The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-13
Novelties of Summer
Season Make Up Gay
Shows at the Lyric

Novelties OF the world OF amusement
abound In the list OF seasonable at
fractions announced by Manager Sim
Allen for each Of the two jolly mid
summer shows coming to the Lyric
this week. The dramatic and musical
stages. the circus arena and the
sphere of the fine arts all contribute
to the galaxy of stellar big time
Keith features offered.
Roland Travers. the English illu-
sionist. and his company OF merry
wizards, necromancers, prestdigita-
tours and leviationists, will supply
mirth and mystery on the bill for the
opening half of the week.
History repeats itself In the show
business just as It does elsewhere.
Generations ago clog dancing was the
most popular form OF dancing. Then
1t suddenly disappeared from the
boards. The Bandys have brought it
into favor again.
They are general dancers. cleverly
executing any OF the various phases
of dancing. The particular hit. how
ever, it scored with clogs, the taps
being rs distinct as though they were
being sent out over a telegrapher's
key.
Marshall. Chalkartoonist.
Edward Marshall enjoys the reputa-
ton of being one OF our foremost
illustrators. He occupies a peculiar
position in the art world. inasmuch as
he is cartoonist, An illustrator and
portrait painter. Usually one of these
lines is considered quite enough. and
Mr.. Marshall has found no difficulty in
excelling in all three, and that he does
excel is shown by the fact that he has
ready market for all OF his wares.
In vaudeville, he calls himself The
Chalkatoonist," and with lightning
rapidly he brings into play his faculty
as cartoonist, a portrait painter and
q sketch artist. His portraits are of
prominent men, mostly those of today:
his sketches are views, and his car
toons OF topical events. He is the only
left-handed artist in captivity, all of
his pictures being drawn with his left
! hand. In applying his art to the stage
he has done so successfully that he
has been able to tour the world, and
his present American tour follows a
| lengthy engagement in Australia.
Two jolly Funmakcrs.
Clayton Kennedy and Matte Rooney
| in The Widowed Pair" bill them.
selves as THE Two Regular Vaude-
viliIduS, anu i've up 10 l. MI. hen-
nedy Is an eccentric comedian whose
original methods make him a sure
f1re getter and his burlesque piano
playing and dancing with Miss Rooney
Ia series Of classy specialties clever
ly woven into their very funny skit.
The latter half OF the week will
bring another batch OF big time"
acts. all OF which. with the exception
OF Ferry, the famous Frog Man, are
new to Richmond and this section OF
the country. These acts come direct
| from the New York Keith houses.
Grace and Eddy Forks. variety ar
| lists. have great laugh making ira
| vesty called ITO Be or Not to Be-
They sing, dance and exchange a
| lively line of patter. The eccentric
dancing OF the pair is especially meri-
| torious.
Arthur ]. Finn & Co. in "rhe Bag
pipes in the Trenches" will offer a
real comedy novelty. 1t is q black
face skit with numerous interpola-
tons The act has scored heavily in
the larger cities
Big Novelty Acts.
| An army OF men like Edmond Gin
gras would probably compel ordnance
experts to invent some new type of
gun. Gingras' specially is the manip-
ulatfon OF cannon balls. He juggles
! them and permits them to fall from
great heights catching them upon his
massive shoulder. This weight which
| he manages with ease liz sufficient to
crumble reasonably substantial struc-
lures. Gingras is combination of
dexterity and strength.
WIN Ferry. The FROG" the original
amphibian wonder. comes in all his
slithering slimness. The way in whic h
he squirms, slithes and serpentinely
| wriggles through his reptilian roper
toire leaves the rubber man of joyous
memory far back In the rear chair.
Ferry is as slippery as a string OF
boiled macaroni and as timber as a
ward politicians conscience.
Supplementing each of the vaude-
vile shows there will be the usual
high grade motion picture exhibits. in
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