The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-22
|l|chnONO PEOPLE TO
PLAY IN M|hSIRtlS
Sullics Of 1917" win Re Staged For
First OF Two-Night Engagement
Tomorrow by Shrincrs.


When the curtain rises tomorrow
night on the first presentation OF The
Jollies OF 1917 the big new Shrine
musical show. at the Academy of Mu-
sic, Richmond will have a chance 10
see the cleyerest bit Of burlesque,
mingled with "A varied poi-pourri of
musie. vii and huuor. The show it.
self Is declared by those who have
seen IL to be well worth the price
admission, and there is the added fea-
ture that a boost for the show means
material aid TO Acca temple and the
high-grade advertising for Richmond
when the boys from Acca hit Min
neapolis.
Some OF the best singers and come
dams. as we'll as a bevy or beautiful
Richmond girls. have been preparing
FOR several weeks TO put on the big
musical extravaganza Nightly re
hearsals have been held, and every
thing is being made ready for the
biggest and best show of all their
many triumphs ofsthe past
The show will open with minstrel.
Eight end men, three ballad singers
and a chorus OF seventeen selected
voices will he led by Scott Cunning
ham as interlocutor The end men
are Henry Schwarzschild. r, Lynn
Tucker. Garland Hood. Rob Piper, II.
Sackel and Henry Hotchkiss. Soloists
are c. r Ludwig i. 6. Womble and
W. r, Sharitz. X. Lynn Tucker Will
sing Il Sent Ny Wife 70 the Thou
sand Isles" Henry Schwarzschild viii
sing "Yaddie kaddic kiddIc kaddie
Koo' In such n manner that the au-
dtence will 40 away from the fhoater
whistllng and humminE H. Shriners
say.
The big chorus In this act is com
posed of seventeen Of the picked male
voices Of the city. Members Of the
chorus are. Bob Forrest. r. p. Wom-
bic, L. w. Glaaebrook. Jr, +. r Dy-
son. Aaron Jacobs. II. l. EwoN, George
Allen. J. F. Redd l. G. kracke II @.
Wright. u, r. Parker Charles Miller,
A. Pond. Hugh Foster. Marlboro
Downes, Stuart Eancs. W. Hudson and
II. Bailey.
Henry Hotchkiss viii ing that dear
old Southern coon song. Mobile Bay
John Woinble will HIT tho high spots
of rhyme and harmony with she Is
the Sunshine of old Virginia ", r.
Sharitz will render n beautiful song,
entitled al the End of a Beautiful
Day"
The second part OF the performance
is Pullman car scene The act was
written by one Of New York's clever
est sketch writer's.
Tho cast viii reveal some wolf
known Richmond folks in strange
haracterizations Six mon and six
women passengers will cnliven the
scene and come in on the choruses
in songs that viii add TO the feature.
Here are some OF them: Porter. Henry
Schwarzschj}d. conductor. W K. Sha-
ritz; coInediepne. Mrs. NJ. =. Coffman;
comedian. Bob Forrest business man.
George Alien, deaf man. Aaron Ja-
cobs Passenger Misses Eunice
ssreswoN. Dora Herncr, Mary Massie.
Miss Brauer and Messrs vaughn Gary,
4. r. Hershaw. {. r. oBork. II. $,
Hopkins and II. J.. ENeli The feature
of this part Of the show Will he the
Tunnel Song" hy Mrs NJ. + Coff-
man. Another big hit viii be tae
Chicago Song" with Miss Bessie
Watty leading and supported by SIX
men and six girls dancing These arc
Misses Elizabeth WALL, Avis Uillsman.
Annette Tyler. Mabel Barlow. Eula
Bailey Crouch and Ida BAILEY, and
Marlboro powucs, Stuart Eaues J. @.
Womblc. G. Il. Ludwig. II. +, t1tz-
gerald aud w Hudson Bailey. stew"
stephens. with the Joe Bron ProduC-
Ing company. will put ON a rfofcs-
sionai act IN tho form of an original
dan9c with group OF high s. hool
boys Later in the evening Al SrhrRe-
der puts ON a burlesque Oriental dance
tina; Is scream from start 10 finish.
one Of The big hits Of The evening
promises to be letter Jones in the
Orient Nees'i ct, a " ri ANA mys-
tifying mtnd-rcading stunt. with Jctei
rs tie Nind-reader walker fottrcfl
is the confederate of the mlnd-reader,
who supple the miracles and plays
the audience end OF tr confidence
game
The "JoiI.oe Of 1879" is billed as an
origin and hIEh}y entertaining bur
lesaue on Z.cEfe}I's big Nrw York
midnight show "Th- foiNcs" The
Sai:no she's 'hi@ year will be differ
emit and fal Of nov lines that VIII
make the performers live .n the mem
cries OF those VINO seq them. the ad-
vanee man promises