The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27

10 miss theatrical and motion picture
dfversions for the next nine weeks
Zach Tuesday. but Manager Charles
w. Rex has arranged Q relief measure
xor the voear.es of vaudeville. He
announces two matinee perform
anccs each Monday instead OF the
usual single matinee. The first win
and the second ut :.
It's n jolly aggregation af attrac-
tons the Lyrics manager has as
sembied for this week Foreign and
domestic big time" acts are numer-
Gus on co ch Of the two bills. Among
the features for the first half Ia g.
company OF >Castiiien actors. singers.
dancers and specially artists.
Spanish Troubadoun-
The Rubio troupe are Spanish
troubadours, and so OF course they
sing, dance and make merry. The
musio Ia almost entirely native and
In their stage setting they succeed in
: producing the atmosphere OF Span
fsh camp. The scene depicts such a
camp and tho six members Of the
com pany are dressed IN native cos-
tunes of an early period. With
castenets and tnynhourines they furth
or add spanish fsrvor TO their act
Cole. Russell and Davis. have q
ffFw ski EdaiEl CEkEt WHICH ~
r. humorous ''cookoiogue 'Fyeggsf
has a plot. or rather 1t has SEM
nlance or a plot, But that does not
matter at all. It's real purpose is
TO be the trunk Of tree whose iirnh
are Cole. Russell and Davis and whose
shoots are laughter. Only, when II
comes TO laugh. Cole, Russell and
Davis arc hot yeegs. because they get
all o: their FUN honestly.
Ria ziegfeld FEATURE
The sake 1--WE. quintette Of young
men who have achieved n splendid
reputation as extraordinarily clever
mxophonists. present their musical
offering. which they bill as This
Acme of Saxophons Ability The
qaintette consists of the three Mark
with brothers. Meade and Barrett
ard are the original act. known as
THE Saxo Five late feature Of The
ZieSfeld Midnight Frolic Company"
ut the New AIMS terdam theater. New
York city. and makers Of innumerabls
successful records for the Columbia
Pho~ o~raph company.
1.-THE Saxo Five" present an unus-
ual repertoire consisting Of standard
classics. grand opera selections popu-
lar ballads and ths ever enjoyable
3Axx numbers. ali Of which are render
ID as solos. duets. trios. uuartettes
and ansernb abba Char r. Markwfth.
|, the comedian Of the uuintette, ap-
pears an a biacltfsce musician and
renders an unusual solo number on a
BASS saxophone. an well as injecting
many laughs of his contariness to
20 the direct opposite to the balance
Of the boys. The act 10 neatly dress
I'd in Norfolk red coats and white
trousers, making q splendid appear
anoe As to the music rendered it
40 of the best In rhythm, volume and
most delightfully."- entertaining. 1t In
q great act and will prove tho big
card on any bill
Greene and Plat. comedians and
Ambidextrous msnipuiators. Are bring
fnx q real novelty. The act In a dis
\ finct departure from the conventional
which vaudeville patrons are familiar.
Nelson and Castle a clever comedy
opupIe. have a variegated act, notable
for its originality.
"a Night In Honolulu
On the bill for the latter half In
Z mammoth comedy and -song pro-
duction, a Night in Honolulu" pre-
scented by company q artists head
"a by Carl Armstrong, elackface
comedian. The whirly- girly musical
show is trimming with special fea-
~ performers I'm the company an OPP
Dcrtunity to display their individual
cievernes2. There are nine principals
in the cast. The piece Is handsomely
STAGED, the nrst act transpiring on q
y Steamship dock in New York and the
stare setting for the second half rep
resenting a gorgeous and picturesque
eceno in Honolulu. The action OF the
comedy Is frequently interrupted by
the Interpolation of ballets. musical
numbers and speciality acts.
novel feature OF the bill wifi be
ne exhibition given by the most re-
markabie artist in his line, Kingston,
Who II widely known az the "anatomf-
cal mystery" Kingston deffee all the
laws OF physilogy and anatomy In
the course Of his series OF wonder
fai stunts It is q weird display.
Two Clever Girls
when a girl In dainty and pretty.
has . pleasing voice. and dances re-
rnarkabiy well. what more can she
or her audience ask for? In the case
81 Mac Aubrey and Estelle Richie,
they are two girls who possess exactly
these attributes.
Thsv are pair of captivating
dsknsels, and their efforts are the
same OF artistic endeavor. Their cos
fumfng ana staging h Venetian and
the entire performA nee more than
euegssting = few minutes on 4 balny
Night under the warmth Of the italian
0un.
TWO OF the cievsrest wheelmen in
vaudeville are Mortimer MacRas and
Gertrude Glcgx. The Intruder and
the oueen Of the Wheel" The girl
clutches the eye from the time she APP
paaxA both by her clever riding and
- 0nGtnxn1g1 eho woax4 Tharo may