Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-05
ADJUSTMENTS
George ArIIs. ut Academy.


Tonight at the Academy c;eorpe Ar
liss brings one OF the genuine treats
OF The present season In a double hill
tnat should lnMn bring double delight to
new Barrie playlet. revival of the
brilliant comedy "The MoiIusc." ana to
watch Wat The sure ar, of MIR. Arliss in
generally considered a joy.
~ We'll. aforementioned Vc<,e" is the
name or the Barrie piece. and II was
tember. where Sir Johnstone Forbes
Robertson had the Arliss role. Eng
S ssh critics hailed it. as tho bclo:ed
aarust talks with his soldier son who
has gone beyond the vcil'-and for
whimscy and laughter touched with
SSurpashed any OF his longer plays
such players as PhSlp MerivaIe, Viva
blrkett. Elsie Mackey and Mrs. Arilss
are among those in the roles OF the
The Mollusc'' is an almost equally
no. no.an Die. production, for it Is one OF
II gives George Arliss In he rols Of
the stirring. forceful Britisher. who
mas ia spent his life in Colorado. a part
~ INC barrie play n you don't know
to ten at this late date The engage
mcht Is Tor two days only.
Frirdr HempcI on Friday.
~ i'iue Danube Waltz" of Girls
nino la Comare" interpoIative mem
cries at tho Metropolitan Opera this
season, VII! doubtless be one Of Miss
frieca iiempei's numbers at her con-
S S 70 DC given at the Academy Fri
gay night. II is Miss HempeIs big
sEs, request number. and she seldom
s SUES q concert without receiving
for it, gu" css'hs
When Miss Hcmpcl sang i. at her
thi. ing &C rohcert In Hartford. Conn.
sas,ousness and such Tilt and dance
n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. uI OF bearing as to be
bbu ur i ,rdr,esistiele." she not only aroused
oeurant with deeper. deadler haired aired
The Af Blue ehI pan eyer before.
be necessary" he wrote. .tbat m coW
poseTs used to have more than one
out - m mr;,Y in mind when they set
,hs s ,hs,rauss might come back and
maj me Jazz" musicians of the day
gone a ps sent IL, wherever he Lay have
me vocal arrangement Of the "lluc
Dahuoe is Miss Hempers own.
Old Fiddlerx at Lyric.
~, iddanng old tunes as they did in
IN, IN, Gays before the war. Colonel Pat
t Fidd and his Sc company of old soldier
OF the Blue and Gray. will plav an
e" GI.i e s,el at the Lyric this week.
~ io'fA souBS, some or them old
inc! are new. and others that will he
ne cherished as long as America is the
Iand or the free. are revived when tho
oIu boys come on the boards with their
nodieS. They play the fiddle as thew
say py air" and Colonel pattce saws
notes look like little nieCers on a
ooo Wire fence" But the soldiers got
some genuine music out of their Hddios
ano among their tunes are medlevs of
popuIar national airs. Devils Dream, :,
Money Musk" Captain links OF the
Horse Marines" Pop Goes the weasei'
"Mocking Bird The old so,di ane
SUI wear the old blue and gray
uniforms. They appear in n s1aee
settins representing the old bat
tle ground at Gettysburg. as il now
appears hfty-one years after tho hat
nc. showing the ground over which
General Pickett made his famous
charge. July 3. 1863. The time is a bout
sunrise. and the old soldiers never
dali TO bring down the house when they
arrive on the scene. They can fiddIc
sing and cut up like village bows and
oner real novelty before the puhlic
other features OF the bill TO-DAY are:
frank Wilbur and company. variety
Johnny Jones and Marie
o IRE comedy skit artists: Anthony
ana rodgers, Italian character come
olans and Art and Nature" a series
OF living pictures representing master
pieces or painting and sculpture. New
moves supplement the vaudeville