The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-28

Gus HIS Ntinstrels.

Gus Hllrs Sig Ministries wilt ne the
attraction at the Academy tomorrow.
Friday and saturday. Mr.. I'm al
ways has the best ohtainabie in the
minstrel line and the local playgoers
can feel assured of two sehd hours
Of song. story. FUN and beauty. color
and music, From every standpoint
the. show is as the show bills say,
biggest and Best Ever This sea
sons offering la said TO be pleasing
combination Of all of the elements
necessary to make up 81 successful
minstrel show. with predominance
Of that element which always makes
the Hill shows display great original
!ty Hin has gathered around him
the best minstrel men In their various
lines and the result is the best show
of It's kind ever organized.
The first part is entitled, "A Study
lin Colcrx "a most magnificent setting
of joy and beauty. The ensemble OF
the comp any of sixty In great and
gives zest to the show from every
standpoint. from the rise to the fall
OF the curtain. The imposing gor-
.geousness, which Am alone supplies,
is felt from the minute the eye rests
upon the opening scene and when the
fun gets started the audience Is al
ready IN a mood that sets il out on
an evening OF. delightful enjoyment
The irrepressihie George Wilson
fwalt2 Me Again. will be on deck
with his genuine darksg wit and man
nerisns. wilson has new first part
song that In a scream. m going to
take the germ out of Germany" which
is said to be the best that he has ever
sung Wilson is in a class of his own;
he has many imitators but no equals
He had a brand new line of gags this
season and tells them In his own in
Irritable style. The songsters in the
first part viii sing several new hits.
Eddie Mazier, Mason. Dixie Line"
John Rogers. Amy Old Port In a
Storm" William H Thompson.
. Somebody Loves You, Dear" There
will he Thanksgiving and Saturday
matinees.
"Everywomsn."
Seats are now selling for the an
gagement of that most remarka BILE
production. "Everywoman," which
will be at the Academy Monday and
Tuesday and Tuesday matinee
Perhaps the greatest scene in this
production is the wonderfully realistic
reproduction OF Broadway at the APP
proach OF midnight upon New Years
Eve. Upwards of $50 persons appear
en- masse This scene is the best
achievement IN modern stagecraft.
and perhaps never before have ex-
penditures in this behalf been so Law
ish "Everywomant Is intended TO
delight the eye, the senses and the
soul.
Maay plays Of many kinds have
won success but 1t is doubtful wheth-
er there has been another produced
more suhtly significant, more deeply
impressive or more wonderful in It's
appeal to the senses than the mighty
spectacle. 'Everyweman." The play
is dramatic, symbolic, tt is aflegory:
Il is poetry II is the story as old as
the world of living. breathing men
and women. and il is the story that Is
as fresh and new as youth and beauty
must always he.
1t is the story OF Everywoman seek
ing love and finding ii after devious
wanderings and long suffering. trial
and disappointment, Everywoman In
this play IL not called Ruth or Mary
or Frances but. Everywoman. and II
is by this designation she Is known
e hroughaut the FIVE acts .-<->----
Everywoman. portrayed by Paula
Shay. seeks love as the greatest
treasure hte possesses. She leaves her