The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-07
lheaters
1HtRsToS DELIGHTS CROWD
WITH FEATs oP MAsT


With All his old bae Of tricks and
tns addition or great many new
cneS FnGrston toEa}IF entertained the
small but appreciatiye crowd last
riGb;. the FIRST Of his weeks stay at
tho Academy of Music. Nothing I'M
}tsS ~ be circus. appeals 10 anyone
" no has an atom Of remembrance Of
DIS childhood az does the Enough Of
magic And the eic of Thurston
sfjfes the wisest of The erown-ups
Besides an entire new set of stage
properties. TRurston has increased the
Number Of his assistants. among them
tso- remarkably pretty girls.
His card tricks are as astonishing
AS ever, ANA even these have been
added To. several OF those he used last
night being entirely new, A talking
rooster and a duck VINO says ''eGacE"
when asked 10 describe has doctor got
BIG laugh \ BOY Scout. who ran
wheN "a haunted handkerchief insisted
on making friends with him. also cree
ated good dear cf merrfment
In the matter Of quick changes
Thurston is an artist. and in one Of
the later scenes laid on tho Mexican
border nortrayinE the escape OF d
A4exicon desperate. when the supposed
renegade turns out TO be Thurston
himself. attired as an officer OF the
American army. the approval by the
audience CT his cleverness was plainly
shown.
The deviation Of the princess. one
n Thurston's old tricks, was made
good deaf more impressive last night
ty his remarks on his travels N India
and his mention OF the practice of this
form Of hyuoptism by the high priests
there. He also invited close inspec-
ton OF the stage while the princess
was suspended. new departure for
aim.
Although offering no particular men
tai stimulus-for there is no use try
ing 10 understand what he does--the
show is thoroughly enjoyable, Thurs
ton will be at the Academy every
night this week. with matinees We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoons
Such a coon" ct as the Bowman
brothers present at the Lyric the first
part of the week cannot fail to ap-
peal to all vaudeville lovers and for
this reason alonA not discountinE their
clever dancing and good singing. do
they lead the bill. Both of them are
familiar with the characteristics and
habits of the Southern darkey. the
kind that hang around the Mississippi
levees and play skin" during the
day and load cotton after the sun
has sunk below the horizon.
The program opened with an &C.
centric dance offering by Mccormack
and Doherty that started the rest of
the show off very well. The pair
showed many new steps and were
graceful Following the two dancers
came The Volunteers" a male quar-
let who sang and chartered inter
estingly. All four have good voices
and their repertoire Of numbers in
cluded Mt least one for every taste
Hearty applause was awarded them
and they answered to encores readily
"A Regular Business Man" a comic
plavlet. with F, r. Morton, an actor
OF no mean ability. in the title role,
proved popular with the audience.
There are several amusing situations
founded upon not too unusual plot
and they brought many laughs.
Alice de Carno performed some
feats on a trapeze that were skillfuliy
executed. though not rev to Rich
mond Her turn provided satisfac-
tory ending to the we'll lanced bill.
In addition to the vaudeville inter-
esting war pictures wer. shown in
the weekly run of aims.
The Diagnosis.
when man In continually Ionk-