The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-23
REMARKABLE PICTURES
OF GREAT WAR AT LYRIC

With the stamp of the British for
eign ONCE upon them, indicating them
as genuine and not posed for in Amer.
lea. the war 1lns at the Lyric this
week give a vivid picture OF activities
on the western front. The Retreat
of the Germans at the Battle of Ar
ras' is the title of The series of pic
lures. which are In four parts. Two
are shown the first half of the week
and the last two reels will be shown
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Be
sides showing the transportation of
heavy howitzers, tho giant caterpillar
tanks" in action, intimate glimpses
OF ahti-aircraft guns. machine guns
war aifpIanes and what the soldiers
do to pass the long hoNs away In the
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Probably the best pictures of the bonn
bardment of village seen here since
the war began are shown in the first
series. Persons who do not believe II
costs great sums of money to carry on
modern warfare viii be CONVINCED 9th
erwise by these pictures They dem
onstrats the absolute need of plenty
OF ammunition. an abundance of sup
plies and food and the necessity for
trained officers and fit men
While the war pictures are easily
worth the price OF admission Manager
Rex has provided an uncommon vaude-
willie program. An orchestra OF ten
personable young women, who 1t ap-
peared. could well have represented
some Y. W. c. A. or. possibly. some
womens clubs. lead the line of per-
formers. Rita Mario. who conducts
the abbreviated symphony orchestra,
renews our impression that women can
do almost anything but lead a band of
musicians, but she played popular
selection on her violin with good eff
feet Miss Mabel Rogers. an attractive
brunette and talented player, scored
heavily with her harp selection. Miss
Myrtle Bird played "Allah's Holiday
from "Katinka" with such feeling that
( even Rudolf Frinl, himsel might have
doubted II his piece could have been
so very tuneful Suffering from a cold
Miss Alice Tucker. the soloist of the
aggregation. was handicapped. but her
, voice was oheerfully excused. A xylo-
| phone specially In which Miss Alice
Pierce took the lead brought several
! encoreH, Because the last performance
| last night was somewhat behind schcd-
| ule the ladies played Just bit too hur-
/ riedly and were frequently out OF
tempo with the orchestra. They wanted
to get some rest. but nevertheless, their
organization is undoubtedly the bes,
heard here in two or three seasons.
Marie Dreams, WI Is programmed az
THE Girl with the Wonderful Voice.
opened the snow. She really has an
unusual voice and sings very we'll, but
her selections were popular songs tina,
have ceased to be popular owing prob
ably TO age. Adams and Griffith. the
latter one of those inimitabfs come
dams we see every month or 20, have
a novel comic offering. and Adams
used hts pleasing voice to sing several
old songs that brought back happy
memories. One was MY Dear Old
Girl" Leonard and whitney repeated
their comedy sketch. ''Duny's Rise
! seen here before a few months ago. /,
I is another issue Of an old, old plot: that
| of the elevation OF another maligned
| Irish hodcarrier to wealth and the con-
! sequent troubles he has 70 kew I'm
| society"
| One OF the strongest appeals for
| subscriptions to the second liberty ioar
! during the campaign was made at the
! lyrics final show last night by w, II
! SchwarzehAd. His speech was loudly
! applauded R L. D.