The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-02
Iheaters
HoyTH AND eLRLTH 4IITHT
LOVE THfTH ROMPERED Ali

Yeth, thur tn" etrIth and hoyth and
the grown up kiddie as well, Juth love
Frances White.
The hr IF sentence above sums UP
fhe reason why Frances white the
clever Little Coincidence who with the
versatile William Rock viii be seen
a. the Academy today matinee n
night IS one Of the most favored p}as
c~s before the public TODAY.
And sn" loves the Riddles back
arain-sll kinds. the little newsies that
Gail "iiI' Hello. M.thlthippt' TO her
eB the street corners. and the little
girls ths make their mothers take
them wherever she is. for rnattnees.
and the e!E growu-up ones hat iock
10 night performances and chucEie
at the troubles Of a little rotrPered
kld that cannot. no. simply can not
get "goesinto into her sjeek-slicked
head
And that's why Frances White, in
httie checked rompors. and a hig
hankie anchored to the waist-line
with a safety pin. and sandals that
are adorahlvR ~ntSeon-toed. beneath =
slim ~roundness OF s'pesed-to-be-bare-
ieg-that why Frances white lust
sim ply gets the public where II likes
to te got. and that's in it's heart and
in it's memories She so much the
kid-thc real Kid. with feet that are
funny and clumsy and stumhly like
the funny paddy paws of q new pup.
and wondering eyes, and the habit OF
asking impossible qu~estiors--that the
f~iase~Soung maj in the first row, who,
ave minutes before was looking en-
aver" with an air Of ennui and dis.
cussinE the points Of the girl two
from the left with much the air OF
n c~onnolsseur Of fine horses, forgets
all about MS attitude as a Judge of
women and saws Gee, isn't she the
cute little thing"
And the cute little thing she most
assurediv is. She's the cute little thiur
when she's singing 1Goesinto' or
"Thixth Timeth Thixth' or "Mithi-
thippi." which the audience of grown
up kids who start right in 20 play
with her when she appears in rompers
voeiferously demand.
The Author of The Bird OF Paradise"
Richard Walton Tuiiv. author Of
1.-THE Bird Of Paradise" which will he
the attraction at the Academy tonnor-
"a and Saturday and Saturday matt
rec was thinking only of playwriting
vhen he took his college degree NJ
the University Of California. and he
came East Immediately. For a year
he worked III New York without the
slightest encouragement Then he
sold a society play to Nat Goodwin
and another play to George C.. TYLER.
managing director for the Iiehler
company Neither play was ever pro-
duced, For three years MFR. Tully
worked on, finally com pletinC what
later became The Rose Of the
Rancho" New York managers did
rot want il and Mr.. FULLY went hack
To Los Angeles. where 1t was pro-
duced at the Rurhand theater. the
first original play put or by Oliver
H--osco.
Encouraged, materially and other
wise. by a four weeks run in Los
Angeles. Mr. Tully went back to New
York. He vent straight to David
Eelssco and contracts were signed for
the NAV, with the understanding that
II ~tou,a be held oT for q wear until
after The Girl Of the Golden West ,"
That time was spent on rewriting the
MAY under the direction Of Mr..
Relssco, and when it was finally put
on Il ran from one November through
the next.
Mr.. Turlv went abroad. bought a
ranch in California and stocked it
with the beautiful Arabian horses
that have since become famous, and
began writing again. The next time
he came East he brought The Bird
Of Paradise" with lin, Like the story
Of Juanita. ii was based on a big
fhsme that had been revolving in
Mr.. Tullv's mind for years. The
former tol tho fundamental superio-
rity Of the white mar that enabled
him to conquer California. The I'M
DERIVING thAnaA af "Ths Bird OF