The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-24
Iheaters
"THE JoLLIEs OF 1917,
i A BRILLIANT HIT.

Gloriously beautiful by reason Of the
beautiful girls. excruciatingly funny
by reason OF the witty local auips of
the end men In the minstrel first part,
Acca Temples band of comedians,
dancers and singers found Immediate
favor with the audience that packed
every nook and Granny at the Academy
of Music last night, and left them all
laughing as they said goodbye at the
final fall Of the curtain.
The curtain rose promptly at $50,
displaying beautiful setting with the
bones and tamboes swinging into the
meIodious air of And They Called II
Dixie Land" quickly followed by the
black-faced boys who started the fun
at once at the expense OF everybody
they could single out. All the jokes
were local and easily Understands bic
by all present, so that by the time the
curtain had been up fifteen minutes,
audience and players were on the best
of terms and were having the time of
their lives.
Garland Hood started the fun, with
comic song followed by John Wom-
BILE who warbled with his sweet tenor,
and then came a surprise when w. r.
Sharitz. the dandy singer from the
southside of the James. introduced 10
ftlCHFIiCHu ht" SlHENI " Hb 10 dtS-
tined to be heard again.
When Henry schwarzschild sang
"Kiddie. Kaddie. Koo." YOU could hear
them bowling out in the box office. but
the noise of the applause subsided
when Ralph Ludwig broke forth to the
strains of Rolling Stones"
Then Bob Piper got off some good
ones at the expense OF Geo Keesee. OF
the Federal Reserve bank. and Hugh
Foster rolled John Dorset because he
has a girl and has thoughts OF matri-
mony. after which Charlie Sickel car
ried every one to Mobile Bay In a
regular minstrel style, and after one
rehearsal too.
Lynn Tucker came in for his share OF
the applause with some up-to -date
stuff, making way for H. r. Powell in
song. after which the entire company
a ringing finale to uproarous applause,
concluding what proved to be the best
minstrel show ever given by amateurs
in Richmond. The second part served
to display the Pullman car "Acca,
with a party of Shriners on their way
to the annual meet. and IL Henry
Schwarzschild ever wants for job he
can take to Pullman portering for
living, as he proved to be more up
to the minute than the regular ones.
Mrs NJ. r. Coffman, too. came In
for large share of the applause In
this scene. acting and singing like a
regular, while the pretty and charmin 9
girls in the scene lent color and life
TO the whole proceedings. one little
blonde in particular standing out prom
fnently.
Scene two introduced TO Richmo nd
for the FIRST time Miss Bessie Walty. a
talented and beautiful singer. who act
ed and sang with much aplomb. re-
ceiving great applause. She will bear
watching In future performances here
Scene three was a study in black and
white, with four dancers, featuring rs
an extra George Stevens. brought To
Richmond especially for the occasion
and making good with two specialties
And now came the piece de resistance
In All Ben Boozle." otherwise Jeter
Jones, the smiling one. alias Safest
for Shavings." accompanied by his
sentlemaniy manager. Walker Cottretl
and they offered one Of the funniest
burlesoues on thought transference
ever seen. 1t was scream and thor
oughly enjoyed. being put over with
consummate showmanship.
The grand finale consisted of a grand
opera ragtime nightmare by the en-
tire company.
Without undue nattery one must ao'
init that there has never been row
to equal the Shriners' efforts and the
packed house they had was richly de-
served and Is sure to be repeated to-
night and possibly Wednesday.
Don't miss ii. you can't afford to. and
! the Shriners need your money for that
| trip this summer. so they can have nc
excuse for not taking their wives
along A. NJ S.