The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-07
Lyrics Shows Bristle
With New "Big Time
Vaudeville Features

There la endless variety and coolies
Of wholesome fun in each OF the TWO
big Keith shows manager lex mas
secured for the entertainment OF the
Lyrics patrons this week BiE ti.l1s
features crowd the two bills, new
favorttes Of the vaudeville stage are
bracketer In the same bill with es,
sahitshed acts popular in Rcnmoha
md elsewhere on the Keith cfrcuits-
One Of these latter is Bert f1tz-
gibbons. the original danodil. VINO
rose to the rank of commanding
~~Eenerai in the army OF nuts r, ~
Hbbons LIS in again with brand new
lct He is at once farceur. an
eccentric comedian. light comedian,
- taversity comedian and a singing
comedian. The moods flow as freely
= md glibly from his tongue as water
from a faucett He Is odd, eccentric;
fantastic, Irregular. singular ana
whimsical, but always and ABOVE
: everything, he LIS funny,
A big novelty comedy number on
The bill will be supplied by Delmar
and Kolb. They are a quaint PAIR
N funmakers with an act that ID diff
sercnt from anything OF the KIND ye'
yfven to vaudeville. Neither OF the
Team has ever been In the southern
country. They have a great laughing
act
Nat Jcrome's Players
~- One of the best feature acts OF the
reason liz that in which Nat Jerome
stellar comedian, and his company
Of comedy players viii be seen. IL
b fast and funny playiet enttiea
Our Children" The piece Is STAGED
with the same careful consideration
far detail in scenery. costumes and
properties usually given three-act
product OF the frst class. Jerome has
been recognized for several years as
one of the best character comedians
on the American variety stage. lie
has tn Our Children" vehicle thae
affords opportunity for full express
sion Of his genius for run nlaklaE'
ssrf1ose comedy boys, sforr-tsa and
Anger. are conspicuousty TO the front
naxt week. They are a versatile team
Of Young comedians, who scored n
hit on the occasion OF
Their first engagement In New aerk
sslaSt year. They have since been play
sing the larger cities OF the Keith cir
: cu4t exclusively and will make their
~frst appearance south OF washington
y On the bin next Monday.
- Rounding out this exceptionally
: classy show will come the gorgeously
sstaged scene. beauty and fashion,
s~ssF'ashions de Vogue" Art and ma
-ture are aliuringly combined in the
brilliant series OF stage pictures here
! HYGSNHIGu. ne 1El"A Az n kNs-A AS'~HN@
md will appeal with equal free to
@men and women
Two Famous Funny Men
- Rich In novelty Is the show AS
: se.lbled for the weekend. 1t in
: cludes some OF the best comedy fea-
!, lures OF the season. such as the team
Of HAmiin and Mack, singing and
! dancing character comedians, who are
said to have a regular laughing knock
~wcut this season.
~ The Four Banguards. two women
and two men. viii offer an instru-
mental and singing act beautifully
staged and artisticaly presented.
They provide a musical In minsture g,
each Of the quartette being n soloist-
If equilibrium were necessary to
give 4 power a place in the sun.
Japan would long ago have monopo-
q polized "old SOL" These little yellow
men" from the .fiowery kingdom
are indisputabiy pre-eminent in gym
/ nastics and juggling. Her people
veem to be born with nimble extyemi-