricks that no one else In his line has
| attempted. In fact, Palmer likes to
| be known as the inventive Juggler. for
| most OF his time Is spent in working
| out new stunts. It is said that he can
work for twenty-four hours without
exhausting his accomplishments.
| King and King, man and woman,
| who give a sensational exhibition of
! daring skill and agility, will present
the hand-to-hand balancing feats and
the eccentric acroDatic stunts that
have made them unique in their pro-
festion; Nat Leffingwell & Co, far
| funny skit, "A Night at the Lodge"
and q smart singing. dancing and COM
edy act will be supplied by Adams
and Gilbert.
With the new vaudeville show will
come the usual high grade motion
picture offerings. including new Eu-
| ropean war and Mexican scenes.
'Poalyanna."
"Modesty and simplicity are the
striking characteristics of Mrs.
Eleanor H. Porter" says an observer,
who has studied at close range the
author of the glad books that brought
"Pollyanna" to the stage. "She is q
retiring little homebody, just the OPP
posite of her smart frocked. world
wise. vivacious young dramatist. The
wildcat stretch Of imagination would
scarcely picture her at a tango-tea. q
theatrical first night. or a fashionable
| bridge party. A fine type OF quaint
and winsome New England gentle
woman 10 Mrs. Porter-very sincere.
| kindly and graceful. In fact. she IL
I Just the sort OF woman you would ex-
| pect to- think and write the optimfsuo
| philosophy of 'Pollyanna. The
daughter of q IAttleton. New Hamp-
, shire. druggist, she has always lived
placidly and TRANQUILITY in New Eng
| land Even into her pretty Boston
home she has carried the atmosphere
/ OF rural coziness and simplicity that
radiates genuine comfort and good
cheer.
The message OF 'Poliyanna' has
literally girdied the globe. While the
play as yet has only been performed
II by the original cast coming to this
city, the two glad books upon which
I 1t ts based have found translation into
several foreign languages. A bulky
volume of letters and clippings. which
| Mrs. Porter treasures in what she
calls her Vanity Book embraces
communications from strangers in far
| off countries, telling OF the influence
lfer stories have exerted. and how
they have led to the formation OF glad